This blog is about french language basics and grammar. Along with that here are number of conversation, and french vocabulary.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
"To be" verb in french - "ETRE" & Present, Past and Future of 'etre"
Present Tense
Etre- to be
Etre- to be
I am
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je suis
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We are
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nous sommes
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You are
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tu es
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You are
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vous êtes
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He is She is One is
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il est elle est on
est
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They are They are
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ils sont elles sont
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Past Tense of ' etre'
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I was
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j'étais
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We were
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nous étions
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You were
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tu étais
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You were
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vous étiez
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He was / She was One was
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il était elle était
on était
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They were/They were
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ils étaient elles étaient
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Future tense of 'etre'
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I will be
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je serai
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We will be
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nous serons
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You will be
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tu seras
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You will be
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vous serez
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He will be/ She will be/ One
will be
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il sera elle sera on
sera
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They will be They will be
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ils seront elles seront
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SUBJECT PRONOUNS / LES PRONOMS SUJETS
Subject Pronouns
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je
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ə
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I
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nous
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/nu/
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We
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tu
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/ty/
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You
(informal)
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vous
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/vu/
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You
(formal and plural)
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il
elle on
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/il/
ɛl /
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He
She One
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ils
elles
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/il/
ɛl
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They
(masc.) They (fem.)
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Nouns & Demonstrative Adjectives
All nouns in French have a gender, either masculine or feminine. For the most part, you must memorize the gender, but there are some endings of words that will help you decide which gender a noun is. Nouns ending in -age and -ment are usually masculine, as are nouns ending with a consonant.
Nouns ending in -ure, -sion, -tion, -ence, -ance, -té, and -ette are usually feminine.
For Example:-
le lit - the bed(m)
la pomme- the apple(f)
l'oiseau- the bird(bv)
les gants - the gloves(plural)
Demonstrative Adjectives (This, That, These, Those)
ce lit - this/that bed(m)
cet oiseau - this/that bird(f)
cette pomme - this/that apple(bv)
ces gants - these/those gloves(plural)
Nouns ending in -ure, -sion, -tion, -ence, -ance, -té, and -ette are usually feminine.
For Example:-
le lit - the bed(m)
la pomme- the apple(f)
l'oiseau- the bird(bv)
les gants - the gloves(plural)
Demonstrative Adjectives (This, That, These, Those)
ce lit - this/that bed(m)
cet oiseau - this/that bird(f)
cette pomme - this/that apple(bv)
ces gants - these/those gloves(plural)
Thursday, July 4, 2013
DAYS OF THE WEEK / LES JOURS DE LA SEMAINE
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Monday
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lundi
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loe i/
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Tuesday
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mardi
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m
i
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Wednesday
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mercredi
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mɛ
k ə i
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Thursday
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jeudi
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ø
i
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Friday
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vendredi
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v ə i/
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Saturday
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samedi
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/samdi/
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Sunday
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dimanche
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im /
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day
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le
jour
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lə
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week
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la
semaine
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l
(ə)mɛn
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today
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aujourd'hui
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o ɥi
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yesterday
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hier
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ɛ
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tomorrow
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demain
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əmɛ /
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next
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prochain
/ prochaine
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p ɛ
p ɛn
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last
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dernier
/ dernière
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ɛ
n e ɛ n ɛ
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day
before yesterday
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avant-hier
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v t ɛ /
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day
after tomorrow
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après-demain
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p ɛ mɛ
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the
following day
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le
lendemain
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lə l əm
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French grammer- L' Article defini/indefini
Definite article
Here we use "Le, La, Les & L' " in place of "the". In french the article change according to Noun gender.
Le (masculine ), La(feminine), Les is for plural Noun & L' (devant voyelle).
For example:
le garçon (the boy) les garçons(the boys)
la fille (the girl) les filles (the girls)
l'enfant(the child) les enfants(the children)
Indefinite article
In french language we use Un, Une & des for a, an, and some. 'Un' is use for masculine noun and 'Une' is use for feminine noun.
For example:
Un livre-a book des livres- some books
Une cassette-a cassette des cassettes-some cassette
Un téléphone- a telephone des téléphones
Here we use "Le, La, Les & L' " in place of "the". In french the article change according to Noun gender.
Le (masculine ), La(feminine), Les is for plural Noun & L' (devant voyelle).
For example:
le garçon (the boy) les garçons(the boys)
la fille (the girl) les filles (the girls)
l'enfant(the child) les enfants(the children)
Indefinite article
In french language we use Un, Une & des for a, an, and some. 'Un' is use for masculine noun and 'Une' is use for feminine noun.
For example:
Un livre-a book des livres- some books
Une cassette-a cassette des cassettes-some cassette
Un téléphone- a telephone des téléphones
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
French Basics - saying hello / introducing yourself / saying thank you etc
Here I have described some words which are very commonly used in our daily life. like good morning, good evening, etc. in french. Read here
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