French/Lessons/Travel

The preposition means from:

De becomes d' before a vowel, due to elision:

The definite article is included with countries:

The contraction is used in place of de le:

Likewise, the contraction is used in place of de les:

De also has other translations, which depend on context. For example, it is used to indicate an amount:

Usage
Possessive adjectives are used to express possession of an object:

In English the possessive adjective agrees with the subject (his sister, her brother). But in French, possessive adjectives act like all other adjectives: they must agree with the noun they modify.

Whether son, sa and ses translate to his or her is indicated by context:

Notre, votre, and leur modify singular nouns, regardless of gender; nos, vos, and leurs modify plural nouns:
 * le chalet :
 * la caravane:

Monuments, visited, travelled, eated...

The second category of regular French verbs is verbs.

Formation
To conjugate, drop the to find the stem or root. Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense.



is an irregular verb, and is conjugated differently. nous, vous and ils don't have the letter 'd' which you would otherwise expect in a normal  verb. In ils the n is also doubled up.

Sometimes when you go out, you may get lost, or come across someone who is lost. This should help you ask for and give directions.