Passer is a versatile French verb which can be employed in many ways to express a variety of situations associated with time and movement. While it can be translated as to pass in English, it can also mean a host of other things. The list below is not exhaustive, but gives a good indication of the most common uses of the verb in French.
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Entraînez-vous!
How well do you know your prepositions and pronouns? Take this test to find out! The following topics will be covered: penser à and penser de, savoir and connaître, après avoir and après être, manquer à, IOPs and DOPs. To get the most out of it I recommend you do it under test conditions (if you need a refresher before beginning though feel free to check out the relevant posts). Answers can be found in the comments.
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Protip: savoir ou connaître ?
Protips: The little things you learn to pro up your French
Savoir and connaître are one of the most confusing French pairs for students, because they both mean ‘to know’ but are used in different contexts.
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The utility and versatility of ‘on’
‘On’ is usually understod to mean ‘one’ in English, but it has other less known applications in everyday usage. This article will touch on the ways this versatile pronoun can be employed to achieve a more natural–sounding speech pattern.
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