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Beginner
Most French verbs end in -er in the infinitive. Remove -er and add: -e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent.
Possessive adjectives agree with the gender and number of the noun that follows, not the owner: mon/ma/mes (my), ton/ta/tes (your), son/sa/ses (his/her). Use mon/ton/son (not ma/ta/sa) before a feminine noun that starts with a vowel sound.
To make a sentence negative, put "ne" before the verb and "pas" after it: ne + verb + pas. Before a vowel sound, "ne" shortens to "n'."
Three common ways to ask a yes/no question: rising intonation on a statement, adding "Est-ce que" before the statement, or inverting the verb and subject (more formal). Wh-questions use words like qui, que, où, quand, pourquoi, comment.
French numbers 17-19 are formed as "ten + seven/eight/nine" (dix-sept). Numbers get more irregular from 70-99: 70 is soixante-dix (sixty-ten), 80 is quatre-vingts (four-twenties), 90 is quatre-vingt-dix (four-twenty-ten).