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G: À and De

The preposition à can indicate a destination, a location, a characteristic, measurement, a point in time, purpose, and several other things which will be covered later.

When le follows à, the à and le combine into au. Similarly, à and les combine into aux.

The preposition de can indicate an origin, contents, possession, cause, manner, and several other things which will be covered later.

When le follows de, the de and le combine into du. Similarly, de and les combine into des.

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V: Leisure Activites

Les loisirs

le cinéma	cinema
la musique	music
le baladeur	walkman
une sortie	going out
un spectacle	a show
le théâtre	the theater
le repos	rest
le vacancier	a vacationer
la danse	dance
allumer/éteindre	to turn on/turn off
la télévision	television
le(la) téléspectateur(trice)	television viewer
le sport	sport

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G: Partir & Sortir

French Present Verb|partir|to leave|||leave|leaves |pars|pahr |pars|pahr |part|pahr |partons|partoh |partez|pahrtay |partent|part |pp=parti(e)(s)

French Present Verb|sortir|to go out, to take out|||go out|goes out |sors|sore |sors|sore |sort|sore |sortons|sortoh |sortez|sortay |sortent|sort |pp=sorti(e)(s)

Some other verbs use sortir and partir as stems.

• repartir - to set out again
• répartir - to distribute

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V: Movies

Movies | Les films>

General
le film (domestique) (en vidéo) le film (étranger) (en DVD)	(domestic) movie (on video) (foreign) movie (on DVD)	V.O. (Version originale) les sous-titres	unaltered sub-titles
l'acteur (m) l'actrice (f)	actor actress	la vidéo le DVD	video DVD
louer	to rent
The Movie Theater		Film Genres
le cinéma	the (movie) theater||le dessin animé||cartoon
la salle du cinéma	theater showing room lit: room of the the theater	le documentaire	documentary
la séance	showing	le film d’amour	love story
le guichet	ticket window	le film d’aventures	adventure movie
la place le fauteuil	seat/place to sit chair1	le film d’horreur	horror film
coûter	to cost	le film policier	police film
jouer	to play	le film de science-fiction	sci-fi film

• ¹Un fauteuil is the physical chair that one sits on. One would normally use "une place" whenever "a seat" is used in English.
  • Prenez la place! - Take a seat!

Les films sont fascinants! Allez-vous au cinéma? Pourquoi? Vous aimez les films? Pour demander quels films jouent au cinéma, on dit Qu’est-ce qui joue au cinéma? . On achète les places au guichet, où l'employé(e) les vend. On entre dans la salle du cinéma pour regarder un film. Quel est votre genre de film préféré? Louez-vous des vidéos? des DVDs?

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G: -enir verbs

• -enir verbs are irregularly conjugated (they do not count as regular -ir verbs).

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Venir

• The most common -enir verb is venir.
• The verb venir is translated to to come.
• When it means to come from, venir is used with the preposition de.
  • Nous venons du stade.
• You can also use venir with a verb to state that you have recently accomplished an action. **Je viens de finir mes devoirs (I've just finished my homework).

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Formation

In the present indicative, venir (and all other -enir verbs) are conjuagted as follows:

French Present Verb|venir|to come|||come|comes |viens|vee ehn |viens|vee ehn |vient|vee ehn |venons|venn oh |venez|vennay |viennent|vee ehn |pp=venu(e)(s)

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Other -enir Verbs

• revenir - to come back, to return
• devenir - to become

• appartenir - to belong
• contenir - to contain
• détenir - to keep, to detain
• retenir - to retain
• se souvenir - to remember
• soutenir - to support
• tenir - to hold

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-éxer Verbs

-éxer verbs are regular -er verbs, but are also stem changing.

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Formation

French Present Verb|suggérer|to suggest|||suggest|suggests |suggère|soo zjair |suggères|soo zjair |suggère|soo zjair |suggérons|soo zjairoh |suggérez|soo zjairay |suggèrent|soo zjair |pp=suggéré

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Other -éxer Verbs

• accélérer - to accelerate
• célébrer - to celebrate
• espérer - to hope
• oblitérer - to obliterate
• préférer - to prefer
• sécher - to dry

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Directions

Sometimes when you go out, you may get lost, or come across someone who is lost. This should help you ask for and give directions.

• Pardonnez-moi, mademoiselle/madame/monsieur. - Excuse me, Miss/Mrs/Mr.
• Je suis perdu. - I am lost.
• Je cherche... - I'm looking for...
  • La poste - the post office
  • La gare - the train station
  • Le supermarché - the supermarket
  • Le stade - the football stadium
  • Le camping - the camping grounds
  • La plage - the beach
  • Le parc - the park

• Vous prenez... - You take...
  • la première rue - the first street
  • à la gauche - to the left
  • à la droite - to the right
  • tout droit - straight ahead

• Merci beaucoup! - Thanks so much!
• De rien. - It was nothing/No worries.

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