3 language hacks for French learners include using cognates to build vocabulary since many words ending in "ion" are the same in English and French, knowing words' genders as most ending in "ion" or "e" are feminine and ending in consonants are usually masculine, and learning the 5 most powerful verbs - aimer, vouloir, aller, pouvoir, avoir - to express interests, intentions, plans, possibilities, and ownership.

1. 3 LANGUAGE HACKS FOR FRENCH
LEARNERS: LEARN FRENCH SMARTER AND
FASTER
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2. 1.USE THE POWER OF COGNATES
You can use the power of cognates to build up your vocabulary and quickly learn new words in
French.
Cognates are words which looks alike, are spelt alike or have the same etymological origin in 2
languages.
Most words ending with “ion” in English are also written the same way in French eg nation,
adoption, conclusion etc.. So can see that as an English you already know many words in
French.
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3. 2. KNOW WORDS GENDERS
There are 2 genders in French: Masculine and feminine. So a French word is either masculine or
feminine.
How do you know the gender of words?
There is no rule of thumb but there are few techniques that could help you.
Most words ending with “ion” or “e” are probably feminine.
Words ending with a consonant are probably masculine.
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4. 3.LEARN THE 5 MOST POWERFUL VERBS
These are verbs that could help you express most of what you would like to say
in French:
Aimer (For interest), vouloir (intentions), aller (future plans), pouvoir
(Possibilities), avoir (ownership).
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