In this article, I’m going to guide you to conjugating verbs in French through 7 steps. Step 1. What verb is conjugated in your sentence? Find it and take the English infinitive. It’s usually straight forward. For example, what’s the conjugated verb in the sentence “I bought a book yesterday”? Now, what’s the infinitive of that verb? Yes, the verb is “bought” and its infinitive is “to buy”. Another example, what’s the conjugated verb in the sentence: “it was a nice film”. Wh

This takes two meanings: 1. When being stuck, and you know you know the word but it's not coming back to you. Here's my trick for you: think of the word in another context. For example, imagine you want to say « at least » in French. Best way to tackle this is to ask yourself: what’s « less »? And if you can’t remember that, then dig deeper into it and try to remember what the opposite of « less » is. That’s okay if you can’t think of what it could be. We will dig deeper. Wha

So many people will say: "I wish I had paid more attention in French lessons. All I remember is to say "bonjour" and "merci" (usually pronounced as [bonne djoor] and [muhr.see]." That makes me feel both sad and partly responsible. So, if you've been in that situation and you want to do something about it, this article will hopefully bring some answers and key elements. It takes repetition The best way to remember the words is by going over them again and again, in different

The other day, I was asked what would be the best way to start teaching someone their language. Excellent question! Where do you start? I believe that the best way to start is with words that we use every day. Why? For two reasons: 1. since we use them every day, they will stick to our head very quickly, and 2. easy and smart way to get into the language. The only effort it will take is to remember to practice saying it. The rest will fall into place. If someone else around y

Why? If you are here, you must have your own valid reason for wanting to learn French. Yet, many are the people who gave up on the way because they thought it was boring, pointless, too complicated, etc. Basically, not worth the time or the effort. Truth is, what you are feeling is right. So I don’t blame you. In fact, I have also felt that way when learning Korean. Yet, how I wish I could have a conversation in Korean! But…I gave up. Lack of time, having to teach mysel

So often, people will ask me: "Did I get the French accent right?". Every time, I roll my eyes. I roll my eyes because it doesn't matter to me at all. It should not be the priority, not until being fluent. Why? It is time that we think about the difference between the pronunciation and the accent. Scenario 1. Imagine being at the supermarket and the person in front of you is speaking with a very French accent to the cashier, saying that they are British. Anyone would be imp

You struggle with learning French? You think that "it's too complicaced and that you'll never get there so what's the point?!". I get it. Yet, I'll prove you that with resilience, you can get there! Whether you have history with French or not, whether you just want to pass your exam to please others or you want to ace it, whether you are looking for a hobby, whether you want to home school your kids, whether you need it for university or work, whether you want to impress your