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  • Dire ses quatre vérités - French ExpressionCreated: 2009-07-10 @ 10:53:17 GMT     
    What does the idiomatic French expression dire ses quatre vérités mean and how is it used?…
  • La question ne se pose pas - French ExpressionCreated: 2009-06-26 @ 12:25:32 GMT     
    What does the French expression la question ne se pose pas mean and how is it used?…
  • Changer de cap - French ExpressionCreated: 2009-06-26 @ 06:06:23 GMT     
    What does the idiomatic French expression changer de cap mean and how is it used?…
  • French Demonstrative Adjectives - Adjectifs démonstratifsCreated: 2009-06-20 @ 07:15:00 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-20 @ 07:22:39 GMT
    Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) are words used in place of articles to indicate a specific noun. In French, they must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify…
  • Champ - French Expressions with ChampCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 06:24:12 GMT     
    Learn some idiomatic expressions with the French word champ…
  • Robe des champs - French ExpressionCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 06:18:33 GMT     
    What does the idiomatic French expression robe des champs mean and how is it used?…
  • French Relative Pronouns - Qui Que Dont OùCreated: 2009-06-15 @ 07:30:58 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-15 @ 08:03:52 GMT
    Like its English counterpart, a French relative pronoun links a dependent/relative clause to a main clause. Que, qui, lequel, dont, and où are the French relative pronouns, and there's no one-…
  • Chercher - French Expressions with ChercherCreated: 2009-06-15 @ 06:08:06 GMT     
    Learn some idiomatic expressions with the French verb chercher…
  • De - French Expressions with DeCreated: 2009-06-15 @ 06:06:56 GMT     
    Learn some idiomatic expressions with the French preposition de…
  • French Conditional Mood - Le conditionnelCreated: 2009-06-13 @ 09:16:33 GMT     
    The conditional is, in my opinion, one of the simplest French tenses. There is only one set of endings for all verbs, and most of them - even many which are irregular in the present tense - use the…
  • Chercher des poux dans la tête - French ExpressionCreated: 2009-06-12 @ 06:05:40 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-12 @ 14:40:20 GMT
    What does the idiomatic French expression chercher des poux dans la tête à quelqu'un mean and how is it used?…
  • French Reflexive Pronouns - Pronoms réfléchisCreated: 2009-06-12 @ 04:56:48 GMT     
    Reflexive pronouns are a special kind of French pronoun which can only be used with pronominal verbs. These verbs need a reflexive pronoun in addition to a subject pronoun because the subject(s) pe…

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