Grammaire Flashcards
Name the 4 demonstrative adjectives
Ce
Cet
Cette
Ces
Name the 4 demonstrative pronouns
Celui
Ceux
Celle
Celles
Name the 3 indefinite demonstrative pronouns
Ceci. This
Cela That
Ça. Familiar
Demonstrative pronouns replace what two things
The demonstrative adjective and the its noun
C’est vs il est
C’est + adjective + à + Infinitive
= refers to an idea previously mentioned
Il + est+ de + infinitive = introduces an idea that has not previously been mentioned
Il est facile d’aller à La Défense
Il reste
There remains
Il reste une chambre de libre
There is one room left
Affranchir
To free
S’affranchir
To overcome
To free oneself
What does devoir mean in the passé composé
I had to do or I must have done
Il est parti tôt donc j’ai dû faire la lessive moi-même
What does devoir mean in the imparfait
I was supposed to
Il devait me rappeler, mais il a oublié
In order to do something
2 ways
Pour + infinitive
Or more elegantly
Afin de + infinitive
In compound tenses which adverbs are placed between the auxiliary verb and the past participle
Assez, beaucoup, bien, bientôt, déjà, encore, enfin, jamais, mal, mieux, moins, souvent toujours, trop, vite
How do you form a question with a reflexive verb in the passé composé
Question word+ reflexive pronoun (me/te/se/nous/vous + auxiliary verb être + je/tu/il/elle/on/nous/vous/ils/elles + past participle
En
- Part of speech
- Purposes (3)
- What does it replace
Adverbial pronoun (pronom adverbial)
En can replace a quantity, a place or the object of the preposition de
Voulez-vous du café? j’en ai déjà
Combien d’enfants as-tu? Je n’en ai pas ou j’en ai deux
En most commonly replaces an indefinite or partitive article plus a noun
Y
Part of speech
What can it replace
Adverbial pronoun (pronom adverbial)
Y can replace à place or the object of the preposition À.
Nous allons à la plage. Nous y allons
