edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
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The past before the past: le plus-que-parfaitForming the plus-que-parfait with the imperfect of the auxiliary, and using it for what…Compound relatives: lequel, auquel, ce dontChoosing the relative when a preposition comes first, contracting with à and de, and…Negation beyond ne… pasChoosing the second half of the negation, placing it correctly with infinitives and the…Present participle, gérondif and verbal adjectiveTelling apart the three -ant forms: the gérondif with en, the present participle that…Depuis, pendant, il y a, dans, enChoosing among the five depending on whether you mean a starting point, a finished…Reformulate a request within constraintsCombine the request’s purpose with the recipient’s constraints. Change the method when…
Another oneKeep practising: FrenchThe rule, in three lines
The stressed forms —moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles— follow prepositions, appear in comparisons and add emphasis. And when two pronouns meet in front of the verb the order is fixed: me/te/nous/vous · le/la/les · lui/leur · y · en.
The usual slip. Using the subject pronoun where the stressed one belongs —«avec je» instead of «avec moi»— and getting the order wrong when two pronouns meet.
Why it catches you out. English has one object form for everything —me, him, them— so the split between the weak and the stressed pronoun is new. And English keeps its pronouns after the verb, while French puts them in front.