Translating french words, Learning inflections – Franklin French Professor/ Professeur d'Anglais BQF-2025 User Manual

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Translating French Words

Your French Professor is fully bilingual.
Try translating a French word.

1. Press

LANG

to change the

Entry language from English
to French, if needed.

2. Type a word (e.g., poisson).

If you need to type an accent: type
the letter (e.g.,

e

) and press re-

peatedly until the accent you want ap-
pears. If you want to type a

ç,

then

hold

and press

C

.

3. Press

ENTRER

.

In addition to "poisson", the French
Professor translates words with simi-
lar meanings such as “les Poissons”,
which means the astrological sign
Pisces. To view more press

.

4. Press

EFFAC

when done.

Learning Inflections

Inflections show changes in a word’s
meaning or function. This dictionary in-
cludes extensive inflections of nouns,
verbs, modifiers, and other words.

1. Press

LANG

to switch to the

French ready screen.

2. Type a French word (e.g., écrire).
3. Press

CONJ

.

These are the principal forms of the
verb

écrire

.

4. Use the direction keys to read.
5. Press either

CONJ

or hold

and press BAS repeatedly to
view more inflections.

If the word is a noun, an adjective, or
another modifier, then there won’t be
any other inflections.

6. Press

EFFAC

when done.

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