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❗️❗️❗️ Il faut + infinitive
This translates roughly to “it’s necessary”, “you have to’ or “one has to”. Write the translation of French phrases into English in the comments to the post.
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What does “il faut” mean?
Il faut translates to both ‘it’s necessary’ or ‘it’s needed’ in French. This page will discover several usages of il faut and offer several example sentences. Il faut is the third-person singular form of the verb falloir, meaning to be necessary. The verb is only conjugated in the il form.
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Synonyms and similarities
* Au contraire. (“On the contrary“)
* Tout au contraire. (“Totally the opposite“)
* Contrairement. (“Contrarily“)
* A contrario. (“On the contrary“)
* À l’inverse. (“Quite the contrary“)
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What verb is this past participle (Participe PASSE)?
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Choose the correct form of the verb in the past perfect tense in the phrase.
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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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Compose and write phrases in the comments using the words and expressions in the blue, purple and green squares.
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What does bien au contraire mean?
Definition
This formal interjection is very useful if you need to deny a statement and claim the exact opposite. It’s translated as “Quite the contrary“.
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Choose the correct form of the verb in the past perfect tense in the phrase.
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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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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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