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G: -uire Verbs

-uire verbs are conjugated irregularly.

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Formation

French Present Verb|conduire|to drive|||drive|drives |conduis|cohndwee |conduis|cohndwee |conduit|cohndwee |conduisons|cohndweezoh |conduisez|cohndweezay |conduisent|cohndweez |pp=conduit

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Other -uire Verbs

• produire - to produce
• traduire - to translate
• reduire - to reduce

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V: Driving

ouvrir	to open
fermer	to close

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G: -ir Verbs

These verbs are conjugated irregularly, following the -er conjugation scheme. A common -ir verb is ouvrir. Edit

Formation

• j'ouvre
• tu ouvres
• il ouvre
• nous ouvrons
• vous ouvrez
• ils ouvrent
• past participle: ouvert

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Other Standard -ir verbs

In past participle form, -ir is replaced with -ert for these verbs.

• couvrir - to cover
• découvrir - to discover
• offrir - to offer
• souffrir - to suffer

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-ir Verb Exceptions

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Courir - To Run

• je cours
• tu cours
• il court
• nous courons
• vous courez
• ils courent
• past participle: couru

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Mourir - To Die

• je meurs
• tu meurs
• il meurt
• nous mourons
• vous mourez
• ils meurent
• past participle: mort(e)(s)¹

¹Mourir is the only -ir verb that takes être as its helping verb in perfect tenses (and therefore agrees with the subject as a past participle in a perfect tense).

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Acquérir - To Acquire

• j'acquiers
• tu acquiers
• il acquiert
• nous acquérons
• vous acquérez
• ils acquièrent
• past participle: acquis

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V: Traffic Signs and Laws

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G: Passé Composé with Être

Most verbs form the passé composé with avoir, however there are a small number of verbs that are always conjugated with être.

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List of Verbs

French Table|Grammar| Perfect Past with Être|Passé composé avec être|0|3>

Verb	Example
aller	Je suis allé au cinéma.	I went to the cinema.
venir	Je suis venu en France.	I came to France.
arriver	Le train est arrivé.	The train has arrived.
partir	Elle est partie travailler.	She left to go to work.
rester	Je suis resté à la maison.	I stayed home.
retourner	Il est retourné au restaurant.	He returned to the restaurant.
tomber	Je suis tombé dans la piscine.	I fell into the pool.
naître	Je suis né en octobre.	I was born in october.
mourir	Il est mort en 1917.	He died in 1917.
passer	Il est passé devant la maison.	It happened in front of the house.
monter	Je suis monté au sommet.	I climbed to the top.
descendre	Il est descendu du train.	He got out of the train.
sortir	Je suis sorti avec mes amies.	I went out with my friends.
entrer	Je suis entré dans ma chambre.	I entered my room.
rentrer	Il est rentré tôt de l'école.	He came back early from school.

The verbs that take être can be easily remebered by the acronym MRS. DR VANDERTRAMP:
M||R||S|| ||D||R||	||
monté||resté||sorti||devenu||revenu||	||
V||A||N||D||E||R||T||R||A||M||P
venu||arrivé||né||descendu||entré||rentré||tombé||retourné||allé||mort||parti

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Direct Objects

One must know that these verbs take their conjugated avoir when they are immediately followed by a direct object

• For Example:
  • Je suis descendu with the direct object "mes baggages"
    • becomes:
  • Jai descendu mes baggages.

• Another example:
  • Je suis monté with the direct object "mes baggages"
    • becomes:
  • Jai monté mes baggages.

• Yet another example but with ils instead of Je:
  • Ils sont sortis with direct object "leur passport"
    • becomes:
  • Ils ont sorti leur passport.

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Subject-Past Participle Agreement

The past participles of the above verbs must agree with the the subject of a sentence in gender and plurality. Note that there is no agreement if these verbs are conjugated with avoir.

• If the subject is masculine singular, there is no change in the past participle.
• If the subject is feminine singular, an -e is added to the past participle.
• If the subject is masculine plural, an -s is added to the past participle.
• If the subject is feminine plural, an -es is added to the past participle.

Je suis allé(e).	Nous sommes allé(e)s.
Tu es allé(e).	Vous êtes allé(e)(s).
Il est allé.	Ils sont allés.
Elle est allée.	Elles sont allées.

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V: Trains and Stations

Taking the Train

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G: The Pronoun Y

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Indirect Object Pronoun - to it, to them

The French pronoun y is used to replace an object of a prepositional phrase introduced by à.

• Je réponds aux (à les) questions. - J' y réponds.
• I respond to the questions. - I respond to them.

Note that lui and leur, and not y, are used when the object refers to a person or persons.

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Replacement of Places - there

The French pronoun y replaces a prepositional phrase referring to a place that begins with any preposition except de (for which en is used).

• Les hommes vont en France. - Les hommes y vont.
• The men go to France - The men go there.

Note that en, and not y is used when the preposition of the object is de.

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Idioms

• Ça y est! - It's Done!
• J'y suis! - I get it!

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V: Taking a Taxi

Taking a Taxi

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  surbhi 6 month(s) ago

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