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French Vouloir, Pouvoir, and Devoir

It is important to understand and be able to use three irregular French verbs—vouloir, pouvoir, and devoir — as they are very common as well as useful. They are

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French The Past Tense (with être)

The French irregular verb être, to be, is one of the most important verbs in the French language. Être is not only common because it

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French The Past Tense with avoir

The French irregular verb avoir, which means “to have”, is one of the most frequently used of all French verbs. Be careful with the pronunciation of this

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French Voir, Coire, and Boire

The irregular verbs boire, croire, and voir have similar conjugations. Pay attention to their forms in the present tense. As Units progress, you will learn more and more irregular

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French Prendre “to take”

The irregular French verb prendre means “to take” and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. This flexible irregular French -re verb has a specific way to

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French The Verb “to put”

The French verb mettre is a common but irregular verb which needs to be studied carefully. It means ‘to put’ but can also be used for dropping someone

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French Possessive Pronouns

French possessive pronouns are used in place of nouns to indicate belonging. Instead of repeating “my bag”, and” my bag”, all the time, we can actually

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French Demonstrative Adjectives

In French, things get a little trickier. As in English, French, demonstrative adjectives must agree in number with the noun they modify, but they must also

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French The Expression “it is necessary”

The French phrase “il est nécessaire” means “it is necessary,” and it’s used quite often. Faloir is the French verb that means “to be necessary.” We

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French The Near Future

Use the near future and the simple future tenses to talk about what will happen in the future. The futur proche (near future) tense describes what is