Lesson Four Flashcards
petit (f. petite)
little
jeune (m./f.)
young
petits (/petites)
little (pl.)
Les petites filles sont intelligentes.
The little girls are intelligent.
Elles sont intelligentes.
They are intelligent.
Descriptive adjectives that precede the noun they modify:
beau (bel) beautiful/fine bon good court short grand great/large gros big/stout/thick jeune young joli pretty long long mauvais bad nouveau (nouvel) new petit little/small vieux (vieil) old
(bel, nouvel, and vieil are used instead of beau, nouveau, and vieux before masculine singular nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.)
un petit chien noir
a little black dog
un jeune homme intelligent
an intelligent young man
un beau jardin français
a beautiful French garden
un bel arbre
a beautiful tree
endings of the present indicative of a second conjugation (-ir) verb:
-is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent
finir
to finish
Present Indicative of Finir
je finis I finish tu finis you finish il/elle finit he/she/it finishes nous finissons we finish vous finissez you finish ils/elles finissent they finish
je finis
I finish
tu finis
you finish
il/elle finit
he/she/it finishes
nous finissons
we finish
vous finissez
you finish
ils/elles finissent
they finish
N’avez-vous pas?
Have you not?
apporter
to bring
arranger
to arrange
avoir besoin de
to have need of/to need
beau (f. belle; m. pl. beaux; f. pl. belles; m.s. before vowel bel)
beautiful/handsome/fine
