French Vocabulary Magazine
Notes on register, verlan, memory, listening, and the words that change meaning with context - from formal vs informal French to spaced repetition and Shadowing.
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- Practical French
Business French: A Practical Starting Point for Professionals
Professional French essentials: email phrases, meeting vocabulary, and the vous-only default - a practical starting point for the workplace.
- Expressions
Ça Craint: Meaning and Usage
Learn ça craint with a clear guide, natural French examples and English glosses, common mistakes, nuanced usage, and practical review.
- Vocabulary
Café in French: Its Several Different Meanings
Learn café in context with natural French examples, English glosses, common mistakes, usage nuance, and practical review.
- Learn French
Can You Learn French in 3 Months? The Honest Week-by-Week Answer
Yes for travel-ready French, no for fluency. A realistic week-by-week 90-day plan for what you can actually achieve learning French in 3 months.
- Vocabulary
Capitaine in French: Rank, Not Every Captain
Capitaine is a real rank in French, but a team captain and a pilot use other words. Learn where the cognate holds and where it breaks.
- Vocabulary
Cas in French: Meaning and Usage
Cas means a case or situation in French, appearing in en cas de (in case of) and en tout cas (in any case). Learn its uses with examples.
- Vocabulary
Cause in French: Meaning and Common Mistakes
Choose French cause, à cause de, grâce à, en raison de, parce que, and faute de by matching grammar with the speaker’s evaluation.
- Vocabulary
Celui in French: Meaning and Usage
Learn celui in context with natural French examples, English glosses, common mistakes, usage nuance, and practical review.
- Grammar
C'est vs Il est: The One Rule That Decides It
C'est or il est? The rule: c'est + a noun with an article (c'est un médecin), il/elle est + a bare adjective or profession (il est médecin, il est grand).
- Vocabulary
Chance in French: Meaning and Common Mistakes
Separate luck, opportunity, and probability in French chance through articles, fixed constructions, natural examples, and learner warnings.
Short notes on French vocabulary with nuance.
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