Today’s lesson explains how to use the verb payer meaning “to pay” and “to pay for”. The grammar for payer is: “Payer + direct object” and not “payer pour (for) + direct object“. Hence, je paie le café (I pay for the coffee). Payer comes from pacare in Latin. payer to pay Pronunciation [peje]
Today’s lesson covers the feminine noun la société, which is a faux ami (false cognate) meaning company and firm. Similar to English, la société also means “society”. La société comes from societas (union, association) in Latin. la société company, firm, society Pronunciation [sɔsjete]
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 …
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, …
Today’s lesson compares two very similarly sounding prepositions: avant vs. devant, meaning before and in front of. Avant comes from ante in Latin and devant simply combines the Modern French de (from or of) and avant (before). avant, devant before, in front of
