Rules and Regulations

Question 1

Passé Composé uses

Answer 1

• actions completed in the past (j’ai fini mes devoirs)
• something that happened a specific number of times (j’y ai mangé deux fois)
• a change in state of being, new feeling
  j’ai été inspiré par ton success
• Started in the past and continues today j’y ai souvent mangé (and might again)
  *il a toujours voulu étre médicine (and still does today)

Question 2

Imparfait Uses

Answer 2

• a description of something in the past at the time of something else (it was cold, while I was running, etc) - paints a picture
• in complete actions, no indication of if or when it finished (je faisais mes devoirs… - I was doing my homework…)
• habits (j’etudiais le lundi - I studied on mondays)
• on going state of being or a feeling (j’aimais l’ecole - I loved school
• most verbs followed by an infinitive (J’allais t’appeller - I was going to call you)

Question 3

Savoir

Answer 3

• knowing a skill / how to do something - il sait nager
• knowing a piece of information
  Savez-vous New York? (do you know of New York, not have you indepth knowledge or been there)
• To know + question/infinitive/nothing
• to know of something/somewhere
  Je sais Brad Pitt (I don’t know him personnally, but I know of him)

Question 4

Connaître

Answer 4

• to be personally familiar with someone, something, somewhere
  Connaissez-vous Paris? (have you personally be there, not do you know of the city)
• Je connais sa soeur

Question 5

ne….pas

Answer 5

Not, no

Question 6

ne …. jamais

Answer 6

Never

je n’ai jamais vu ce film

Question 7

ne … plus

Answer 7

no longer, not anymore

je ne lui parle plus - I don’t talk to her anymore

Question 8

ne …. rien

Answer 8

nothing

je ne sais rien de rien - I know nothing about anything

Question 9

ne … personne

Answer 9

no one

Personne n’était avec moi

Question 10

ne… pas encore

Answer 10

not yet

nous ne ‘avons pas encore fini

Question 11

ne … aucune

Answer 11

none

aucune de mes préférences n’était disponible - none of my preferences were available

Question 12

C’est vs Il est

Answer 12

• C’est is singular / ce sont is plural
  Describing people
• C’est + determiner + noun (with or without an adjective)
  C’est le docteur / C’est ma jeune soeur / Ce sont nos voisins
• Il est + adjective
  Il est sympa / Ils sont sages
  Inanimate nouns
• C’est + noun that may or may not be modified by an adjective C’est une jolie maison / La musique, c’est bon (music - in gerneral - is good)
• Il est + adjective that describes the specific noun. Elle est jolie (it is pretty)
  La musique, elle est bonne (the music - that we are listening to right now - is good)

Question 13

COD / COI

Answer 13

COD - answers the question “qui” ou “quoi”
COI - answers the question “à qui” ou “à/de/par quoi”

Question 14

Accord - Avoir

Question 15

Accord - Être