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violet turret
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Also I’m a beginner at French

hollow rampart
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This is such a wide topic but I'll do the best I can.
(1) C'est (It is)
« c'est » is a contraction of two words, « ce (it) » and « est (is) ». The « est » is a conjugation of the verb « être ». Conjugation is when a verb changes according to its subject and tense. It's similar to how English 'to be' changes to 'am' when paired with 'I' and 'is' when paired with 'he/she/it'.
French conjugation is a lot more widespread in the sense that there's more conjugations than in English. English conjugation is only felt in the third person singular (he/she/it). Every conjugation belongs with its own subject; « je est » is wrong because « je (I) » is the first person singular and « est » is the third person singular. It should either be « je suis » or « il est ». I mean, you wouldn't say « I speaks, we am », right? Same principle.
Read more on « c'est » here: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/expressions/cest/
Read more on conjugation here: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/verb-conjugation/
(2) au (at/to the)
« au » is a contraction of the preposition « à (at/to) » and the masculine definite article « le (the) ». Contractions are mandatory in French, unlike English.
Read more on « à » here: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/a-preposition/
Read more on contractions here: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/pronunciation/contractions/
(3) ça (this)
« ça » is an informal version of the pronoun « cela (it/this/that) ». You can use « cela/ça » with every verb except « être ». With « être », you can only use « ce ». That's why you have « c'est (ce + est) » but not « ça est ». This is a group of pronouns called indefinite demonstratives.
Read more on indefinite demonstratives here: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/indefinite-demonstrative-pronouns/
(4) va (goes)
« va » is the third person singular conjugation (il/elle/on) of the verb « aller (to go) ».
Read more on « aller » here: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/aller-lesson/

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Since you are (presumably) a beginner, I'll put some stuff here

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afrancophonie Pour commencer, tu peux jeter un coup d'oeil aux nombreuses ressources publiées dans #1279421820654850162 . Tu peux poser des questions dans #salle-de-classe ou #salle-de-classe-fr, ou bien discuter en #français dans #français-débutant, #français ou #français-2. Pour finir, tu peux participer dans nos salons vocaux, que ce soit en discutant ou simplement en écoutant. D'autre part, le site Lawless French est un support précieux pour obtenir des leçons de français!

anglophonie To start, you can take a look at all the resources in the #1279421820654850162 . You can ask questions in #salle-de-classe or #salle-de-classe-fr or have discussions in French in #français-débutant #français or #français-2 Additionally, you can participate in our voice channels, either by speaking or just listening. Moreover, the website Lawless French is full of precious French lessons!

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/learn-french/french-for-beginners/

hollow rampart
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;start

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Welcome to your French Adventure!
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To get started learning here, you have a few options.
item2 People like to ask French-related questions in #salle-de-classe, #salle-de-classe-fr and #salle-de-classe-vulgaire.
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We've covered the basics of the server so far, but there's more if you're interested! Channels all have a description if you're confused, but here are some important channels in a nutshell:
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violet turret
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because the things I've just mentioned carries a lot of nuance and usages that don't make sense in English