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4.3 (Irregular -ir verbs Flashcards

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1
Q

Attention! Se Sentir vs. Sentir

A

Sentir means to sense or to smell. The reflexive verb se sentir is used with an adverb to tell how a person feels.

Examples:

Cette fleur sent très bonne (This flower smells very good)

Je sens qu’il t’aime, même s’il ne le dit pas (I sense that he loves you, even if he doesn’t say it)

Tu es rentrée parce que tu ne te sentais pas bien (You went home because you didn’t feel good?)

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Meaning:

Maintenir

A

to maintain

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Past Participles:

Venir

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Venu

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4
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Irregular IR verbs with similar present tense forms

(there are 5)

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Courir (to run)

Dormir (to sleep)

Partir (to leave)

Sentir (to smell)

Sortir (to take (out))

Je cours ** Nous courtons**

Tu cours Vous courez

Il/Elle court Ils/Elles courent

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Ir verbs which have different stems for nous and vous

Conjugation

A

je deviens

tu deviens

il/elle devient

Nous devenons

Vous devenez

Ils/Elles deviennent

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IR verbs which take Être in the Passé Compossé and Plus Que Parfait

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Sortir

Partir

Mourir

Devenir

Venir

Revenir

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Conjugation of Couvrir, décourvrir, offrir, ouvrir, and souffrir

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Je couvre

Tu couvres

Il/Elle couvre

Nous couvrons

Vous couvr**ez **

Ils/Elles couvrent

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Reminder regarding verbs that use Être as the auxiliary

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Remember that a past participle usually agrees with its subject in number and gender for verbs that take être as an auxiliary.

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Meaning:

découvrir

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to discover

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Distinction between Sortir and Partir

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Use Sortir to say that someone is leaving, as in exiting a building. Use Partir to say that someone is leaving, as in departing.

The proposition De often accompanies Sortir and the preposition pour often accompanies Partir

Examples:

Nous ne sortons jamais de la salle avant la sonnerie

(we never leave the room before the bell rings)

Le premier ministre part pour l’Espagne demain

(the Prime Minister leaves for Spain tomorrow)

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Past Participles:

tenir

A

tenu

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Past Participle:

Courir

A

couru

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Meaning:

Souffrir

A

to suffer

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Meaning:

Ouvrir

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To open

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Past Participle:

Sortir

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Sorti

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Meaning:

Devenir

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to become

17
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Past Participle:

Offrir

A

offert

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Past Participle:

Dormir

A

Dormi

19
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Past Participles:

revenir

A

revenu

20
Q

Ir verbs which have different stems for nous and vous

(5)

A

devenir

maintenir

revenir

tenir

venir

21
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Conjugation of Mourir

A

Je meurs

Tu meurs

Il/elle meurt

Nous mourons

Vous mourez

ils/elles meurent

Examples:

Il fait chaud et je meurs de soif!! (It’s hot and I’m dying of thirst!)

En quelle année la président est-elle morte? (In which year did the president die?)

22
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Meaning:

revenir

A

to return

23
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Past Participle:

Sentir

A

senti

24
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Meaning: venir + de + infinitive

A

means to have just done something. Use it in the present or the imparfait to say something that happened in the very recent past

Examples:

les militants viennent de faire un discours à l’ONU (the activists just made a speech at the UN)

je venais juste de poser mon sac par terre quand le voleur l’a pris (I had just put my bag down on the ground when the thief took it)

25
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Past Participles:

maintenir

A

maintenu

26
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Past Participles:

Devenir

A

devenu

27
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Past Participle:

Couvrir

A

couvert

28
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Meaning:

Venir

A

to come

29
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Past Participle:

Découvrir

A

Découvert

30
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Past Participle:

Partir

A

Parti

31
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Meaning:

Couvrir

A

to cover

32
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Meaning:

tenir

A

To hold

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Past Participle:

Mourir

A

Mort

34
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Past Participle:

Souffrir

A

Souffert

35
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Meaning:

Offrir

A

to offer

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