FIA Grammar Chapter 9 Flashcards
How do you pronounce nos/vos vs. notre/votre?
In nos/vos the lips are slightly rounded and protruding. In notre/votre the mouth is less compressed: the lips are only slightly pursed and protruding, and the mouth is more open.
What are the first person (our), second person (your), and third person plural (their) possessive adjectives?
1st: notre, nos
2nd: votre, vos
3rd: leur, leurs
What preposition, and in what form, do you use to indicate a destination? That someone is going somewhere?
She is going to the university. (feminine)
She is going to the airport. (liaison)
She is going to the restaurant. (masculine)
She is going to Antilles. (plural)
- à*
- Elle va à la fac.*
- Elle va à l’aèroport.*
- Elle va au restaurant.*
- Elle va aux Antilles.*
How does the preposition à combine with le and les?
- à + le = au*
- à + les = aux*
What preposition do you use, and in what form, to identify the recipient of something?
Give a first name to the young girl. (feminine)
Give a first name to the student. (liaison)
Give a first name to the young man. (masculine)
Give a first name to the young people. (plural)
- à*
- Donnons un prénom à la jeune fille.*
- Donnons un prénom à l’étudiante.*
- Donnons un prénom au jeune homme.*
- Donnons un prénom aux jeunes gens.*
What preposition do you use, and in what form, with games?
Let’s play pinochle. (feminine)
Let’s play écarté. (liaison)
Let’s play lottery. (masculine)
Let’s play chess. (plural)
- à*
- Jouons à la belote.*
- Jouons à l’écarté.*
- Jouons au Loto.*
- Jouons aux échecs.*
What verb is used to talk about physical activities and sports? What verb is used to talk about games?
physical activities and sports: faire (avec du, de la, ou de l’)
games: jouer (avec au, à la, ou aux)
What are the disjunctive, or stressed, pronouns?
When are disjunctive, or stressed, pronouns used (3 times)?
moi, toi, lui/elle
nous, vous, eux/elles
- They are used for emphasis - to accentuate or stress
* Je trouve ça idiot, moi.*
- Moi, je trouve ça idiot.*
2. They are used in situations where there is a pronoun but no verb - Moi aussi!*
3. They are used after prepositions (à, aprés, avec, sans, pour, etc.) - À moi.*
What two common terms do you use to designate people without specifying who they are (someone, person)?
What are their genders (even when using them to refer to a man or a woman)?
Which do you use to refer to one person (there is someone, there is one person), which do you use to refer to mulitple people (there are two people), and which do you used to refer to there being no people/nobody (there’s nobody, I don’t see anybody)?
- quelqu’un* and personne
- Une monsieur…c’est quelqu’un, c’est une personne.*
- Une dame…**c’est quelqu’un, c’est une personne.*
- Il y a quelqu’un. Il y a une personne.*
- Il y a duex personnes.*
- Il n’y a personne. Je ne vois personne.*
What is the verb for “to cry”? How do you conjugate it?
pleurer (-er, parler)
je pleure
tu pleures
il pleure
nous pleurons
vous pleurez
ils pleurent
What is the verb for “to rain”? How do you conjugate it?
pleuvoir (impersonal expression)
il pleut
How do express how much is left of something if the amount is indicated? If the amount it not indicated? If there is nothing left?
Are there cookies left?
Yes, there are two cookies left. (2)
Yes, there are cookies left. (2)
No, there are no cookies left. (3)
- Il reste des galettes?*
- Oui, il reste deux galettes* or
- Oui, il en reste deux.*
- Oui, il reste des galettes* or
- Oui, il en reste.*
- Non, il ne reste pas de galettes* or
- Non, il n’en reste pas* or
- Non, il n’en reste plus.*
