French 11 Midterm Review

S’ameilior- to improve
Faire preuve- to have proved/evidence
Traiter- treat/process
Laisser- to leave
Maitriser- to bring under control
Un arbiter- referee
Adverse- opposing
Habile- skillfull
La cheville- ankle
Les hanches- hips
Le mollet- calf
Le talon- heel
Les fesses- buttock
Les cuisses- thighs
La pointrine- chest
Le cou- neck
Un poignet - wrist
L’epaule- shoulder
Se batter- to fight

Futur Proche Futur Simple

Subject + aller + infinitve
-think proche peasy (easy one)
ex.
Je vais jouer le volleyball
Ils vont voyager a Italie
Passe Compose
Subject + auxiliary + past participle
-auxilary either etre or avoir
-etres: DRMRSVANDERTRAMPR
-add appropriate endings for etre
-used for: finished actions of the past
Subject + infinitive + endings (ai, as, a,
ons, ont)
-exceptions: SAFEPADVVV
-think not so simple
ex.
Elles partiront dans le nuit
Elle sera un bon enseignante
Imparfait
Subject + nous form of verb - ons +
endings
-exception: etre  et
-used for : states of being, ongoing
incomplete repeated action, weather,
describing people

ex. ex.
Ils sont tombes de l’escalier Quand j’etais jeune…
Je suis allees dans ma classe tard Il etudiat quand…
Imperative
-giving commands, suggestions
*can only be conjugated in three forms
*er verbs drop the “s” in the tu form
-exceptions: etre and avoir
aie sois
ayons soyons
ayez soyez

Conditionnel
subject + future simple stem + imparfait endings
-endings : ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient
-used to say “would”
*leave verb in the infinitive, then add appropriate endings
-exceptions: SAFEPADVVV

Irregulars
Boire- bois, bois, boit, buvons, buvez, buvent
Connaitre- connais, connais, connait, connaissons, connaissez, connaissent
Courir- cours, cours, court, courons, courez, courent
Devoir- dois, dois, doit, devons, devez, doivent
Faire- fais, fais, fait, faisons, faites, font
Partir- pars, pars, part, partons, partez, partent *sortir is pretty much the same
Pouvoir- peux, peux, peut, pouvons, pouvez, peuvent
Savoir- sais, sais, sait, savons, savez, savent
Vouloir- veux, veux, veut, voulons, voulez, veulent
Reflexives (and their exceptions/rules)
-always used with etre in passe compose, (see other irregular conditions above)
Je {ne} me suis {pas} amuse
-always put relexive pronouns in front of verb, even in past tenses, and future

Si Clause Construction
Main Idea Si Clause
Futur Present
Present
Imperatif
Conditionnel Imparfait
Direct Object Pronouns
-take the position of pronouns in a sentence (la le les etc.)
ex. J’ai achete les bon bons  Je les achete
Je ne les achete pas (negative)
Achete-les (imperative)

Qui/Que
Qui= who, which (subject)
Que- whom, that, which (object)
-match the pronoun with the object deciding whether it is the subject or the object
ex. Je regarde l’homme qui est a la porte. (the boy is at the door)
Je regarde l’homme qu’elle aime (the boy is the object, e is gone cause of vowel)

Moins que ect.

Moins…que- less than
Plus…que-more than
Aussi…que- same as
Meilleur…que- better than

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