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French Conjunctions

Learn about both kinds of French conjunctions and how to use them, then memorize the most common ones.

Introduction to French Conjunctions

Conjunctions provide a link between similar words or groups of words, such as nouns, verbs, people, etc. There are two types of French conjunctions.

Coordinating conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions join words and groups of words with an equal value.

Subordinating conjunctions

Subordinating conjunctions join dependent clauses to main clauses.

Conjunctive phrases

A conjunctive phrase is a group of two or more words that function as a conjunction. French conjunctive phrases usually end in que and are usually subordinating conjunctions.

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