French Grammar Lessons and Clear Explanations

Learn emprunter vs prêter in French: borrow from someone, lend to someone, use the right pronouns, and avoid common mistakes with clear examples in context.

Discover why assister à usually means “attend,” how to use aider with a person, and when assister quelqu’un is a correct formal expression.

Why do French -ir verbs form nous finissons but nous partons? Discover the Latin history of -iss- and how to identify second-group verbs today.

Learn revenir vs retourner vs rentrer in French: compare their usual viewpoints, natural overlap, past-tense patterns, examples, audio and practice.

Il faut and devoir can both mean “must” or “have to,” but one presents necessity impersonally while the other names who is responsible. Learn the patterns, tone and subjunctive rule.

French uses different verbs for departing, leaving a place or person, and leaving something behind. Learn the logic and sentence patterns that separate partir, quitter and laisser.

Se souvenir and se rappeler both mean “to remember,” but their complements behave differently. Learn the standard patterns, pronouns and accepted uses of se rappeler de.

Use avant de when the subject stays the same and avant que when it changes. Learn the subject test, the subjunctive rule and the optional ne explétif.

Manquer and rater can both mean “to miss,” but only manquer is used for missing someone or lacking something. Learn the structures that change the meaning.

Parce que, car and puisque can all introduce a reason, but they organise information differently. Learn which connector sounds natural in each context.

Encore and toujours can both mean “still,” but they express continuation differently. Learn when French uses each word for still, again, more and always.

Use quel before a noun and lequel when the noun is already understood. Learn all the forms, the contractions with à and de, and the mistakes to avoid.

Entendre and écouter both relate to hearing, but only one expresses deliberate attention. Learn the difference through natural examples, common mistakes and a short practice.

Should you use amener, apporter, emmener or emporter? Learn the two simple distinctions that help French speakers choose the correct verb naturally.

Ce qui and ce que can both mean “what” in English. Learn how to choose the correct form by identifying whether it replaces the subject or object.

Learn when to use tout, tous, toute and toutes in French, how they agree, and how their pronunciation changes depending on the sentence.

Learn the difference between savoir and connaître in French, with clear structures, natural examples and the mistakes English speakers often make.

Learn when French uses pendant and when it uses pour to express duration, including completed actions, planned periods and common mistakes.

Learn the difference between depuis and il y a in French: one describes an action that is still continuing, while the other locates a past event.

Learn how depuis and pendant express duration differently in French, with timelines, natural examples and a simple way to choose the right form.

Learn when to use bon and bien in French, how adjective and adverb patterns work, and the important expressions that do not follow a direct English translation.

Learn the difference between mieux and meilleur in French: one improves an action or state, while the other compares a noun.

Learn the differences between jusqu’ici, jusque-là, jusqu’à présent and jusqu’à maintenant, with natural examples for saying “so far” in French.

Learn the difference between jour and journée in French and how perspective, duration and common expressions determine which word sounds natural.

Learn when to use c’est and il est in French, including descriptions, professions, adjectives and the sentence patterns English speakers often confuse.

Learn the difference between an and année in French and how duration, quantity and emphasis determine which word sounds natural.