French Future Perfect Tense

Today’s lesson covers the verb supporter, which means both to support and to tolerate. Supporter comes from supportare (carry up, transport) in Latin. supporter to support, to put up with, to tolerate, to stand Pronunciation [sypɔʀte]

le passé du subjonctif The French past subjunctive (le passé du subjonctif) is used in the same way as the present subjunctive where certain verbs, conjunctions and impersonal expressions require the subjunctive to express wishes, emotions and doubts.

Today’s lesson explores the fun interjection and onomatopoeia “miam !”, which means “yum!” and “yummy!”. Miam also appears in a doubled form: “Miam-miam, ça a l’air bon (Yummy! That looks good!). miam ! yum! yummy! Pronunciation [mjam]

le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif The pluperfect or past perfect subjunctive (le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif) is a mood used in French literature. It is equivalent to the the past subjunctive in spoken French. It differs from the imperfect subjunctive in that the past action is completed.

Today’s lesson covers the masculine noun le coin, which translates to corner, local area, wedge. Coin comes from cŭnĕus in Latin, meaning wedge-shaped stone and area. Interestingly, the French word for coin (as in a piece of money) is la pièce. le coin corner, local area, wedge Pronunciation [kwɛ̃]