La Marseillaise is the national anthem of France. The Marseillaise’s lyrics are call to arms to unite the French citizenry against the monarchy: “Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé !” (Arise, children of the fatherland; The day of glory has arrived.). This post explores both the meaning, vocabulary and grammar …
David Issokson
“Alouette” (Meaning: Lark; Pronunciation: ah-lou-eht or alwɛt) is a popular Canadian folk song and is one of the most popular kids songs for learning French. The song is over one hundred years old and is said to have originated in Quebec, Canada. In this lesson, we’ll explain the vocabulary and grammar of the song’s French …
Today we’ll look at the preposition depuis, which means “since”. In certain situations it can also mean “for” as in how long and action has been occurring. Je suis ces leçons depuis très longtemps! I’ve been follwing these lessons for a very long time! depuis – [dəpɥi] since Since in French – How to use …
The French passé récent or recent past tense is used describe events which just occurred. It is formed by combining the present tense of the verb venir (to come) with the preposition de followed by an infinitive. For example, je viens de manger (I just ate). What is the French passé récent tense The passé …
In French, the basic sentence structure is: subject, verb, object. For example, Je vends la voiture (I sell the car). The word order of French sentences has many particularities unique to French. In this article you’ll learn all the most important word order rules necessary to properly speak French. Guide to French sentence structure French …
