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French private tutor/ French as a Foreign language tutor. I teach all CEFR levels A1 to C1. I teach online or face to face. I work with and in private schools.

My sessions content and methodology vary depending on the students' interests, levels, their ages, curriculum/goal and interests. I use FLE didactic books and personally really like focusing on real practical skills for daily life. I give homework (if you agree) and I translate articles with/or for some of my advanced students. Do not hesitate to guide me as it is your journey, what is your goal, what do you want to improve?

27/04/2023

Did you know that all movement verbs in French are intransitive verbs? Which means they have no direct object. However some of them can be used with a direct object, they are therefore transitive and in that case, they will use the auxiliary "avoir" when conjugated in compound tenses and the meaning of the verb will change.
Ex:
Descendre (intransitive) = to go down
Je suis descendue par l'ascenseur
I went down by the lift
j'ai descendu la colline
I went down the hill
j'ai descendu l'échelle
I went down the ladder

descendre quelque chose (transitive) = to take something down
Elle a descendu les poubelles
She took out the rubbish bins

Did you know that all movement verbs in French are intransitive verbs? Which means they have no direct object. However some of them can be used with a direct object, they are therefore transitive and in that case, they will use the auxiliary "avoir" when conjugated in compound tenses and the meaning of the verb will change. Ex: Descendre (intransitive) = to go down Je suis descendue par l'ascenseur I went down by the lift j'ai descendu la colline I went down the hill j'ai descendu l'échelle I went down the ladder descendre quelque chose (transitive) = to take something down Elle a descendu les poubelles She took out the rubbish bins #speakfrench #learnfrench #frenchtutor #frenchtutoring #frenchschool #FrenchIB #IBfrench #french

27/04/2023

French Online Sessions For IB Students: Work with your tutor on your IB program with texts, videos, audios. Practice reading, writing, speaking, and listening with similar exercises as the exams or past exam papers. Get results and improve fast!

20/04/2023

In French, the word for weather is “le temps”. To talk about the weather, say, “Il fait” + adjective. For example, “Il fait beau ”= the weather is nice! “Il fait froid” = it is cold.
There are other expression idiomatiques such as:
Il pleut des cordes!
Literally = It is raining ropes
=>It's raining cats and dogs!
Il fait un froid de canard!
=>It is very cold!
Il fait un vent à décorner les vaches!
=>It is very windy!
Il fait un temps de chien!
=>The weather is really bad!

17/04/2023

Did you know that all movement verbs in French are intransitive verbs? Which means they have no direct object. However some of them can be used with a direct object, they are therefore transitive and in that case, they will use the auxiliary "avoir" when conjugated in compound tenses and the meaning of the verb will change.
Ex:
monter (intransitive) = to go up
j'ai monté les escaliers
I climbed the stairs
tu as monté la montagne
you climbed the mountain
Note: you say je suis montée en haut de la montage
monter quelque chose (transitive) = to take something up/ to build something
le major d'homme a monté les valises dans notre chambre d'hôtel
the butler carried the suitcases to our hotel room
j'ai monté le meuble
I assembled the furniture