General Grammar and Sentence Structure notes
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- French Articles8
- French Adjectives and Agreement21
- French Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns5
- French Pronouns14
- French Adverbs5
- French Comparatives and Superlatives5
- French Prepositions and Conjunctions10
- Asking Questions in French11
- French Negation20
- French Verb Conjugation13
- French Reflexive Verbs12
- French Past Tenses9
- French Verb Tenses10
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Interrogative and Negative Form of French Sentences Interrogative Form 3 ways to ask questions Inversion Switch position of subject and verb.Comprenez-vous la question? Do you understand the question?Parlez-vous espagnol? Do you speak Spanish?If the third-person singul...
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The Partive 1) The partive articles express the idea of some or any, or a part/portion of a whole item. Masculine: du sucre Feminine: de la farine
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French Final Review - Sentence Enhancement avoir besoin de: to need (prep) avoir chaud: to be hot avoir de la chance: to be luckyavoir de la patience: to be patient avoir du courage: to be brave avoir envie de: to feel like (prep)...
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Untitled PRESENT IRREGULAR er re &nb...
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French Countries FeminineFranceAngleterreAllemagneEspagneSuisseSuèdeNorvègeItalieRussiaChineCoréeEcosseIrelandeEgypte MasculineCanadaMexiquePortugalDanemarkJapanSénégalPerouBrésilIrakVietnam PluralEtats-unisPays-Bas
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Asking questions in French When- QuandWhy- PourquoiWhere- OùWhen are you coming back?- Quand est-ce que tu rentresWho broke the window?- Qui a cassé la fenêtre?What is the date?- Quelle est la date?Which clothes are you going to wear?-&nbs...
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Adjectives AdjectivesIn French adjectives usually follow the nounE.x. Un cours interessant However, a limited number of adjectives are placed before the noun including;-beau/belle-joli(e)-vieux/vielle-nouveau/nouvelle-haut-...
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French class 2 Imperatif 1. Remove es and just have e in er ending verbs 2. Pronominaux Positif: se revellier reveille-toi , reveillons-nous, reveill...
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Nombres Nombres (numbers) 1 - un 2 - deux3 - trois4 - quatre5 - cinq6 -seis7 - sept8 -huit9 - neuf10 - dix11 - onze12 - douze13 - trieze14 - quatorze15 - quinze16 - seize17- dix-sept18 - dix-huit19 - dix-neuf20 - vingt21- vin...
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Agreement in Adjectives Singular:Masculine - GrandFeminine - GrandePluralMasculine - GrandsFeminine - GrandesorSingular:Masculine - BleuFeminine - BleuePluralMasculine - BleusFeminine - Bleues Adjectives that already end in an -e (with no ac...
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French module 1 Moi...et quelques autresIn the present tense, the je form of regular -er verbs ends in -e. Most French verbs are -er verbs.the word for my has to agree with the noun. e.g. mon frère ma soeur mes frères mes soeur...
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French word explanation http://www.frenchlearner.com/grammar/chez/This is the word “chez”. It has two different uses:1) To be at somebody’s houseJulien est chez Marie. Julien is at Marie’s (house).Je vais chez une amie. I’m going to a friend...
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Chapter 3 - le verbe avoir Avoir is used for: - telling someone how many family members you have - to ask how much or how many "combien de..." - used in several idiomatic phrases "il y a...." which means there is/are - to indicate that you need...
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Untitled French Revision Grammar: Avoir-to have Etre -to be Aller-to go Faire-to doJe/J'Tuil/elle/onNousVousils/elles
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French Midterm #2 Review Chapter 3: Un Nouvel Appartement: Giving Prices and Other Numerical Info Cent means one hundred, but one must never say "un cent." Mille means one thousand, but one must never say "un mille" You do say un million and ...
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Untitled -When a nationality ends with a "n", add "ne" to make it feminine -An adjective whose masculine singular form already ends in 's' keeps the identical form in the masculine pluralex. pierre et Yves sont des amis ...
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Untitled French reflexive verbsJe me tu te il/elle/on senous nousvous vousils/elles seIf a verb starts with a vowel or a silent hthen change me ,te and se to m',t' ,s'er verbsJe e tu e il/elle/on e nous onsvous ezils/elles ent...
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Articles Le genre - the gender In front of a vowel, use l' Le pluriel Add an 's' Article défini = the Le (m.) La (f.) Les (pl.) Article indéfini = a Un (m.) Une (f.) Des (pl.) = some Où - where Vocab: Sur - on So...
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Question Words Qui - WhoQuand - When(D)'ou - WhereQuoi - WhatQuel(le,s) - Whichpourquoi - Whycomment - Howcombien(de) - How much(many)Depuis combien - How long (for)Ways to ask a question:- Raise voice in questioning way- Add 'Est-c...
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Tout Grammar Note Tout means all or everything. It must agree in number and in gender with the noun it describes.eg. Tout le monde - All the world/everyoneTous les garcons son fantastiques! - All the boys are fantastic.TOutes le filles...
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FRENCH ESSAY GRAMMAR POINTS - created from Mind Map PERFECT TENSE: Irregular Perfect Tense Verbs
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These notes offer examples and explanations for several parts of French sentence building. Question Words pairs French question words with English meanings, while Agreement in Adjectives sets out masculine, feminine and plural forms.
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