Use À in front of cities Flashcards

1
Q

Add À in front of all cities to say you are going to except for Le Carre (Cairo) and Le Havre (a French city), they are introduced with au

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  1. Use En in front of all continents. All continents end with an E and are feminine they are introduced with the preposition en. In French there are on 5 continents because they are inhabited. Antarctica is not inhabited and not considered a continent.
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Use en in front of all countries that begin with a vowel, a silent h and end with an E. For example: Je vais en Irak, Ecuador.
EXCEPT

le Belize, Le Cambodge, Le Mexique, Le Mozambique and Le Zimbabwe are considered masculine even though they end in e and have to be introduced with au.

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4
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To say you are to, at, or
in a place use en for feminine, au for masculine and aux for places that end with a s. To say you are from a place use de for feminine words, du for masculine words and des for words ending with as s

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  1. With être, suis, es, est, sommes, etes, sont say je ne suis pas. Do not use de at the end of pas. For example: Je ne suis pas
  2. With avoir, ai, as, a, avons ,avez, ont, always use de at the end of pas. For example J n’ai pas de
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6
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Use au with all countries that do not begin with a vowel, silent h (l’ h) and end with an e.
HOWEVER- le Carre (Cairo) and L’ Havre are masculine and are both introduced with au.

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7
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Use C’est and Ce Sont with a person’s name or with an article + noun. For example: C’est Edith, C’est Le President Obama, Ce sont Julie et Leah, Ce sont les consuls.
Use Il est + adjective: Il est grand
Use il est + profession: Ell est minister
Use Il est + Nationality: Il est Quebecoise
Use il est + Religion: Il est bouddhiste

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8
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Possessive Adjectives P. 124 Vol I (mon, ma mes)

A word that begins with a vowel h use the masculine from of the possessives mon, for example: mon aime (my friend)

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il est is used for adjectives, professions nationality, and religion. Il est grand, Ell est minister, Il est Quebecoise, Il est bouddhiste

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c’est is used to introduce a persn or to identify someone or something. E.G; someone’s name and an article + a noun.
C’est Mr. Obama or C’est Pierre or C’est Le president or C’est L’ambassador

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11
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Des, de, un , une is always c’est

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12
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When I see te question Qui est-ce, answer with C’est

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13
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BANGS
Beauty
Age
Numbers
Good Bad
Size
Un ancient professor
Un grand home
Un petit garcon (age wise)
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When words represent BANGS it goes in front of the noun

Former professor
a great man
a little boy

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14
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Vous avez besoin de combine de paires de ciseaux

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This is how to tell a person that you need something and to ask how many is needed

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15
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use a for everything we want to mount

use en for everything we get into, for the months, and season except printemp, use au printemp since it is mascueline

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16
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Use Passe Compose:
Specific actons
Time limits/ Completed Actions
Actions disrupted, action of imparfait verbs
Reactions/Results
Succession of single actions/events
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Passe Compose

17
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When using etre e.g. je suis desendu, no other information can follow. When using Avoir J’ai arrive heir other information follow like the word heir that I used

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Using Avoir and Etre in the Passe Compose

18
Q

en donnant

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While giving: en that is accompanied by a word that ends in ant is the ing from of a word.

19
Q

Recontrer quelqu ‘un: Je recontre le professor. I meet with the professor

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this is reciproque verb meaning it need another person to go with it. I.E. I and professor

20
Q

Unit 8: when dealing with a noun use the de i.e. de laitue, du pain
when stating a preference use le pain, la laitue, les pommes de terre

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the lettuce, the bread

the bread,la lettuce, potatoes

21
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Unit 8, p. 723: when talking about quanities:
You add the article when the word after the de was talked about before.
beacoup d'eau  (beacoup de)
plus d'eau           (plus de)
moin d'eau          (moin de)
trop d' ananas    (trop de)
pas assez de thé (pas assez de)
plus de tomate     (plus de)
unbouteille d'eau  (
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the de is always needed and only changes in front of a vowel to d’

22
Q

when the word de is seen in a sentence go back to few of the words in front of it to determine what the de is referring to

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follow the rule