The Passé composé is probably the most important French past tense. Its primary usage is to talk about actions completed in the past, which in English, would correspond to the simple past or present perfect. The Keep reading...
Le futur proche: An easy guide to “going to” in French
Le futur proche is a tense that you’ll come across in everyday French discussions about future plans. Le futur proche is known in English as the near future tense, while it’s also sometimes called le futur immédiat in French. Keep reading...
The French prepositions of place À, À la, À l’, Au, and Aux in French
In French, like in many languages, a small word can make a big difference, even when this word is just a single letter like à. À is a French preposition that can be tricky to use Keep reading...
French direct object pronouns: A how-to guide
A direct object is an important part of sentence structure as it receives the action from verbs. To avoid repeatedly using the same word as a direct object, many languages commonly use direct object pronouns. Keep reading...
French subjunctive conjugation: How to conjugate le subjonctif présent
Le subjonctif, or French subjunctive, is probably the most notorious verb-related topic among French learners. So while English speakers may need some time to know when to use the subjunctive mood, the good news is Keep reading...
Nous vs On for We in French, and how to use the French pronoun On
Have you seen or heard the French pronoun on? Do you wonder what does on mean in French, or when and why we use this unique pronoun? And what about nous vs on: what’s the Keep reading...
French subject pronouns: Everything you need to know
French subject pronouns are the most common French pronouns. Simply put, they are the French pronouns that can be used to replace the subject of a sentence. They tell us who or what is performing the Keep reading...
Avoir expressions: French expressions built around the verb Avoir
Avoir is one of the most important words in the French language. In other dedicated posts we’ve looked specifically at the various meanings of avoir as both a verb and a noun, as well as covering all Keep reading...
Variants of “to have to” in French: How to express obligation
We have many variants of the concept of to have to in French. From things that you should do to things you are obligated to do, how can you tell how imperative the task at hand is? In Keep reading...
“Est-ce que” and more: How to ask questions in French
Have you been wondering how to form questions in French? And what about this est-ce que phrase that appears in so many French questions? These two topics are very closely related! There are three options for Keep reading...