Animal quiz time….
Le 9 Mai
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Take out your verb list:
pouvoir
vouloir
rire
Infinitive
payer
peindre
traduire
Present
Indicative
Past
Partici
ple
être*
Imperfect
Stem
Future and
Conditional
Stem
Present
Subjunctive
stem
Passé
Simple
Stem
Infinitive
Present
Indicative
Past
Participl
e
être
Imperfect
Stem
Future and
Conditiona
l Stem
Present
Subjuncti
ve
stem
Passé
Simple
Stem
Paie payons
paies payez
paie paient
payé
pay-
paier-
pai-
pa- ai,as,a
âmes,
âtes,èrent
peindre
peins peignons
Peins peignons
peint peignent
peint
traduire
traduis
traduisons
traduis
traduisez
traduit
traduisent
traduit Traduis-
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pouvoir
pay
Peign-
Peindr-
Peign-
peindis,is,it
îmes,
îtes, irent
traduir-
Traduis
-
traduisis,is,it
îmes,
îtes, irent
Write a summary of 17; read 18
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Online edition of Le Petit Prince is here. AP link to
listening to accompany practice exam are here.
Note on present participles and their very limited USE
Notes present participle- VERBALS
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PRESENT PARTICIPLES*
Take the nous form of the verb ; drop –ons and add –ant
Verb”ing” parlant=speaking
*ayant=having
*étant=being
*sachant=knowing
changeant
commençant
Use these forms with the preposition EN and no other
preposition. Remember this is NOT a verb form instead this is an
adjective type verbal or a gerund verbal
M. Ed est un cheval parlant.
La fille souiante Sachant est
important!
Try these : Watching
Waiting
Working
Living
Remember these can only be Adjectives (agree with the noun being
described) or Nouns in French language.
EN= while, by, during, wearing, upon….
*There are 3 irregular present participles: ayant, étant, and sachant
COMPOSED PARTICIPLES
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Use the present participle of avoir or être as the helping
verb + a past participle
note: please remember that this is a compound tense and
therefore agreement rules apply
ayant vu= having seen
étant tombée=having fallen
Upon having lost the game, they….
Having heard the truth, he…..
What verbal does one use with all other
prepositions?
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The INFINITIVE or past infinitive!
After all prepositions except en and après use the infinitive of past
infinitive regardless of what we use in English!
Without talking = sans parler
Instead of saying= au lieu de dire
Before starting= avant de commencer
-French adjectives may never be followed directly by an infinitive,
either à or de will split them.
use de after an adjective of feeling
use à after an adjective not describing a feeling
Not applicable if the subject is it
with ce as a subject, use à
with il/elle as a subject, use de
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C’est bon à vous voir.