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French grammar terminology you need to know
By Laura K. Lawless, About.com Guide
http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/topgrammarterms.htm?nl=1
When you start learning a foreign language, you'll have a head start if you're already familiar with grammar terms related to things like parts of speech in your own language. If you don't know these terms, you'll have more trouble learning French, because grammar is a key component in language study. My French Grammar Glossary can help you understand dozens of grammatical terms, but to give you a head start, I've compiled this list of the essentials with links to more info.
1 Parts of speech
Adjectives, adverbs, nouns, verbs… it's crucial to know the difference between the various parts of speech
2 Verb tense | Verb mood
There's no need to be tense or moody; in order to use verbs correctly, you need to know about verb tense and mood
3 Conjugation
Conjugation refers to all the changes you need to make to a verb to use it with different subjects and in different tenses and moods
4 Auxiliary verb
An auxiliary or helping verb helps another verb say what it's trying to say
5 Transitive verb | Intransitive verb
These terms indicate whether a verb needs or can even take a direct object
6 Direct object | Indirect object
Of course, to understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs, you need to know what direct and indirect objects are
7 Clause
Clauses come in different varieties for different purposes - and you don't even need a lawyer to read them over for you
8 Gender
Gender is far more important in French than in English (at least in terms of grammar)
9 Agreement
Grammatical agreement has nothing to do with saying yes or no; it's a way of connecting certain parts of speech to the people or things they modify
10 Inversion
Inversion is a change from the normal word order - you'll see it in questions as well as a few other constructions
Grammar Glossary
French Grammar
http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/topgrammarterms.htm?nl=1
Adjectives, adverbs, nouns, verbs… it's crucial to know the difference between the various parts of speech
There's no need to be tense or moody; in order to use verbs correctly, you need to know about verb tense and mood
3 Conjugation
Conjugation refers to all the changes you need to make to a verb to use it with different subjects and in different tenses and moods
4 Auxiliary verb
An auxiliary or helping verb helps another verb say what it's trying to say
5 Transitive verb | Intransitive verb
These terms indicate whether a verb needs or can even take a direct object
6 Direct object | Indirect object
Of course, to understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs, you need to know what direct and indirect objects are
7 Clause
Clauses come in different varieties for different purposes - and you don't even need a lawyer to read them over for you
8 Gender
Gender is far more important in French than in English (at least in terms of grammar)
9 Agreement
Grammatical agreement has nothing to do with saying yes or no; it's a way of connecting certain parts of speech to the people or things they modify
10 Inversion
Inversion is a change from the normal word order - you'll see it in questions as well as a few other constructions
Grammar Glossary
French Grammar
http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/topgrammarterms.htm?nl=1
http://FRENCH.ABOUT.COM/OD/GRAMMAR/A/TOPGRAMMARTERMS.HTM?NL=1
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