AS Grammar Flashcards
En train de + infinitive
In the process of +ing/ whilst
-ing (verb) is translated into what in French. e.g working as…
- translated into infinitive
e. g. travailler comme
When can nouveau come after the noun
- usually in front of the noun, but can come after when referring to something that’s just been invented
Difference between after reading and after going when translating into french
- after reading is après avoir lire
- after going is après être aller
- aller takes être as a stem and lire takes avoir
ca rendre + adjective
- it makes it
se rendre à is equal to…
aller
when can ‘y’ be used
- to refer to things and animals but NEVER people
- to also mean here or there
à la contraction
- à la
à les contraction
aux
verb + à + noun phrase can be replaced with what pronoun?
- y
when can ‘en’ be used
- to refer to things, animals AND people
- to represent a part of a bigger quantity/ number of something
verb + de + noun phrase can be replaced with what pronoun
- en
example of verbs that take à
- penser à
- aller à
- prendre garde à
- répondre à
example of verbs that take de
- parler de
- penser de
- jouer de
idiomatic expressions in french using ‘y’
- il y a : there is
- ca y est : here it is, done it
- Y aller : to go there, to be off
- j’y vais/ Vas-y : go
idiomatic expressions using ‘en’
- en avoir assez (to be fed up/ to get enough)
- s’en aller e.g. je m’en vais (I am off, I go away)
- Va-t-en (go!)
when can ‘dans’ be used
- to express a place (dans la cuisine)
- to express the notion of time (dans cinq minutes)
- to express a manner (dans ces conditions)
when can ‘en’ be used
[as a preposition]
- to mean by, to or on
- refer to the notion of time
- can be used before a mode of transport
- to depict a situation w/o articles (je suis en vacances)
- for some locations, but always attached to other compound words (en face de)
- in front of countries that are feminine/ start w/ a vowel (en Italie)
- ## to refer to seasons/ months (en septembre)
how to answer a question (format)
- adapté au sujet + répondre aux termes de la question
