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| regular past participle for verbs ending in er |
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| regular past participle for verbs ending in ir |
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| regular past participle for verbs ending in re |
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| past participle of devoir |
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| past participle of pouvoir |
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| past participle of vouloir |
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| past participle of apprendre |
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| past participle of comprendre |
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| past participle of prendre |
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"to want"
nous voulons
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"to see"
nous voyons
ils voient |
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"to live"
nous vivons
ils vivent |
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"to put"
nous mettons
ils mettent |
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"to be able"
nous pouvons
ils peuvent |
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"to believe"
nous croyons
ils croient |
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"to open"
nous ouvrons
ils ouvrent |
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"to do"
nous faisons
ils font |
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| the formation of the imparfait is derived from the: |
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| the formation of the subjunctif is derived from: |
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"to go"
nous allons
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"to have to"
nous devons
ils doivent |
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"to know"
nous savons
ils savent |
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"to run"
nous courons
ils courent |
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"to read"
nous lisons
ils lisent |
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"to take"
nous prenons
ils prennent |
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"to know, be acquainted with"
nous connaissons
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"to laugh"
nous rions
ils rient |
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"to say"
nous disons
ils disent |
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"to drink"
nous buvons
ils boivent |
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"to drive"
nous conduisons
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"to follow; to take (a class)"
nous suivons
ils suivent |
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"to come"
nous venons
ils viennent |
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"to write"
nous écrivons
ils écrivent |
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| past participle (using être) for devenir |
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| past participle (using être) for mourir |
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| past participle (using être) of naître |
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| past participle (using être) of passer |
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| past participle (using être) of revenir |
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| past participle (using être) of venir |
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| passé composé of pronominal verbs |
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je me suis
tu t'es
il s'est
nous nous sommes
vous vous êtes
ils se sont |
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| in the passé composé, when a direct object precedes the auxiliary verb avoir plus the past participle, the participle agrees with: |
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| the preceding direct object in gender and number; for e.g. j'ai lu le journal --> je l'ai lu, however k'ai lu les journaux --> je les ai lus |
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| past participle of écrire |
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| past participle of mettre |
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| formation of the imparfait |
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from nous form of present tense:
je [parl]ais
tu [parl]ais
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nous [parl]ions
vous [parl]iez
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j'étais
tu étais
il était
nous étions
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| when is the imparfait used? |
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| to describe actions or situations that existed for an indefinite period of time in the past: in descriptions, to set a scene; for habitual or repeated actions; to describe feelings and mental states; to tell the time of day, the date, and to express age in the past; to describe appearance and physical traits; to describe and action or situation that was happening when another even (usually in the passé composé) interrupted it |
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| past participle of croire |
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| past participle of recevoir |
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| reçu (to receive, to entertain as guests) |
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| when to use the passé composé |
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| when describing: completed action, or a series of completed events or actions; a single event; an event or events occured ("foreground" information); changes in an existing physical or mental state at a precise moment, or for a particular isolated cause |
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| autrefois; d'habitude; de temps en temps; le lundi; le week-end; pendant que |
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| indicators of the passé composé |
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| au moment où; lundi; plusiers fois; soudain; tout à coup; un jour; un week-end; une fois |
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just add endings to verbs:
je [parler]ai
tu [parler]as
il [parler]a
nous [parler]ons
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| past participle of courir |
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| would plus the infinitive, e.g., he would travel |
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| when is the conditional used |
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| to make polite requests or inquiries; used in the main clause of sentences containing "si" (if) clauses (imparfait) to express what would happen if the hypothesis of the if-clause were true |
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| how to form the conditional |
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add imparfait endings to whole verb:
je [parler]ais
tu [parler]ais
il [parler]ait
nous [parler]ions
vous [parler]iez
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me (m')
te (t')
le (l')
la (l')
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les |
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| where do the direct object pronouns go in a sentence? |
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| immediately preced the verb in the present and the imperfect tenses and the auxiliary verb in the passé composé, e.g. Rober compose le numéro --> Robert le compose; Robert composait le numéro --> Robert le composait; Robert a composé le numéro --> Robert l'a composé |
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me, m'
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| past participle of savoir |
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| refers to a place that has already been mentioned; its english equivalent in such cases is "there"; can replace the combination à + noun when the noun refers to a place or thing (not a person) |
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| replaces partitive articles (du, de la, de l') and indefinite articles (un, une, des) plus a noun; english equivalent of "some" or "any" |
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| past participle of suivre |
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| order of object pronouns in declarative statements |
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| 1. direct or indirect object (me, te, nous, vous) 2. direct object (le, la, les) 3. indirect object (lui, leur) 4. y/en |
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| toujours, souvent, parfois (meaning and negative pairing) |
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| "sometimes" negative: ne...jamais (never) |
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| encore (meaning and negative pairing) |
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| "still" negative: ne...plus (no longer, no more) |
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| déjà (meaning and negative pairing) |
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| "already" negative: ne...pas encore (not yet) |
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| déjà (meaning and negative pairing) |
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| "ever" negative: ne...jamais (never) |
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| quelqu'un/tout le monde (meaning and negative pairing) |
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| "someone/everybody" negative: personne (no one) |
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| quelque chose/tout (meaning and negative pairing) |
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| "something/everything" negative: rien (nothing) |
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| how is the subjunctive formed? |
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from present ils form, drop the -ent and add:
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-es
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| boire subjunctive nous and ils forms |
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| aller subjunctive nous and ils forms |
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| vouloir subjunctive nous and ils forms |
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nous voulions
ils veuillent |
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| avoir subjunctive nous and ils forms |
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| être subjunctive nous and ils forms |
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