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How can I distinguish between feminine and masculine nouns?

In French, there are two categories of nouns, feminine and masculine. Most students find it difficult to distinguish between them, as there are many exceptions to the rules and the genders of some nouns seem...
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Answered by Corina D. • French tutor
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Why do some verbs take avoir and some take être in the perfect tense? How can I remember them?!

Well- French is one of those languages, like English, that has lots of silly rules that can't be explained! There's no way of telling which ones will take avoir and which ones will take être, unfortunately y...
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Answered by Holly S. • French tutor
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How do you form the future (near future) tense?

To form the near future you take the infinitve and add '-ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont' at the end. For example: Regarder: to watch (regular -er verb) je regarderai tu regarderas il/elle regardera nous regard...
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Answered by Katie R. • French tutor
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When should I use the perfect and imperfect tenses when talking about past actions?

For this question we will use the verb manger (to eat) as an example. The perfect tense is used to describe an action which took place once in the past. You can think of it as a single, completed action . EX...
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Answered by Laura G. • French tutor
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How can I improve my speaking skills ?

The most important thing to improve your speaking skills, is to be confident when you speak in the other language (with me French). That is the main thing I will focus on. After you feel confident, you will ...
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Answered by Roxanne B. • French tutor
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