French grammar, topic by topic
Pick a topic to see what matters most about it, then every lesson on it from A0 up, each with a full explanation, examples you can listen to, and exercises with answers. Prefer to go level by level? See all lessons by level.
The French subjunctive, explained9 lessons · B2–C2. The subjunctive (le subjonctif) is a verb form for things that are wanted, felt, doubted or not yet real.French past tenses, explained13 lessons · A2–C2. French has one past tense for what happened (the passé composé), one for describing and setting the scene (the imparfait), and one for the past before the past (the plus-que-parfait).French future and conditional, explained9 lessons · A1–B2. For plans, French speakers mostly use aller + infinitive (je vais partir).French articles and noun gender7 lessons · A0–C2. Every French noun is masculine or feminine, and the article in front of it shows which: le or la, un or une.French pronouns, from je to lequel22 lessons · A0–C1. Pronouns are short words that replace nouns, and they're what makes French sound natural.French verbs and tenses55 lessons · A0–C2. French verbs change their endings for each person and tense.French adjectives and adverbs19 lessons · A0–C1. French adjectives agree with their noun in gender and number, and most go after it.French negation9 lessons · A1–C2. French negation wraps around the verb: ne before it, pas (or another word) after it.Asking questions in French5 lessons · A1–C1. There are three ways to ask a question in French, from casual to formal: rising intonation (tu viens ?), est-ce que (est-ce que tu viens ?), and inversion (viens-tu ?)..French prepositions and conjunctions12 lessons · A0–C2. Small words like à, de and en carry a lot of meaning and rarely map one-to-one onto English.French numbers, time and dates7 lessons · A0–B1. From counting to twenty to soixante-dix and quatre-vingt-dix, telling the time and saying dates..French idioms and useful structures19 lessons · A0–C2. Some of the most useful French doesn't fit a grammar chapter: fixed structures like c'est, il y a and avoir faim, and idioms you'll hear every day..