Elementary French 2 - Semester Review

ER endings ( Je, Tu, Il) 1

e, es, e

IR/ RE endings ( Je, Tu, Il)

s,s,t/d

nous ER/IR/RE/ endings

ons

vous ER/IR/RE endings

ez

Ils ER/IR/RE endings

ent d

dormir

to sleep

faire

to do

écrire

to write

chercher

to look for

manger

to eat

être

to be

avoir

to have

allez

to go

essayez

to try pr

prendre

to take

boire

to drink

venir

to come

mettre

to put

acheter

to buy

amener

to bring people

apporter

to bring things

visiter

to visit monuments ren

rendre visite

to visit people

vouloir

to want

pouvoir

to can

devoir

to have/ to owe/ to must

future proche

aller + infinitive

passe recent

venir plus infinitive

passe composé

avoir and past participle

the person determines

my, your, his, ours

the object determines

singular/plural, masculine/feminine

definitive articles

le, la les

definite articles mean:

all of it

the partitive

de, de la, des , d’

the partitive means

some or an unspecified amount

Past participles of Er verbs

take off the ending, add é

past participle of IR verbs

take off the ending add, I

past particle of RE verbs

take off the ending, add u

direct object is the ____ of a sentence

“what”

Direct objects go;

before the conjugated verb,

Direct objects go before the conjugated verb unless

an infinitive follows the conjugated verb, than it goes before the infinitive

If the direct object pronoun is in pause compose

it must agree in general and number with the past particle

indirect objets answer

“to whom”, “for whom”

If there is a preposition what kind of object is it always?

Indirect

when using the indirect object in the passe compose,

the pronoun and past participle do not have to agree in gender and in number

When the verb is être in the passe compose,

the agreement is between the subject and past participle

When the verb is avoir in the passe compose

there doesn’t have to be agreement in the passe compose

y replaces phrases that begin with a

preposition

en replaces phrases that begin with

a partitive, indefinite article or de

an adverbs base is an

adjective

if an adjective ends in a vowel and you want it to be an adverb

add ment

if an adjective ends with ant and you want it to be an adverb

add amment

the adverb always goes ___ the verb it modifies

after

you use the imparfait to

an event that occurred repeatedly, to give background info, and to communicate an event is in progress

you use the passe compose to communicate

events that happened at a particular point in time, a sequence of actions in the past, and to communicate actions interrupting something.

Partatives

used to indicate an unspecified amount ( some)

indefinite

used to introduce unspecified nouns

Indefinite articles are

un, une, des pa

partitive articles are

du, de la , de l’, des

to say something is a superlative in french

add le/la/les to the beginning of the word sequence

le, la, les

the

translate “He is taller than Marc”

il est plus grand que Marc

Translate “she is as intelligent as her sister”

Elle est aussi intelligente que sa sœur

Translate “ Il veut emprunter plus d’argent à la banque”

He wants to borrow more money from the bank

Translate “ Tu peux marcher aussi rapidement que ta voisine”

You can walk as fast as your neighbor

Replace the correct pronoun “ Elle a acheté des livres à Marc”

Elle les a achètes à Marc

Replace with the correct pronoun “ Elle a acheté des livers à Marc.”

Elle les lui a achetés.

Answer the question in French- “ Est-ce qui les enfants ont adoré la pizza?

Oui, ils l’ont adorée

Answer the question in French “ Est-ce que vis amis ont acheté les biscuits?

Non, mes amis ne les ont pas achetés

What kind of utensil would you use for La Pizza ( in French)

J’utilise mes doigts.

What utensil would you use for Le poulet rôti (in French)

J’utilise une fourchette et un couteau

pendant

used for events that are allready done

depuis

used for events that could still be ongoing

water

de l’eau

past particle of avoir

eu

past particple of dire

dit

past particle of être

étè

past particle of boire

bu

past particle of ecrire

ecrit

past particle for faire

fait

avant hier

the day before yesterday

hier

yesterday

hier soir

last night

l’anne dernière/ passée

last year

le mois dernier/ passée

last month

le semaine dernière/ passée

last week

past particle of metro

mis

commender

to order

l’imperetif is for

commanding, giving advice or begging

seul

alone

quelque chose

something

past participle of vouloir

voulu

past participle of pouvoir

pu

past participle of devoir

dû