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German speakers learning French
— the mistakes your language makes you commit

Your native language (Deutsch) quietly pushes you into specific French errors. Here are the ones to watch — and the fix for each. This is exactly how WordSlick coaches you, every day.

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from your first language

Gender that flips from German

Both languages have gender, but many nouns flip: der Mond → LA lune, die Sonne → LE soleil. Re-check gender instead of importing the German article.

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No verb-second inversion

German fronting forces inversion ("Heute gehe ich"); French keeps strict subject-verb order: "Aujourd'hui, JE VAIS". Don't swap the subject after a fronted adverb.

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être/avoir mirrors sein/haben (advantage!)

Passé composé auxiliary choice largely parallels German: motion/change verbs take être like sein ("er ist gegangen" → "il est allé"). Lean on this — it transfers well.

core challenge

Noun gender (le/la)

Gender is largely unpredictable — learn le/la with each noun.

core challenge

Partitive articles (du/de la/des)

"some" is expressed with du/de la/des and changes after a negative (pas de).

core challenge

Subjunctive

Triggered by il faut que, vouloir que, emotion, doubt.

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