French Grammar Basics Cheat Sheet by marijke
Basic rules to master beginner French!
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le and la change to l' when used in front of a word starting with a vowel and most words starting with h une, une, des changes to de when used in negative sentences Adjectives
some common adjectives follow no pattern when an adjective describes a masculine and feminine noun, use the masculine plural form Demonstrative Adjective
cet is used in front of masculine nouns which begin with a vowel and most words beginning with h add -ci to the end of nouns for close add -là to the end of nouns for far Possessive Adjectives
use mon, ton, son with feminine singular nouns in front of vowels and h | Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
je changes to j' in front of vowels and most h and the word y, same with me and te. on can be used to mean we, someone, you, they, one or people in general Possessive Pronouns
add s to the end of the pronouns for plural form and use les instead of la, le en is used in phrases with de to avoid repeating the same word y is used in phrases with à to avoid repeating the same word | Phrases
Plural nouns
*some -ou will add -x In general, all others take -s Preposition
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They are - Ce sont
never - ne... jamais...
jusque or jusqu' - if next word start with a voywel
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