French Grammar

Whether you are starting to learn French for the very first time, brushing up on topics you have studied in class, or simply trying to improve your French grammar, this section takes you through all the basics you will need to speak and understand everyday French!


Grammar / Gender and number of nouns and articles / beginner

A noun is a person, place or thing. In French, all nouns are masculine or feminine (gender / le genre) and singular or plural (number / le nombre). The first big difference with English is that the French definite articles is used more frequently than the is used in English.

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Grammar / Descriptive adjectives / beginner

Descriptive adjectives are used to describe nouns. In French, descriptive adjectives usually follow the noun they modify and agree in both gender and number with it : un chien blanc (a white dog) ; une souris blanche (a white mouse).

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Grammar / Learning the gender of nouns / beginner

The genders of French nouns are hard to guess but fortunately, several rules can help you find out if a French noun is masculine or feminine !

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Grammar / How to make nouns plural / beginner

Nouns are plural when they refer to more than one thing or person. Making nouns plural in French can be a bit more complicated than English but it is not that complicated, there is a general rule and a few exceptions with specific plural endings…

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Grammar / How to make a sentence negative / beginner

In French, to turn a sentence into the negative form we use ne . . . pas, for example we often say “je ne veux pas travailler” (I don’t want to work)

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Grammar / How to ask a (yes/no) question in French / beginner

When we speak to each others we ask questions all the time ! But how do we form a question in French ? In this lesson you’ll learn how to ask a yes/no question …

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Grammar / Possessive Adjectives / beginner

In French, possessive adjectives match the nouns they modify in gender and number they don’t match the “owner” of the noun like in English …

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Grammar / Possessive Pronouns / beginner

Possessive pronouns replace nouns that are modified by a possessive adjective or other possessive construction or idea. For instance, in English, the possessive pronouns are …

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Grammar / Comparatives / beginner

We make comparisons all the time, we compare people, things and ideas … it’s natural ! But how do you say “French is more complicated than English” ? French is maybe  a bit more complicated than English but it’s not …

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Grammar / Stressed Pronouns / intermediate

Stressed pronouns (also called emphatic pronouns) are used instead of a noun when you want to emphasize something. Some stressed pronouns are identical in form to subject pronouns which can be confusing for non native speakers …

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Grammar / Partitive Articles : du, de la, de l’ / intermediate

You’ve learned to use the definite articles and the indefinite articles, but French also has a third type of article : the partitive article (du, de la, de l’) ! As you’ll learn in this lesson, the partitive articles have different uses …

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