Thursday, August 12, 2010

Le Conjugueur du Figaro

Language teachers say one has to work on both "fluency" and "accuracy" in a foreign language and that most learners are better at one than the other... which means you have to work hardest at the one you are least good at :-(    Although I have never had any trouble speaking French, writing is something else again.  After 48 years, including 40 married to a Frenchman, almost 40 spent living in France and 30 as a translator, I am still not comfortable with written French.  For those of you out there who are like me, here's a super-duper site I just happened onto.  http://www.leconjugueur.com/frconjonline.php  The author also sells a modestly-priced  downloadable version that enables the user to work offline.

I happened onto this when typing the sentence "Je ne me suis pas relu/relue" in an email and was wondering whether or not to faire l'accord. Le conjugueur not only has a complete conjugation of the verb "relire", but also of "se relire", "se relire" + negative, "se relire" + question, "se relire" + negative + question, and for both men and women speakers... 

New, updated, list coming out soon.

Bises, Anna Kay

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