French Grammar Flashcards

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Q

Because French has a limited passive voice, use “on”

A

On me l’a donné
I was given it/someone gave it to me

On nous a montré
We were shown

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On when used as we takes plural adjectives

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On est américains

On est canadiennes

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I go there, I come from there

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J’y vais; j’en viens

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Replacement of phrases with de people, things

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Stress pronouns, en

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Stressed/Disjunctive Pronouns

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me	moi
you	toi
him	lui
her	elle
oneself	soi
us	nous
you	vous
them (masc)  	eux
them (fem)	elles
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Order of sentence/object pronouns without infinitive

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Je tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
Ne
Me tu nous vous ils, elles
Le, la, les
Lui, leur
Y
En
Conjugated verb
Pas, plus, jamais, etc.
Past participle
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Order of sentence/object pronouns with infinitive

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Je tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
Ne
Conjugated verb
Pas, plus, jamais, etc.
Me tu nous vous ils, elles
Le, la, les
Lui, leur
Y
En
Infinitive
Past participle

(Ex: Je ne vais pas m’y rendre/me rendre affollée)

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The conditional can be used instead of the subjunctive when the statement is extremely speculative

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“D’apres la presse financiere, le tableau vaudrait cent million dollars.”

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Don’t use the subjunctive with “si”. Use the imperfect + conditional construction.

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Si toute leur dette etait annullee, ce serait une bonne debut

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To give someone confidence

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Mettre quelqu’un en confiance

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Unexpected

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Imprévu

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12
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To be forced to…

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Être contrainte de

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13
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To have been somewhere

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Être rendu à (Je me suis jamais rendue à Rome)

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To have/give reason to (talk about, shock you, impress you etc.)

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Avoir de quoi à (elle a de quoi etre satisfaite; le chateau a de quoi a te couper le souffle)

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Remember: “internal” verbs are usually in the imperfect (nebulous, often don’t have a clearly demarcated end or event, i.e. penser, croire, vouloir, savoir, connaître)

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But when they’re used in the passe compose, they’re very definite
J’ai su nager lorsque j’avais quatre ans (I learned to swim when I was four)
J’ai connu Marianne la semaine passe (I met/was introduced to Marianne last week)
J’ai cru avoir une chance
Je les ai eu sur internet (I got them on the Internet)

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If/where necessary

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Le cas échéant

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Due date

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L’échéance

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Wise (not sage)

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To show, display

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Faire étalage

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Q

To pour your heart out

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Se vider le coeur

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Q

Indirect object pronouns for people, things and places

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Lui, leur, y

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Preposition that describes purpose

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À (une tasse à thé, une machine à laver, un sac à dos)

23
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What are reciprocal verbs?

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Making them reflexive to imply “each other” (on s’aide, ils se disputaient)

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To marry somebody

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Se marier avec

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What is an idiomatic reflexive verb?
Ones that have a different meaning when they're reflexive
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Ringtone
La tonalité d'appel
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Segment, column
Une rubrique
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Mistreat, abuse
Malmener
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To coincide with
Coïncider avec
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What tense do you use with superlatives? Plus example
Subjunctive