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Today’s lesson explains how to use leur in French. Specifically, we’ll explain leur vs. leurs as the -s can cause the meaning to change. In a nutshell, leur, leurs (possessive adjective) means “their”, leur (indirect object pronoun) means “them” and le leur, la leur, les leurs (possessive pronoun) means “theirs”. Leur comes from illorum in …

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Today’s lesson explains the verb mêler, which means “to mix” and the reflexive form se mêler, which means to meddle, stick your nose in, interfere and get involved. Mêler comes from Old French mesler, which in turn comes from miscere (to mix) in Latin. mêler; se mêler to mix; to meddle, stick your nose in, …

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David Issokson

David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

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