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-L’IMPARFAIT ET LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ-LE VERBE VENIR-LES PÉPOSITIONS GÉOGRAPHIQUES
Chapter 4 Review
Le passé composéTo say what happened in the past: I went
to the cinemaTo talk about an action that is finished: it
rained but now it’s sunnyTo talk about an action that you did on a
specific date: I played a match on SundayTo talk about an action that happened
once: he fell To mention a sudden event: suddenly, the
music stoppedIt can be compared to the click of a
camera
Main actionInterruptionCompleted actionEnd or beginning
Think…
How is it formed?1. The SubjectFirst comes the subject. This is the person
doing the action. Remember:Je - Tu - Il - Elle - On Nous - Vous - Ils - Elles
But it could also be Marc, Celine, Mes parents, La glace, Le professeur
It is whoever is doing the verb!
2. The Helping Verb
This is the part of avoir or être, known as the auxilliary:
J’ai Je suisTu as Tu esIl/elle/on a Il/elle/on estNous avons Nous sommesVous avez Vous êtesIls / elles ont Ils/elles sont
How do you know which one to use?If it’s one of the MRS VAN DER TRAMP or a reflexive
verb use êtreotherwise it’s avoir.
3. The Past Participle
For most verbs (regular verbs) you can follow the simple rules to change the infinitive to the past participle:
For –ER verbs, take off the ER and add an É Regarder→Regardé
For –IR verbs, take off the IR and add an I Finir →Fini
For –RE verbs, take off the RE and add a URépondre → Répondu
HOWEVER lots of verbs are irregular and we need to learn the past participles of these.
(17 of the Top 20 most used french verbs are irregular!!)DON’T FORGET TO MAKE THE PP ‘AGREE’ IF IT IS
AN ÊTRE VERB! (see right)
L’imparfait
To say what happened in the past but for description purposes: I was singing along peacefully
To talked about an action that is finished but lasted some time: it was raining everyday
To talk about an action that was happening when something sudden happened: I was drinking my cup of tea when the phone rang
To express a condition (before the conditional usually): if I could, I would never work
To talk about something you used to do some time ago: I used to play the piano when I was little
It can be compared to a short video footage
Think…
WeatherAgeTimeCharacteristicsHabitual actionsEmotions Descriptions
How is it formed?
Take the nous form of the verb in the present tenseEx. nous parlons
Take off the –onsAdd the correct ending:Je –ais, tu – ais, il/elle – ait, nous –ions,
vous – iez, -aientEx. Je parlais
The one exception is être... ét-j’étais
L‘imparfait ou le passé composé???
J’ ai parlé
J’ ai commencé
Vous partiez
Nous sommes allés
Il jouait
Ils parlaient
Tu arrivais(Passé
composé)
(Passé composé)
(Passé composé)
(Imparfait)
(Imparfait)(Imparfait)
(Imparfait)
Le verbe venir
Venir means: to comeJe viens Nous venonsTu viens Vous venezIl/elle vient Ils/elles viennent
It is a verb of motion and therefore takes être as its auxiliary in the passé composé
Je suis venu
Les pépositions géographiques
1. Cities to/in = àfrom/of = de (d')
Je vais à Dallas la semaine prochaine.
Je viens de Broughshane.
2. Countries and Continents
In & to From & ofmasculine au (J'habite au
Canada)du (Je viens du Canada)
masculine vowel
en (J'habite en Iran)
d’ (Je viens d'Iran)
feminine en (J'habite en France)
de (Je viens de France)
plural aux (J'habite aux États-Unis)
des (Je viens des États-Unis)
Countries that end in an 'e' are nearly all feminine (except for 'le Mexique', 'le Cambodge'). Countries that end in any other letter are masculine.
Don’t forget…
Vocabulary!!!