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#Verb
*️⃣Savoir is often followed by an infinitive or a clause with a conjugated verb.
*️⃣Savoir is meant to show that you know facts and have skills.
*️⃣Connaître is followed by a noun.
*️⃣Connaître is meant to show that you know people, placеs, and things.
➖Je sais jouer au football.
I know how to play football.
➖Il sait parler le finnois.
He knows how to speak Finnish.
➖Je connais cette fille.
I know that girl.
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#Phonetics
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#Аdverbs
➖Nous sommes partis tôt.
We left early.
➖Sommes-nous partis tard ?
Did we leave late?
The adverb is positioned at the end of the sentence.
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#adverbs
Common (short) adverbs are placed in the following manner:
*️⃣ auxiliary verb + adverb + past participle
➖Je l’ai toujours aimée.
I always liked her.
➖Tu as bien chanté.
You sang wel.
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#Grammar
Ongoing Durations = Depuis
*️⃣depuis + [durée] = for + [duration]
➖Je vis en Allemagne depuis un an.
I’ve been living in Germany for one year.
➖Tu travailles depuis deux heures.
You’ve been working for two hours.
➖Il habite ici depuis une semaine.
He has lived here for one week.
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#Grammar
“Not enough” in French can be expressed in the following way:
*️⃣ne…pas assez + [adjectif/adverbe] = not + [adjective/adverb] + enough
➖Je ne suis pas assez stupide pour le croire.
I’m not stupid enough to believe that.
➖Tu n’es pas assez rapide.
You’re not fast enough.
➖Ce n’était pas assez.
It wasn’t enough.
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“Not yet” in French can be expressed in the following way:
*️⃣ ne + conjugated verb + pas encore [infinitive]
➖Je ne sais pas encore.
I don’t know yet.
➖Tu n’es pas encore au lit ?
You’re not in bed yet?
It’s also possible to only use “pas encore“.
➖Êtes-vous prêt ? – Pas encore.
Are you ready? – Not yet.
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➖Je parle seulement l’anglais.
I only speak English.
➖Il mange seulement des fruits.
He only eats fruit.
➖Ils boivent seulement de l’eau.
They only drink water.
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“Only” in French can be expressed in the following way:
*️⃣ne [verb] que = only [verb]
You place the ne…que around a verb to restrict it.
This is the formal way to say “only” in French.
➖Je ne parle que l’anglais.
I only speak English.
➖Nous ne voulons que vous.
We only want you.
➖Ils ne boivent que de l’eau.
They only drink water.
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“Nothing” in French can be expressed in the following way:
* ne [verb] rien = nothing/not…anything
Je ne regrette rien!
I regret nothing!
Tu ne sais rien.
You don’t know anything.
Elle n‘a peur de rien.
She is not afraid of anything.
Please note that it’s also possible to just use “rien” on its own.
In this case, “rien” would mean “nothing”.
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#Аdverbs
➖Hier, je suis allé à Lyon.
Yesterday I went to Lyon.
➖Je suis allé à Lyon hier.
I went to Lyon yesterday.
➖Il a bu rapidement.
He drank quickly.
➖Rapidement, il a bu.
Quickly, he drank .
As you can see, the adverbs are placed either at the beginning, or at the end of the sentence.
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➖J’ai habité à Lille pendant deux ans, mais maintenant j’habite à Rotterdam.
I lived in Lille for two years, but now I live in Rotterdam.
➖Elle lisait pendant des heures.
She used to read for hours.
➖Chaque jour, nous promenons le chien pendant une heure.
Every day we walk the dog for one hour.
❗️You can see that every action has a clear start and end. All of these actions can take place in the past, present, or future.
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➖Je n’ai pas assez de temps pour manger.
I don’t have enough time to eat.
➖Il n’y a pas assez de pain.
There is not enough bread.
➖Elle n’a pas assez de bon sens.
She lacks common sense.
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*️⃣ne + conjugated verb + pas du tout [infinitive]
➖Je ne suis pas du tout fatigué.
I’m not at all tired.
➖Il ne veut pas du tout étudier.
He doesn’t want to study at all
➖Nous ne comprenons pas du tout l’anglais.
We don’t understand English at all.
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Translation: I come from the sky and the stars speak amongst themselves only of you. — Francis Cabrel, French singer
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Aucun has to agree in gender with the thing that it refers to.
If it refers to something feminine then it becomes aucune.
However, aucun/aucune does NOT have to agree in number with the thing it refers to.
Aucun/aucune is alway singular.
➖Avez-vous des frères et sœurs ? – Aucun.
Do you have any siblings? – None.
➖Tu n‘as aucun goût.
You have no taste.
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