Thursday, September 24, 2009

aller à la pêche -go to the fishing
emmener - to take
pleuvoir - to rain
apprendre - to learn
faire une randonnée - to go hiking
regarder un film - to look at a film
bavarder - to chat
louer - to rent
skier -to ski
dormir - to sleep
passer - to pass
travailler- to work

adverbs

activement -actively

difficilement -with difficulty

malheureusement -unfortunately

rapidement -quickly

récemment -recently

bien -well

fortement -strongly

modestement -modestly

rarement -rarely

sérieusement -seriously

activement
discrètement
intelligemment
méchamment malichiously
dernièrement
généreusement
mal
vite
bien
brillamment
égoïstement
modestement
paresseusement
poliment
premièrement
rapidement

activement -actively

difficilement -with difficulty

malheureusement -unfortunately

rapidement -quickly

récemment -recently

bien -well

fortement -strongly

modestement -modestly

rarement -rarely

sérieusement -seriously


The small Cédric plays in the bathtub.

Le petit Cédric joue dans la baignoire.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

the classical music

Chloé aime écouter la musique classique?

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Attention! We have an important mission.

Attention! Vous avez une mission importante.

Friday, September 11, 2009

14.1 The imperatif p242

Gives commands or offers directions, hints, and suggestions

form tu command;
drop the -s from the present tense form
*same with aller

Na travaille pas.
Don't work.

nous and vous forms;

same as the present tense forms

The imperatif of avoir and etre;

avoir

(tu) aie
(nous) ayons
(vous) ayez

etre

sois
soyons
soyez

an object pronoun:
can be added to the end of an affirmative command

us a hyphen for 1st and 2nd person object pronouns

Permettez-moi de vous aider.
Allow me to help you.

Achete le dictionnaire et utillse-le.
Buy the dictionary and use it.

IN negative commands
place object pronoun between ne and the verb.

use me and te for the 1st and 2nd person object pronouns

Ne me montre pas les reponses s'il te plait
Please don't show me the answers.

Dire -to say
dis dis dit

disons
dites
disent


Lire -to read

lis
lis
lit

lisons
lisez
lisent

ecrire -to write

ecris
ecris
ecrit

ecrivons
ecrivez
ecrivent

decrire -to describe *is conjugated like e(ra)crire

decris
decris
decrit

decrivons
decrivez
decrivent


Past Particple:

dire > dit
ecrire > ecrit
decrire > decrit
lire > lu

*with avoir

14.1 Regular -ir verbs p240-41

connects with lecon 9

regular -ir conjugation

je finis
tu finis
il/elle finit

nous finissons
vousfinissez
ils/elles finissent (don't say the ent so finiss)

Other regular -ir verbs:

choisir -to choose
grossir -to gain weight
meigrir -to lose weight
reflechir (a) /re(ra)fle(ra)chir (a(la)) - to think (about) to reflect (0n)
reussir (a) / re(ra)ussir (a(la)) -to succeed in doing something

Past Participle:

ir > i

13.1 The passe(rsa) compose (rsa) with etre p 226

etre + past particple of the verb

many of the verbs that use etre involve motion;

aller -to go
arriver -to arriver
descendre -to ascend
paritr
passer
*this verb takes etre when meaning -to pass by
and avoir when it means -to spend time
rentrer
sortir -to exit
tomber -to fall, run into


the verbs with etre
agree with number and gender
to the subjects

ex:
Charles, tu es alle(rsa) a Montreal?

Charles did you go to Montreal?


To make it negative:

place ne/n and pas around the auxilary verb/etre

ex:
Marie-Therese n'est pas sortie?
Marie-Therese didn't go out?

more verbs with etre:

entrer - to enter
monter -to go up; to get in/on
mourir -to die
nai(upside down v accent)tre - to be born
rester -to stay
retourner -to return

To form a question;

invert subject pronoun and the conjugated form of etre.
*does not apply to other question formations

ex:
Est-elle rese(rsa)e a(lsa) l/hotel Aquabella?
did she stay at the Hotel Aquabella?

Short adverbs:

deja
encore
bien
mal
beaucoup

place them between etre or pas and the past participle.

ex:
Elle est deja rentre(lsa)e de vacances?
She already came back from vacation?

12.2 Regular and irregular -re verbs p

Regular pattern of conjugation

ex;
attendre (to wait)
*to wait or to wait for (has the preposition included unlike English)

j'attends
tu attends
il/elle/attend

nous attendons
vous attendez
ils/elles attendent

Other Regular -re verbs;

Descendre - to go down, to take down
entendre - to hear
perdre (s0n temps) - to lose (one's time)
rendre (a with left slant accent) - to give back to return (t0)
rendre visite (a " ") - to visit someone
rendre visite (a "") - to respond, to answer (to)
vendre -to sell

Past Participle of -re verbs:

-re > u

Rendre visite a (left accent slant) to visit a person

-vs-
visiter -to visit a place

Irregular -re verbs:

conduire

conduis
conduis
conduit

conduisons
conduisez
conduisent


mettre (t0 put (on))

mets
mets
met

mettons
mettez
mettent


rire (to laugh)

ris
ris
rit

rions
riez
rient

Past participles of those:

mettre > mis
permettre > permis
promettre > promis

conduire > conduit
construire > construit
de(lsa)ruire > de(rsa)truit
produire > produit
r(rsa)uire > re(rsa)uit
traduire > traduit

rire > ri
sourire > souri

11.2 The passe compose with Avoir

192-93
passe compose - events in the past -imperfect tense more in lecon 15

for most verbs to get passe compose version of it, you add a present tense from avoir (the auxilary verb)
so; avoir + past participle of the action/verbf

ex;
Nous avons fété

-ER verbs;

er -> é

j'ai parle
as parle
a parle

avons parle
avez parle
ont parle


To make it negative in the passe compose:
"We didn't do _____"

place the ne/n' and pas around the conjugated avoir form.

ex:
On n'a pas fete mon anniversaire
we didn't celebrate my birthday

To ask a Question with the inversion way:

invert the subject pronoun and the conjugate form of avoir
*does not apply to the other forms of questions formations

Avez-vous fete votre anniversaire?
form of avoir + subject pronoun
Did you celebrate your birthday?

Adverbs used often with the passes compose;

hier (yesterday)
avant-heir (the day before yesterday)

Adverbs;

deja
encore
bien (good)
mal (bad)
beacoup (alot)

are placed between the auxiliary verb or the pas and the past participle

ex:
Tu as deja mange ta part de gateau.
You already ate your piece of cake.

Elle n'a pas encore visite notre ville.
she hasn't vistied our town yet

*-er verbs in the present tense that have a spelling change do not have a spelling-change in the passe compose .. *s* because they all go to the e with the right slanted accent

-IR ending verbs, past participle of:

-ir -> -i

Irregular past participles:

apprendre > appris
avoir > eu
boire > bu
comprendre > compris
courir > couru
etre > ete (both ease with right slant accents)
faire > fait
pleuvoir > plu
prendre > pris
surprendre > spurpris

Passe compose of -'it was___' and 'there were___'

Il faut > il a fallu

ex;
Il a fallu passer par le supermarche.
It was necessary to stop by the supermarket

Il ya > il y a eu

ex:
Il y a eu deux fetes hier soir.
There were two parties last night.

9.2 Irregular -ir verbs 156

Sortir

leaving arooom or a building also ithe idea of going out with frinds or a date.

used with the preposition de places after sortir

je sors
tu sors
il/elle sort
nous sortons
vous sortez
ils/eles sortent


Partir

to say someone is leaving a learge place, ciry, country or region.
often accompanied by the preposition pour and the destination to say; to leave for (a place)

je pars
tu pars
il/elle part

nous partons
vous partez
ils/elles partent

ex; Je pars pour l/Algerie

Other Irregular -ir verbs

dormir (to sleep)

dors
dors
dort

dormons
dormez
dorment

servir (to serve)
sers
sers
sert

servons
servez
servent

sentir (to feel)

sens
sens
sent

sentons
sentez
sentent

courir (to run)

cours
cours
court
courons
courez
courent


*sentir
can mean; to feel, to smell, or to sense

ex's;
Je sens qu'il arrive
I sense that he's arriving

vous sentez le cafe?
Do you smell the coffee?

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Monday, September 7, 2009

13.1

Unite 7 lecon 13 p 226

Reminder:

Etre

je suis
tu es
il/elle/on est
nous sommes
vous êtes
ils/elles sont