Rules Flashcards
In cities vs countries
Á with cities, en with counties (most)
Possessive rule
Just de (no “the”)
Using THE
Specific objects
General facts
Countries
Likes
Time of day
Meals
my your his/her before feminine subject starting with vowel
mon ton son
Telling time
Il est…heures…. et demi/quart, moins quart
When to use de la/du/des
Uncountable objects/volume
Using THE with preferences
….some the…amount
Possessive with body parts, like teeth or hair
Les dents, les cheveux
Tell someone to do something
Drop tu/vous
Infinitives drop S
Negative sentences (I don’t…)
Drop all but de
To play an instrument
Jouer de la/du
To play a sport
Jouer à/au
Placement of when, which, what
Before the verb
I am in the middle of something
En train de > infinitive
To think about something
Penser à…penser souvent/beaucoup à
Order someone to do something
Assieds-toi!
Asseyez-vous!
When to use c’est or il est
C’est > un or ma before noun
C’est ma sœur
Il est > adjective after noun
Il est danseur
We, they, y’all:
Attendre, entendre, vendre
Nous attendons
Vous entendrez
Ils vendent
We, they, y’all:
Apprendre, comprendre, prendre
Nous apprenons
Vous comprenez
Ils prennent
Distance or direction to something
À + distance/direction + de
Au sud de musée
À dix mètre de porte
I want some of them
I want ten of them
‘of them’
En before verb if noun preceded by de
J’en veux
J’en veux dix/beaucoup
When doing something to someone
I’m writing to her
Lui precedes verb (instead of la or le)
Je lui écris
Let’s go! (We go there!)
On y va!
Allons-y!
Order of: the (it/those), him/her, them/their, me/you/he/us
The comes before him/her/them
Me/you/us comes before the
Je la lui montres
Je te le montres
Does he/she have?
A-t-il, a-t-elle
To earn money
To earn a living
To win a prize
Gagner de l’argent
Gagner une vie
Gagner un prix
We are meeting up with each other
On se retrouve
Nous nous retrouvons
Immediate past (I just did something)
Venir de (infinitive)
Je viens de faire quelque chose
Perfect past (I bought something)
Avoir + infinitive (-er + é)
J’ai acheté quelque chose
Perfect past with many verbs ending in ‘ir’
Or many -re verbs
Verb ends in i, u, is
J’ai choisi
J’ai vu
J’ai appris
Imperfect past (used to be/was something)
Plural ?
-ais or -ait ending in verb, plural +i
J’aimais t’aimais s’aimait
Vous aimiez, nous aimions, elles aimaient
Past movement or change in being
Être + é/u/i + gender & number
Je suis arrivé
Elles sont arrivées
Je suis venu
Something in the north
Something to the north/at the front
Il y a quelque chose dans le nord
Il y a quelque chose au sud/ à l’avant
If i command you to do something to yourself
Drop the s
Lève toi!
Commands about actions toward other things, other people
Drop the s, use la le les
Achète-les!
Appelle-la!
Negative: ne les achète pas
Adjectives that come before plural noun
De instead of des
Qui rule
Means who in questions
When not a question, it can mean what
