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Post by Admin on Oct 3, 2016 20:06:33 GMT
Regular verbs in the present tenseEndings for regular verbs in the present tense | Pronoun | -Er verbs | -Ir verbs | -Re verbs | | Je | -e | -is | -e | | Tu | -es | -is | -e | | Il | -e | -it | NO ENDING | | Elle | -e | -it | NO ENDING | | Nous | -ons | -issons | -ons | | Vous | -ez | -issez | -ez | | Ils | -ent | -issent | -ent | | Elles | -ent | -issent | -ent |
- Remember to remove the Er, Ir or Re ending from the verb before adding the above endings!
Examples: Finir - To finish Je finis Tu finis Il/Elle finit Nous finissons Vous finissez Ils/Elles finissent Travailler - To work Je travaille Tu travailles Il/elle travaille Nous travaillons Vous travaillez Ils/Elles travaillent Vendre - To sell Je vends Tu vends Il/elle vend Nous vendons Vous vendez Ils/Elles vendent
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Post by Admin on Nov 18, 2016 9:18:56 GMT
When saying a sentence with a city or country, it is like this:
Me voici en vacances en France.
Me voici en vacances à Paris.
Notice something here?
You use "en" before a country but never use "à".
You use "à" before a town/city but never use "en".
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Post by Admin on Nov 18, 2016 9:21:37 GMT
Avoir is the verb To have and is one of the many irregular verbs in the French language. It is also one of the most important for you to learn, especially for the JC and LC.
This is the present tense of Avoir
J'ai
Tu as
Il/Elle a
Nous avons
Vous avez
Ils/Elles ont
J'ai un livre - I have a book
But Avoir is also used to say your age.
J'ai douze ans - I am 12, literally I have 12 years
You DO NOT use the verb, être (to be) when doing a sentence like this, it's always AVOIR.
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Post by Admin on Nov 18, 2016 9:24:47 GMT
The verb, être - To be is another important irregular verb in the French language.
Here is être in its present tense forms:
Je suis
Tu es
Il/Elle est
Nous sommes
Vous êtes
Ils/Elles sont
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Post by Admin on Apr 22, 2017 15:50:07 GMT
Passé composé (Past tense)
The passé composé is formed like this in French
Pronoun + Avoir/Être + Verb with Past Participle
Most verbs use Avoir in the passé composé. The past participles for the regular verbs are:
Er verbs: é
Ir verbs: i
Re verbs: u
Remember that you take off the Er, Ir or Re before adding these past participles to the verb.
Examples:
J’ai vu - I have seen / I saw
Nous avons travaillé - We have worked / We worked
Tu as fini - You have finished / You finished
Not all verbs use Avoir as their auxiliary verb in the passé composé, however and there are specific verbs that use Être as their auxiliary verb. To remember these verbs, we use a carefully organised acrostic poem called DR and MRS VANDERTRAMP as you can see by the order of the following verbs which are all the verbs that use Être as their auxiliary verb:
Devenir (To become) / Décéder (To decease)
Revenir (To come back)
Monter (To go up)
Rester (To stay)
Sortir (To exit)
Venir (To come)
Aller (To go)
Naître (To be born)
Descendre (To descend)
Entrer (To enter)
Retourner (To return)
Tomber (To fall)
Rentrer (To re-enter)
Arriver (To arrive)
Mourir (To die)
Partir (To leave) / Passer (To spend time)
With the exception of the irregular verbs like Aller including those that use Avoir (in which Irregular verbs still live up to their name of IRREGULAR verbs, they have irregular past participles), these are all formed the same way as those regular verbs that use Avoir.
For example,
Je suis resté - I stayed
Nous sommes arrivé - We arrived
Elle est mouri - She died
All of the reflexive verbs (Verbs with “Se”/S’ in their name) also use Être as their auxiliary verb. I will go over the reflexive verbs someday.
Here are some of the irregular verbs’ past participles:
Aller - allé (not irregular even though it’s an irregular verb)
Avoir - eu
Devoir - dû
Dire - dit
Écrire - écrit
Être - été
Faire - fait
Lire - lu
Mettre - mis
Pouvoir - pu
Prendre - pris
Savoir - su
Venir - venu
Voir - vu
Vouloir - voulu
If the person is female, they will need to add on an extra e to the verb.
For example,
Je suis arrivée - I arrived (female)
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