Ch. 4-5 Flashcards

(37 cards)

1
Q

how to say “in order to” + where does it go

A

use “pour” before infinitives

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2
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when to use “retrouver”

A

when followed with who you are meeting

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3
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conjugate “acheter”

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j’achète, tu achètes, il/elle/on achète, nous achetons, vous achetez, ils/elles achètent

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4
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conjugate “aller”

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je vais, tu vas, il/elle/on va, nous allons, vous allez, ils/elles vont

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5
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how does “à” change when using an article

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À + le = au
À + la = à la
À + les = aux

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6
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when to use the pronoun “y”

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to avoid repeating the name of the place where you’re going

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7
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where to put the pronoun “y”

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usually immediately before the verb

if there’s an infinitive it should go right before

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where to put the pronoun “y” in the negative

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immediately before the infinitive or conjugated verb

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9
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what is the l’impératif

A

used to give commands

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10
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how to conjugate for l’impératif with -er verbs in the “tu” form

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conjugate in the “tu” form and drop the -s

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11
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how to conjugate for l’impératif with non -er verbs

A

business as usual

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12
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forms of the verbs do you use for l’impératif

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tu: commands singular (do this!)
nous: plural (let’s do this!)
vous: commands plural (do this)

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13
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l’impératif form of “être”

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tu: sois
nous: soyons
vous: soyez

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l’impératif form of “avoir”

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tu: aie
nous: ayons
vous: ayez

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l’impératif form of “prendre”

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tu: prends
nous: prenons
vous: prenez

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l’impératif form of “venir”

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tu: viens
nous: venons
vous: venez

17
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what is “le futur immédiat” or “le futur proche”

A

to say what you’re going to do in the immediate future

18
Q

how to organize “le futur proche”

A

aller + infinitive

19
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where does the pronoun “y” go in “le futur proche”

A

immediately before the infinitive

20
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conjugate “prendre”

A

je prends, tu prends, il/elle/on prend, nous prenons, vous prenez, ils/elles prennent

21
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what does “prendre” mean

A

to take or to have

22
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conjugate “venir”

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je viens, tu viens, il/elle/on vient, nous venons, vous venez, ils/elles viennent

23
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what does “venir” mean

24
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what is “le passé composé”

A

used to say what happened in the past

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how to organize "le passé composé"
auxiliary verb (avoir or être) + part participle
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how to conjugate regular past participles with "avoir"
-er verbs end in -é -ir verbs end in -i -re verbs end in -u
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where to place adverbs in "le passé composé"
if they indicate how often/how well, they're placed between the verbs
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where does negation go in "le passé composé"
around the auxiliary verb
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which verbs use "être" in "le passé composé" + conjugate them
Descendre, retourner, monter, rester, sortir, venir (venu), aller, naître (né), devenir (devenu), entre, revenir (revenu), tomber, rentrer, arriver, mourir (mort), partir, passer
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why is passer weird with "être" in "le passé composé"
it's only used when you're trying to say that something passed by
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why are past participles weird with "être"
they must agree with amount and gender
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when to use le, la, l', and les as pronouns
to replace nouns
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what do le, la, l', and les mean as pronouns
his/her/it
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where to place direct object pronouns
immediately before the verb
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where to place direct object pronouns in the negative
immediately before the verb
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where to place indirect object pronouns in passé composé
before the auxiliary verb
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what to remember about direct object pronouns
the past participle should agree with the pronoun if the pronoun precedes the verb