Gender
Every noun is masculine or feminine. Articles must match: le/un (masculine), la/une (feminine).
FRENCH PRACTICE
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FRENCH LEVEL 1
Question 1 of 20BASICS
French uses the same 26 letters as English, pronounced differently, plus accents that change vowel sounds.
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The alphabet (a–z)
Accents
Every noun is masculine or feminine. Articles must match: le/un (masculine), la/une (feminine).
Most nouns add -s for the plural, usually silent: le chat → les chats.
Most adjectives come after the noun: une maison grande is wrong order for most — but common short adjectives (grand, petit, beau) come before: une grande maison.
je (I), tu (you informal), il/elle (he/she), nous (we), vous (you formal/plural), ils/elles (they).
Verbs change ending for each subject, e.g. parler: je parle, tu parles, il parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils parlent.
Wrap the verb in ne ... pas: Je ne sais pas (I don't know).
Add est-ce que before a statement, or invert the verb and subject: Est-ce que tu viens? / Viens-tu?
Use plus ... que (more than) or moins ... que (less than): plus grand que (bigger than).
French has no apostrophe-s. Use de instead: le livre de Marie (Marie's book).
de + le becomes du, and à + le becomes au: je reviens du marché (I come back from the market).
Greetings & everyday phrases
Numbers 1-10
Days of the week
Family
Colours
Question words
About me
Food & drink
Polite words
My day
Time of day
Places
Shopping
Directions
Health & feelings
At school
Travel
Opinions & reasons
Plans & invitations
Phone & helping
Common sayings
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