EditG: Irregular Past Participles Review
- avoir - eu (to have)
- boire - bu (to drink)
- conduire - conduit (to drive) (and all other -uire verbs)
- connaître - connu (to know (personally))
- courir - couru (to run)
- croire - cru (to believe)
- dire - dit (to say)
- devoir - dû (to have to, to owe)
- être - été (to be)
- faire - fait (to do, to make)
- falloir - fallu (to be necessary)
- lire - lu (to read)
- mettre - mis (to put (on)) (and all words adding prefixes to mettre)
- ouvrir - ouvert (to open) (and most other -rir verbs)
- pouvoir - pu (to be able to)
- pleuvoir - plu (to rain)
- prendre - pris (to take)
- recevoir - reçu (to receive)
- rire - ri (to laugh)
- savoir - su (to know (as a fact))
- sourire - souri (to smile)
- suivre - suivi (to follow)
- vivre - vécu (to live)
- voir - vu (to see)
- vouloir - voulu (to want)
EditG: Conjugated Verb + Infinitive Review
EditFormation
The formation of a conjugated verb+infinitive is the same in French as it is in English. You simply conjugate the first verb, then put the infinitive. Examples follow.
EditAimer
J'aime jouer au tennis (I like to play tennis).
J'aime lire le journal au lit (I like to read the newspaper in bed).
EditVouloir
Je veux aller au centre commercial (I want to go to the mall).
However, when one uses vouloir to request something of someone else, one must use the subjunctive.
Je veux que tu fasses la vaisselle (I want you to do the dishes).
EditPouvoir
EditFaire Causitif
The faire causitif is formed by conjugating
faire and adding an infinitive.
- Je le fais réparer. - I have it fixed.
EditFutur Proche
The future proche tense is formed by conjugating
aller in the present indicative and adding an infinitive
- Je vais aller. - I'm going to go.
EditPronouns
Pronouns come before the verb they modify, which is not necessarily the first verb in a sentence
- Je vais le voir. - I'm going to see it.
EditNegation
Either the conjugated verb or the infinitive can be negated, each meaning slightly different things.
- Je n'aime pas marcher. - I don't like to run.
- J'aime ne pas marcher. - I like to not run.
EditV: Private Employment
EditV: Government Occupations
EditV: The Office
EditV: Office Supplies
EditLe chômage
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