Grammar

14 lessons

1. 1 Passé composé with avoir The main past tense, which covers both «I ate» and «I have eaten», and its past participles.
2. 2 Passé composé with être Verbs of movement and reflexive verbs take être, and the participle agrees with the subject.
3. 3 The imparfait vs the passé composé «I was eating», «I used to eat», «I would eat (every day)» are all imparfait.
4. 4 The partitive article: du, de la, des How to say «some water» or just «water», and quantity expressions with de.
5. 5 Object pronouns: le, la, les, lui, leur «Him, her, it, them» go before the verb in French.
6. 6 The pronouns y and en Two small words English doesn't need: y (there, to it) and en (some, of it, of them).
7. 7 Reflexive verbs: se lever, s'appeler… Verbs with «se» for many everyday actions that English expresses without «myself».
8. 8 Comparatives and superlatives plus… que, moins… que, aussi… que, meilleur, mieux and le plus… de.
9. 9 The simple future (futur simple) The one-word future, its irregular stems, and «quand» + future.
10. 10 The imperative Giving orders and instructions: parle !, parlons !, parlez ! and where pronouns go.
11. 11 Relative pronouns: qui, que, où «who, which, that, where, when», and why French never drops the relative pronoun.
12. 12 Other negatives: jamais, plus, rien, personne ne… jamais, ne… plus, ne… rien, ne… personne, ne… pas encore, ne… que.
13. 13 Adverbs in -ment and their position The French «-ly», and why adverbs don't go before the verb.
14. 14 Time expressions: depuis, il y a, pendant, dans «for», «since», «ago» and «in»: and why «I have lived here for 5 years» is in the present.