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B1

Fortgeschritten

Auf B1 hört das Sprechen auf, aus einzelnen Sätzen zu bestehen. Eine Meinung wird begründet, eine Geschichte hat einen Anfang und ein Ende, ein Missverständnis lässt sich aufklären, ohne dass jemand hilft.

Fehler passieren weiter, aber sie stören das Verstehen nicht mehr. Das ist die Stufe, ab der eine Sprache im Beruf brauchbar wird.

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The nouns

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B1When the gender is the meaningOne word, two articles, two different things.B1Compound nounsTwo nouns, with à or de deciding between them.B1When many count as oneCollective nouns take the singular, and gens has no singular.B1Jobs in the feminineFour patterns, and a group that does not move.

The adjectives

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B1si, trop, assez«enough» moves to the front, and the sentence wants to continue.B1The adjective without its nounNo «one» and no «ones» — and quelque chose wants a de.

The pronouns

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B1Two pronouns at onceA fixed order, and no ear to check it against.

The past

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B1Which of the twoNearly the same choice English makes, with one shifted edge.B1The past before the past«had eaten», almost word for word.

The future

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B1The futur simpleSix endings where English has one word.B1The conditional«Would», built out of two things you have already learnt.B1After quand comes the futureOne of your two habits is right here, and they look identical.B1Which future fitsThree against three, and the connotations line up.

Can, must, want

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B1Modals in the past«Must» has no past in English; here it has two.B1Not having to and not being allowed to«mustn’t» and «needn’t» — you already make this distinction.B1devoir for a guess«must have» puts the past on the wrong verb here.B1Advising and recommending«should» and «you’d better», with the same threat inside.

The small words

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B1Which verb wants which preposition«to» is not de, and often it is nothing at all.B1The preposition that belongs to the wordYou already learn «proud of»; the lists simply differ.

The subjunctive

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B1The forms«that he be» is the one English survivor — and it is the whole idea.B1The triggersHere the conjunction carries the mood; in English it carries nothing.B1How to avoid itHere the conjunction changes shape, not the verb.

If-sentences

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B1When it is only imaginedPast after si, «would» in the other half.

The passive

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B1être plus participleThe participle agrees — and «he was told» cannot be built.

Joining sentences

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B1dont and oùThe preposition goes first, and whose comes back with an article.B1The words that join two clausesEnglish lost its subjunctive, so the French list has to be learnt as a list.

Reported speech

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B1Passing on a statementEnglish that is optional; French que never is.B1Passing on a request or an orderAlmost the English construction — and then demander asks for à.

What follows a verb

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B1The infinitive with àThe verbs of starting, learning and managing.B1The infinitive with deLargely the group English marks with -ing.B1Verbs that take both à and deThe same verb, two prepositions, two meanings — as with an English particle.B1Adjectives and nouns in front of an infinitiveeasy to read and it is easy to read look the same in English and differ here.

The finishing touches

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B1tout and mêmeOne word for all, every and whole — and it agrees.B1What disappears in speechThe word that falls away is the negation itself.