Fillers/determiners Flashcards
The
le la
What happens to ‘the’ if the word starts with a vowel or silent ‘h’
become l’homme
For
pour
Oú est la gare, s’il vous plait?
Where is the train station
Where is Duo
Oú est Duo (way la duo)
And you
et tois
et vous
This
cette
This is my mother
C’est ma mere
These are my parents
Ce sont mes parents
Where is
Oú est
If asking where more than one thing is
Oú sont
There is/are
il y a
There is three people
Il ya a trois personnes
What happens to ‘a’ when referencing multiple things?
a/une becomes des
cats
des chats
where is my cow
Ou est ma vache
There are trees
Il ya a des arbres
This bread
Ce pain
Serveur, cette biere est verte
Waiter this beer is green
Duo is eating this pizza
Duo mange cette pizza
These apples are good
Ces pommes sont bonnes
Infront of
Devant
I am infront of the hotel
Je suis devant l’hotel
Close to/far from
pres de/da
loin de/da
Close to the university
pres de l’universite
Where are you going?
Tu vas Ou?
Sometimes
Parfois
When do french expressions like often and everyday appear?
either at the very beginning or right after the verb
Every Friday, we at at a restaurant
chaque vendredi, nous mangeons au restaurant
I often go to museums
Je vais souvent aux musees
Why is she happy?
Porqoui est-elle contente?
I can’t come now, but later i can
je ne peux pas venir maintenant, mais plus tard, je peux
When to use chez? when describing if you’re at somewhere/someones place example?
je suis chez Rio’s
How can you use chez with pronouns?
use it before- to say i’m at my palce chez-moi, chez-toi
So at start of sentence not connecting
Alors
If/whether
Si
How do ce and cette work when followed b a vowel?
Change to cet
This photo of your cat at the beach is funny
Cette photo de ton chat a la plage est amusante
Actually (matter of fact etc)
En fait
Actually (really, true)
réellement
Actually (in actual fact)
en réalité