Past Être, Pouvoir/vouloir, Que/qui, Etc. Flashcards
arriver
to arrive (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
partir
to leave (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
aller
to go (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
venir
to come (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
entrer
to enter (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
sortir
to go out (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
monter
to go up (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
descendre
to come down (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
tomber
to fall (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
mourir
to die (past tense formed with “mort” and être)
rester
to remain (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
retourner
to go back (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
naître
to be born (past tense formed with “né” and and être)
apparaître
to appear (past tense formed with regular pp and être or avoir based on state or action)
disparaître
to disappear (past tense formed with regular pp and être or avoir based on state or action)
rentrer
to re-enter, to go back (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
revenir
to come back (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
devenir
to become (past tense formed with regular pp and être)
aller en ville
to go to town
heureusement
fortunately
vers
toward
malheureusement
unfortunately
la fusée
the rocket
lors de
at the time of, during
à partir de
starting with, from the time of
pouvoir
to be able
Irregular verb: peux (puis), peux, peut, pouvons, pouvez, peuvent
Past participle is pu
vouloir
to want, to desire
Irregular verb: veux, veux, veut, voulons, voulez, veulent
Past participle: voulu
dire
to say
au moins
at least
un chat
a cat
grâce à
thanks to, because of
que as conjunction
that - joins two independent clauses
le comportement
the behavior
rapporté
brought back, reported
supporter
to endure, to bear, to tolerate
voler
to fly
un vol
a flight
au cours de
in the course of
peser
to weigh
la pesanteur
weight
voir
to see
Past participle is vu
que as relative pronoun
which, whom, that
Contracts before vowels
un singe
a monkey
semblable
similar
sans
without
maintenant
now
jusqu’a
until, as far as, up to the time of
presque
almost
qui as relative pronoun
that, which, who (becomes subject of a clause)
Never contracts before a vowel sound
fort
très (very)
entraîner
to entail
l’entrée
the entry, entrance
la rentrée
the re-entry, re-entrance
inversion with que/qui
clause following que often has verb then subject in French, but should be translated with subject first. qui does not invert.
conjugated verbs followed by infinitive
infinitive verbs (avoir, être, pouvoir) and past participle make two English clauses Il prétend avoir établi ses conclusions = he claims he has established his conclusions
croire
to believe
des principes fondanentaux
fundamental principles
investir
to invest
