French Progress

Connecting Words in French Use of these phrases could help your French to sound more natural: ceci dit => this said de ce fait => thereby dès => from dès le moment => from the moment dont => of which et pourtant => and yet en dépit => despite lorsque => when/as malgré = despite néanmoins => nevertheless il s'agit de => it's about/it's a question of outre => besides parfois => sometimes quant à la => as to the sans cesse => endlessly tel que => such as

Because à cause de => because of (negative/neutral meaning) grâce à => because of (positive meaning - remember "thanks to") parce que => because (neutral - either positive or negative, generally disconnected) See Also du fait que => because étant donné que => given that puisque => since vu que => seeing that

CDD => Fixed-term contract CDI => Permanent position or contract with no end SDF => Person without work or a place to live

Use these conjunctions to pair two thoughts into a single sentence, the second thought will then be in the subjunctive.  Using these will help your French flow and sound more authentic. À condition que => Provided (that) Ainsi que => As well as Afin que => So that Au-delà => Beyond Bien que => Although/even though Dont parmi eux => Of which among them Pour que => So that Pourvu que => As long as Qui plus est => Furthermore Quoique => Although

Useful phrases: Au fil des années => With the passing of the years Useful phrases using reflexive verbs: Je m'habitue à => I'm getting used to Je m'en moque => I don't care about them Je n'en mêle pas => I'm not involved in it