List: French narrative: tenses, pronouns and false friends
Grammar explanations and original examples for interpreting French narrative.
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Original learning material proposed for a comfortable French reader's background; not an assessed proficiency level.
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| Pendant que je réparais mon vélo, une enfant m'a posé une question. Literary narrative may use passé simple where a spoken retelling uses passé composé. This is a starting distinction, not a rule about long versus short actions. | Grammar | ||||
| Explique-moi ton idée. Montre-le à ton amie. In a negative command, place the pronoun before the verb: Ne me montre pas la réponse. | Grammar | ||||
| Se souvenir de quelque chose, renoncer à quelque chose, s'éloigner de quelque chose. Invent a personal example of each; don't translate the English preposition word for word. | Grammar | ||||
| Ce qui me surprend, c'est sa patience. Je comprends ce que tu veux dire. Identify the role inside the following clause. | Grammar | ||||
| Je n'ai que deux outils = I only have two tools. Compare Je n'ai pas d'outils = I have no tools. | Grammar | ||||
| French sensible means sensitive; actuellement means currently; assister à means attend. Similar Spanish or Italian words are useful clues, not proof of identical meaning. | Usage |