French Learning Tips from Rosetta Stone
About the French language
French is the official language of France and its overseas territories. It is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and the second most commonly taught second language in the world.
French Learning Tips
- Many French words have accent marks which indicate the correct pronunciation. Sometimes an accent is the only thing that distinguishes one word from another.
- There are two gender forms for French nouns; masculine and feminine.
- You may notice that some words feature 'silent' letters at the end. For example the ending -e, -es, or -ent in the words 'la fille mange' and 'les filles mangent'. Our French software will help you learn the exceptions to this rule in an intuitive way.
- French adjectives can appear before or after nouns, depending on how they are categorised.
- There are formal and informal ways to address other people in French, depending on the age of the speaker and their relationship to the person being addressed.
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