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Which preposition do I use with countries?

The use of prepositions to say you are 'in' a country is actually quite simple in French. Your two options are 'en' (which is more common) and 'au'. 'Au' is used with masculine countries that begin with a co...
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Answered by Owen A. • French tutor
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What is the difference between a definite and an indefinite article?

Single Indefinite Article Un/Une in French is in English what you would use as a/an: a bottle = une bouteille a mobile phone = un GSM an actress = une actrice an actor = un acteur Here you can see that for b...
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Answered by Bianca K. • French tutor
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How do you order pronouns in the affirmative imperative in French?

The imperative mood is used when giving commands to a number of persons : either the 2nd person singular 'tu', the 1st person plural 'nous' or the 2nd person plural 'vous'. Whilst negative constructions of t...
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Answered by Lauren R. • French tutor
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What is the difference between bon and bien in french?

Though you could say this problem is a fairly basic one, this was always a question I had difficulty with during school, and I felt that I never got a clear answer. Having now spent a year in France, I will ...
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Answered by Joseph P. • French tutor
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How do I form the perfect tense?

The perfect tense consists of avoir/etre (auxiliary) + the past participle. You use the perfect tense for things which happened once in the past. For example: Je fin -> J'ai fini Je vais -> Je suis allé
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Answered by Sam R. • French tutor
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