French Relative Pronouns: How and when to use Les Pronoms Relatifs

The more you’ll progress in your knowledge of the French language, the more you’ll need to make complex sentences. This is when French relative pronouns get involved! Qui, que, dont, où, and lequel: You’ve probably heard these small Keep reading...

The French Passive Voice: A full guide to La Voix Passive

Whether in French or in English, we use the passive voice when we want to talk about what happened without necessarily putting the emphasis on who carried out the action. In this post we’ll cover everything Keep reading...

Venir French Conjugation: How to use the French verb for To Come

Venez nombreux (come one, come all!) to learn about the French verb venir! This verb is one of the most frequently used irregular verbs in the language and has a few different uses. It’s commonly translated as to come. Keep reading...

Le Conditionnel: How and when to use the French conditional mood

Life is full of uncertainties! This is precisely why you can be sure of one thing: you will often use le conditionnel in French. Usually translated to English using would, could, and should, the conditional is a French Keep reading...

French demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles, ce, ceci, cela

Demonstrative pronouns are an essential part of the French language that help us avoid repetition by replacing nouns with more concise words. In this post we will look at the different categories of French demonstrative Keep reading...

Past Participle French: A full guide to Le Participe Passé

The French past participle, called le participe passé, is an essential verb form that you will come across all the time in the French language. Past participle French is pretty similar to its English counterpart, where the Keep reading...

French stressed pronouns: Mastering moi, toi, lui, elle, soi, nous, vous, eux, elles

Are you having trouble grasping the French stressed pronouns? Between all the other French pronouns that exist, it can seem quite a challenge to master yet another category. But don’t worry! Here in this post, Keep reading...

French possessive pronouns: All you need to know

French possessive pronouns are words that indicate to whom or to what something belongs. These are equivalent to words such as mine or yours in English. They are essential grammatical elements for speaking and writing accurate Keep reading...

Expressing possession in French with De and Être à

There are multiple words that we can use to express possession in French. We already covered some of them in our other posts, including French possessive adjectives, French possessive pronouns, and the verb avoir (to have). Keep reading...

Chez in French: Uses, Meanings, and Nuances

Chez is a common French word without a direct equivalent in English. Since it’s used very frequently, in this post we’ll take a close look at the different uses and meanings of chez in French. The Keep reading...