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Grammar Flashcards

1
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French nouns are divided into two genders which are:

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masculine & feminine

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2
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lit, fromage, village and livre are which gender nouns?

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masculine

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cuillère, boue, revue and syllable are which gender nouns?

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feminine

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4
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why is learning gender nouns important?

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to be able to form sentences

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5
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le or un has to go before which gender nouns?

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masculine. for example: le lit, le fromage, le village, un livre

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la or une goes before which gender nouns?

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feminine - la cuillère, la boue, une revue, une syllable

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7
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what are the three classes of verbs?

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those ending in -er (pronounced eh), ending in -ir, ending in -re, -oir and -ir. each of these classes gets conjugated differently

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8
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what are the three ways to conjugate nager (-er verb)

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je nage (I swim), je nageais (I swam), je nagerai (I will swim)

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9
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what are the three ways to conjugate finir (-ir verb)

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je finis (I finish), je finissais (I finished), je finirai (I will finish)

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10
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what are the 3 ways to conjuage lire (-re)

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je lis (I read), je lisais (I read), je lirai (I will read)

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11
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Do French and English use the same word order?

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Yes. Le garçon mange un gâteau is the boy eats a cake. subject-verb-object

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12
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How do you negative French sentences?

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add ne before the verb and pa after it

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13
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negate j’ai (i have)

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je n’ais pas (i don’t have)

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negate j’aime lire (i like to read)

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je n’aime pas lire (i don’t like to read)

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15
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negate Juliette mange (Juliette eats)

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Juliette ne mange pas (juliette doesn’t eat)

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16
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when do you pronounce the s in plus?

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it depends on what you mean. You pronounce the s when you want to say there is more of something. You don’t announce it when you are using plus in a negative sense (like no longer/no more of something). French people drop the ne sometimes in negative constructions so listen for the s in plus so you know what they mean. Such as if someone says j’ai plus d’animaux with s pronounced means more animals. w/o the s pronounced means no longer having any animals

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17
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what are the two future tenses?

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future proche and future simple

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18
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future proche

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near future. what will happen soon

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19
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how to conjugate future proche?

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use present tense of verb and add infinitive

aller (present tense va) = to go + infinitive

nager - to swim
je vais nager - i’m going to swim
tu vas nager - you’re going to swim
il va nager - he’s going to swim

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20
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how to conjugate future simple?

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for -er and -ir stays the same. for -re verbs, drop the e

21
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what are the subject endings that correspond with the subjects

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ai, as, a, ons, et, ont

22
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present aller in future tense

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j’irai = i will go

23
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future simple

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This tense is basically the equivalent of “will + [verb]” in English, as in “I will graduate next year,” where “will graduate” is the verb “graduate” in the future tense

24
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NOTE: The endings of conjugated le future simple words do not change depending on the verb you’re using; they only change depending on who the subject of the phrase is. For irregular verbs, the only thing that changes about the irregular verbs is the base. To conjugate those, take the base word and add on the subject ending depending on the subject

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25
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aller infinitive (to go)

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ir

26
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avoir infinitive (to have)

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aur

27
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we will be able to in future tense

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nous pourrons

28
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être infinitive

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ser

29
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être infinitive (to be)

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ser

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pourvoir infinitive

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pourr

31
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pourvoir infinitive (to provide)

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pourr

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vouloir infinitive (to want)

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voudr

33
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venir infinitive

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viendr

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venir infinitive (to come)

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viendr

35
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i will know

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je sauri

36
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savoir infinitive

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saur

37
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savoir infinitive (to know)

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saur

38
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faire infinitive (to do)

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fer

39
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envoyer infinitive

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enverr

40
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envoyer infinitive (to send)

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enverr

41
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she will send

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elle enverra

42
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subject ending ai

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je

43
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subject ending as

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tu

44
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subject ending a

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il/elle/on

45
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subject ending ons

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nous

46
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subject ending ez

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vous

47
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subject ending ont

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ils/elles

48
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devoir infinitive (to have to)

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devr

49
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voir infinitive (to see)

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verr

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