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Flashcards by Annie Loizides, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Annie Loizides
almost 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| When is the present tense used? | It describes what's happening now, ie something you are doing, or something you do regularly. |
| GIve time phrases which can be used for the present tense | maintenant - now en ce moment - at the moment aujourd'hui - today normalement – normally en général, généralement - usually |
| Translate: normally I do my homework in the evening | généralement, je fais mes devoirs le soir |
| Translate: I’m watching TV at the moment | en ce moment, je regarde la télé |
| List the -er endings | je -es tu -es il/elle/on -e nous -ons vous -ez ils/elles -ent |
| List the -ir endings | je -is tu -is il/elle/ on -it nous -issons vous -issez ils/elles -issent |
| list the -re endings | je -s tu -s il/elle/on -() nous -ons vous -ez ils/elles -ent |
| Conjugate regarder (we form) | reagarder - regard - ons - nous regardons |
| Conjugate finir (they form) | finir - fin - issent - elles finissent |
| conjugate vendre (she form) | vendre - vend - nothing - elle vend |
| What are the 3 most irregular verbs? | avoir (to have), être (to be) and aller (to go) and are perhaps the most crucial to know, since they are used to form other tenses. |
| Avoir -to have | j'ai tu as il/elle/on a nous avons vous avez ils/elles ont |
| Être – to be | je suis tu es il/elle/ on est nous sommes vous êtes ils/elles sont |
| aller-to go | je vais tu vas il/elle/on va nous allons vous allez ils/elles vont |
| faire -to make/do | je fais tu fais il/elle/on fait nous faisons vous faites ils/elles font |
| devoir- must/to have to | je dois tu dois il/elle/on doit nous devons vous devez ils/elles doivent |
| vouloir- to want | je veux tu veux il/elle/on veut nous voulons vous voulez ils/elles veulent |
| pouvoir-to be able to/can | je peux tu peux il/elle/on peut nous pouvons vous pouvez ils/elles peuvent |
| savoir-to know | je sais tu sais il/elle/on sait nous savons vous savez ils/elles savent |
| Boire-to drink | je bois tu bois il/elle/on boit nous buvons vous buvez ils/elles boivent |
| venir- to come | je viens tu viens il/elle/on vient nous venons vous venez ils/elles viennent |
| Why is depuis used with the present tense? | Depuis is used with the present tense to say how long something has been happening. |
| Translate: I've been learning French for five years | j'apprends le français depuis cinq ans |
| Translate: I've been living in England since 2005 | j'habite en Angleterre depuis 2005 |
| What can depuis also be used for? | To imply something is still going on, eg: j’attends le train depuis une heure - I’ve been waiting for the train for an hour (and still am waiting) |
| When do verbs sometimes stay in their infinitive? | When one verb follows another in a sentence or phrase, the first verb needs to be in the right form, but the second is always in the infinitive form. |
| Give an example for a verb followed by an infintive and translate | Je veux aider les autres I want to help other people |
| Some verbs can be followed directly by an infintive. What do a few verbs need in between? | A prepostion |
| Give a list of verbs with a prepostion before the infintive. | Commencer à- to begin Réussir à - to succeed Apprendre à - to learn arriver à- to succeed in/to manage essayer de - to try Décider de - to decide (S) 'arrêter de- to stop (onself) menacer de - to threaten |
| Translate the sentence: I'm trying to do more sport * it has a preposition between the verb and infinitive | J'essaie de faire plus de sport |
| Translate the sentence: I'm learning to drive my dad's car * it has a preposition between the verb and infinitive | J'apprends a conduire la voiture de mon pere. |
| How do you form a question in the present tense? | Invert the subject pronoun and the verb |
| When inverting the subject pronoun and the verb, what do you need to add inbetween? | a hyphen |
| Turn: elle a mal au ventre (she has a stomach ache) into a question | a-t-elle mal au ventre? (has she got a stomach ache) |
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