Past participle agreement Flashcards

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1
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Elle s’est (lever)

A

levée because the pronoun is not understood as a reflexive

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in the past s’abstenir de would

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agree with the objec

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se rire de is the

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only exception for the rule that verbs where the pronoun isn’t understood as a reflexive

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courir 
dormir
marcher
mesurer 
payer
peser
valoir 
peser

are all examples of what

A

of verbs that don’t agree when used as quantitive verbs

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se décider…

A

à

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décider

A

de

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accepter …

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de

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s’amuser…

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à

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s’apercevoir …

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de

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s’approcher …

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de

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arriver par

A

to succeed through doing

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arriver à

A

manage to do something

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s’attendre ( ) meaning

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à - to expect to

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to warn about

A

avertir de

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to trust

A

avoir confiance en

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to choose to

A

choisir de

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compter pour

A

to be worth

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conseiller …

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à- to advise someone

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conseiller de

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to advise to

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to agree to

A

convenir de

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to copy off

A

copier sur qqln

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to fear for

A

craindre pour

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to disobey someone

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désobéir à

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24
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to tell someone to do something

A

dire à qqln de faire qqlchose

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to doubt

A

douter de

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to write about

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écrire sur

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27
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to grab

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s’emparer de

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to borrow something

A

emprunter à qqln

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29
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to send for

A

envoyer chercher

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30
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to try on

A

essayer

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31
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to close the door behind

A

fermer la porte sur soi

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32
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se fier à

A

to rust someone

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33
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finir à

A

to finish _ing

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34
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to look through

A

fouiller dans

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35
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to nibble on

A

grignoter qqch

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36
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I live around here

A

j’habite par ici

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37
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s’habituer à

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to get used to

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38
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to inherit

A

hériter de

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39
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interdire ..

A

à

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40
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jouer de

A

play usually an instrument

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41
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to eat out of someones hand

A

manger dans la main de qqn

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se mêler à

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to mingle with

43
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to deserve

A

mériter à

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mettre son espoir dans

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to pin your hopes on

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se mettre en route

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to set out

46
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to forgive

A

pardonner à

47
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pay for something

A

payer

48
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payer pour

A

pay for someone

49
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plan on

A

penser faire

50
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se permettre …

A

de

51
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se plaire

A

à faire …

52
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prendre le parti de

A

to decide to

53
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to take something from

A

prendre quelque chose dans

54
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to reward for

A

recompenser de

55
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proposer

A

de

56
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to consider

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réfléchir à

57
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to to think about

A

réfléchir sur

58
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to reign over

A

régner sur

59
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to regret doing

A

regretter de

60
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to thank for doing

A

remercier de faire

61
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to thank for the gift

A

remercier pour le cadeaux

62
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to resist

A

resister à

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to risk doing

A

risquer de

64
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to shake hands with

A

serrer la main à qqln

65
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songer

A

à

66
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to wish

A

souhaiter

67
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to be subjected to

A

subir

68
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to take after

A

tenir de

69
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to shoot at

A

tirer sur

70
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to work for

A

travailler pour

71
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why might you use la/lequel instead of qui

A

to distinguish an object between several

72
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how can we also translate dont

A

including or of which

73
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de quoi followed by an infinitive

A

means ‘something’

74
Q

ce dont and de ce que

A

when the verb is indirectly transitive

75
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‘ce dont’ veut plutôt signifier

A

which/ on which/ for which

76
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‘de ce que’ veut signifier

A

that or what

77
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quel que can only be used with

A

être

78
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quiconque - followed by indicative

A

is whoever - as the subject of a relative clause- eg ils accueillent quiconque arrive.

79
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qui que- followed by subjunctive

A

is the object of the clause eg qui que vous choissiez

80
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he is overcome by

A

il est accablé de fatigue

81
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negative conjugations where the ne and the ( ) wrap arounf the infinitive

A

je voudrais ne voir personne-
ne + aucun
ne + nul - eg. il était surpris de n’avoir ressenti nul désir de le faire

82
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to declare to have

A

déclarer avoir

83
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jamais plus

A

never again

84
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elle n’a jamais rien écrit

A

she never wrote anything

85
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she wrote nothing again

A

elle n’a plus rien écrit

86
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I never did it again

A

je n’en ai jamais pus rien fait

87
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that will never effect anyone

A

ça ne va jamais personne

88
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never do that

A

ne fais jamais ça

89
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don’t touch anything

A

ne touchez rien

90
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ne lui présente personne

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to introduce him to anyone

91
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we could not see one thing

A

on n’a pu pas voir un

92
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not a person in sight

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pas un chat en vue

93
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a lock of hair

A

un mèche de cheveux

94
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I still don’t

A

je ne l’entend toujours pas

95
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the pas of ne …pas may be omitted with the following verbs- in written french

A

cesser de + infin
savoir - je ne sais comment ills le font
oser - il n’osa refuser le faire
ne peut se débrouiller

96
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refuse to

A

refuser faire

97
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no longer

A

non plus

98
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non que +

A

subjunctive

99
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it’s now or never

A

c’est maintenant ou jamais

100
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we hardly spoke

A

on a parlé à peine ou on n’a parlé guère

101
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is guère followed by de or des?

A

by de- follows the same rule as jamais and pas

102
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c’est du gâchis

A

it’s a waste