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conduire
(present) |
"to drive"
je-conduis nous-conduisons tu-conduis vous-conduisez il/elle-conduit ils/elles-conduisent |
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All verbs ending in -uire are conjugated like conduire
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Example:
construire- to construct détruire-to destroy produire-to produce réduire-to reduce traduire-to translate |
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dire
(present)(Irregular) |
"to say;to tell"
je-dis nous-disons tu-dis vous-dites il/elle-dit ils/elles-disent |
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lire
(present)(irregular) |
"to read"
je-lis nous-lisons tu-lis vous-lisez il/elle-lit ils/elles-lisent |
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écrire
(present)(irregular) |
"to write"
j'-écris nous-écrivons tu-écris vous-écrivez il/elle-écrit ils/elles-écrivent |
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mettre
(present)(irregular) |
"to place;to put"
je-mets nous-mettons tu-mets vous-mettez il/elle-met ils/elles-mettent |
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dire
(past participle) |
dit
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lire
(past participle) |
lu
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écrire
(past participle) |
écrit
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mettre
(past participle) |
mis
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The formation of the imparfait is identical for all French verbs except
être. To find the regular imperfect stem, drop the -ons ending from the present-tense nous form. Then add the imperfect ending. |
Example: drop ons
nous parlons parl- nous finissons finiss- nous vendons vend- nous avons av- |
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Parler
(imparfait) |
"to speak"
je-parlais nous-parlions tu-parlais vous-parliez il/elle-parlait ils/elles-parlaient |
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passé composé
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is used to relate events that began and ended in the past.
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Imparfait (imperfect)
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is used to describe continuous, repeated, or habitual past actions or situations. It is also used in descriptions
Example: Je parlais. ( I talked.)(I was talking.) (I used to talk.)(I would talk.) |
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Verbs with ain imperfect stem that ends in -i (étudier: étudi-) have a double i in the first and second person plural of the imparfait; nous étudiions, vous étudiiez.
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verbs with stems ending in -c or -g have a spelling change when the imparfait ending start with a; je mangeais, nous mangions; elle commençait, nous commencions.
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The verb être has an irregular stem in the imparfait; ét-. The ending, however are regular:
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In general the imparfait is used to describe actions or situations that existed for an indefinite period of time in the past.
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être
(imparfait)(irregular) |
"to be"
j'-étais nous-étions tu-étais vous-étiez il/elle-était ils/elles-étaient |
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Direct object pronouns
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me (m') - me nous- us
te (t') -you vous- you le (l') - him, it les-them la (l') - her, it |
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Direct objects are nouns that receive the action of the verb. They usually answer the question What? or Whom?
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Direct object pronouns ( les pronoms complément d'objet direct)
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Usually, French direct object pronouns immediately precede the verb in the present and the imperfect tenses and the auxiliary verb in the passé composé
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Example:
Robert compose le numéro. Robert le compose. Robert composait le numéro Robert le composait. |
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In the passé composé, the past participle is generally used in its basic form. However, when a direct object-noun or pronoun- precedes the auxiliary verb avoir plus the past participle, the participle agrees with the preceding direct object in gender and number.
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Example:
J'ai lu le journal je l'ai lu. J'ai lu les journaux. Je les ai lus. |
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voir
(irregular) |
"to see"
je-vois nous-voyons tu-vois vous-voyez il/elle-voit ils/elles-voient |
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voir
(past participle) |
vu
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croire
(irregular) |
"to believe"
je-crois nous-croyons tu-crois vous-croyez il/elle-croit ils/elles-croient |
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croire
(past participle) |
cru
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recevoir
(irregular) |
" to receive; to entertain as guests"
je-reçois nous-recevons tu-reçois vous-recevez il/elle-reçoit ils/elles-recoivent |
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recevoir
(past participle) |
reçu
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Prepositions with Geographical names:
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to, at, in from
Cities,islands à de,(d') continents, (f) countries,states provinces, (M) countries,states, or provinces starting with a vowel en de,(d') (m) countries or provinces (some states) starting with a consonant au du all plural countries aux des regions, (m) states starting with a consonant dans le du, (de l') |
