French Grammar 2011

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Present Regular

ER IR RE

E IS S

ES IS SE IT -

ONS ISSONS ONS

EZ ISSEZ EZ

ENT ISSENT ENT

Present Irregular

acheter

j'achte

tu achtesil achte

nous achetons

vous achetez

ils achtent

aller

je vais

tu vasil va

nous allons

vous allez

ils vont

avoir

j'ai

tu asil a

nous avons

vous avez

ils ont

boire

je bois

tu bois

il boitnous buvons

vous buvez

ils boivent

conduire

je conduis

tu conduis

il conduitnous conduisons

vous conduisez

ils conduisent

connatre

je connais

tu connais

il connatnous connaissons

vous connaissez

ils connaissent

courir

je cours

tu cours

il court

nous courons

vous courezils courent

croire

je crois

tu crois

il croit

nous croyons

vous croyezils croient

devoir

je dois

tu dois

il doit

nous devons

vous devezils doivent

dire

je dis

tu dis

il dit

nous disons

vous dites

ils disent

dormir

je dors

tu dors

il dort

nous dormons

vous dormez

ils dorment

crire

j'cris

tu cris

il crit

nous crivons

vous crivez

ils crivent


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tre

je suis

tu es

il est

nous sommesvous tes

ils sont

faire

je fais

tu fais

il fait

nous faisonsvous faites

ils font

falloir

il faut

lire

je lis

tu lis

il lit

nous lisons

vous lisezils lisent

mettre

je mets

tu mets

il met

nous mettons

vous mettezils mettent

partir

je pars

tu pars

il part

nous partons

vous partezils partent

pleuvoir

il pleut

pouvoir

je peux

tu peux

il peut

nous pouvons

vous pouvez

ils peuvent

prendre

je prends

tu prends

il prend

nous prenons

vous prenez

ils prennent

recevoir

je reois

tu reois

il reoit

nous recevons

vous recevez

ils reoivent

servir

je sers

tu sers

il sert

nous servons

vous servez

ils servent

sortir

je sors

tu sors

il sort

nous sortons

vous sortez

ils sortent

suivre

je suistu suis

il suit

nous suivons

vous suivez

ils suivent

venir

je vienstu viens

il vient

nous venons

vous venez

ils viennent

voir

je voistu vois

il voit

nous voyons

vous voyez

ils voient


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vouloir

je veux

tu veux

il veut

nous voulonsvous voulez

ils veulent


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Future Regular

Stem of the verb plus :

AI

AS

A

ONS

EZ

ONT

Easy way to remember these endings:

They are the verb "avoir" in the present tense, minus the "av" in the nous and

vous forms. i.e.

j'ai

tu as

il a

nous (av)ons

vous (av)ez

ils ont

Future Irregular

acheter achter

avoir aur

tre ser

aller ir

faire fer

courir courr

devoir devr

envoyer enverr

se lever se lver

pouvoir pourr

recevoir recevr

savoir saur

venir viendr


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voir verr

vouloir voudr

Future Conditional

FUTURE STEM of the verb, and adding the IMPERFECTENDINGS

AIS

AIS

AIT

IONS

IEZ

AIENT

Future Perfect

The French future perfect is acompound conjugation, which means it has two

parts:

1. future of theauxiliary verb(eitheravoirortre)2. past participleof the main verb

Note: Like all French compound conjugations, the future perfect may be

subject to grammaticalagreement:

When the auxiliary verb is tre, the past participle must agree with thesubject

When the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree withits direct object

French future perfect conjugations

AIMER (auxiliary verb is avoir)

j' aurai aim nous aurons aim
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tu auras aim vous aurez aim

il,

elle

aura aim ils,

elles

auront aim

DEVENIR(tre verb)

je serai devenu(e) nous serons devenu(e)s

tu seras devenu(e) vous serez devenu(e)(s)

il sera devenu ils seront devenus

elle sera devenue elles seront devenues

SE LAVER(pronominal verb)

je me serai lav(e) nous nous serons lav(e)s

tu te seras lav(e) vous vous serez lav(e)(s)

il se sera lav ils se seront lavs

elle se sera lave elles se seront laves
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The Perfect

The perfect tense is used to talk about things that you did in the past on one

occasion which are completed, and no longer happening now.

The Perfect Tense in French is formed of two parts:

i) an AUXILIARY VERB ii) a PAST PARTICIPLE

The auxiliary verb is always the present tense of either AVOIR or ETRE. The

past participle is formed from the verb being used in the sentence, as

explained below.

AVOIR verbs

Auxiliary verb is the present tense of avoir:

j'aitu as

il a

nous avons

vous avez

ils ont

Regular Verbs form their past participle in the following ways:

ER Verbs RE Verbs IR Verbs

jouer = jou vendre = vendu finir = fini

Thus, when we put it all together, we end up with sentences like:

J'ai jou au tennis. (I played tennis / have played tennis)

Mon frre a vendu son vlo. (My brother sold his bike / has sold hisbike)

Elles ont fini les devoirs. (They finished / have finished the

homework)

Nous avons regard un trs bon film la tl.

Tu as attendu un autobus ou un train?

Vous avez choisi, Madame?


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IRREGULAR VERBS:

A number of verbs do not form their past participle following the rules above.

These need to be learned separately, and the main ones as as follows:

avoir = eu tre = t faire = fait

boire = bu conduire = conduit connatre = connu

courir = couru croire = cru devoir = d

dire = dit dormir = dormi crire = crit

falloir = fallu lire = lu mettre = mis

ouvrir = ouvert pleuvoir = plu prendre = pris

comprendre = compris

apprendre = appris

pouvoir = pu recevoir = reu rire = ri

savoir = su tenir = tenu vivre = vcu

voir = vu vouloir = voulu suivre = suivi

e.g. J'ai ouvert mes cadeaux aprs le petit djeuner.

Nous avons fait de la natation au centre sportif.

Pierre et Paul ont lu un bon livre.


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ETRE VERBS

A number of verbs take ETRE as their auxiliary verb instead of AVOIR.

The Auxiliary verb is therefore the present tense of ETRE:

je suis

tu es

il est

nous sommes

vous tes

ils sont

The main verbs involved here are as follows. They often come in opposites,

and there are a few irregulars to look out for:

aller = all venir = venu

entrer = entr sortir = sorti

arriver = arriv partir = parti

descendre = descendu monter = mont

natre = n mourir = mort

rester = rest

tomber = tomb

retourner = retourn

rentrer = rentr

revenir = revenu


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There is one further point to bear in mind here. Verbs taking tre as an

auxiliary verb need to agree with their subject. If the subject of the sentence is

feminine, we add an "e", and if the subject is plural we add an "s". The verb

aller can therefore have the following forms:

(m = masculine, f = feminine)

je suis all (m)

je suis alle (f)

Tu es all (m)

Tu es alle (f)

Il est all

Elle est alle

Nous sommes alls (m or mixed)

Nous sommes alles (f)

Vous tes all (m singular)

Vous tes alle (f singular)

Vous tes alls (m or mixed plural)

Vous tes alles (f plural)

Ils sont alls

Elles sont alles


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Or, summarised more simply, as follows, whereby we can add agreements as

necessary:

je suis all (e)

Tu es all (e)

Il est all

Elle est alle

Nous sommes all (e) (s)

Vous tes all (e)(s)

Ils sont alls

Elles sont alles

e.g. Je suis all au cinma hier soir.

Nous sommes partis 8h30.

Vous tes rests la maison hier soir?

Elle est venue chez nous le weekend dernier.


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Reflexive Verbs in the Perfect Tense

ALL reflexive verbs take ETRE as their auxiliary verb, and consequently their

past participle also needs to agree. The reflexive pronoun goes before the

auxiliary verb. The verb "se coucher" looks like this in all its forms with possible

agreements where needed:

je me suis couch (e)

Tu t'es couch (e)

Il s'est couch

Elle s'est couche

Nous nous sommes couch (e) (s)

Vous vous tes couch (e)(s)

Ils se sont couchs

Elles se sont couches

A few examples:

Lundi matin je me suis lev six heures.

Ma mre s'est dpche pour ne pas tre en retard.

Marie et Claire se sont coiffes avant de sortir.


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Imperfect tense

The Imperfect tense is an easy tense to learn.

To form the Imperfect we take the NOUS form of the PRESENT TENSE, and

take off theONS to get the Imperfect stem.

To this stem we add the endings as follows:

je ....................... ais

tu ....................... ais

il ....................... ait

nous ....................... ions

vous ....................... iez

ils ....................... aient

EXCEPTION: There are very few exceptions to this rule. The main one in ETRE,

whose stem is t. In addition, verbs like manger and ranger, which have an

extra "e" in the nous form of the present tense, retain this in the imperfect to

make the "g" sound soft (Mon frre mangeait). Similarly verbs like

commencer, which have a "" in the nous form, retain this to make the "c"

sound soft (Je commenais).

All very easy as long as you have a good working knowledge of the present

tense!!

USES OF THE IMPERFECT TENSE

The Imperfect tense is used in the following cases:


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v Description in the past: La maison tait norme et avait trois

fentres.

v Describing the weather at a time in the past: Il faisait trs beau.

v Giving an opinion in the past, c'tait + adjective: C'tait

magnifique.

v Talking about something that used to happen regularly in the

past:

Nous allions en France chaque anne. On faisait du ski dans les

Alpes.

v Talking about how things used to be over a period of time in the

past: Mon pre avait une voiture rouge et ma mre travaillait

l'hpital.

v Making excuses: Ce n'tait pas de ma faute. Je voulais aider!

v Saying what was happening, when something else happened; (one

action (in the perfect tense) cuts across another on-going one (in

the imperfect) Je lisais le journal quand mon pre est entr dans

le salon. Ma mre travaillait dans le jardin, quand le tlphone asonn.


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Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs are verbs which either:

1. reflect the action back onto the subject

(e.g. I wash myself: Je me lave), or2. have the sense of "each other"

(e.g. They love each other: Ils s'aiment)

Reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense

Reflexive verbs only differ from ordinary verbs in that they have an

additional Reflexive Pronoun. These are as follows, given here with the verb se

laver, to wash:

je me lave nous nous lavons

tu te laves vous vous lavez

il se lave ils se lavent

elle se lave elles se lavent

on se lave

Reflexive Verbs in the Infinitive

Another important difference is that when these verbs are used in the

infinitive, although the verb itself is infinitive, the reflexive pronoun must still

agree with its subject. e.g. Je dois me raser avant de sortir.

Nous voulons nous rveiller

6h30 demain.

Reflexive Verbs in the Perfect Tense

In the Perfect Tense, reflexive verbs take tre as their auxiliary verb, and

consequently the past participle needs to agree with the subject, as with

other tre verbs.Thus if the subject is feminine, we add an "e" to the pastparticiple, and if the subject is plural, we add an "s". The following table shows

the verb se rveiller in all its forms in the perfect tense. Letters in brackets may

be needed, depending on the gender and the number of the subject.

Je me suis rveill (e) Nous nous sommes rveill(e)s

Tu t'es rveill (e) Vous vous tes rveill (e) (s)

Il s'est rveill Ils se sont rveills

Elle s'est rveille Elles se sont rveilles


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On s'est rveill

BUT: If the reflexive verb has a direct object, as in the examples below, the

reflexive pronoun is the indirect objectand therefore the past participle

does not need to agree: e.g. Marie s'est bless la jambe. (la jambe is

direct object)

Mes frres se sont lav les

mains. (les mains is the direct object)

Other Tenses

In other tenses reflexive verbs follow the same patterns as above

i.e. As normal verbs in simple tenses, but with a reflexive pronoun.

As tre verbs in compound tenses, with a reflexive pronoun andagreement of the past participle.


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Passive

The passive voice is formed with the conjugated verbtre+ thepast participle.

The past participle has to agree with the subject, not theagent, in gender and

number, just like tre verbsin thepass compos (more about agreement):

Le livre est crit par des lycens.

The book is written by high schoolers.

La vaisselle est faite par Henri.

The dishes are done by Henri.

Les enfants sont nourris par Luc.

The kids are fed by Luc.

To use the French passive voice in any othertense or mood, just

conjugate treaccordingly:

Active voice Passive voice

prsent Anne fait la tarte.

Anne makes the pie.

La tarte est faite par Anne.

The pie is made by Anne.

pass compos Anne a fait la tarte.

Anne made the pie.

La tarte a t faite par Anne.

The pie was made by Anne.

imparfait Anne faisait la tarte.

Anne was making the pie.

La tarte tait faite par Anne.

The pie was being made by Anne.

futur Anne fera la tarte.

Anne will make the pie.

La tarte sera faite par Anne.

The pie will be made by Anne.

subjonctif e veux qu'Anne fasse la

tarte.

I want Anne to make the pie.

e veux que la tarte soit faite par

Anne.

I want the pie to be made by Anne.
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Relative pronouns

Before you can use French relative pronouns correctly, you first need to

understand the grammar behind them. Like its English counterpart, a French

relative pronoun links a dependentor relative clause to a main clause. If theprevious sentence makes no sense to you, learn aboutclausesbefore working

on this lesson. Also, since relative pronouns may replace asubject, direct

object, indirect object, orpreposition, click to learn about these grammar

concepts if you aren't sure what they are.

Once you understand the above grammar terms, you're ready to learn about

the French relative pronouns que, qui, lequel, dont, and o. There are no one-

to-one equivalents for these words; depending on context, the English

translation may be who, whom, that, which, whose, where, or when. Note thatin French, relative pronouns are required, whereas in English, they are

sometimes optional.

The following table summarizes the functions and possible meanings of each

relative pronoun; click the pronouns to read detailed lessons.

Pronoun Function(s) Possible Translations

Qui SubjectIndirect object (person)

who, whatwhich, that, whom

Que Direct object whom, what, which, that

Lequel Indirect object (thing) what, which, that

Dont Object ofde

Indicate possession

of which, from which, that

whose

O Indicate place or time when, where, which, that
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Indirect relative pronouns

Just as in English, a relative pronoun links arelative clauseto amain clause.

This is true for bothrelative pronounsand indefinite relative pronouns. The

difference is that regular relative pronouns have a specificantecedent, butindefinite relative pronouns do not. If you don't understand relative pronouns,

I highly recommend that you go back to that lesson before studying this one.

There are four* French indefinite relative pronouns; each form is used only in a

particular structure, as summarized here:

Subject

ce qui what

Direct object

ce que/qu' what

Object ofde**

ce dont which, what

Object of a preposition**

quoi which, what

*There's a fifth indefinite relative pronoun,quiconque, but it is rare and

complicated, so I address it in a separate lesson.

**Remember that French verbs often require differentprepositionsthan

English verbs, so you really need to be careful with ce dontand quoi- it's not

always obvious which one is correct. When there is no preposition, of course,

you use ce que.

Note that when the pronountoutis used with indefinite relative pronouns, it

changes the meaning to "everything" or "all."

Ce quiserves as thesubjectof a relative clause and takes the ilform of the
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verb.

Ce qui m'intresse, c'est la langue.

What interests me is language.

Sais-tu ce qui lui plat?

Do you know what pleases him?

C'est ce qui me drange.

That's what bothers me.

Tout ce qui brille n'est pas or.All that glitters is not gold.

Ce que is used as the indefinitedirect objectin a relative clause.

Ce que je veux, c'est tre trilingue.

What I want is to be trilingual.

Sais-tu ce que Pierre a fait ?

Do you know what Pierre did?

C'est ce que je dteste.

That's what I hate.

Tout ce qu'il crit est amusant.Everything he writes is funny.

Ce dontis used as the object of the prepositionde.

Ce dont j'ai besoin, c'est un bon dico.

What I need is a good dictionary.
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Sais-tu ce dont Luc parle ?

Do you know what Pierre is talking about?

C'est ce dont je me souviens.

That's what I remember.

J'ai tout ce dont j'ai envie.

I have everything I want.

Quoiis the object of anypreposition except de.

Sais-tu quoi il pense ?

Do you know what he's thinking about?

J'ai tudi, aprs quoi j'ai lu.

I studied, after which I read.

Avec quoi crit-il ?

What is he writing with?

Ce quoi je m'attends, c'est une invitation.***

What I'm waiting for is an invitation.

C'est ce quoi Chantal rve.***

That's what Chantal dreams about.

*** When quoiis at the beginning of a clause or follows c'est, the word ce is

placed in front of it (ce quoi).
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