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1
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Regular -er verb endings

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-e, -es, -e, -ons, ez, ent

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Conjugate S’appeler

A 
je m'appelle
tu t'appelles
elle s'appelle
nous nous appelons
vous vous appelez
elles s'appelent
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Imperative - avoir

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aie/ayons/ayez

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Imperative - savoir

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sache/sachons/sachez

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Imperative - etre

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sois/soyons/soyez

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Forming the passe composee

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Subject + avoir/etre + past participle

if etre: PP agrees with gender+number

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Past participle: regular -ER verbs

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add -é to the stem

regardé

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Past Participle: regular -IR verbs

A 
Some add -i to the stem
fini
Some add -u to the stem
boire=bu
Some add -is to the stem
prendre= pris
Some add -it to the stem
faire = fait
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past participle: boire

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bu

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past participle: lire

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lu

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past participle: pouvoir

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pu

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past participle: savoir

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su

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past participle: voire

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vu

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past participle: recevoir

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Reçu

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past participle: vouloir

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voulu

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past participle: prendre

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pris

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past participle: faire

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fait

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past participle: dire

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dit

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past participle: ecrire

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écrit

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past participle: avoir

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eu

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past participle: suivre

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suivi

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Negating passe composee(avoir)

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subject + ne+avoir+pas/jamais+past participle

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Indirect Object Pronouns

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me, te, lui, nous, vous, leurs

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Indirect Object Structure

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Subject + IO + verb

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Indirect Object: Irregular Verbs

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dire, parler, ecrire, apprendre

Verb + à + IO

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de + le =

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du

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past participle: vendre

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vendu

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past participle: louer

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loué

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past participle: descendre

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descendu

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past participle: mourir

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mort

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past participle: naître

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né

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past participle: venir

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venu

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33
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MR DR VAN DER TRAMPPS

A 
monter/mourir
retourner/revenir/rester/rentrer
descendre/devenir
venir
aller/arriver
naître
entrer
tomber
passer/partir
sortir
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Negating Infinitives

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ne + pas + infinitive

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Forming the Imperative

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Step 1: present tense of tu/vous/nous
Step 2: remove subject
Step 3: if ER verb, remove -s from tu
Step 4: if reflexive, tonic pronoun at end UNLESS NEGATED

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36
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Negated Imperatives

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NE VOUS LAVEZ PAS

ne + reflexive pronoun +imperative + pas

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tonic pronouns

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moi
toi
lui/elle
nous
vous
eux/elles
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38
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Forming the Imperfect

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Step 1: take the nous form
Step 2: remove -ons
Step 3: add suffixes: ais,ais, ait, ions, iez, aient

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Imperfect verb endings

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ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient

40
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Forming the Pluperfect

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same as passe compose

but conjugates etre and avoir in the imperfect

41
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indirect object pronouns

A 
me
te
lui
nous
vous
leu/leur
42
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Reflexive verbs - passe compose

A

je me suis alle

subject + reflexive pronoun + etre (conj) +PP

43
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negated reflexive verbs: passe compose

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JE NE ME SUIS PAS LAVE

subject + ne + reflexive pronoun + etre (conj) + pas + PP

44
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past participle of détruire

A

détruit

45
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past participle of etre

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été

46
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manger/ranger present tense nous

A

mangeons
rangeons
-keep the /e/

47
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manger/ranger imperfect

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remove /e/ in nous stem for nous+vous

48
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present tense: choisir

A

choisis, choisis, choisit, choisissons, choisissez,choisissent

49
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present tense: dire

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dis, dis, dit, disons, dites, disent

50
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Forming future tense

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infinitive +

ai, as, a, ons, ez, ont

51
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Etre future stem

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ser

52
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Avoir future stem

A

aur-

53
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Voir future stem

A

verr-

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Etre imperfect stem

A

ét-

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aller future stem

A

ir-

56
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venir future stem

A

viendr-

57
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verbs always followed by a

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assister

participer

58
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forming the present conditional

A 
Stem = future (infinitive)
suffixes = imperfect
59
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etre conditional stem

A

ser

60
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venir conditional stem

A

viendr-

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Vouloir - present tense

A

veux, veux, veut, voulons, voulez, veulent

62
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vouloir - conditional

A

voudrais, voudrais, voudrait, voudrions, voudriez, voudraient

63
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pouvoir - present

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peux/puis, peux, peut, pouvons, pouvez, peuvent

64
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pouvoir - conditional

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pourrais, pourrais, pourrait, pourrions, pourriez, pourraient

65
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devoir - present

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dois, dois, doit, devons, devez, doivent

66
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devoir - conditional

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devrais, devrais, devrait, devrions, devriez, devraient

67
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voir - present

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vois, vois, voit, voyons, voyez, voient

68
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finir - present

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finis, finis, finit, finissons, finissez, finissent

69
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trier - imperative

A

trie, trions, triez

70
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Découvrir - past participle

A

Découvert

71
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entendre - past partciple

A

entendu

72
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finir - past participle

A

fini

73
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grandir - past participle

A

grandi

74
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unir - imperfect stem

A

same as finir

uniss-

75
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rire - imperfect

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riais, riais, riait, riions, riiez, riaient

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ecrire - imperfect stem

A

écriv-

77
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grandir - imperfect stem

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grandiss-

78
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conduire- imperfect stem

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conduis-

79
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Prévoir - imperfect stem

A

Prévoy-

80
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prendre - present

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prends, prends, prend, prenons, prenez, prennent

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rire - past partciple

A

ri

82
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prendre - imperfect stem

A

pren-

83
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parier - imperfect stem

A

pari-

84
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pincer - present nous

A

pinçons

85
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pincer - imperfect stems

A

pinç- for 1,2,3,6

pinc for 4,5

86
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devoir - future stem

A

devr

87
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vouloir - future stem

A

voudr-

88
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faire - future stem

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fer-

89
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pouvoir - future stem

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pourr-

90
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I didn’t like it

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je ne l’ai pas aimé

91
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falloir - future stem

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faudr-

92
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savoir - future stem

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saur-

93
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tenir - future stem

A

tiendr-

94
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conduire - present tense

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conduis, conduis, conduit, conduisons, conduisez,conduisent

95
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venir - present tense

A

viens, viens, vient, venons, venez, viennent

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