Grammar rules Flashcards
1.1: four types of adjectives
Demonstrative, descriptive, interrogative, posessive
1.2: 3 types of pronoun
DO, IDO, relative (subject/object)
1.3: two unusual adverbs
tres, trop
2.1: Conjunctions of time after which we use future
Quand; lorsque; dès que; après que; aussitôt que
2.2:Another use of the future
Expressing polite requests
2.3: Three uses of conditional
After au cas où;
When truth of a fact in doubt;
Future in the past (reported speech):
2.4: three uses of the conditional perfect
Reported speech
When truth of a fact in doubt
With ‘si’ and pluperfect
3.1: agreement rule for past tenses and direct objects
Agrees with the DO when the DO comes BEFORE the verb
Elle s’est lavé- les mains
4.1: c’est or il est when replacing a noun
Il
4.2: c’est or il est when replacing a cause (eg la ville est loin)
c’est
4.3: c’est or il est when referring back
c’est
4.4: c’est or il est when referring forward
Il est
4.5: two uses of ‘y’
Places or destinations
Following verb and à
4.6: five uses of ‘en’
Impersonal (eg c'est trop difficile) Inanimate objects/ abstract nouns People With numbers With quantities
4.7: Position of object pronouns in inversion: question to je l’ai quittée
L’avez-vous quittée?
4.8: Position of object pronouns in positive imperative: “give it to me”
Donne-le-moi
4.9: Position of object pronouns in negative imperative: “don’t give it to me!”
Ne me le donne pas
5.1: when are articles used (geography)
\+ continents \+ countries \+ mountains \+ rivers - towns - cities
5.2: when are articles used (gender of country)
Feminine: no article
Masculine: à/de + article
5.3: article after “je voudrais”
Partitive: je voudrais du vin
8.1: how to order sentence after dont
dont tu lis le roman:
subject verb article noun
8.2: two scenarios where dont can’t be used
- after a second preopostional phrase
- with complex prepositions, eg autour de, i.e. where the “de” belongs to the preposition
8.3: what to use instead of dont if necessary
people: de qui
things: duquel etc
8.4: what relative pronoun to use after preposition
qui for people
lequel for things
9.1: 4 indefinite pronouns and their genders
all masculine quelqu'un personne (#une personne) quelque chose (#une chose) rien
9.2: indefinite pronouns and adjectives
require de before the adjective.
quequ’un d’intelligent, rien de nouveau
