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p.166 Grammaire A: Les Verbes Vouloir, Pouvoir and Devoir
a. Vouloir
VERB : Vouloir – to ______
Conjugation
Pronoun
Pronoun
Conjugation
Je
Nous
Tu
Vous
Il / Elle / On
Ils / Elles
Past Participle : ________________
Conditional form (for politeness) : Je________________
I would love to : _________________
Vouloir dire : ________________
Ex : Que voulez-vous dire ? What do you mean / what are you trying to say?
Ex : Que veut dire ce mot ? What does this word mean ?
b. Pouvoir
VERB : Pouvoir
Conjugation
Pronoun
Je
Tu
Il / Elle / On
Past participle : ____________
Pouvoir has several English equivalents :
Pronoun
Nous
Vous
Ils / Elles
Conjugation
_______________
_______________
_______________
c. Devoir
VERB : Devoir
Pronoun
Nous
Vous
Ils / Elles
Pronoun
Conjugation
Je
Tu
Il / Elle / On
Past participle : ____________
Devoir has several English equivalents :
Conjugation
_______________
_______________
_______________
When followed by a noun, devoir means ____________.
Ex : Je dois vingt euros à mon frère – I owe my brother 20 euros.
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p.168 Grammaire B: L’article partitif : du, de la
When talking about WHOLE items the French use the _____________ article ______ or
________. When they are speaking about parts of an item or some quantity of an item
they use the ______________ article ______ or _______.
In English we often leave out the words “some” or “any” but in French you cannot! For
example, you might say in English, “do you want salad?” but in French you must say “do
you want SOME salad?”
Examples:
A chicken : _______________
Some chicken: ______________
A melon: _______________
Some melon: _______________
A salad: _________________
Some salad: ________________
A pie: __________________
Some pie : _________________
The partitive article has the following forms:
Masculine
Feminine
du
de l’ + vowel sound
de la
de l’ + vowel sound
du fromage, du pain,
de l’argent
de la salade, de la limonade
de l’eau
Examples:
Here is some bread.
______________________________________________________________
Philip is eating (some) cheese.
______________________________________________________________
Do you want (some/any) salad?
______________________________________________________________
Did you eat some pie?
______________________________________________________________
I want an apple.
______________________________________________________________
I want some of the apple
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p.170 Grammaire C: L’article partitif dans les phrases négatives
Don’t forget that when using the partitive article in a negative sentence that the
partitive article changes. (It really is much easier!).
After a negative expression the partitive articles du and de la change to _______.
After a negative expression the partitive article de l’ changes to ___________.
Negative expressions to remember: ne…pas, ne…jamais, ne…plus
(we also have ne…personne and ne…rien but they don’t use partitive articles !)
Examples:
I don’t want any bread.
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I don’t want any cheese.
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There is no more orange juice.
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He never drinks coffee.
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They don’t want anymore pie.
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We don’t want any chicken.
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