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Spanish 1: A Strict Binary

All nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine. Usually, nouns ending in 'o' are masculine and those ending in 'a' are feminine. El (the) and un (a) are used for masculine nouns, whereas la and una are used for feminine ones. Accent marks in Spanish are usually used to denote what syllable/ letter should bear most stress. They're also used to distinguish between homophones. It's usually possible to omit the pronoun as conjugation usually indicates who does what. Vocabulary: 1 una manzana apple 2 un diario newspaper  3 el, la the 4 un, una a/ an 5 Tu You singular 6 Usted You plural  7 Vos You singular informal in some places. 8 Comer to eat  9 hombre man 10 la mujer woman  11 yo i 12 nino boy 13 nina girl 14 él he/ him  15 ella her/ she 16 el agua water  17 el pan bread  18 Beber to drink 19 la leche milk  20 de  from 21 Espana Spain  22  México Mexico 23 Me llamo My name is  24 Como es mi...

French 13: All Things Will Past

Past Imperfect - IMPARFAIT French has a few past tenses, one of which is the imperfect (imparfait). You can construct it by taking the present indicative nous form of any verb and replacing the -ons with the imperfect ending. Notice that all the conjugated forms except the nous and vous forms have the same sound. Subject Ending Être Parler Manger Aller je (j') -ais ét ais parl ais mange ais all ais tu -ais ét ais parl ais mange ais all ais il/elle/on -ait ét ait parl ait mange ait all ait nous -ions ét ions parl ions mang ions all ions vous -iez ét iez parl iez mang iez all iez ils/elles -aient ét aient parl aient mange aient all aient The only irregular imperfect verb is être, which takes on an ét- root. However, for spelling-changing verbs that end in -ger or -cer (e.g. manger), add an "e" to the root so the consonant remains soft. Translating the past tense between English and French can be difficult because there is no simple mapping between the Engl...

French 12: Occupations, Household & Objects, Places

Vocabulary 883 le roi the king noun 884 la reine the queen  noun 885 un emploi job noun 886 un métier profession noun 887 la police police noun 888 un auteur author noun 889 agriculteur/ agricultrice farmer noun 890 fermier/  fermière farmer noun 891 le travail work  noun 892 le professeur  teacher  noun 893 docteur doctor noun 894 médecin doctor noun 895 enseignant/ enseignante teacher  noun 896 prince prince noun 897 princesse princess noun 898 soldat soldier noun 899 juge judge noun 900 carrière career noun 901 secrétaire secretary noun 902 retraite retirement  noun 903 ingénieur/ ingénieure engineer  noun 904 avoc...