Conduire to drive

Je conduis Nous conduisons

Tu conduis Vous conduisez
Il conduit Ils conduisent
Conduire and mettre are irregular in the present indicative
I. Verb Review
Contrle #4
Lily Holeva
II. Articles
Type of
Article
Definite
Indefinite
Partitive
Masculine
Singular
Feminine
Singular
Masculine
Plural
Feminine
Plural
Le/l la/l les les
un une des des
du/de l de la/de l

Past participle: conduit
Imperfect stem:
Future/Conditional stem: conduir-
Mettre to take
Je mets Nous mettons
Tu mets Vous mettez
Il met Ils mettent
Past participle: mis
Imperfect stem: mett-
Future/Conditional stem: mettr-
There are 3 types of articles: definite, indefinite, partitive
They are equivalent to english words the, a, and, some

Definite Articles
Precede nouns that are used in a specific sense
ex: La voiture quelle achte est neuve
The car that she is buying is new
Precede nouns used in a general sense
ex: Lessence cote trop cher en France
Gas costs too much in France.
Must be used with these verbs if theyre followed by a direct object:
Aimer
Adorer
Prfrer
Dterster
ex: Jaime le bus mais je dteste le mtro
I like the bus but I hate the subway
Used before abstract nouns
ex: La patience est trs utile pendant les heures de pointe.
Patience is very useful during rush hour.
Used before names of seasons and days of the week
ex: Le printemps -> Springtime
ex: Le mardi -> Tuesday
Used before names that denote nationality, names of countries/
geographic regions, and names of famous buildings/monuments
ex: Les francaise -> The french
ex: La tour Eiffel -> The Eiffel Tower
Used before names of disciples &languages (not when parler follows)
ex: Il comprend le francaise -> He understands French.

Indefinite Articles
Partitive Articles
Quantity Articles
*Does not apply to
la plupart, bien, or
encore.
Used before names of indeterminate people/things
ex: Il y a un feu rouge ici -> There is a red light here
When a verb is negative (not tre), the indefinite article is replaced by de
ex: Vous avez une voiture -> Vous navez de voiture
You have a car -> You dont have a car
Des = Some
ex: Il y a des casques dans le placard
There are some helmets in the closet
*Des changes to D when placed before the adjective autre ---> dautre
Indicate part of something, unspecified amount
Usually used with nouns reffering to things that cant be counted
ex: Il me faut de largent -> I need some money
When the verb is negative, du, de la, de l, and des change to de
When a plural adjective precedes the noun, des changes to de
Follow expression of quantity such as:
Beaucoup de...
Trop de...
Peu de...
Assez de...
Plus de...
With the expression Avoir besoin de, is followed by a noun used in a
general sense, definite articles are not used.
If the noun is specific, add the definite article

III. Object Pronouns
Direct Objects Pronouns
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular Form Plural Form
me/m nous
te/t vous
le/la/l les
ex: Jai besoin dargent pour payer lessence
I need money to pay for gas
ex: Jai besoin de largent que mon pere ma promis
I need the money my dad promised me.
Three Rules for Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns:
Pronoun precedes the verb of which it is the object and there is no agreement
If the verb is affirmative imperative, OP follows the verb, connected by hyphen
ex: Suivez les policiers au poste! -> Follow the police officers to the station!
In this case, me and te are changed to moi and toi
ex: Suivez-moi! -> Follow me!
If the verb is in the past tense, past conditional, or pluperfect, the OP comes
before the auxiliary verb.
In this case, the past participle agrees with the DO in number and gender
Receives action of the verb with intervening preposition
Can be replaced with Direct Object Prounouns:
ex: Je lui vois -> I see it/him


Person
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular Form Plural Form
me/m nous
te/t vous
lui leur
Indirect Objects Pronouns
Also acted upon by verb but preceded by
ex: Il offre un cognac ma soeur -> Il lui offre un cognac.
He offers a cognac to my sister -> He offers her a cognac.