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NOUNS
introduction
number: singular and plural
gender: masculine and feminine
voilà vs. il y a: devices for introducing nouns
temps, heure, fois: different nouns for 'time'
DETERMINERS
introduction
definite articles
def. articles with physical characteristics, ex. elle a les cheveux longs
indefinite articles
partitive articles
possessive determiners: mon, ma, mes, etc.
demonstrative determiners: ce, cet, cette, ces
expressions of quantity: beaucoup de, un peu de, etc.
tout
indefinite determiners
ADVERBS
introduction
formation and placement
placement of adverbs with the passé composé
comparative and superlative of adverbs
il y a 'ago'
bon/meilleur vs. bien/mieux
tôt, tard, en avance, en retard, à l'heure
ADJECTIVES
introduction
formation and placement
adjectives before the noun
irregular adjectives
adjectives whose meaning varies with placement
comparison of adjectives
superlative of adjectives
bon/meilleur (adjectives) vs. bien/mieux (adverbs)
participles as adjectives
VERBS
introduction
regular verbs
-er verbs
-er verbs (regular)
-er verbs (stem changing)
-ir verbs
-ir verbs (regular)
-ir verbs (irreg) like ouvrir 'to open'
-ir verbs (irreg) like partir 'to leave,' sortir 'to go out,' dormir 'to sleep'
-re verbs
-re verbs (regular)
-re verbs (irregular) like prendre 'to take'
-re verbs (irregular) like mettre 'to put, to place'
-re verbs (irregular) like suivre 'to follow', vivre 'to live'
common irregular verbs
être 'to be'
avoir 'to have'
avoir expressions, ex. il y a, avoir besoin de, etc.
aller 'to go'
faire 'to do,' 'to make'
faire expressions
venir 'to come'
boire, croire, voir: 'to drink', 'to believe', 'to see'
savoir vs. connaître: two ways of knowing
dire, lire, écrire: 'to say', 'to read', 'to write'
pronominal verbs: se raser, se lever, se disputer
modal verbs: vouloir 'to want to,' pouvoir 'to be able to,' devoir 'to have to'
impersonal verbs and expressions: il faut, il est important de ...
quitter, partir, sortir, laisser: different verbs for 'to leave'
infinitive constructions, including past and negative
causative faire (faire+infinitif)
transitive vs. intransitive constructions
present participle
NEGATION
introduction
basic negation: ne ... pas (don't, not)
alternate forms (1):
ne ... jamais (never)
ne ... rien (nothing)
ne ... personne (nobody, no one)
ne ... pas du tout (not at all)
ne ... plus (no more, any longer)
alternate forms (2):
ne ... aucun(e) (not one)
ne ... ni ... ni (neither ... nor)
ne ... que (only)
one word negative responses: si, jamais, personne, rien
PREPOSITIONS
introduction
common prepositions
contractions of à and de with definite article
depuis vs il y a ... que
depuis with imperfect
depuis, pendant, pour
prepositions with place names
prepositions with infinitives
PRONOUNS
introduction
subject pronouns: je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles
c'est vs. il/elle est
disjunctive pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, elles, eux
direct object pronouns: me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les
indirect object pronouns: me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur
pronoun: y
pronoun: en
relative pronouns: qui and que
relative pronouns: ce qui and ce que
relative pronouns: dont, ce dont, où, lequel
order of object pronouns
indefinite pronouns: chacun and quelqu'un
demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles
possessive pronouns: le mien, la mienne, etc.
CONJUNCTIONS
introduction
coordinating conjunctions: et, mais, ou, puis, car, etc.
subordinating conjunctions: pendant que, quand, depuis que, etc.
conjunctions that take the subjunctive
TENSE/ASPECT/MOOD/VOICE
introduction
present tense
past tenses
passé immédiat (venir de+infinitive)
passé composé with avoir
passé composé with être
passé composé of pronominal verbs
imparfait: formation
imparfait: states of being, habitual actions
imparfait: idiomatic uses (suggestions, wishes, depuis, venir de)
narration: passé composé vs. imparfait
plus-que-parfait
passé simple (literary tense)
passé antérieur (literary tense)
future tenses
futur proche (aller+infinitive)
simple future (regular)
simple future (irregular)
future: usage
futur antérieur
imperative mood (regular and pronominal)
subjunctive mood
regular subjunctive formation
irregular subjunctive formation
usage: obligation
usage: doubt
usage: will, emotion, desire
conjunctions that take the subjunctive
past subjunctive
summary
ways to avoid the subjunctive
conditional mood
conditional
past conditional
si clauses – summary
reported speech in present
reported speech in past
active voice vs. passive voice
INTERROGATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
introduction
yes/no questions: est-ce que, n'est-ce pas
questions with subject/verb inversion
interrogative adjective quel (with exclamative usage)
interrogative pronouns: qui, qui est-ce que, qu'est-ce qui, qu'est-ce que
interrogative pronoun lequel
interrogative words
ETC
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adj1introduction to adjectives
adj2adjectives: formation and placement
adj3adjectives that precede the noun
adj4irregular adjectives
adj5adjectives whose meaning varies with placement
adj6comparisons with adjectives
adj7superlative of adjectives
adj8bon/meilleur vs. bien/mieux
adj9participles as adjectives
adv1introduction to adverbs
adv2adverbs: formation and placement
adv3placement of adverbs with passé composé
adv4comparative and superlative of adverbs
adv5-il y a, ago
adv6tôt, tard, en avance, en retard, à l'heure
characterscast of characters
con1introduction to conjunctions
con2coordinating conjunctions
con3subordinating conjunctions
creditscredits and acknowledgment
sdet1introduction to determiner
sdet10indefinite determiner
sdet2determiners: definite article
sdet3definite articles with physical characteristic
sdet4determiners: indefinite articles
det5determiners: partitive articles
det6possessive determiners
det7demonstrative determiners
det8determiners: expressions of quantity
det9touthelphelp using this website
indextex's index: la grammaire de l'absurde
int1introduction to interrogatives
int2yes/no questions: est-ce que, n'est-ce pas
int3questions with subject/verb inversion
int4interrogative and exclamative quel
int5interrogative pronouns
int6interrogative pronoun lequel
int7interrogative words: où, quand, comment ...
neg1introduction to negation
neg2basic negation: ne ... pas
neg3alternate forms (1) ne ... jamais, rien, personne, etc.
neg4alternate forms (2) ne ... aucun, ni ... ni, que
neg5one-word negative sentences si, jamais, etc.
no1introduction to nouns
no2number: singular, plural
no3gender: masculine, feminine
no4voilà vs. il y a
no5temps, heure, fois
overviewabout this site: overview
pre1introduction to prepositions
pre1acommon prepositions
pre2contractions of à and de with definite article
pre3prepositions with placespre4prepositions with infinitivespred1depuis vs. il y a ... que, ça fait ... que, and voilà ... quepred2depuis with imperfectprep1depuis, pendant, pour: 'for'pro1introduction to pronounspro10indefinite pronounspro11demonstrative pronounspro12possessive pronounspro2subject pronounspro3c'est vs il/elle estpro4disjunctive pronounspro5direct object pronounspro6pronoun ypro7pronoun enpro8indirect object pronounspro9order of object pronouns present tensepror1relative pronouns: qui and quepror2relative pronouns: ce qui, ce quepror3relative pronouns: dont, où, etc. present tenseta1intro to tense, aspect, mood, voicetac1conditionaltac2past conditionaltac3si clausestad1reported speech in the presenttad2reported speech in the pasttaf1futur prochetaf2simple future: regulartaf3simple future: irregulartaf4future: usagetaf5futur antérieurtai1imperative moodtap1recent past (venir de + infinitive)tap10passé simpletap11passé antérieurtap2passé composé with avoirtap3passé composé with etretap4passé composé of pronominal verbstap5imparfait: formationtap6imparfait: states of being, habitual actionstap7imparfait: idiomatic usestap8narration: passé composé vs. imparfaittap9plus-que-parfaittapr1present tensetas1regular subjunctivetas2irregular subjunctivetas3asubjunctive usage: obligationtas3bsubjunctive usage: doubttas4subjunctive usage: will, emotion, desiretas5conjunctions that take the subjunctivetas6past subjunctivetas7subjunctive summarytas8ways to avoid the subjunctivetav1active vs. passive voicev1introduction to verbsver1-er verbs (regular) present tensever2-er verbs (stem changing) present tensevim1impersonal verbs & expressions: il faut, il est important ...vinf1infinitive constructionsvir1-ir verbs (regular) present tensevir2-ir verbs (irregular) like ouvrir present tensevir3-ir verbs (irregular) partir, sortir, and dormirvirr1être 'to be'virr10savoir vs. connaître present tensevirr11dire, lire, écrire present tensevirr2avoir 'to have'virr3avoir expressionsvirr4aller 'to go'virr5faire 'to do, to make'virr6faire expressionsvirr7causative fairevirr8venir 'to come'virr9boire, croire, voirvl1partir, sortir, quitter, laisservm1modal verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoirvpp1present participlevpr1pronominal verbsvre1-re verbs (regular)vre2-re verbs (irregular) like prendrevre3-re verbs (irregular) like mettrevre4re verbs (irregular) like suivre, vivrevti1transitive vs. intransitive
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adj2adjectives: formation and placementadj3adjectives that precede the nounadj4irregular adjectivesadj5adjectives whose meaning varies with placementadj6comparisons with adjectivesadj7superlative of adjectivesadj8bon/meilleur vs. bien/mieuxadj9participles as adjectivesadv2adverbs: formation and placementadv3placement of adverbs with passé composéadv4comparative and superlative of adverbsadv5-il y a, agoadv6tôt, tard, en avance, en retard, à l'heurecharacterscast of characterscon2coordinating conjunctionscon3subordinating conjunctionsdet10indefinite determinersdet2determiners: definite articlesdet3definite articles with physical characteristicsdet4determiners: indefinite articlesdet5determiners: partitive articlesdet6possessive determinersdet7demonstrative determinersdet8determiners: expressions of quantitydet9toutint1introduction to interrogativesint2yes/no questions: est-ce que, n'est-ce pasint3questions with subject/verb inversionint4interrogative and exclamative quelint5interrogative pronounsint6interrogative pronoun lequelint7interrogative words: où, quand, comment ...neg2basic negation: ne ... pasneg3alternate forms (1) ne ... jamais, rien, personne, etc.neg4alternate forms (2) ne ... aucun, ni ... ni, queneg5one-word negative sentences si, jamais, etc.no2number: singular, pluralno3gender: masculine, feminineno4voilà vs. il y ano5temps, heure, foispre1acommon prepositionspre2contractions of à and de with definite articlepre3prepositions with placespre4prepositions with infinitivespred1depuis vs. il y a ... que, ça fait ... que, and voilà ... quepred2depuis with imperfectprep1depuis, pendant, pour: 'for'pro10indefinite pronounspro11demonstrative pronounspro12possessive pronounspro2subject pronounspro3c'est vs il/elle estpro4disjunctive pronounspro5direct object pronounspro6pronoun ypro7pronoun enpro8indirect object pronounspro9order of object pronouns present tensepror1relative pronouns: qui and quepror2relative pronouns: ce qui, ce quepror3relative pronouns: dont, où, etc. present tensetac1conditionaltac2past conditionaltac3si clausestad1reported speech in the presenttad2reported speech in the pasttaf1futur prochetaf2simple future: regulartaf3simple future: irregulartaf4future: usagetaf5futur antérieurtai1imperative moodtap1recent past (venir de + infinitive)tap10passé simpletap11passé antérieurtap2passé composé with avoirtap3passé composé with etretap4passé composé of pronominal verbstap5imparfait: formationtap6imparfait: states of being, habitual actionstap7imparfait: idiomatic usestap8narration: passé composé vs. imparfaittap9plus-que-parfaittapr1present tensetas1regular subjunctivetas2irregular subjunctivetas3asubjunctive usage: obligationtas3bsubjunctive usage: doubttas4subjunctive usage: will, emotion, desiretas5conjunctions that take the subjunctivetas6past subjunctivetas7subjunctive summarytas8ways to avoid the subjunctivetav1active vs. passive voicever1-er verbs (regular) present tensever2-er verbs (stem changing) present tensevim1impersonal verbs & expressions: il faut, il est important ...vinf1infinitive constructionsvir1-ir verbs (regular) present tensevir2-ir verbs (irregular) like ouvrir present tensevir3-ir verbs (irregular) partir, sortir, and dormirvirr1être 'to be'virr10savoir vs. connaître present tensevirr11dire, lire, écrire present tensevirr2avoir 'to have'virr3avoir expressionsvirr4aller 'to go'virr5faire 'to do, to make'virr6faire expressionsvirr7causative fairevirr8venir 'to come'virr9boire, croire, voirvl1partir, sortir, quitter, laisservm1modal verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoirvpp1present participlevpr1pronominal verbsvre1-re verbs (regular)vre2-re verbs (irregular) like prendrevre3-re verbs (irregular) like mettrevre4re verbs (irregular) like suivre, vivrevti1transitive vs. intransitive