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Franglais Friday: un sweat

Friday January 27, 2012
Though I risk the wrath of l'Académie française, Friday's mot du jour is not French - it's an anglicism: sweat.

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French expression: Ça ne fait rien

Friday January 27, 2012
What does the idiomatic French expression ça ne fait rien mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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French grammar: Relative pronouns

Thursday January 26, 2012
Like its English counterpart, a French relative pronoun - qui, que, lequel, dont, où - links a dependent or relative clause to a main clause. There are no one-to-one equivalents for these words; depending on context, the English translation may be who, whom, that, which, whose, where, or when. Learn all about French relative pronouns in this detailed lesson.
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French verb of the week: partir

Thursday January 26, 2012

Simple verb conjugations, similarly conjugated verbs, and links to related lessons for the French verb partir.
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