L'Imparfait

11/7/2013

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"L'Imparfait," "the imperfect," tense is used to describe repetitive past occurrences. An example of this could be: "Je jouais rugby dimanche." While "Passé Composé" is a tense used to describe something that happened ONCE in the past. An example of this could be: "J'ai mangé le pizza fromage vendredi soir."




Regular.

parler -                         je - ais              Je parlais
                                     tu - ais             Tu parlais
                        il/elle/on - ait             Il parlait
                            nous - ions             Nous parlions
                              vous - iez             Vous parliez
                   ils/elles - aient              Elles parlaient



finir -                   je - iss - ais         Je finissais
                           tu - iss -ais         Tu finissais
             il/elle/on - iss - ait          Il finissait
                 nous - iss - ions          Nous finissions
                vous - iss - iez           Vous finissions
          ils/elles - iss - aient         Elles finissaient


répondre -                    je - ais              Je répondais
                                     tu - ais             Tu répondais
                        il/elle/on - ait             Il répondait
                            nous - ions             Nous répondions
                              vous - iez             Vous répondiez
                   ils/elles - aient              Elles répondaient


Irregular.
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"Être" and "avoir" are both irregular imparfait verbs. They are irregular verbs, because they have different bases/stems than usual, but their conjugation endings are the same.
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"Faire" is an irregular verb, because it also, like être and avoir, has an irregular base/stem, but the normal conjugation endings.
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"Manger" is an irregular verb, because its base/stem includes the "e." For example, Manger - Mange - Je mangeais le pizza.
"Aller" and "croire" are both irregular verbs, because they too have different bases/stems than usual. Their conjugation endings are the same though.



Aller:
J'allais
Tu allais
Il/Elle/On allait
Nous allions
Vous alliez
Ils/Elles allaient

Croire:
Je croyais
Tu croyais
Il/Elle/On croyait
Nous croyions
Vous croyiez
Ils/Elles croyaient
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Negative Notes.

10/30/2013

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ne jamais - never
ne personne - nobody
ne pas - not
ne rien - nothing
Je n'ai rien
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How to use basic accents in words.

9/17/2013

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écouter - to listen


        The word "écouter," is an "er" verb, that uses one of the most common accents used in the French language. The accent "é," may be typed on a English keyboard by holding down the "alt key" and then typing "130" on the side number section /pad of the keyboard. A capital "é" is typed as "0201" = É. Also, be sure to check the Num Lock to make sure that the command for the "é" will work properly.


-The dialogue in the picture means: "I do a really good job at pretending to listen!"
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à la - at the, in the, to the


        The phrase "à la" is a very commonly used one in the French language. The "à" accent is one of the more commonly used accents. The accent "à," may be typed on an English keyboard by holding down the the "alt key" and then typing "0224" on the side number pad of the keyboard. A capital "à" is typed as "0192" = À. Make sure that the Num Lock is ON (indicated by a little light to the top of the keyboard) so that the command for "à" will function correctly.

- The caption in the picture means: " The World in my eyes!!"
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à bientôt - see you soon


      "À bientôt" means "see you soon," or "see you later," it is one of my personal favourite phrases to say, I picked it up last year. "Ô" has a triangle on top, like a little hat!! How cuuttteee!!!! Blah. The "ô" is typed on an English keyboard by holding down the "alt" key and then typing "0244" on the side number pad. A capital "ô" is typed as "0212" = Ô. Double check that the Num Lock is in the correct setting, so that the command for "ô" won't mess up!!

- The picture means in Englsih: "See you soon... I hope..." <or>
"I hope we see each other soon!!"
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Accent Codes!!

9/16/2013

 
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Accent keyboard codes, that require a zero.
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To type accents with ALT codes, hold down the ALT key, then on the numeric keypad type the three or four digits listed here. When you release the ALT key, the character will appear.




a with grave accent
   à  ALT + 133    À  ALT + 0192

a with circumflex
   â  ALT + 131    Â  ALT + 0194

a with tréma
   ä  ALT + 132    Ä  ALT + 142

a e ligature
   æ  ALT + 145    Æ  ALT + 146

c with cedilla
   ç  ALT + 135    Ç  ALT + 128

e with acute accent
   é  ALT + 130    É  ALT + 144

e with grave accent
   è  ALT + 138    È  ALT + 0200

e with circumflex
   ê  ALT + 136    Ê  ALT + 0202

e with tréma
   ë  ALT + 137    Ë  ALT + 0203

i with circumflex
   î  ALT + 140    Î  ALT + 0206

i with tréma
   ï  ALT + 139    Ï  ALT + 0207

o with circumflex
   ô  ALT + 147    Ô  ALT + 0212

o e ligature
   œ  ALT + 0156   Œ  ALT + 0140

u with grave accent
   ù  ALT + 151    Ù  ALT + 0217

u with circumflex
   û  ALT + 150    Û  ALT + 0219

u with tréma
   ü  ALT + 129    Ü  ALT + 154

French quotation marks
   «  ALT + 174    »  ALT + 175

Euro symbol
   €  ALT + 0128

http://french.about.com/od/writing/ss/typeaccents_7.htm