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
vous rompriez
you would break
ils/elles rompraient
they would break
S’il finit (/finissait) le travail, je lui donnerai (/donnerais) cent francs.
If he finishes (/finished) the work, I will give (/would give) him a hundred francs.
prendre
to take
prenant
taking (present participle of prendre)
pris
taken (past participle of prendre)
je prends
I take
tu prends
you take
il/elle prend
he/she/it takes
nous prenons
we take
vous prenez
you take
ils/elles prennent
they take
annoncer
to announce/declare/say
charmant
charming
le cousin
the cousin (m.)
la cousine
the cousin (f.)
dire
to say/tell
donc
then/therefore/consequently
encore
yet/again/still
l’été
the summer (m.)
le facteur
the postman
la gare
the railway station
habiter
to inhabit/live in
le hasard
the chance
inviter
to invite
takes à before an infinitive
la lettre
the letter
le matin
the morning
la nuit
the night
l’oncle
the uncle (m.)
par
by/through
par hasard
by chance
pendant
during
plusieurs
several
quelque(s)
some/a few
la semaine
the week
si
if
souvent
often
tandis que
while/whereas
le télégramme
the telegram
le train
the train
le train du matin
the morning train
le train du soir
the evening train
le village
the village
visiter
to visit
voir
to see
