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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Magazine - page 8
- 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.
- Vocabulary
Changer in French: Changer de and What It Means
Changer means change, but changer de swaps one thing for another. Learn the preposition, se changer, and how to avoid the classic errors.
- Vocabulary
Chef in French: Meaning and Common Mistakes
Learn chef in context with natural French examples, English glosses, common mistakes, usage nuance, and practical review.
- Vocabulary
Cher in French: Meaning and Common Mistakes
Learn cher in context with natural French examples, English glosses, common mistakes, usage nuance, and practical review.
- Vocabulary
Cheveux in French: Always Plural, Never Poils
Cheveux means hair and is normally plural in French. Learn why un cheveu is one strand, how poil differs, and the adjective agreements.
- Vocabulary
Chez in French: Meaning and Usage
Learn how chez locates someone at a home, professional practice, business, author’s work, or social group in natural French.
- Thematic Vocabulary
Clothes in French: Vocabulary for Wearing and Shopping
Clothing vocabulary in French by category - tops, bottoms, shoes, accessories - plus shopping phrases like trying something on and asking for a size.
- Vocabulary
Cœur in French: Par Cœur, Mal au Cœur, and Feeling
Cœur means heart, but avoir mal au cœur means nausea and par cœur means by heart. Learn the idioms and the ligature spelling.
- Vocabulary
Coin in French: A Classic False Friend
Learn how French coin means corner, spot, or local area, why a money coin is une pièce, and which location phrases sound natural.
Short notes on French vocabulary with nuance.
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