This lesson examines the adjective pressé, meaning to be in a rush or hurry. We’ll also look at two more usages – être pressé de + infinitive, meaning “cannot wait to” and pressé as in pressed or squeezed juice. Presse comes from pressare (to press, squeeze) in Latin. pressé to be in rush or hurry, …
This lesson covers the French months of the year (les mois de l’année). The months are always written in lowercase letters and never capitalized. Listen to the audio and get the pronunciation right! Scroll down the page for example sentences using the vocabulary.
In French, there are two forms of the conditional perfect (ak.a. the past conditional). This other post covers the first past conditional. The first and second conditional perfect have the same value but the second form appears like the pluperfect subjunctive.
Today’s lesson focuses on a commonly used feminine noun la salle de sport, meaning “the gym”. The word salle often refers to a large-sized room or hall. la salle de sport the gym
Today’s lesson explores the word chouette, meaning great, neat and nice as an interjection and adjective, as well as owl as a feminine noun. Chouette comes from choete and çuete in Old French, which is related to the chough bird in English. chouette great, neat, nice, owl Pronunciation [ʃwɛt]
