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How do I know if a word is masculine or feminine?

We can often find out the gender of nouns in French by looking at the spelling. The end of the word can give us a clue. for example, words ending in -age, -ier, -oir and -eur and mostly masculine, such as (l...
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Answered by Mark A. • French tutor
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In what context would you use the present tense in French?

Present tense in French is used in different situations: 1) immediate action: the action is taking place while you are speaking ex: Je n'entends pas ce que vous dites. 2) habits and facts: for facts that are...
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Answered by Marie B. • French tutor
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What is the imperfect tense?

The imperfect tense is a past tense. There are three reasons why we might use the imperfect tense and these can be remembered as: habitual, incomplete and descriptive. What does 'habitual' mean? Habitual mea...
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Answered by Rebecca B. • French tutor
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Write a description of your town for a regional magazine.

J’habite à Lichfield qui se trouve au centre d’Angleterre. À 30 kilomètres au sud, il y a la ville de Birmingham, tandis qu’à environ 200 kilomètres au sud-est, il y a la capitale, Londres. Lichfield est une...
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Answered by Katie G. • French tutor
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What is the subjunctive in French?

It is a tense to express a doubt or a wish such as "I wish it were sunny." It's constructed in the present tense by taking the 'Ils' form, removing the ending and adding e, es, e, ions, iez, ent. I...
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Answered by Lydia T. • French tutor
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