The following paper posits a different set of rules which (when tested on their corpus) proved to be much more accurate than the “careful” principle: Our proposal, then, is the following. In conjunction with a pedagogical norm which requires students ...
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Doubles consonnes
Business EditorsEn ce qui concerne la gémination du ‘l’, je dirais qu’il y a souvent une différence de prononciation (accentuée dans certains accents régionaux) qui aide à deviner. Plusieurs décennies de cassage de dents sur les ‘t’ et les ‘p’ (avec ...
How to differentiate “him” as “le”, and “him” as “lui”?
Business EditorsLe -> remplace un COD Lui -> remplace un COI Posez vous la question : “je vais le voir” -> Je vais voir QUI ? Je vais le voir ou “c’est pour lui” -> C’est POUR QUI ? c’est pour ...
When to put an accent on the letter E
Business EditorsFirst, note that French spelling is primarily based on pronunciation, but secondarily based on etymology. There are many words for which the pronunciation allows many different spellings, and the choice of an actual spelling reflects the word’s etymology. For example, ...
Is there any general rule to determine the gender of a noun based on its spelling?
Business Editors
The words ending with the sound “o” (“-eau”) are generally masculine. Exemple: un château. I think the most useful rule of thumbs is that words ending with -e or -tion are usually feminine, others are usually masculine. I don’t know ...
When to use “connaître” and when to use “savoir”?
Associations Editors
Maybe some examples will help: Est-ce que tu sais quand a eu lieu la révolution française? — Non, je ne connais pas très bien l’histoire. Je connais cet homme, mais je ne sais pas quel est son métier. Tu n’as ...
Rules of thumb for auxiliary verbs (avoir/être) in passé composé?
Associations Editors
The comparison with German is not going to be very helpful, in general. Here are rules of thumb for French: All reflexive and reciprocal verbs are conjugated with être Most of the rest of the verbs are conjugated with avoir ...