French Language Tips
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French Language Tips
I thought I’d start a thread on tips on speaking French. The idea is a list of rules of thumb that help. Only one tip per reply and here are two to get started
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Humanity landed on the moon over fifty years ago but it seems too much to ask for a reliable telephone/internet service in rural France.
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Connaître vs savoir
Having problems when to use ?
Tip: connaître is followed by a noun
Having problems when to use ?
Tip: connaître is followed by a noun
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Tip: words in French that end in “tion” are feminine and are usually the same meaning as their English equivalent (but not always)
There are about 150 equivalents
There are about 150 equivalents
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Words ending "...age" are masculine except :
La plage, image, nage, page, rage, cage, saxifrage (and possibly some other plants !)
La plage, image, nage, page, rage, cage, saxifrage (and possibly some other plants !)
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Wot, no trans words?
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