French Grammar Basics Cheat Sheet

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Articles Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns

Arti​cle Female Male Plural Adje​ctive Female Male Plural Pron​oun Female Male

the la le les my ma mon mes mine la mienne le mien

a une un des your (tu) ta ton tes yours la tienne le tien

le and la change to l' when used in front of a his/he​r/its sa son ses his/hers la sienne le sien
word starting with a vowel and most words our notre notre nos ours la nôtre le nôtre
starting with h
your (vous) votre votre vos yours la vôtre le vôtre

une, une, des changes to de when used in their leur leur leurs theirs la leur le leur

negative sentences use mon, ton, son with feminine singular add s to the end of the pronouns for plural form
nouns in front of vowels and h and use les instead of la, le
Adjectives

Pronouns en is used in phrases withde to avoid repeating

Male Female
the same word
- -e who qui
y is used in phrases withà to avoid repeating
-e - whom que the same word

-f -ve which lequel

Phrases
-x -se whose dont

-er -ère this ce He's/She's C'est un/une

-an -anne that ça They are C'est sont des

-en -enne this ceci not ne... pas..

-on -onne the one celle /celui never ne... jemais...

-el -elle
Personal Pronouns Plural nouns
-eil -eille
Sing​ular Plural Sing​ular Plural
-et -ette / -ète
I je / moi nous -eau -x
some common adjectives follow no pattern
you tu / te /toi vous -eu -x
when an adjective describes a masculine and he/it il ils /eux -ou -s*
feminine noun, use the masculine plural form
she/it elle elles -al -aux

me me / moi nous -ail -aux

Demons​trative Adjective
him/it le les /eux -s / -x /-z nothing added
Female Male these​/those
her/it la *some -ou will add -x
this/​that cette ce (cet) ces
to him/her/it lui leur In general, all others take -s
cet is used in front of masculine nouns which
oneself soi
begin with a vowel and most words beginning Prepos​ition
with h -self -même -mêmes
Prep​osi​tion
je changes to j' in front of vowels and mosth
add -ci to the end of nouns for close and the word y, same with me and te. to à
add -là to the end of nouns for far to + the à la (f), au (m), aux (p)
on can be used to mean we, someone, you,
from de
they, one or people in general
from + the de la (f), du (m), des (p)

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 French Grammar Basics Cheat Sheet
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Prepos​ition (cont)

in en

after après

before avant

with avec

at chez

against contre

into dans

since depuis

behind derrière

in front of devant

between ... and entre ... et

until jusque

by/per par

during pendant

for pour

without sans

except sauf

under sous

on sur

towards vers

this is voici

that is voilà

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