Heinle French 201 Past Tenses Flashcards

0
Q

What is the tense?

Quand elles arrivées, la femmes l’air fatigue parce qu’Elles étaient sorties le soir précédent et n’avaient pas dormi.

A

Pluperfect

When they arrived, they seemed tired because They had gone out the night before and had not slept

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What is The tense used to express the past of the past?

Ex: Robert n’pas dîné avec nous parce qu’il avait déjà mangé.

Robert did not have dinner with us because he had already eaten.

A

Pluperfect

Auxiliary verb (avoir, etre) in imperfect + past participle.

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Q

What is the tense?

Nous avons dansé.

A

Passe compose

We danced

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Q

Form the past participle for Danser

J'ai -
Tu as
il a
Elle a 
On a 
Nous avons
Vous avez 
Ils/Elles ont
A

Passe compose does not change The verb tense, only the auxiliary

Dansé

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What is the past tense used to talk about ongoing or habitual actions in the past?

Does not require an auxiliary verb.

Example: Hélène jouait au foot tous les jours.

A

Imparfait.

Helen used to play soccer every day

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Q

How do you conjugate the imperfect?

Ex: travailler

A

Take the present tense nous form, remove the “ons” and ass the imparfait ending.

Travaillons - travaillait
Nous travaillions.
Vous travailliez
Ils travaillaient

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Q

Conseiller

A

To advise

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Distribuer

A

To distribute

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8
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S’habituer

A

To get used to

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9
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Se moquer de

A

To make fun of

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Paraître

A

To appear

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Traiter

A

To treat

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12
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Se tromper

A

To make a mistake

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13
Q

Les actualités

A

News

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14
Q

Un article de fond

A

A featured article

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15
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Des conseils

A

Advice

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Q

La droite

A

Political right

17
Q

Un enquête

A

Investigation

18
Q

Un entretien

A

Interview

19
Q

La gauche

A

Political left wing

20
Q

Un kiosque

A

Newspaper and magazine stand

21
Q

Un lecteur

A

Reader

22
Q

Un magazine

A

Magazine

23
Q

La majorité

A

The majority

24
Q

Les médias

A

Media

25
Q

Un mensuel

A

A monthly magazine or newspaper.

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Pouvoir

A

Power

27
Q

La quotidien

A

Daily newspaper

28
Q

La rédaction

A

Editorial staff

29
Q

Une revue

A

Literary or scientific magazine

30
Q

Arrête

A

Definite

31
Q

En direct

A

Live

32
Q

Imprimé

A

Printed

33
Q

Politisé

A

Having a political slant