French Grammar Essentials: Articles, Questions, and Vocabulary

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French Grammar Essentials

Articles: Partitives and Contracted

  • Partitive Articles: du + masculine noun / de la + feminine noun / l’ + noun (before vowel or mute ‘h’)
  • Contracted Articles: de + le = du / de + les = des / de + la = de la / de + l’ = l’

Asking Questions in French

  • Quel est votre nom? (What is your name?)
  • Quel est votre âge? (What is your age?)
  • Quelle est votre adresse mail? (What is your email address?)
  • Quels sont vos sports préférés? (What are your favorite sports?)
  • Quel est votre numéro
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Masterpieces: A Timeline of Art History

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Masterpieces: A Timeline of Art History

Medieval and Renaissance Art (c. 815 – 1604)

  • Artists Unknown, Oseberg Ship (Gripping Beasts), c. 815-820 CE. Wood. Oslo, Norway.
  • Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna and Child, c. 1290–1300 CE. Tempera and gold on wood. Siena, Italy.
  • Simone Martini, The Road to Calvary, c. 1340 CE. Tempera on panel. Italy.
  • Pietro Perugino, The Giving of the Keys to Saint Peter, c. 1482 CE. Fresco. Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy.
  • Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni)
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Vocabulary in the News: Understanding Key Phrases

Posted by on Feb 22, 2025 in French | 0 comments

Shambles
‘It’s a shambles’: Data shows most asylum seekers are placed in the poorest parts of Britain.


Noun, uncountable: Something done incompetently; a disaster.

Spanish Translation: Desastre nm

  • The event was a complete shambles.
  • El evento fue un desastre total.

Noun, uncountable: A mess or disorder.

Disorder nm, chaos nm, mess nm, (Argentina, vulgar) quilombo nm

  • The flat was a shambles after the party.
  • Después de la fiesta, el apartamento había quedado en completo desorden.


Plough in
Greening’s language
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NAFTA: Boosting Trade, Growth, and Prosperity in North America

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NAFTA: Fueling Economic Growth in North America

NAFTA: Creating one of the world’s largest free trade zones and laying the foundations for strong economic growth and rising prosperity for Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Since then, NAFTA has demonstrated how free trade increases wealth and competitiveness, delivering real benefits to families, farmers, workers, manufacturers, and consumers.

The NAFTA partners have created this website to provide Canadians, Americans, and Mexicans with information

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Common English Translation Errors and Corrections

Posted by on Feb 21, 2025 in French | 0 comments

crowded: overcrowded

absurdly: ludicrously

save: save

Garlic: garlic

German: German

German: German

Widely: widely

animate: Encourage

off: turn off

appear: turn up

Arab Saudi: Saudi Arabia

burn: blaze

Argentina: Argentinian

Wardrobe: cupboard

Rice: Rice

roast: roast

jam: traffic jam

Headphones: Headphones

waste: litter

beat: beat

wallet: ballet

Soft: Soft

search: look for

Knight: knight

global warming: global warming

Canada: Canadian

tired: tiring

tired: weary

Almost: nearly

shopping-center: shopping mall

by: nearby

pig: pork

Mandarin

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French School Vocabulary: Essential Terms for Students

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French School Vocabulary: Essential Terms

Abandonner une matière = drop a subject

Activités extra-sco = after-school activity

Agenda = diary

Aider quelqu’un à faire quelque chose = help somebody to do something

Aller à l’école = go to school

Aller à l’uni = get into university

Année sabbatique = gap year

Apprendre de ses erreurs = learn from mistakes

Arriver à faire = keep up with

Avoir des ennuis = get into trouble

Avoir un diplôme = have a degree

Bac = A level

Bibliothèque = library

Bien s’entendre

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