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39 Cards in this Set
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beau (m)
belle (f) |
beautiful
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la décision
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decision
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désirer
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to wish, to desire
désire désires désire désirons désirez désirent |
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l'école
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(f) the school
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parler
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to talk, to speak
parle parles parle parlons parlez parlent |
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le poisson
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the fish
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regretter
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to regret, to be sorry
regrette regrettes regrette regrettons regrettez regrettent |
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le restaurant
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restaurant
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le serveur
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server, waitress
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vouloir
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to want
veux veux veut voulons voulez veulent |
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Partitive:
The article used in front of a masculine singular noun beginning with a consonant? |
du
Example: J'ai du café. |
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Partitive:
The article used in front of a feminine singular noun beginning with a consonant? |
de la
Example: J'ai de la viande. |
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Partitive:
The article used in front of a feminine or masculine singular noun beginning with a vowel or a silent h? |
de l'
Example: J'ai de l'eau. |
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Partitive:
The article used in front of all plural nouns? |
des
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Partitive:
The article used to express "any" in front of a feminine or masculine noun that begins with a consonant and the verb is negative? |
de
Example: Je n'ai pas de café. |
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Partitive:
The article used when the masculine singular noun is preceded by an adjective? |
du
Example: J'ai du bon café. |
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Partitive:
The article used to express "any" in front of either a feminine or masculine noun that begins with a vowel and the verb is negative? |
d'
Example: Je n'ai pas d'eau. |
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Partitive:
The article used when the feminine singular noun (or masculine plural) is preceded by an adjective? |
de
Example: J'ai de jolies chapeaux. |
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Partitive:
The article used when the noun is preceded by an adverb or a noun of quantity or measure? |
de
Example: J'ai beaucoup de choses. |
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Partitive:
When the noun is modified by another noun, what partitive article is used? |
de
Example: une école de filles |
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Partitive:
Examples of when the partitive is not used. |
The partitive is not used with sans or ne... ni... ni.
Examples: Je quitte la maison sans argent. Nous n'avons ni éclairs, ni tartes. |
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sale
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soiled, dirty
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une tête
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head
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un pied
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foot
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un visage
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face
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le matin
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morning
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l'après-midi
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(m) afternoon
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le soir
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evening
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aller
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to go
vais vas va allons allez vont |
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parler
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to speak, to talk
parle parles parle parlons parlez parlent |
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prononcer
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to pronounce
prononce prononces prononce prononçons prononcez prononcent |
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répondre
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to respond, to reply, to answer
réponds réponds répond répondons répondez répondent |
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4 rules concerning the omission of the definite article with parler, de, and en.
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(1) Do not use the definite article in front of the name of a language if the verb parler directly precedes it.
(2) Do not use the definite article in front of the name of a language if the preposition de or en directly precedes it. (3) De indicates "concerned with" in expressions such as the following: la classe de français; la leçon de français; etc. (4) Change de to d' if the word that follows starts with a vowel or a silent h. Example: le professeur d'anglais. |
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Rule concerning the omission of the indefinite article with cent and mille.
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Rule: Do not use the indefinite article un or une in front of cent or mille.
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un bistro
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café-restaurant
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une pâtisserie
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pastry shop
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j'aimerais
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I would like
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Et avec cici?
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And with this?
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C'est tout?
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Is that all?
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