Vocabulary
Build a French vocabulary that scores
Smart patterns first, brute-force memorising last. Start from what English already gave you, then layer the expressions and collocations examiners reward.
You already know thousands of French words
After 1066, Norman French poured into English — so roughly a third of English vocabulary has French roots. Learn the patterns below and you can recognise (and produce) French words on sight.
Pattern: -tion stays -tion
These are spelled almost identically and mean the same thing.
la nationnation
l'informationinformation
la situationsituation
l'éducationeducation
la décisiondecision-sion variant
Pattern: -ité → -ity
l'universitéuniversity
la qualitéquality
la libertéliberty
la possibilitépossibility
Pattern: -ique → -ic / -ical
la musiquemusic
logiquelogical
économiqueeconomic
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