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Prendre
Prendre is not a regular -re verb, and is conjuagted differently. Formation French Verb · Present Indicative · prendre to take Singular Plural first person je prends jzeuh prahn I take nous prenons noo prenn oh n we take second person tu …
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Regular -re Verbs
The third category of regular verbs is made up of -re' verbs. To conjugate, drop the -re to find the "stem" or "root". Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense, as demonstrated below for the present t…
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Regular -ir Verbs
The second category of regular French verbs is -ir verbs. To conjugate, drop the -ir to find the "stem" or "root". Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense. French Grammar · Travel · -ir Verb Formation F…
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Standard Negation
In order to say that one did not do something, the ne ... pas construction must be used. The ne is placed before the verb, while the pas is placed after. Formation and Rules Simple negation is done by wrapping ne...pas around the verb…
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The House
French Vocabulary · The house · The House La maison General Actions la rue street arriver (à la maison) to arrive (home) la (belle) vue (beautiful) sight, view rentrer (à la maison) to go back home (tout) près (de) (pas) (tout) loin (de) …
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Regular -er Verbs
Formation Most French verbs fall into the category of -er verbs. To conjugate, drop the -er to find the "stem" or "root". Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense. French Grammar · Recreation · audio 184 k…
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The verb avoir
"Avoir" can be translated as "to have". Formation French Verb · Present Indicative · audio (100 kb avoir to have Singular Plural first person j'ai zjay I have nous z avons noozahvoh n we have second person tu as to…
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Adjectives - Les adjectifs
Just like articles, French adjectives also have to match the nouns that they modify in gender and plurality. Regular Formation Most adjective changes occur in the following manner: Feminine: add an -e to the masculine form un garçon intér…
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Where are you from
French Dialogue · To be · audio 226 kb Where are you from? Tu es d'où? Quentin Bonjour, Léon. Dis donc, Tu es d'où? Léon Je suis de Paris, Quentin. Quentin Alors, tu es français? Léon Oui, exactement. Quentin Et Marie, elle est d&…
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Gender of Nouns
In French, all nouns have a grammatical gender , that is, they are masculine or feminine for the purposes of grammar only. Most nouns that express entities with gender (people and animals) use both a feminine form and a masculine form, for…
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The days of the week
French Vocabulary · Dates · audio 420 kb The Days of the Week. Les jours de la semaine. # French Pronunciation English Origin 1 lundi luh n dee Monday Moon 2 mardi mahrdee Tuesday Mars 3 mercredi maircruhdee Wednesday Mercury 4 jeudi juhd…