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What is the role of the subjunctive form in french and when is it used?

Knowing when to use the subjunctive is a complex affair that confuses even fluent french speakers at times. It has its subtleties, but a good trick is sticking to what makes sense, rather than applying a rig...
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Answered by Louis P. • French tutor
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How do you conjugate irregular verbs in the passé composé

Irregular french verbs take être as their auxiliary, meaning you would replace the avoir component with être in the present tense. 'je vais', for example, would become 'je suis allé' in the perfect tense. Si...
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Tu aimerais avoir des enfants?

THEME 1: IDENTITY AND CULTURETOPIC 1: Me, my family and friends De nos jour devenir un parent n'est plus considéré comme une nécessité. Jadis le gouvernement renforçait que la parentalité était essentielle p...
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Answered by Ramsay V. • French tutor
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How do I know when to use avoir or être as the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense?

Avoir is most commonly used in this case. So, if in doubt, it's safer to use avoir . However there are certain verbs that use être when forming the perfect tense. These are Reflexive Verbs and DR MRS VANDERT...
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Answered by Theresa O. • French tutor
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Explain the difference between definite and indefinite articles.

Definite articles (le, la, l', les) mean "the" and depend on the noun that follows. They are called definite because they are used to indicate a specific thing(s). For example: le livre - the (spec...
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Answered by Olivier S. • French tutor
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