The plan that changed: what stays and what doesn't
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Accents and the cedillaPlacing é, è, ê and ç correctly, and knowing that in French an accent changes the sound…Gender that does not match your languageChoosing le or la for nouns whose gender does not match your own language.Present tense of -er verbs, with its subjectConjugating the present tense and never dropping the subject pronoun.Negating with ne … pasPlacing both halves of the negation around the verb, and not doubling it.Être and avoir, and telling your ageConjugating être and avoir in the present, and using avoir where French requires it…The plural you cannot hearMarking the plural where it shows —the article and the written -s— even though you…
Another oneKeep practising: FrenchThe rule, in three lines
When a plan changes, state what changes and what stays. Check the person, day, time and place. If the new message leaves out an important detail, ask before treating it as confirmed.
The usual slip. Cancelling your attendance does not cancel the event for everyone. A proposal is not an agreement: wait for a reply before counting on another person.
Why it catches you out. «Still» can correspond to «toujours» when a detail remains valid. Read the full message to check which detail is kept and which one changes.