FIA Grammar Chapter 23 Flashcards
How do you say the following?
I ask for your pardon.
No harm done.
- Je vous demande pardon!*
- Il n’y a pas de mal.*
How do you say the following?
I’m not pessimisic at all!
However, she’s not portugaise!
- Je ne suis pessimiste du tout!*
- Pourtant elle n’est pas portugaise!*
- How do you say the following:
I ran into Hubert at the university?
- What types of pronouns do you use with this expression?
- Je suis tombé sur Hubert à la fac.
- When the object of tomber sur is expressed as a pronoun, the stressed pronoun is used, since it follows a preposition (sur).
How do you express the following?
I asked myself where is Mireille?
I am worried. (2)
I’m not calm.
- Je me demande où est Mireille.*
- Je suis inquiet.* or Je m’en fais.
Je ne suis pas tranquille.
How do you say the following:
It will get better.
Everything is fine.
Everything will be fine.
Do not worry.
- Ça va aller mieux.*
- Tout va bien.*
- Tout ira bien.*
- Ne vous en faites pas.*
How do you express the following?
Me, I don’t worry.
Don’t worry.
There will be no problems.
It will not make a crease.
- Moi, je ne m’en fais pas.*
- Ne t’inquiète pas.*
- Il n’y aura pas de problèmes.*
- Ça ne fera pas un pli.*
How do you express the following?
Don’t worry. (with faire)
Everything will work.
It always gets better.
- Ne t’en fais pas.*
- Tout s’arrangera.*
Ça finit toujours par s’arranger.
How do you express the following?
It’s not going well.
It’s not going better.
We’re heading towards a disaster.
You’ll see, everything will finish badly.
- Ça ne va pas.*
- Ça ne va pas mieux.*
- Nous allons à la catastrophe*
- Tu verras, tout finira mal.*
How do you express the following?
There will always be problems.
It’s going bad.
It does not work out.
- Il y aura toujours des problèmes.*
- Ça va mal.*
Ça ne s’arrange pas.
What expression do you use to describe what something, or does not, depend upon?
We don’t know; it doesn’t depend on us.
- dépendre de*
- Nous ne savons pas; ça ne dépend pas de nous.*
What letter is the common characteristic of all conjugations of the future tense?
All future forms have a characteristic “R” (in pronunciation and in spelling) just before the verb ending.
What is the stem of the future tense for regular, -er, -ir, and -re verbs?
- er and -ir: infinitive
- re: infinitive minus the final -e
What are the future tense endings?
-ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont
Note that these endings are identical to the endings of the present tense of avoir.
