If you haven’t done so already, read over the introductory lesson on gender in French grammar.  Once you get the basic principal of all nouns having gender and start to memorize the various French words vocabulary for ‘the’ and ‘a,’ you’ll be ready to move on to…
… Gendered pronouns!  Get ready folks, ‘my,’ ‘your,’ ‘his,’ [...]

Okay, last one on grammar for a while.  If you haven’t already, go ahead and read an introduction to masculine and feminine, so you have a firm understanding of le, la and les.
This is the last lesson in a short series on gender in French.  Once you understand that every noun is either masculine or [...]

If you haven’t done so already, take a quick look at the lessons on gender in French grammar and gendered French pronouns.
Most pronouns are gendered to match the nouns they accompany or replace.  There are a few, however, that remain the same for nouns of either gender (hooray!), and change only in plural form.

Your
Our
Their

Your (formal [...]

What on earth is ‘ben’?

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Or ban or bin or bink, depending on whom you ask or what you read. Ben is a filler word; it is ‘um,’ ‘er,’ ‘well,’ ‘hmm,’ and ‘but’ all rolled together. In short, ben is what you say when you’re not [...]

Okay, I know, grammar (to people who aren’t nerds, like me) is not very exciting, but there are some distinct differences between English and French grammar that must be addressed.
All nouns in French (and their associated pronouns, articles, and adjectives) have a gender.
That is to say, every person, place or thing is either masculine or [...]

LES JOURS DE LA SEMAINE – THE DAYS OF THE WEEK
“Nous sommes mercredi.”
“We are Wednesday.”
This is the way I learned to announce the day of the week in French class; according tomy middle school text book, in France, we are the day of the week.I have never actually heard anyone [...]