French Grammar
- Reflexive verbs
- S'entendre= I get on
- Je m'entends
- tu t'entends
- il/elle s'entends
- nous nous entendons
- vous vous entendez
- ils/elles s'entendent
- Followed by
"avec" which in
turn is usually
followed by an
emphatic
pronoun.
- Je moi
- tu toi
- il lui
- elle elle
- nous nous
- Vous Vous
- ils eux
- elles elles
- Je moi
- eg. Je m'entends avec mes parents
I get on well with my parents
- Mon frère et moi ne nous entendons pas avec eux
My brother and I don't get on with them
- Je m'entends
- when you carry out an
activity that involves
yourself.
- To talk about interaction between people
e.g. elle se dispute aver son frere
- S'entendre= I get on
- passe compose
- Is the verb one of 15
être verbs (mrs
Vandertramp) or is it
reflexive
- Yes
- Choose the correct form Etre
- Je suis
- Tu es
- il/elle est
- il/elle est
- Tu es
- Nous sommes
- Vous etes
- ils/elles sont
- Is the verb reflexive?
- yes
- look at reflexive verbs info
- look at reflexive verbs info
- No
- Use Mrs Vandertramp
- Use Mrs Vandertramp
- yes
- Is the verb reflexive?
- ils/elles sont
- Vous etes
- Je suis
- Choose the correct form Etre
- No
- Choose the correct form of avoir
- j'ai
- tu as
- il/elle a
- Is the regular or
irregular?
- Regular
- To form the regular past participles
- er verbs
- Cross off er and add e
- Cross off er and add e
- re verbs
- Cross off re and add u
- Cross off re and add u
- ir verbs
- cross off ir add i
- cross off ir add i
- er verbs
- To form the regular past participles
- Irregular
- avoir
- boire
- connaitre
- croire
- devoir
- dire
- ecrire
- etre
- faire
- lire
- mettre
- ouvrir
- pouvoir
- prendre
- recevoir
- rire
- savoir
- vivre
- voir
- voir
- vivre
- savoir
- rire
- recevoir
- prendre
- pouvoir
- ouvrir
- mettre
- lire
- faire
- etre
- ecrire
- dire
- devoir
- croire
- connaitre
- boire
- avoir
- Regular
- Is the regular or
irregular?
- il/elle a
- tu as
- Nous avons
- vous avez
- ils/elles ont
- ils/elles ont
- vous avez
- j'ai
- Choose the correct form of avoir
- Yes
- talking about one
off, or completed
activities and sudden actions
- Is the verb one of 15
être verbs (mrs
Vandertramp) or is it
reflexive
- Imperfect tense
- To form the imperfect we take
the nous form of the present
tense and take off the ons to get
the imperfect stem
- To this stem we add the
endings as follows
- je
- tu
- il
- nous
- vous
- ils
- ils
- vous
- nous
- il
- tu
- ais
- ais
- ait
- ions
- iez
- aient
- aient
- iez
- ions
- ait
- ais
- je
- To this stem we add the
endings as follows
- EXCEPTIONS:
- etre whose stem is et
- verbs like manger and ranger who
have an extra "e" in the nous form
of the present tense, retain this in
the imperfect to make the "g" sound
soft (mon frere mangeait)
- Verbs like commencer,
which have a "c" in the
nous form, retain this to
make the "c" sound soft (je
commencais).
- etre whose stem is et
- describing things in the
past (setting the scene)
- To form the imperfect we take
the nous form of the present
tense and take off the ons to get
the imperfect stem
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