Tag: French language
Grammar quiz: will you be able to identify the figures of speech hidden in these sentences? : Current Woman Le MAG
Allegory, alliteration, anaphora, antiphrase, antithesis, comparison, enumeration, hyperbole, metaphor, oxymoron, personification… Figures of speech make French a rich and colorful language and allow an idea to be expressed more forcefully.…
Spelling quiz: are you familiar with the abbreviations of these common words? : Current Woman Le MAG
Mr. or Mr.? Etc or etc? Are you really an expert on the art of abbreviating words the French way? If the French are often confident in the spelling of…
Culture quiz: can you find the authors of these famous expressions? : Current Woman Le MAG
“I think so I am”, “We must cultivate our garden”, “To conquer without danger, we triumph without glory”…But where do these expressions come from? Who hides behind the words that…
QUIZ Do you know the two spellings of these words? Test yourself ! : Current Woman Le MAG
The French language conceals many mysteries for those who did not learn it in early childhood, and even for others. If the French are so keen on dictation, it is…
Conjugation quiz: are you knowledgeable about past participle agreement? Take the test! : Current Woman Le MAG
“The figs that I ate” Or “The figs I ate” ? Mastering the French language is often seen as a delicate art. Whether it is spelling or vocabulary, words that…
Vocabulary quiz: are you knowledgeable about these words that don’t have a masculine gender? : Current Woman Le MAG
Male or female ? The French language is full of all kinds of subtleties that can give a cold sweat to anyone who uses it. Men and women, supposed to…
Spelling quiz: are these words written with or without umlaut? Test yourself ! : Current Woman Le MAG
Umlauts, these small diacritical marks which take the form of two dots placed on a vowel, can sometimes cause us some problems. Judaica, Poseidon, canoeist, Caribbean, heroism, cramped… are you…
Quiz: are you knowledgeable about these neologisms? : Current Woman Le MAG
Society evolves and language with it. If Molière’s language is full of a multitude of words and subtleties, publishers add new terms to their dictionaries every year, like the Little…