David Issokson

This lesson provides a clear explanation of the French word “coin” which means corner and local area.

Learn how to use pas du tout in French with simple examples, native audio, and clear explanations. Discover how this common expression means “not at all” and is used to strongly negate a statement or answer a question.

The French imperfect subjunctive mood (l’imparfait du subjonctif) is used mostly in literature and formal writing. It’s used for verbs, conjunctions and impersonal expressions which require the subjunctive mood and where the action in the subordinate clause is related to the past but not complete.

This lesson explains “entendre” to hear and “s’entendre” (to get along).

The French past anterior tense (le passé antérieur) is a literary tense similar and is grammatically equivalent to the pluperfect tense (plus-que-parfait). The difference is that the past anterior is used in literature and formal writing while the pluperfect is used in modern writing and spoken French. It’s a good idea to be able to…