The essential guide to French stem-changing verbs
Stem-changing verbs or boot verbs are regular verbs whose root (radical)’s spelling changes in certain conjugations and with certain subjects. Stem-changing verbs end…
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Master French verbs with focused guides to essential conjugations, tenses, moods, and patterns you will meet again and again.
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Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the French verb “vouloir”
Vouloir means “to want’ in French. That means it can convey a demand or desire – but it’s also used to convey the total opposite: an ultra-polite request. Want to lear…
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The ultimate guide to the French verb aller (to go)
Aller means “to go” in English. As in English, it’s used in lots of different ways, including as part of a verb tense. Want to learn more about aller? Allons-y! How to…
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The Essential Guide to the French Subjunctive
Make a wish, demand, statement of uncertainty, or even simply say that something is the best you’ve ever seen or done. If you were speaking French, you probably used t…
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Avoir: How to Use and Conjugate the Essential French Verb
Avoir is the French verb that means “to have”. But it has so much more than that going for it! For one thing, as you probably know already, avoir is the most common au…
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What You Must Know About the French Verb Devoir
There comes a point when you’re getting pretty good at French. You can express basic thoughts and ideas, likes and dislikes, even plans. And then, you find that you ne…
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How and When Should You Use the French Imparfait?
So, you’ve mastered the ins and outs of speaking in the present tense and you’re an old pro at the passé composé—what could possibly be missing from your repertoire of…
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Get out of Here! How to Use and Conjugate Sortir like a Local
Sortir (to get out) is a verb full of exceptions. It’s irregular, and it can have either être or avoir as an auxiliary verb, depending on the meaning you want to con…
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How to Master the French Present Tense Once and for All
The French present tense is the only tense you truly need to know to get by on a trip to France. You can use it to talk about the present of course but the French some…
