Lesson Ten Flashcards
la fille de M. Dupont, à laquelle nous parlions
Mr. Dupont’s daughter, to whom we were speaking
de + qui / de + (some form of lequel)
(generally replaced by) dont
never use ‘dont’ after a prepositional phrase
l’homme dont je parle
the man of whom I speak
l’homme dont le fils est ici
the man whose son is here (of whom the son is here)
l’homme dont j’ai vu les fils
the man whose son I saw
l’homme au fils de qui je parlais
the man to whose son (to the son of whom) I was speaking
quoi
what/which
used as object of a preposition when there is no definite antecedent
Voilà à quoi je pense.
That is what I am thinking about.
Où
where
often used instead of a preposition of place + a relative pronoun
la maison où (= dans laquelle) nous demeurons
the house in which we live
Conditional endings:
-ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient (added to the infinitive, with -re verbs missing the e)
Conditional Tense of Donner
je donnerais I would give tu donnerais you would give il/elle donnerait he/she/it would give nous donnerions we would give vous donneriez you would give ils/elles donneraient they would give
je donnerais
I would give
tu donnerais
you would give
il/elle donnerait
he/she/it would give
nous donnerions
we would give
vous donneriez
you would give
ils donneraient
they would give
Conditional Tense of Finir:
je finirais I would finish tu finirais you would finish il/elle finirait he/she/it would finish nous finirions we would finish vous finiriez you would finish ils/elles finiraient they would finish
je finirais
I would finish
tu finirais
you would finish
il/elle finirait
he/she/it would finish
nous finirions
we would finish
vous finiriez
you would finish
ils/elles finiraient
they would finish
Conditional Tense of Rompre:
je romprais I would break tu romprais you would break ils/elles romprait he/she/it would break nous romprions we would break vous rompriez you would break ils/elles rompraient they would break
je romprais
I would break
tu romprais
you would break
il/elle romprait
he/she/it would break
nous romprions
we would break