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Choose the correct form of the verb "to play" in the past perfect tense in the phrase (I played football.)
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#Grammar
Compound tenses are tenses that are made up of two parts:
1. the conjugated auxiliary verb (either avoir or être)
2. the past participle.
You can negate compound tenses in French in the following way:
* ne [conjugated auxiliary verb] pas [past participle]
➖Avez-vous été déçu ?
– Je n’ai pas été déçu.
➖Were you disappointed?
– I was not disappointed.
➖Tu n’as pas fait un très bon travail.
You haven’t done a very good job.
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#Nouns
❗️There are 7 exceptions to the rule.
These 7 exceptions will end with an x.
Please note that you don’t pronounce the plural –x.
➖le pou
Les enfants ont tous des poux.
The children all have lice.
➖le genou
Il est tombé sur les genoux.
He fell on his knees.
➖le bijou
Stella a mis ses bijoux.
Stella put her jewellery on.
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* J’habite dans (+maison, appartement, ferme)
* J’habite près de (+nom de la ville, village)
* J’habite à (+nom de la ville, village)
* J’habite en/au (+pays)
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📌 When “où” is used in question, it wil always mean “where?”.
➖Où vas-tu ?
Where are you going?
➖Où êtes-vous ?
Where are you?
📌 When “quand” is used in questions, it will always mean “when?”.
➖Quand partons-nous?
When will we leave?
➖Quand reviendras-tu ?
When will you come back?
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“Où” in French can be used to mean “where”.
📌 où = where
➖Le parc où le chien m’a mordu est là-bas.
The park where the dog bit me is over there.
➖La bibliothèque où j’étudie.
The library where I study.
➖L’école où le scandale a eu lieu est toujours ouverte.
The school where the scandal took place is still open.
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#Vocabulary
Read, listen and repeat the phrase.
J'ai confiance en toi, Thiago.
I trust you, Thiago.
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#Verb
If you want to say “to remember” in French, then you will use the following idiom:
📌 se souvenir de [quelque chose] = to remember [something]
➖Je me souviens de tout.
I remember everything.
➖Tu te souviens de nos vacances en France ?
Do you remember our vacation in France?
➖Elle ne se souvient de rien.
She doesn’t remember anything.
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There are just two cases that you need to know.
1. There’s a special mnemonic called: Dr Mrs Vandertramp. Each letter in that phrase respresent the beginning of a verb which needs être in the passé composé
Devenir
Revenir
Mourir
Rentrer
Sortir
Venir
Arriver
Naître
Descendre
Entrer
Retourner
Tomber
Rester
Aller
Mourir
Partir
2. All reflexive verbs. These are verbs that take ‘se’ in front of them.
Here are some examples of reflexive verbs: se lever
s’amuser
s’habiller
se coucher
se sentir
Now that you know whether to use avoir or être,
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#Grammar
The Passé Composé consists out of three parts
1. A Pronoun
2. Avoir or Être in the Present Tense
3. A Past Participle
Imagine that I wish to say “I spoke”.
How would I do this?
1. je
The pronoun for I in French is je.
2. ai
Conjugating avoir in the I form will lead to ai.
3. parlé
The past participle of parler is parlé.
So when you wish to say “I spoke” in French you get: J’ai parlé
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➖Est-ce que tu me fais confiance ?
Do you trust me?
➖Je ne leur fais pas entièrement confiance.
I don’t completely trust them.
➖Je te fais confiance.
I trust you.
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#Nouns
📌 If you want to make nouns that end in -ou plural, then you have to add an –s.
❗️ Please note that you don’t pronounce the plural –s.
➖le trou
Il y a des trous dans le toit.
There are holes in the roof.
➖le tabou
Il parle des tabous de son pays.
He is talking about the taboos of his country.
➖le gourou
Il pense qu’il y a beaucoup de gourous dans cette ville.
He believes that there are many gurus in this city.
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➖Est-ce que tu me fais confiance ?
Do you trust me?
➖Je ne leur fais pas entièrement confiance.
I don’t completely trust them.
➖Je te fais confiance.
I trust you.
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#Vocabulary
Où in French = When
“Où” in French can also be used to mean “when”, “that”, or “in which”.
📌 où = when / that / in which
➖Le jour où la nation du feu a attaqué.
The day when/that the fire nation attacked.
➖C’est l’année où j’ai déménagé.
That’s the year when/that I moved out.
➖Elle est arrivée le jour où il est parti.
She arrived the day that he left.
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➖Est-ce que tu me fais confiance ?
Do you trust me?
➖Je ne leur fais pas entièrement confiance.
I don’t completely trust them.
➖Je te fais confiance.
I trust you.
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#Verb
If you want to express “trust”, then you will use the following idiom:
📌 faire confiance à = to trust
➖Je fais confiance à Paul.
I trust Paul.
➖Il ne fait pas confiance à ses amis.
He doesn’t trust his friends.
➖Tout le monde fait confiance à Annabelle.
Everyone trust Annabelle.
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