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Lexique de l'amitié et présentation de l'app

29 May 2026 · A lesson combining app feedback with vocabulary around friendship, trust, support, conflict and reconciliation.

Friendship and social codes

9 May 2026 · A conversation lesson on how friendships form, how social groups work and how to describe affinity naturally.

The subjunctive in real opinions

2 May 2026 · A consolidation lesson on the present subjunctive after necessity, doubt, emotion, judgement and concession.

Réseaux sociaux, connecteurs logiques et argumentation

13 Mar 2026 · The lesson began with conversation about a ski trip to Grenoble and general life/work updates, then moved into revision of logical connectors for cause, purpose and consequence. The main discussion was based on a video about a proposed French law banning social media accounts for under-15s. The lesson practised comprehension, political/civic vocabulary, and expressing an opinion for or against the law.

sympathiser

to get talking / to hit it off

nouer une amitié

to form a friendship

avoir des atomes crochus

to click with someone / to have chemistry

s'entendre avec

to get on with

se ressembler

to be alike / to resemble each other

Passé Composé vs Imparfait

Use passé composé for bounded events and imparfait for background, habits or ongoing states.

Adjective Agreement

French adjectives usually agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.

Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs use a pronoun that refers back to the subject.

Sympathiser does not usually mean 'to sympathise'

Use sympathiser for friendly contact; use compatir or éprouver de la sympathie for sympathy.

Actuellement does not mean 'actually'

For actually, use en fait, en réalité or au fond depending on nuance.

Éventuellement is not simply 'eventually'

Use finalement for eventually in many contexts.

Assister à means 'to attend'

Use aider for helping someone; assister à for attending a class, meeting or event.