Pronunciation of the following: - E - é - ê

- E = soft sounding ‘eh’ like in Le or Je - é = harder sounding Eh sound almost like an eah sound (présenter, réserver) - ê = almost middle hardness of an E (think of the word BET in English

Je dois me preparer - You have to remember that the translation is “I have to prepare myself” essentially - You cannot forget the ‘me’ in the sentence

Translate the following - I want to invite you - He wants to invite you - Do you want to invite him?

- je veux t’inviter - il veux t’inviter - veux tu l’inviter?

Lessons 11-20 Flashcards by toby bohn

Pronunciation of the following:

E = soft sounding ‘eh’ like in Le or Je
é = harder sounding Eh sound almost like an eah sound (présenter, réserver)
ê = almost middle hardness of an E (think of the word BET in English

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She wants it

= Elle le veux

The general word for ‘IT’ is always masculine unless it refers to a feminine object (ie she wants it when referring to a baguette would be ‘Elle la veux’)

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The party

la fête

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When is á used in French?

á is used for ‘to’ or ‘at’

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She wants to invite her to the party

= Elle veux l’inviter á la fête

You have to remember that the la becomes contracted as it is proceeds a vowel (La inviter = l’inviter)

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She wants to invite me to the party

Elle veux m’inviter á la fête

You have to remember that the ‘me’ becomes contracted as it is proceeds a vowel (me inviter = m’inviter)

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The birthday party

La fête d’anniversaire (dani - verse - air)

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She wants to invite him to the birthday party

Elle veux l’inviter á la fête d’anniversaire

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mobile

portable (pronounced por-tarb-leh)

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He wants the mobile

il veux le portable

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She wants the black mobile

Elle veux le portable noir

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What is the difference between Tu and Te in French

Tu = its the one you use when ‘You’ does the action.

Tu me connais bien. = You know me well.

Te = The one you use when ‘You’ is the object or receiving the action

Je te connais bien. = I know you well.

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I have to prepare you

Je dois te preparer

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You have to get ready

Tu dois te preparer

This means “you have to prepare yourself” in French

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I have to get ready

Je dois me preparer

You have to remember that the translation is “I have to prepare myself” essentially
You cannot forget the ‘me’ in the sentence

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Translate the following

I want to invite you
He wants to invite you
Do you want to invite him?

je veux t’inviter
il veux t’inviter
veux tu l’inviter?

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You have to relax

tu dois te relaxer

You have to relax becomes “you have to relax yourself” in French

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What happens to words ending in ‘-able’
* Portable
* Drinkable
* Adorable

Words ending in ‘-able’ have the same sound which is ‘-ableh’ in French. This is another one that has a lot of words that have the same ending sound, and sound roughly the same in English as they do in French.
* So probable is pronounced prob-ableh
* Portableh
* Drinkableh
* Adorableh

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She must adore you

Elle doit t’adorer

So “to adore” = ado-reh

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To carry around

Porter

But it also means to wear (which is very literal)

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What often happens to words ending in ‘-able’ when it becomes a verb.

‘-able’ replaced with ‘-er’.

Portable = porter
Adorable = adorer

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I want to wear black trousers

Je veux porter un pantalon noir

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I want to grow a beard

Je Veux porter la barbe

In French - you wear your beard = porte la barbe
- Its a feminine verb for whatever reason

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Porter
Avant
Voquer

Are all what?

Base words that can make other words:

Porter (to carry)
- importer
- transporter

Avant (Before)
- Avantage

Voquer (to use voice)
- révoquer
- invoquer

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Well

bien

I have to behave myself

Je dois bien me comporter - In French, grammatically the sentence runs like ‘I have to well myself comport’

Words ending in ‘-ity’ become what in French

Words ending in ‘-ity’ become ‘-ité’ in French. These words are also feminine words so starts with La - The Opportunity = la opportunité - Possibility = possibilité - Probability = Probabilité

Seize

saisier

You have to seize the opportunity And He has to seize the opportunity

Tu dois saisier l’opportunité et il dois saisier l’opportunité

When spelling veux, peux and dois when talking about ‘He’ and ‘She’ are spelt different tow when talking about ‘I’ and ‘you’ How do you spell them?

- Veux = veut - Peux = peut - Dois = doit

Everybody

tout le monde - This directly translates to = all the world

To see

voir

Everybody wants to see it

tout le monde veut le voir

What is my friend in French?

Mon ami Mon amie - In French - consonants are only pronounced when a vowel is in front of it. This is true across words as well - Mon = is pronounced Moh. - But Mon ami = is pronounced Mon Ami

Can you see my mobile?

peut tu voir mon portabler?

My friend wants it

Mon Ami le veut

My friend wants to invite you

Mon Ami veut t’inviter

Your friend has to carry it

ton ami dois le porter

Does your friend want to carry it?

Ton ami veux le porter

She wants to see you

Elle veut te voir

What is 'them' in French

Them in French is ‘les’. Essentially it is the plural for ‘le’ - Prounounce LES with a hard E and LE with a soft E

I must see them

Je dois les voir

To finish

finir

To wait

attendre

Everybody wants to finish it later

tout le monde veut le finir plus tard

I want to wait for him And I want to wait for them

Je veut l’attendre et Je veux les attendre

What is 'Can I' in French

puis-je

Can I wait for you?

puis-je t’attendre

What is the 'liaison' rule in French grammar

Liaison = The grammatical rule in French when the consonant is pronounced due to the vowel before it (like with LES)

The train station

la gare

To go

aller

I have to go to the station

Je dois aller á la gare

The City

la ville

The Husband

le marri (like from the word mariage)

I want to see my husband

je vuex voir mon marri

To send

envoyer

I have to send you the message

Je dois t’enjoyer le message

To show

Montrer

I must show you the messages

je dois te montrer les message

Passing by

de passage

Im just passing by

je suit juste de passage

I don’t want You don’t want I am not

Je ne veux pas Tu ne veux pas je ne suis pas

To eat

Manger

What are used to get the negative 'Do not' 'can not' 'must not'

Ne and Pas are often used to get a negative meaning from words (sometimes Ne isn’t pronounced but Pas is always used). - I don’t want = Je ne veux pas - I can’t = Je ne peux pas - I must not = Je ne dois pas

What are used to get the negative 'nothing' 'not anything'

But there are also different words to infer negative meaning for example Ne and Rien. This is used when having the negative of ‘anything’ basically meaning ‘nothing’. Rein goes where Pas usually goes - Ne ___ Pas = not - Ne ___ rein = nothing

I want to eat And I dont want to eat

je veux manger et Je ne veux pas manger

I want to show you it And I don’t want to show you it

je veux te le montrer et je ne veux pas te le montrer

I can’t send it And I can’t send you it

je ne peux pas l’envonyer et je ne peux pas te l’envoyer

She wants to go to the station

Elle veut aller á la gare - Á = almost like a ’TO’ in French

To park

Garer Like gare from the train station

I must park the car And I can’t park the car

je dois garer la voiture et je ne peux pas garer la voiture

To find

trouver

I can’t find it

je ne peux pas le trouver

He can’t find the keys

il ne peut pas trouver les clé

He can’t find them

il ne peut pas les trouver

My husband can’t find the house keys

mon marri ne peut pas trouver les clé de maison

The house

la masion

I can’t find them

Je ne peut pas les trouver

Lessons 11-20 Flashcards

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