1/1/2021 French

Term two review

Meganne M.
 Possessive Adjectives
masculine feminine plural
My mon ma Mes
Your ton ta Tes
His/her/its son sa Ses
Our notre notre Nos
Your votre votre Vos
Their leur leur Leurs

French for CSEC

Page 13, Exercise 3
Merci de ton message et la photo de ton chat. Tous mes amis ont un animal, mais pas moi, parce que ma
mère est allergique aux chats. Heureusement, mes grands-parents ont deux chiens leurs chiens
s’appellent Blanco et Noiraud.
Le 18 mai, c’est l’anniversaire de mon père. Qu’est-ce que tu fais normalement pour fêter ton
anniversaire ? Ma fête préférée est Noel. La veille de Noel, notre famille va à l’église et après on fait le
réveillon et on mange un repas délicieux.
Thank you for the message and the photo of your cat. All of my friends have pets but I don’t because my
mother is allergic to cats. Luckily, my grandparents have two dogs. Their dogs are called Blanco and
Noiraud.
May 18th in my father’s birthday. What do you normally do to celebrate your brithday ? My favorite
holiday is Christmas. On Chrustmas Eve, our family goes to chruch and afterwards we eat a delicious
meal.

Possessive Pronouns
Masculine Feminine Plural
Mine Le mien La mienne Les miens
Yours Le tien La tienne Les tiens
His/hers/its Le sien La sienne Le siens
Ours Le notre La notre Le nôtres
Yours Le votre La votre Le vôtres
Theirs Le leur La leur Le leurs
 The Imperfect Tense
The Imperfect Tense is formed when you use the ‘nous’ form of the regular present tense.
1) Drop the ‘ons’ of the nous form
2) Add the following to the remaining stem :
1. Ais
2. Ais
3. Ait
4. Ions
5. Iez
6. Aient
For example-
Manger
Je mangeais
Tu mangeais
Il/elle/on mangeait
Nous mangions
Vous mangiez
Ils/elles mangeaient

Negatives
French English
Ne…pas Not
Ne…plus No more
Ne…jamais Never
Ne…rien Nothing
Ne…personne No one, nobody
Ne…ni…ni Neither…nor

The Perfect Tense

infinitive Past participle
-er verbs Regarder Regardé
-re verbs Prendre Perdu
-ir verbs Choisir Choisi
Before the past participle, the to have form of whichever pronoun is used. For example, I
watched- j’ai regardé.

The Immediate Future Tense

The Immediate Future Tense is translated with ‘aller’ and the infinitive. It means ‘to be going to
do something’.
Aller- to go
Je vais
Tu vas
Il/elle/on va
Nous allons
Vous allez
Ils/elles vont
For example- Je vais manger un hamburger. I am going to eat a hamburger.

Question : Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire ce week-end ?

Response : Ce week-end, je vais aller au cinema avec mes amis. Puis je vais lire Harry Potter et
le Prisonnier d'Azkaban.

Unfamiliar vocabulary
 Ou-vas-tu aller ? – where are you going ?
 En bateau – in a boat
 En avion – on a plane
 Une ile – an island
 Lá – there
 Trouver – to find
 La plongée – diving
 Donner – to feed
 Eviter – to avoid
 Le coucher de soleil – the sunset
 Au moins – at least
 Simple Future Tense
To form the simple future tense in French, we use the infinitive of the verb for -er and -ir verbs.
For the -re verbs, we must drop the ‘e’ from the ‘re’ so we ar eleft with ‘r’ for the future stem.
Example-
Loger - loger
Partir - partir
Prendre - prendr

We add the following endings to the furture stem according to the subject or subject pronoun
used with the verb.
Subject Ending -er verbs -ir verbs -re verbs
Je -ai Laverai Punirai Vendrai
Tu -as Laveras Puniras Vendras
Il/elle/on -a Lavera Punira Vendra
Nous -ons Laverons Punirons Vendrons
Vous -ez Laverez Punirez Vendrez
Ils/elles -ont Laveront Puniront Vendront

Conditional Tense
The conditional tense is used to say ‘should/would’ and a verb.
To form the ocnditional tense, we use the future tense stem for the verb with imperfect tense
endings.
Example-
Parler – to sing
Je parlerais
Tu parlerais
Il/elle/on parlerait
Nous parlerions
Vous parleriez
Ils/elles parleraient
 Saying what you must do/ what is forbidden
To say what you must do in French, we can use the following expressions :
1. Il faut – you must/ it is necessary
2. On doit – you must
For example- Il faut porter un uniforme- you must wear a uniform/ it is necessary to wear a
uniform

These expressions can be also used in the negative to talk about what we ought NOT to do.
For example- Il ne faut pas se maquiller – you should not wear makeup.

The expression ‘défense de’ is also used to talk about what we ought not to do. However, it is
mostly used for signs.
Example- défense de fumer – no smoking.

[Notes for saying your sorry]

There different ways to say ‘you are sorry’ in French, depending on what you want to sayyou are
sorry for and who you are talking to.

1. ‘Je suis désolé(é)’ is the most popular way to say that you are sorry for something.
Example- Je suis désolé mias je ne me pas sentais bien. (I am sorry but I was not feeling
well)
2. ‘S’excuser de’ + infinitive is used in a more formal way. For example, giving excuses in
a school setting.
Example- Je m’excuse d’arriver en retard mais j’ai manqué le bus. (I am sorry for
arriving late but I missed the bus)
3. ‘Je vous prie de m’excuser’ is also used in a more formal setting. For example, when
giving excuses in a school setting as well.
Example- Je vous prie d’excuser l’absence de mon fils mardi prochain, mais il a un
rendez-vous à l’hôpital. (Please excuse my son’s absence next Tuesday but he has an
appointment at the hospital.
[The Past Infinitive]
If you need to apologize for something you have or haven’t done, it is useful to use the past
infinitive, the equivalent of ‘to have done’ something.
It is the inifintive of avoir or être and a past participle.

Je suis désolé… I’m sorry…

- D’avoir manqué le match… for having missed the match
- De ne pas avoir fini mes devoirs… for not completing my homework
- De ne pas avoir écrit plus tout…