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Is the cat in a pet carrier? Or are you literally bringing the cat in your hands? </p><p>Let&#8217;s examine how these words are used in real life.</p><ul><li><p><em>Amener</em> is used to bring people somewhere</p></li><li><p><em>Apporter</em> is used to carry objects somewhere</p></li><li><p><em>Emmener</em> is used to bring a person from somewhere</p></li><li><p><em>Emporter</em> is used to carry objects from somewhere</p><p></p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><h4>The following examples will tell us everything we need to know.</h4><ul><li><p><em>Est-ce que tu veux que <strong>j&#8217;apporte</strong> quelque chose? Une bouteille de vin?</em></p><p>Do you want me to bring something? A bottle of wine?</p></li><li><p><em>Repas pour <strong>emporter</strong></em></p><p>Take-out meals</p></li><li><p><em>Je vais <strong>amener</strong> mes enfants &#224; l&#8217;&#233;cole</em></p><p>I will bring my children to school</p></li><li><p><em>Tu peux amener des amis!</em></p><p>You can bring friends!</p></li><li><p><em>&#199;a m&#8217;a amen&#233; &#224; prendre de meilleures d&#233;cisions</em></p><p>It led me to take better decisions</p></li><li><p><em>On va passer la journ&#233;e &#224; la plage. <strong>Apporte</strong> un livre!</em></p><p>We&#8217;ll spend the day at the beach. Bring a book!</p></li><li><p><em>Je veux <strong>t&#8217;emmener</strong> au mus&#233;e</em></p><p>I want to take you to the museum</p></li><li><p><em>Je me suis laiss&#233; <strong>emporter</strong>!</em></p><p>I got carried away!</p></li><li><p><em>N&#8217;oublie pas <strong>d&#8217;emporter</strong> ton parapluie</em></p><p>Don&#8217;t forget to bring (along) your umbrella</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>Again, these word pairs are often misused by native speakers. It&#8217;s common to hear:</p><ul><li><p><em>Est-ce que tu veux que <strong>j&#8217;am&#232;ne</strong> quelque chose?</em></p><p>It should be:<em> Est-ce que tu veux que <strong>j&#8217;apporte</strong> quelque chose?</em></p></li></ul><blockquote><p>So the &#8220;mistake&#8221; made by French speakers is to use <em>amener</em> instead of <em>apporter</em>. However, we never make the mistake of using <em>apporter</em> instead of <em>amener</em>. </p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h4>Here are some more examples of how these words are used in the real world</h4><ul><li><p><em>Des salades gourmandes &#224; <strong>emporter</strong> au bureau</em></p><p>Gourmet salads to take to the office</p><p>&#128073; Here, you take the salads from your home to the office, so <em><strong>emporter</strong></em> is used. <em><strong>Apporter</strong></em> could have also been used.</p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;&#233;quipe du CH veut <strong>l'emporter</strong> en trois manches</em></p><p>CH team wants to win in three sets</p><p>&#128073; Here, <em><strong>l&#8217;emporter</strong></em> means &#8220;to win&#8221;</p></li><li><p><em>La Maison Blanche se dit pr&#234;te &#224; <strong>apporter</strong> son aide dans la crise de l'eau au Mississippi</em></p><p>White House says it's ready to help with Mississippi water crisis</p><p>&#128073; To bring help to someone, is <em><strong>apporter</strong> son aide</em></p></li><li><p><em>La liste des choses &#224; <strong>apporter</strong> le premier jour &#224; la maternelle</em></p><p>The list of things to bring on the first day of kindergarten</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Emmener</strong> ma famille &#224; la plage me co&#251;te trop cher</em></p><p>Taking my family to the beach is too expensive</p><p>&#128073; To take your family, so people, from your home to the beach: so <em><strong>emmener</strong></em> is used. Again, <em><strong>amener</strong></em> could have been used without causing a linguistic debate</p></li><li><p><em>Le premier r&#233;flexe doit <strong>amener</strong> &#224; contacter son m&#233;decin traitant</em></p><p>The first instinct should be to contact your primary care physician</p><p>&#128073; Here, <em><strong>amener</strong></em> means &#8220;lead to&#8221;</p></li></ul><h2>Exercise</h2><p><strong>Choose between </strong><em><strong>emporter, apporter, emmener, amener.</strong></em></p><ol><li><p>Quand je vais &#224; la plage, j&#8217;_____ toujours un livre.</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui t&#8217;_____ Montr&#233;al?</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce que tu veux que j&#8217;_____, une bouteille de vin peut-&#234;tre?</p></li><li><p>Monte dans la voiture! Je t&#8217;_____.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;_____ les enfants au mus&#233;e.</p></li><li><p>Ce pays _____ aide &#224; son alli&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Ce restaurant offre maintenant des repas pour _____.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;_____ mon chien partout avec moi.</p></li><li><p>Quoi _____ lors d'un d&#233;m&#233;nagement?</p></li><li><p>Ces Qu&#233;b&#233;coises qui _____ leur chien au travail.</p></li></ol><h2><strong>Answers</strong></h2><ol><li><p>Quand je vais &#224; la plage, j&#8217;emporte toujours un livre.</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui t&#8217;am&#232;ne &#224; Montr&#233;al?</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce que tu veux que j&#8217;apporte, une bouteille de vin peut-&#234;tre?</p></li><li><p>Monte dans la voiture! Je t&#8217;emm&#232;ne.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;emm&#232;ne les enfants au mus&#233;e.</p></li><li><p>Ce pays apporte son aide &#224; son alli&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Ce restaurant offre maintenant des repas pour emporter.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;am&#232;ne mon chien partout avec moi.</p></li><li><p>Quoi apporter lors d'un d&#233;m&#233;nagement?</p></li><li><p>Ces Qu&#233;b&#233;coises qui emm&#232;nent leur chien au travail.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/jamene-une-bouteille-de-vin/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/jamene-une-bouteille-de-vin/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="true">Oli Zubenko</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>My approach to grammar is not to memorize long lists of rules and exceptions. Rather, I prefer to make you aware of common mistakes and better ways of expressing yourself in French. And most importantly: to pay attention to what you may not have noticed before.</p><p>As you know, in French, some verbs are conjugated in the past with <em><strong>&#234;tre</strong></em>, while the majority are conjugated with <em><strong>avoir</strong></em>. But it&#8217;s a little trickier than it seems.</p><h4>Don&#8217;t say</h4><ul><li><p><em>&#9940;&#65039; J&#8217;ai rest&#233; longtemps.</em></p></li></ul><h4>Say</h4><ul><li><p><em>&#128077; Je suis rest&#233; longtemps.</em></p></li></ul><h4>Don&#8217;t say</h4><ul><li><p><em>&#9940;&#65039; J&#8217;ai sorti de chez moi.</em></p></li></ul><h4>Say</h4><ul><li><p><em>&#128077; Je suis sorti de chez moi.</em></p></li></ul><p>There are only a handful of verbs that are conjugated with <em>&#234;tre, </em>so it&#8217;s worth memorizing them. They are:</p><div class="pullquote"><p><em>Devenir, Revenir, Monter, Rester, Sortir, Venir, Aller, Na&#238;tre, Descendre, Entrer, Rentrer, Tomber, Retourner, Arriver, Mourir, Partir, Passer</em></p></div><blockquote><p>There is the idea of <strong>movement</strong> or <strong>transformation</strong> in all those verbs.</p></blockquote><p>However, if those verbs are used transitively, meaning that there&#8217;s a direct object, or the action is done on someone<em> </em>or something, then we use the auxiliary <em>avoir. </em>That means that some of those verbs can be conjugated with both <em>avoir</em> and <em>&#234;tre</em>, depending on the meaning.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je <strong>suis</strong> mont&#233; au deuxi&#232;me &#233;tage</em></p><p>I went up to the second floor</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;<strong>ai</strong> mont&#233; les valises au deuxi&#232;me &#233;tage</em></p><p>I took the suitcases up to the second floor</p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>suis</strong> sorti hier avec des amis</em></p><p>I went out yesterday with friends</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;<strong>ai</strong> sorti les ordures hier</em></p><p>I took out the trash yesterday</p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>suis</strong> descendu au sous-sol</em></p><p>I went down to the basement</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;<strong>ai</strong> descendu les valises au sous-sol</em></p><p>I took the suitcases down to the basement</p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>suis</strong> retourn&#233; chez moi</em></p><p>I went back to my house</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;<strong>ai</strong> retourn&#233; le colis</p><p>I returned the package</p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>suis</strong> pass&#233; chez moi chercher mes cl&#233;s</em></p><p>I stopped by my house to get my keys</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;<strong>ai </strong>pass&#233; l&#8217;aspirateur</em></p><p>I vacuumed the house</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="true">Guly&#225;s Bianka</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>To go out with someone is <em><strong>sortir avec quelqu&#8217;un</strong></em>. Normally, <em><strong>sortir</strong></em> would be conjugated with <em>&#234;tre</em>.</p><p>But in Quebec, when the meaning is a <strong>romantic relationship</strong>, we conjugate it with <em><strong>avoir</strong></em>. </p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;<strong>ai</strong> sorti deux ans avec elle</em></p></li><li><p><em>Oui, j&#8217;<strong>ai</strong> sorti quelque temps avec lui</em></p></li></ul><p>When the meaning is <strong>going out with friends</strong>, we conjugate it with <em>&#234;tre. </em></p><ul><li><p><em>Je <strong>suis</strong> sorti hier avec des amis. </em></p></li><li><p><em>On <strong>est</strong> sortis dans un bar.</em> </p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>D&#233;m&#233;nager</h3><p>Another important note. D&#233;m&#233;nager is conjugated with <em><strong>avoir</strong></em>. But it can be conjugated with <em><strong>&#234;tre</strong></em> to make the state of having moved. </p><ul><li><p> <em>Ils <strong>ont</strong> d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233; plusieurs fois au cours des derni&#232;res ann&#233;es</em></p><p>They've moved several times in recent years</p></li><li><p><em>Ils <strong>sont</strong> d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233;s depuis peu</em></p><p>They moved recently</p></li></ul><h2>Reflexive verbs</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1493256338651-d82f7acb2b38?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyNHx8YmFyYmVyfGVufDB8fHx8MTcxNDMzNjkyMHww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><blockquote><p>Reflexive verbs ou <em><strong>les verbes pronominaux</strong></em> are also conjugated with <em>&#234;tre</em> in the <em>pass&#233; compos&#233;</em>. This means that they can often be conjugated with <em>avoir</em> when the same verbs exist in a non-reflexive form.</p></blockquote><ul><li><p><em>Je me <strong>suis</strong> ras&#233; la barbe</em></p><p>I shaved my beard</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;<strong>ai</strong> ras&#233; la barbe de mon p&#232;re, car je suis barbier</em></p><p>I shaved my father's beard because I am a barber</p></li><li><p><em>Je me <strong>suis</strong> tromp&#233;</em></p><p>I made a mistake</p></li><li><p><em>Il <strong>a</strong> tromp&#233; les &#233;lecteurs</em></p><p>He deceived the voters</p></li></ul><p>This all sounds very complicated, but, it just comes down to practice. The number of verbs that are only conjugated with <em>&#234;tre </em>is limited. Otherwise, it&#8217;s just a question of meaning. Try the following exercise and pay more attention to reflexive verbs and how verbs are conjugated when you read in French.</p><h2><strong>Exercise</strong></h2><p><strong>Find mistakes in the following examples and correct them.</strong></p><ol><li><p>J&#8217;ai souvent &#233;t&#233; en France.</p></li><li><p>Je suis n&#233; en 1988.</p></li><li><p>Il a sorti pour avertir le voisin</p></li><li><p>Je me suis senti un peu mal.</p></li><li><p>Il est senti les fleurs.</p></li><li><p>Elle a rentr&#233; les coussins, parce qu&#8217;il pleuvait.</p></li><li><p>Il a pass&#233; beaucoup de temps chez lui.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai rest&#233; longtemps sans r&#233;ponse.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai mont&#233; les valises. </p></li><li><p>Il est retourn&#233; la chercher.</p></li><li><p>Elle est rest&#233;e chez elle.</p></li><li><p>Je m&#8217;ai tromp&#233;.</p></li><li><p>C&#233;line Dion a sorti un nouvel album. </p></li><li><p>Elle est arriv&#233;e &#224; cinq heures.</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est devenu invivable.</p></li><li><p>Il a retourn&#233; chez lui.</p></li><li><p>Je me suis d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233; &#224; Montr&#233;al. </p></li><li><p>&#199;a a &#233;t&#233; une grande surprise. </p></li><li><p>Je me suis lev&#233; en retard. </p></li><li><p>On a sortis dans un bar. </p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><p><strong>Mistakes are:</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Je suis souvent all&#233;</strong> en France. </p></li><li><p>Il <strong>est</strong> sorti pour avertir le voisin. </p></li><li><p>Il <strong>a</strong> senti les fleurs.</p></li><li><p>Je <strong>suis</strong> rest&#233; longtemps sans r&#233;ponse.</p></li><li><p>Je me <strong>suis</strong> tromp&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Il <strong>est</strong> retourn&#233; chez lui.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;<strong>ai</strong> d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233; &#224; Montr&#233;al. </p></li><li><p>On <strong>est</strong> sortis dans un bar.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" 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viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@introspectivedsgn">Erik Mclean</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Soyons clairs. Je bois du caf&#233;. Si vous pouvez vous en passer, vous &#234;tes meilleur que moi&#8230;</strong></p><h4>The question is rather</h4><ul><li><p>Why do we say: <em>Je bois <strong>du</strong> caf&#233;</em></p></li><li><p>But we say: <em>Je ne bois pas <strong>de</strong> caf&#233;</em></p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p>Today, I want to talk about something that we should practice again and again... and then some more: learning to use the partitive article <strong>de</strong> properly</p></div><h4>Let&#8217;s start with an exercise</h4><ol><li><p><em>Vous faites _____ bruit.&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ne faites pas _____ bruit.&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Vous avez _____ chance&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Vous avez _____ influence&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je ne mange pas <strong>_____</strong> viande&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ce n&#8217;est<strong> </strong>pas _____ viande, c&#8217;est du poisson.&nbsp;</em></p></li></ol><h4>Now, let&#8217;s look at the answers. How many did you get right?</h4><ol><li><p><em>Vous faites <strong>du</strong> bruit.&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ne faites pas <strong>de</strong> bruit.&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Vous avez <strong>de la</strong> chance&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Vous avez <strong>de</strong> <strong>l&#8217;</strong>influence&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je ne mange pas <strong>de</strong> viande&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ce n&#8217;est<strong> </strong>pas <strong>de la</strong> viande, c&#8217;est <strong>du</strong> poisson</em></p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>The partitive article</h2><p>A partitive article is a sort of transitive particle used between the verb and the noun, to indicate something like the English &#8220;<em>some.</em>&#8221; It's used to express an unspecified quantity or part of something that cannot be counted as a whole.</p><p>Let&#8217;s take a very simple sentence</p><ul><li><p><strong>Vous avez </strong><em><strong>de la</strong></em><strong> chance</strong></p><p>You have luck</p></li></ul><p>English skips both the article (<em><strong>la</strong></em>) and doesn&#8217;t have a partitive article (<em><strong>de</strong></em>). Those elements are necessary in French.</p><h4>Complexity arises when the partitive article &#8220;de&#8221; is combined with different articles to create new contracted words</h4><ul><li><p><em>De + le</em> becomes <em><strong>du</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>De + les</em> becomes <em><strong>des</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>De + l</em> + followed by a word that starts with a vowel becomes de <em><strong>l&#8217;</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>De + la</em> stays the same = <em><strong>de la</strong></em></p></li></ul><h4>A few examples</h4><ul><li><p><em>Est-ce que tu veux <strong>du</strong> caf&#233;?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je mange <strong>des</strong> l&#233;gumes</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>de l&#8217;</strong>argent</em></p></li><li><p><em>Elle a <strong>de la</strong> personnalit&#233;</em></p></li></ul><h3>When the partitive article is not used</h3><p>Adding a partitive article (<em><strong>de</strong></em>) gives a sense of quantity. It is not used to describe something specific. Consider the differences between these pairs of similar sentences.&nbsp;</p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;aime <strong>la</strong> pizza</em></p><p><em>Je veux <strong>de la</strong> pizza</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>l&#8217;</strong>argent que tu m&#8217;as donn&#233;</em></p><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>de l&#8217;</strong>argent</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>du</strong> temps &#224; consacrer &#224; ce projet</em></p><p><em>Oui &#231;a va, j&#8217;ai <strong>le</strong> temps d&#8217;arriver &#224; l&#8217;heure</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>de la</strong> chance</em></p><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>la</strong> chance de te conna&#238;tre</em></p></li></ul><p>So, the more <strong>specific</strong> we are, the <strong>less</strong> we&#8217;ll tend to use the partitive article.</p><h2>The mysterious disappearance of the article</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@simplicity">Marija Zaric</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>After this last exercise, you are now ready to tackle the most difficult aspect of partitive articles. <strong>The disappearance of the article!</strong></p><p>When we use partitive articles (along with articles) to indicate a quantity, the articles (<em><strong>le</strong></em>, <em><strong>la</strong></em>, <em><strong>les</strong></em>, <em><strong>l&#8217;</strong></em>) are omitted whenever the verb is modified in any way</p><ul><li><p>By a negation</p></li><li><p>By an adverb </p></li><li><p>By an adjective</p></li></ul><h4>Let&#8217;s look at some previous examples and modify them&nbsp;with negations or adverbs</h4><ul><li><p><em>Est-ce que tu veux du caf&#233;?</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Est-ce que tu veux <strong>un peu de</strong> caf&#233;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je ne bois <strong>pas de </strong>caf&#233;</em></p></li></ul></li><li><p><em>Je mange des l&#233;gumes</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Je ne mange <strong>pas de</strong> l&#233;gumes</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je mange <strong>beaucoup de</strong> l&#233;gumes</em></p></li></ul></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai de l&#8217;argent</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Je n&#8217;ai <strong>pas d</strong>&#8217;argent</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>assez d</strong>&#8217;argent</em></p></li></ul></li><li><p><em>Elle a de la personnalit&#233;</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Elle n&#8217;a <strong>pas de</strong> personnalit&#233;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Elle a <strong>&#233;norm&#233;ment de</strong> personnalit&#233;</em></p></li></ul></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>&#128683; One exception &#128683;</h3><blockquote><p>The one exception to this rule is when a <strong>negation</strong> is used with the verb <em>&#234;tre. </em><strong>Something is not</strong>.</p></blockquote><ul><li><p><em>Ce n&#8217;est pas <strong>de la</strong> viande, c&#8217;est <strong>du</strong> poisson.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ce n&#8217;est pas <strong>de la</strong> nourriture, c&#8217;est <strong>du</strong> poison!</em></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2><strong>Exercise #1</strong></h2><ol><li><p>J&#8217;ai appris <em>_____</em> fran&#231;ais.</p></li><li><p>Je parle <em>_____</em> fran&#231;ais.</p></li><li><p>Il y a <em>_____</em><strong> </strong>choses int&#233;ressantes&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Je voudrais <em>_____</em> pain.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;adore <em>_____</em> pain!</p></li><li><p>Je ne bois que <em>_____</em> eau en bouteille.</p></li><li><p>Il met <em>_____</em> sauce piquante dans tout ce qu&#8217;il mange.</p></li><li><p>Je vais prendre <em>_____</em> vacances cet &#233;t&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Je ne vis que pour <em>_____</em> vacances.</p></li><li><p>Elle plante <em>_____</em> tomates dans son jardin.</p></li><li><p>Je ne sais pas si mes enfants vont aimer <em>_____</em> cadeaux que je vais leur acheter.</p></li><li><p>Je dois choisir <em>_____</em> cadeaux pour mes enfants. </p></li></ol><h2>Exercise #2</h2><p><strong>Apply everything you&#8217;ve learned about partitive articles in this exercise, by filling in the blanks.</strong></p><ol><li><p>Elle travaille pour une grosse banque. Elle fait beaucoup <em>_____</em> argent.</p></li><li><p>En effet, elle a <em>_____ </em>argent. </p></li><li><p>J&#8217;aimerais vraiment aller &#224; ce concert, mais je ne sais pas s&#8217;il reste encore <em>_____</em> place.</p></li><li><p>Oui, il y a <em>_____</em> tables libres.</p></li><li><p>Est-ce que vous avez <em>_____</em> d&#233;caf?</p></li><li><p>Je ne suis pas v&#233;g&#233;tarien, mais je ne mange pas beaucoup <em>_____</em> viande.</p></li><li><p>Je ne sais pas comment tu fais, je suis habitu&#233; &#224; manger <em>_____</em> viande tous les jours!</p></li><li><p>Les enfants font <em>_____</em> bruit. Trop <em>_____</em> bruit!</p></li><li><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas de <em>_____</em> argent qu&#8217;il te faut, c&#8217;est <em>_____</em> temps!</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;aime <em>_____</em> p&#226;tes surtout avec un peu <em>_____</em> parmesan. </p><p></p></li></ol><h2>Answers #1</h2><ol><li><p>J&#8217;ai appris <strong>le</strong> fran&#231;ais.</p></li><li><p>Je parle <strong>le</strong> fran&#231;ais.</p></li><li><p>Il y a <strong>des</strong> choses int&#233;ressantes.</p></li><li><p>Je voudrais <strong>du</strong> pain.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;adore <strong>le</strong> pain!</p></li><li><p>Je ne bois que <strong>de l'</strong>eau en bouteille.</p></li><li><p>Il met <strong>de la</strong> sauce piquante dans tout ce qu&#8217;il mange.</p></li><li><p>Je vais prendre <strong>des</strong> vacances cet &#233;t&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Je ne vis que pour <strong>les</strong> vacances.</p></li><li><p>Elle plante <strong>des</strong> tomates dans son jardin.</p></li><li><p>Je ne sais pas si mes enfants vont aimer <strong>les</strong> cadeaux que je vais leur acheter.</p></li><li><p>Je dois choisir <strong>des</strong> cadeaux pour mes enfants.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #2</h2><ol><li><p>Elle travaille pour une grosse banque. Elle fait beaucoup <strong>d'</strong>argent.</p></li><li><p>En effet, elle a <strong>de l&#8217;</strong>argent. </p></li><li><p>J&#8217;aimerais vraiment aller &#224; ce restaurant, mais je ne sais pas s&#8217;il reste encore <strong>de la</strong> place.</p></li><li><p>Oui, il y a <strong>des</strong> tables libres.</p></li><li><p>Est-ce que vous avez <strong>du</strong> d&#233;caf?</p></li><li><p>Je ne suis pas v&#233;g&#233;tarien, mais je ne mange pas beaucoup <strong>de</strong> viande.</p></li><li><p>Je ne sais pas comment tu fais, je suis habitu&#233; &#224; manger <strong>de la</strong> viande tous les jours!</p></li><li><p>Les enfants font <strong>du</strong> bruit. Trop <strong>de</strong> bruit!</p></li><li><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas de l&#8217;argent qu&#8217;il te faut, c&#8217;est <strong>du</strong> temps!</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;aime <strong>les</strong> p&#226;tes surtout avec un peu <strong>de</strong> parmesan.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/pourquoi-je-ne-bois-pas-de-cafe/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/pourquoi-je-ne-bois-pas-de-cafe/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advanced weather talk in French]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mieux parler de la m&#233;t&#233;o en fran&#231;ais]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/advanced-weather-talk-in-french</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/advanced-weather-talk-in-french</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:30:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/ANh-oW1J1LU" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1517166357932-d20495eeffd7?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw0Nnx8d2ludGVyJTIwbW9udHJlYWx8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzEzMDI2NzMxfDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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opinion? </h4><p><strong>Three answers are wrong</strong></p><ul><li><p><em>Est-ce qu&#8217;il fait beau aujourd&#8217;hui? </em></p></li><li><p><em>Il fait combien aujourd&#8217;hui? </em></p></li><li><p><em>Comment est la temp&#233;rature aujourd&#8217;hui? </em></p></li><li><p><em>La m&#233;t&#233;o dit quoi pour aujourd&#8217;hui?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Quel temps magnifique! </em></p></li><li><p><em>Il est tr&#232;s chaud aujourd&#8217;hui</em></p></li><li><p><em>C&#8217;est nuageux, il va peut-&#234;tre pleuvoir </em></p></li><li><p><em>Il vente</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il brouillard</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il fait 25 degr&#233;s</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il fait 25</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il fait moins 25</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il pleut</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il neige</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il fait soleil dehors, mais il y a une petite brise fra&#238;che</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ce matin, il va faire un maximum de 5 degr&#233;s</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le soleil brille! 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receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>Le bulletin m&#233;t&#233;o </h2><p>Let&#8217;s listen to a weather forecast in Qu&#233;bec to get some vocabulary. </p><div id="youtube2-ANh-oW1J1LU" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;ANh-oW1J1LU&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ANh-oW1J1LU?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><blockquote><p>Si vous &#234;tes pas encore sortis &#224; l'ext&#233;rieur ce matin, vous allez avoir besoin de <em><strong>d&#233;neiger</strong></em> votre voiture, &#231;a c'est s&#251;r, <em><strong>&#231;a s'est</strong></em> <em><strong>accumul&#233;</strong></em> pas mal sur les routes, sur les arbres et &#233;galement sur les voitures. </p><p>Alors la neige qui s'est d&#233;j&#224; accumul&#233;e: <em><strong>une dizaine de centim&#232;tres</strong></em> pour Montr&#233;al, une dizaine &#233;galement pour l'Outaouais, &#231;a va se poursuivre ces fameuses <em><strong>bandes de neige</strong></em> au cours de la matin&#233;e. </p><p>Il y a des p&#233;riodes o&#249; il y a <em><strong>une petite p&#233;riode d'accalmie</strong></em>, mais quand m&#234;me rapidement il y a des bandes de neige un petit peu plus fortes qui tombent et &#231;a sera comme &#231;a pour l'heure de pointe.</p><p>&#199;a risque d'&#234;tre difficile, il y a d&#233;j&#224; des <em><strong>accrochages</strong></em>, des accidents qui ont &#233;t&#233; donc r&#233;pertori&#233;s sur le r&#233;seau routier. Et les bandes de neige vont s'intensifier au cours de cet apr&#232;s-midi, plus vers Chaudi&#232;re-Appalaches et &#233;galement vers les Cantons de l'Est. </p></blockquote><h3>Vocabulary</h3><ul><li><p>Les <em><strong>pneus d'hiver. </strong></em>Winter tires. Essential! </p></li><li><p><em><strong>D&#233;neiger</strong></em> votre voiture. clearing snow from your car</p></li><li><p><em><strong>La neige s'est</strong></em> <em><strong>accumul&#233;. </strong></em>The snow has accumulated</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Une dizaine de centim&#232;tres</strong></em>. About ten centimetres </p></li><li><p><em>Les</em> <em><strong>bandes de neige. </strong></em>Denser and more concentrated snowfalls in certain areas or over short periods, creating significant accumulations on roads, trees and cars</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Une p&#233;riode d'accalmie. </strong></em>A period of calm (where it snows less)</p></li><li><p>Des <em><strong>accrochages. </strong></em>Fender-benders</p></li></ul><h2>Il fait beau</h2><p>You might have heard that the verb <em>faire</em> is often used in French to talk about the weather.</p><ul><li><p><em>Il fait beau</em></p><p>It&#8217;s nice outside</p></li><li><p><em>Il fait soleil</em></p><p>It&#8217;s sunny</p></li><li><p><em>Il fait gris</em></p><p>It&#8217;s grey outside</p></li><li><p><em>Il fait froid</em></p><p>It&#8217;s cold</p></li><li><p><em>Il fait chaud</em></p><p>It&#8217;s hot</p></li></ul><h4>It&#8217;s also possible to say the exact some things without using the verb <em>faire</em></h4><ul><li><p><em>Le temps est beau</em></p><p>The weather is nice (less common in Quebec) </p></li><li><p><em>Il y a du soleil</em></p><p>There&#8217;s sun</p></li><li><p><em>Le temps est gris</em></p><p>The weather is grey</p></li><li><p><em>C&#8217;est froid</em></p><p>It&#8217;s cold</p></li></ul><h4>Other meteorological phenomenon don&#8217;t require the verb <em>faire</em>, but might also be said using an adjective, much like the English <em>windy</em>, or a verb <em>(it rains)</em></h4><ul><li><p><em>C&#8217;est brumeux</em></p><p>It&#8217;s foggy </p></li><li><p><em>C&#8217;est venteux</em></p><p>It&#8217;s windy</p></li><li><p><em>Il pleut</em></p><p>It rains</p></li><li><p><em>Le temps est pluvieux</em></p><p>It&#8217;s rainy (weather) </p></li><li><p><em>C&#8217;est nuageux</em></p><p>It&#8217;s cloudy</p></li></ul><h2>In Qu&#233;bec, we don&#8217;t often say <em>le temps</em></h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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aujourd'hui ?</em></p></li></ul><h4>In Qu&#233;bec, we don&#8217;t generally talk about <em>le temps. </em>Instead, we&#8217;ll say:</h4><ul><li><p><em>Il va faire combien aujourd&#8217;hui? </em></p></li><li><p><em>Il fait une belle temp&#233;rature aujourd&#8217;hui! (au lieu de: le temps est beau, il fait beau)</em></p></li><li><p><em>La m&#233;t&#233;o dit quoi pour aujourd&#8217;hui?</em> </p></li></ul><h2>Qu&#233;becois expressions to talk about the weather</h2><p>Here are a few expressions to add to your arsenal! </p><ul><li><p><em><strong>Y vente &#224; &#233;corner les b&#339;ufs</strong></em><strong>. </strong>The wind blows violently. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Quel temps de cochon</strong></em><strong>. </strong>Bad weather, particularly cold and damp.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Y mouille &#224; sieaux</strong></em><strong>. </strong>Expression used during a heavy downpour, as if buckets of water were being poured. Derived from Old French, <em>sieau</em> was used to designate a bucket. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Y fait frette</strong></em><strong>. </strong>Used when it&#8217;s quite cold. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Attacher sa tuque avec d&#8217;la broche</strong></em><strong>. </strong>Tie your <em>tuque</em> (hat) securely with brooches (straps) to prevent it from flying off! You get the idea. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Une bord&#233;e de neige.</strong></em><strong> </strong>A snowfall. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>De la poudrerie.</strong></em> The first definition of a <em>poudrerie</em> is &#8220;powder factory, explosives factory.&#8221; If you hear this word in a weather report, it means a thin layer of light snow, easily lifted by the wind.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>De la &#171;sloche&#187;.</strong></em><strong> </strong>Wet, heavy, melting snow. We also say <em>de la</em> <em>gadoue</em>.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>De la neige collante.</strong></em><strong> </strong>Also known as <em>snowman snow</em>, which means it's perfect for building forts, sculptures and snowmen. This perfectly wet snow <em>sticks</em>.</p></li></ul><h2>Exercise #1</h2><p><strong>Complete the following sentences.</strong></p><ol><li><p>Il y a beaucoup de vent. C&#8217;est _____.</p></li><li><p>Il y a beaucoup de pluie. C&#8217;est _____.</p></li><li><p>Demain, il va&nbsp; ____ du soleil.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Demain, il va _____ froid.</p></li><li><p>Il y a _____ pluie.</p></li><li><p>Demain, il va _____ pas mal de neige.</p></li><li><p>Il est _____ beaucoup de neige.</p></li><li><p>Il a _____ toute la nuit.</p></li></ol><h2>Exercise #2</h2><p><strong>Complete the following sentences.</strong></p><ol><li><p>Il y a beaucoup de neige. C'est parfait pour construire des bonhommes de neige &#9731;&#65039;, car c'est <em><strong>de la neige _____</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p></li><li><p>Pour parler du beau temps, on peut dire <em><strong>il _____ beau</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p></li><li><p>Une grande quantit&#233; de neige qui tombe s'appelle <em><strong>une _____ de neige</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p></li><li><p>En temps de grand froid, dans la langue qu&#233;b&#233;coise, on peut dire <em><strong>y fait _____!</strong></em></p></li><li><p>Pour d&#233;crire une forte averse, on utilise l'expression <em><strong>y mouille &#224; _____.</strong></em></p></li><li><p>Une accumulation de neige sur les routes peut entra&#238;ner <em><strong>des</strong></em><strong> _____.</strong></p></li><li><p>Une pluie forte qui cr&#233;e de la gadoue est appel&#233;e <em><strong>de la _____.</strong></em></p></li></ol><h2>Answers #1</h2><ol><li><p>Il y a beaucoup de vent. C&#8217;est <strong>venteux</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Il y a beaucoup de pluie. C&#8217;est <strong>pluvieux</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Demain, il va <strong>y avoir</strong> du soleil.</p></li><li><p>Demain, il va <strong>faire</strong> froid.</p></li><li><p>Il y a <strong>de la</strong> pluie.</p></li><li><p>Demain, il va <strong>tomber</strong> pas mal de neige.</p></li><li><p>Il est <strong>tomb&#233;</strong> beaucoup de neige.</p></li><li><p>Il <strong>a plu</strong> toute la nuit.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #2</h2><ol><li><p>Il y a beaucoup de neige. C'est parfait pour construire des bonhommes de neige, car c'est de la neige <strong>collante</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Pour parler du beau temps, on peut dire "Il <strong>fait</strong> beau".</p></li><li><p>Une grande quantit&#233; de neige qui tombe s'appelle une <strong>bord&#233;e</strong> de neige.</p></li><li><p>En temps de grand froid, dans la langue qu&#233;b&#233;coise, on peut dire "Y fait <strong>frette!</strong>"</p></li><li><p>Pour d&#233;crire une forte averse, on utilise l'expression "y mouille &#224; <strong>sieaux</strong>".</p></li><li><p>Une accumulation de neige sur les routes peut entra&#238;ner des <strong>accrochages</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Une pluie forte qui cr&#233;e de la gadoue est appel&#233;e de la <strong>sloche</strong>.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/advanced-weather-talk-in-french/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a 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This title is clickbait&#8230;</p><p>A ray in French is <em><strong>une raie</strong></em>. The animal in the photo is <em><strong>une</strong></em> <em><strong>raie manta</strong></em>. </p><p>We don&#8217;t have anything against rays in French. But there&#8217;s a rule that every French-speaking child learns in elementary school. </p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>LES</strong><em><strong> SI</strong></em><strong> N&#8217;AIMENT PAS LES </strong><em><strong>RAIS</strong></em></p></div><p>Here, we're discussing a different type of <em>ray</em>. We're referring to the use of the <strong>conditional tense</strong>.</p><p>Here's an excerpt from one of the most renowned grammar books used by French-speaking students, <em>Le Bescherelle</em>.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#171;&nbsp;Ah ben mon vieux, si j&#8217;aurais su, j&#8217;aurais pas venu&nbsp;&#187;, pleurniche Petit Gibus dans La Guerre des boutons, un charmant film adapt&#233; d&#8217;un roman fran&#231;ais et sorti dans les ann&#233;es 1960. Cette r&#233;plique est devenue rapidement mythique pour toute une g&#233;n&#233;ration. (&#8230;)</em></p><p><em>Mais la notori&#233;t&#233; de cette citation d&#233;coule surtout des deux magistrales fautes de conjugaison qu&#8217;elle contient &#224; elle seule&nbsp;: le mauvais emploi du conditionnel dans le premier verbe et l&#8217;erreur d&#8217;auxiliaire dans le second. (&#8230;)</em></p><p><em>La phrase correcte est&nbsp;bien s&#251;r : &#171;&nbsp;&#8230;si j&#8217;avais su, je ne serais pas venu.&nbsp;&#187; &nbsp;(&#8230;)</em></p><p><em>La r&#232;gle est que lorsqu&#8217;on emploie la conjonction si, qui exprime d&#233;j&#224; une condition, il est inutile de la doubler d&#8217;un verbe conjugu&#233; au conditionnel. Un moyen mn&#233;motechnique traditionnel pour assimiler cette r&#232;gle est de m&#233;moriser la phrase &#171;&nbsp;Les scies n&#8217;aiment pas les raies&nbsp;&#187;, ou plus simplement, &#171;<strong>Les si n&#8217;aiment pas les rais</strong>&#187;.</em></p></blockquote><h4>The correct phrase would be</h4><ul><li><p><em>Ah ben mon vieux, si j&#8217;avais su, je ne saurais pas venu!</em></p></li></ul><h2>Let&#8217;s practice <em>si</em> + <em>imparfait</em></h2><p>We&#8217;ll start by creating conditional sentences with <em><strong>si</strong></em>: </p><ul><li><p><em>Je l&#8217;aurais fait si j&#8217;avais su<br></em>I would have done it if I had known</p></li><li><p><em>Si seulement on avait<strong> </strong>ce syst&#232;me!</em><br>If we had this system</p></li><li><p><em>Si j&#8217;avais plus d&#8217;argent&#8230;</em><br>If I had more money</p></li><li><p><em>Si j&#8217;&#233;tais moins fatigu&#233;&#8230;</em><br>If I weren&#8217;t so tired&#8230;</p></li></ul><h1>Let&#8217;s add the conditional </h1><p>Now that you know how to use the conditional <em><strong>si</strong></em>, you&#8217;re ready to add the actual conditional tense. </p><p>The first level is to combine the past tense (imperfect) with a simple conditional.</p><ul><li><p><em>Si j&#8217;avais plus d&#8217;argent, j&#8217;ach&#232;terais un bateau</em><br>If I had more money, I would buy a boat</p></li></ul><p>The next level is to use the imperfect with <em><strong>si</strong></em>, combined with a conditional past. When the imperfect is in the past, it&#8217;s called the <em>plus-que-parfait</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Si je l&#8217;avais su, je ne l&#8217;aurais pas fait<br></em>If I had known, I wouldn&#8217;t have done it</p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@matthewhenry">Matthew Henry</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>Of all the verb tenses, the <em>conditionnel pass&#233;</em> is the one that causes the most trouble.</p><p>For example:</p><ul><li><p><em>Si la police avait eu toute l&#8217;information n&#233;cessaire, ce criminel <strong>aurait &#233;t&#233;</strong> <strong>arr&#234;t&#233;</strong> avant</em></p><p>If the police had all the necessary information, this criminal would have been arrested before</p></li><li><p><em><strong>J&#8217;aurais d&#251;</strong> me retenir avant de dire n&#8217;importe quoi!</em></p><p>I should have stopped myself before saying such nonsense!</p></li><li><p><em>Je ne l&#8217;<strong>aurais</strong> pas <strong>fait</strong>, si j&#8217;avais su</em></p><p>I wouldn't have done it if I had known</p></li></ul><p>I call the <em>conditionnel pass&#233;</em> the <strong>tense of regret</strong> because it tends to hypothesize what could have been done in a certain situation, if something had been done differently.</p><p>Even though it sounds difficult, it&#8217;s actually very easy to use. You just have to know how to conjugate <em>avoir</em> and <em>&#234;tre</em> in the conditional.</p><h4>Avoir</h4><ul><li><p><em>J'aurais</em></p></li><li><p><em>Tu aurais</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il/elle/on aurait</em></p></li><li><p><em>Nous aurions</em></p></li><li><p><em>Vous auriez</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ils/elles auraient</em></p></li></ul><h4>&#202;tre</h4><ul><li><p><em>Je serais</em></p></li><li><p><em>Tu serais</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il/elle/on serait</em></p></li><li><p><em>Nous serions</em></p></li><li><p><em>Vous seriez</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ils/elles seraient</em></p></li></ul><h4>Then, you just conjugate the verb and add the <strong>pass&#233; compos&#233;,</strong> and you&#8217;re done</h4><ul><li><p><em>Je l&#8217;aurais fait</em></p><p>I would have done it</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;y serais all&#233;</em></p><p>I would have gone (there) </p></li><li><p><em>Tu aurais eu le temps</em></p><p>You would have had time</p></li><li><p><em>Vous seriez all&#233;s</em></p><p>You would have gone</p></li></ul><h3><em>Si</em> is not automatically conditional </h3><p><em><strong>Si</strong></em> can also be used in the present tense. It just can&#8217;t be used with the conditional. </p><p>Here are some examples from local newspapers. </p><ul><li><p><em>Si on enl&#232;ve cela aux Lib&#233;raux, il ne leur reste plus grand-chose. Si Pierre Poilievre est capable de s&#8217;assurer ces trois groupes, il passe</em></p></li><li><p><em>Si&nbsp;le premier ministre&nbsp;m&#232;ne une campagne du tonnerre, il pourrait peut-&#234;tre contraindre Pierre Poilievre &#224; former un gouvernement minoritaire &#224; l&#8217;issue du prochain scrutin</em></p></li></ul><h2>Exercise #1</h2><p><strong>Translate into French.</strong></p><ol><li><p>If I had known.</p></li><li><p>If I could.</p></li><li><p>If I had gone there. </p></li><li><p>I would have done it.</p></li><li><p>He would have gone there. </p></li><li><p>She would have eaten the apple. </p></li><li><p>They would have had (the) time.</p></li><li><p>If I were younger, I would party less. </p></li><li><p>If I read more in French, I would speak better. </p></li><li><p>If I ever go to Montreal, I&#8217;ll try poutine. (If I go one day&#8230;) </p></li></ol><h2>Exercise #2</h2><p><strong>Translate into French.</strong> </p><ol><li><p>If he'd been more careful, the accident wouldn't have happened.</p></li><li><p>If I'd known (how) to find the right words, I would have told him I loved him.</p></li><li><p>If we'd taken a GPS with us, we wouldn't have gotten lost in the forest.</p></li><li><p>If their caf&#233; had been more successful, they would have opened a second one.</p></li><li><p>If she had studied harder, she would have passed the exam.</p></li><li><p>If they had left earlier, they wouldn't have missed their flight.</p></li><li><p>If he had listened to his doctor's advice, he wouldn't have ended up in the hospital.</p></li><li><p>If they had invested, they would be millionaires now.</p></li><li><p>If she had checked the weather forecast, she wouldn't have been caught in the rain without an umbrella.</p></li><li><p>If they had saved money instead of spending it all, they wouldn't be in financial trouble now.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #1</h2><ol><li><p>Si j'avais su.</p></li><li><p>Si je pouvais. </p></li><li><p>Si j'y &#233;tais all&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Je l'aurais fait.</p></li><li><p>Il serait all&#233; l&#224;-bas (ou: il y serait all&#233;.) </p></li><li><p>Elle aurait mang&#233; la pomme.</p></li><li><p>Ils auraient eu le temps.</p></li><li><p>Si j'&#233;tais plus jeune, je ferais moins la f&#234;te.</p></li><li><p>Si je lisais plus en fran&#231;ais, je parlerais mieux.</p></li><li><p>Si je vais un jour &#224; Montr&#233;al, je go&#251;terai (&#224;) la poutine.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #2</h2><ol><li><p>S&#8217;il avait fait plus attention, l&#8217;accident ne serait pas arriv&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Si j&#8217;avais su trouver les mots, je lui aurais dit que je l&#8217;aimais.</p></li><li><p>Si nous avions emport&#233; un GPS, nous ne nous serions pas perdus en for&#234;t.</p></li><li><p>Si leur caf&#233; avait eu plus de succ&#232;s, ils en auraient ouvert un deuxi&#232;me.</p></li><li><p>Si elle avait &#233;tudi&#233; davantage, elle aurait pass&#233; l'examen.</p></li><li><p>S'ils &#233;taient partis plus t&#244;t, ils n'auraient pas manqu&#233; leur vol.</p></li><li><p>S'il avait &#233;cout&#233; les conseils de son m&#233;decin, il ne se serait pas retrouv&#233; &#224; l'h&#244;pital.</p></li><li><p>S'ils avaient investi plus t&#244;t, ils seraient millionnaires aujourd'hui.</p></li><li><p>Si elle avait v&#233;rifi&#233; la m&#233;t&#233;o, elle ne se serait pas retrouv&#233;e sous la pluie sans parapluie.</p></li><li><p>S'ils avaient &#233;conomis&#233; de l'argent au lieu de tout d&#233;penser, ils n'auraient pas de probl&#232;mes financiers aujourd'hui.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/we-dont-like-this-fish-in-french/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" 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pr&#234;t? </p><h4><em>How do you say this in French?</em></h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1551463682-189bf47449d0?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyMXx8bG9ic3RlciUyMGFuZCUyMG95c3RlcnN8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzEyMzQ2NTE5fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1551463682-189bf47449d0?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyMXx8bG9ic3RlciUyMGFuZCUyMG95c3RlcnN8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzEyMzQ2NTE5fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 424w, 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example</h4><ul><li><p><em>L&#8217;homme (is pronounced like &#8220;l&#8217;omme)</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;humanit&#233;</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;histoire</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;heure</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;h&#233;ritage</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;habit</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;h&#244;tel</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;huile</em></p></li></ul><blockquote><p>That means that you&#8217;ll pronounce these words with the liaison, as if they started with a vowel.</p></blockquote><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2><em>H aspir&#233;</em></h2><p>We also have a shorter list of words with an &#8220;<strong>aspirated h</strong>.&#8221;</p><ul><li><p>This means that the liaison is <strong>not</strong> done! </p></li><li><p>When the preceding word starts with a vowel, this vowel is pronounced separately. </p></li></ul><h4>Here&#8217;s a list of some of the most common ones</h4><ul><li><p><em>La hache</em></p></li><li><p><em>La haine</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ha&#239;r</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hall</em></p></li><li><p><em>La halte</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hamac</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hamburger</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hamster</em></p></li><li><p><em>La hanche</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le handicap</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hangar</em></p></li><li><p><em>Hanter</em></p></li><li><p><em>Happer</em></p></li><li><p><em>Harceler</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le harem</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hareng</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le harfang</em></p></li><li><p><em>La hargne</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le haricot</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le harnais</em></p></li><li><p><em>La harpe</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hasard</em></p></li><li><p><em>La h&#226;te</em></p></li><li><p><em>La hausse</em></p></li><li><p><em>La hauteur</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le havre</em></p></li><li><p><em>Une hernie</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le h&#233;ron</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le h&#233;ros (mais <strong>l&#8217;h&#233;ro&#239;ne</strong>)</em></p></li><li><p><em>Heurter</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hibou</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hic</em></p></li><li><p><em>La hi&#233;rarchie</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hi&#233;roglyphe</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hippie</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hockey &#127954;</em></p></li><li><p><em>La hollande</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le homard &#129438;</em></p></li><li><p><em>La honte</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hoquet</em></p></li><li><p><em>La horde</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le houblon</em></p></li><li><p><em>La houle</em></p></li><li><p><em>La housse</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le huard</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le hublot</em></p></li><li><p><em>Huer</em></p></li><li><p><em>Hurler</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le husky</em></p></li><li><p><em>La hutte</em></p></li><li><p><em>La hy&#232;ne</em></p></li></ul><h2>Exercise #1 </h2><p><em><strong>This exercise is best done with a teacher.</strong></em></p><p><strong>Read the following aloud. &nbsp;</strong></p><ol><li><p>Durant tout un hiver, j'ai utilis&#233; la hache pour couper du bois dans le jardin. Mais comme je travaillais &#224; des heures tardives, j'ai accidentellement d&#233;chir&#233; un hamac qui &#233;tait accroch&#233; sur un arbre. </p></li><li><p>Malgr&#233; la haine qu&#8217;elle ressentait apr&#232;s les histoires d&#233;plorables d&#8217;hier, elle a pris la sage d&#233;cision de faire une halte pr&#232;s du lac. </p></li><li><p>Des h&#233;ros et des h&#233;ro&#239;nes ont d&#251; affronter des hordes de m&#233;chants qui tentaient de leur barrer le chemin avec des haches. </p></li><li><p>Son haleine de hippie lui rappelait les herbes sauvages de la Provence. </p></li><li><p>Depuis que j&#8217;ai re&#231;u un h&#233;ritage important, j&#8217;aime beaucoup manger des huitres en entr&#233;e et des homards en plat principal, plut&#244;t que les hamburgers que je mangeais avant. </p></li><li><p>Les fines herbes que j&#8217;aime le plus sont le romarin et la sauge, qui poussent pr&#232;s des haies du voisin. </p></li><li><p>C&#8217;&#233;tait un hasard! Ils se sont crois&#233;s dans un h&#244;tel avec un hall impressionnant.</p></li><li><p>Les hallucinations caus&#233;es par ces haricots magiques sont des histoires d&#8217;horreur. </p></li><li><p>Ces hommes ont brav&#233; les &#233;l&#233;ments pour sauver les naufrag&#233;s en haute mer.</p></li><li><p>Des hiboux majestueux hululent dans la nuit sombre et hantent les nuits des villageois. </p></li></ol><h2>Exercise #2</h2><p><strong>This is going to be a lot of fun. Read aloud, paying attention to silent and aspirated h.</strong> </p><p>Un homme est entr&#233; dans un h&#244;tel. Il portait un habit de couleur sombre. Il semblait atteint d'un handicap &#233;trange, comme s'il souffrait d'un hoquet interminable. J'&#233;tais dans un hall qui donnait sur la r&#233;ception. Je mangeais paisiblement mon hamburger aux haricots noirs, quand j&#8217;ai vu cet homme arriver. J'ai ressenti un peu de honte  &#224; le voir souffrir comme &#231;a, dans son habit trop grand pour lui, qui contrastait avec son allure maladive. J'ai remarqu&#233; ses cheveux longs attach&#233;s en queue de cheval, comme ceux d'un hippie, et je me suis demand&#233; &#224; cet instant ce qu'il pouvait bien faire en Hollande, dans un h&#244;tel de luxe o&#249; l'on sert des homards poch&#233;s au vin blanc. J'ai pens&#233; bri&#232;vement aller le voir, offrir de l'aider, mais je ne suis pas un h&#233;ros.</p><h2>Answer #1</h2><p><strong>The following words in bold have a liaison, the others have an aspirated H and no liaison.</strong> <strong>Listen to the audio.</strong> </p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;b462e7ef-7307-42fd-8a94-d42967419398&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:86.20408,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><ol><li><p>Durant tout <strong>un</strong> <strong>hiver</strong>, j'ai utilis&#233; la hache pour couper du bois dans le jardin. Mais comme je travaillais &#224; <strong>des heures</strong> tardives, j'ai accidentellement d&#233;chir&#233; un hamac qui &#233;tait accroch&#233; sur un arbre. </p></li><li><p>Malgr&#233; la haine qu&#8217;elle ressentait apr&#232;s <strong>les histoires</strong> d&#233;plorables d&#8217;hier, elle a pris la sage d&#233;cision de faire une halte pr&#232;s du lac. </p></li><li><p>Des h&#233;ros et <strong>des h&#233;ro&#239;nes</strong> ont d&#251; affronter des hordes de m&#233;chants qui tentaient de leur barrer le chemin avec des haches. </p></li><li><p><strong>Son haleine</strong> de hippie lui rappelait <strong>les herbes</strong> sauvages de la Provence. </p></li><li><p>Depuis que j&#8217;ai re&#231;u <strong>un h&#233;ritage</strong> important, j&#8217;aime beaucoup manger <strong>des huitres</strong> en entr&#233;e et des homards en plat principal, plut&#244;t que les hamburgers que je mangeais avant. </p></li><li><p>Les <strong>fines herbes</strong> que j&#8217;aime le plus sont le romarin et la sauge, qui poussent pr&#232;s des haies du voisin. </p></li><li><p>C&#8217;&#233;tait un hasard! Ils se sont crois&#233;s dans <strong>un h&#244;tel</strong> avec un hall impressionnant.</p></li><li><p><strong>Les hallucinations</strong> caus&#233;es par ces haricots magiques sont <strong>des histoires</strong> d&#8217;horreur. </p></li><li><p><strong>Ces hommes</strong> ont brav&#233; les &#233;l&#233;ments pour sauver les naufrag&#233;s en haute mer.</p></li><li><p>Des hiboux majestueux hululent dans la nuit sombre. Ils hantent les nuits des villageois. </p></li></ol><h2>Answer #2</h2><p><strong>The following words in bold have a liaison, the others have an aspirated H and no liaison.</strong> <strong>Listen to the audio.</strong> </p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;4a09fce6-e4fe-4109-bf16-877a216509c5&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:54.151836,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p></p><p><strong>Un homme</strong> est entr&#233; dans <strong>un h&#244;tel</strong>. Il portait <strong>un habit</strong> de couleur sombre. Il semblait atteint d'un handicap &#233;trange, comme s'il souffrait d'un hoquet interminable. J'&#233;tais dans un hall qui donnait sur la r&#233;ception. Je mangeais paisiblement mon hamburger aux haricots noirs, quand j&#8217;ai vu <strong>cet homme</strong> arriver. J'ai ressenti un peu de honte &#224; le voir souffrir comme &#231;a, dans <strong>son habit</strong> trop grand pour lui, qui contrastait avec son allure maladive. J'ai remarqu&#233; ses cheveux longs attach&#233;s en queue de cheval, comme ceux d'un hippie, et je me suis demand&#233; &#224; cet instant ce qu'il pouvait bien faire en Hollande, dans <strong>un h&#244;tel</strong> de luxe o&#249; l'on sert des homards poch&#233;s au vin blanc. J'ai pens&#233; bri&#232;vement aller le voir, offrir de l'aider, mais je ne suis pas un h&#233;ros.</p><h2>Answer to the quiz</h2><ol><li><p>Des homards (no liaison)</p></li><li><p>De<strong>s</strong> huitres (with liaison) </p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/the-mysteries-of-the-letter-h/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/the-mysteries-of-the-letter-h/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Je m'intéresse pour... ou à? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comment parler de ce qui nous passionne]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/je-minteresse-pour-ou-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/je-minteresse-pour-ou-a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:00:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1583283520786-2d5119461c7b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw0fHxwYXNzaW9uJTIwcGlhbm98ZW58MHx8fHwxNzExODMzNzUxfDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do you say, "<strong>I'm interested in a lot of things</strong>"?</p><p>Be careful, as there are often mistakes with this! </p><p>After today's article, you'll be an expert at talking about your interests in French!</p><div><hr></div><p>One of the most common topics in any language is talking about our interests. </p><p>Yet, it&#8217;s easy to make mistake with this seemingly &#8220;beginner&#8221; talk. </p><h3>Let&#8217;s started with <em>being interested in something</em></h3><ul><li><p>&#9940;&#65039; First, you cannot say <em>je suis int&#233;ress&#233; <s>dans</s> quelque chose</em></p></li><li><p>&#128581; It&#8217;s also incorrect to say <em>je m&#8217;int&#233;resse <s>pour</s> l&#8217;histoire</em></p></li></ul><h4>To say</h4><ul><li><p>I&#8217;m interested in history</p></li></ul><h4>You can say</h4><ol><li><p><em>Je <strong>m</strong>&#8217;int&#233;resse <strong>&#224;</strong> l&#8217;histoire</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>suis</strong> int&#233;ress&#233; <strong>par</strong> l&#8217;histoire</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;histoire <strong>m&#8217;int&#233;resse</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;histoire est quelque chose <strong>qui m&#8217;int&#233;resse</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai un int&#233;r&#234;t <strong>pour</strong> l&#8217;histoire. </em></p></li></ol><blockquote><p>Note that in the third example, you say that history is &#8220;something that interests you.&#8221;</p></blockquote><h4>Let&#8217;s take a look at a few real-life examples</h4><ul><li><p><em>&#171;&nbsp;La jeune Simone a re&#231;u de ses parents une &#233;ducation stricte bas&#233;e sur le respect, le dialogue. Elle <strong>s&#8217;int&#233;resse &#224;</strong> tout ce qui est social, au service de l&#8217;autre.&nbsp;&#187;</em></p><p>The young Simone received from her parents a strict education based on respect and dialogue. She is interested in everything social, in helping others.</p></li><li><p><em>&#171;&nbsp;Comme son confr&#232;re, Dominik <strong>est</strong> moins <strong>int&#233;ress&#233;</strong> <strong>par</strong> l'individu que le syst&#232;me dont il est complice ou victime.&nbsp;&#187;</em></p><p>Like his colleague, Dominik is less interested in the individual than in the system of which he is an accomplice or victim.</p></li><li><p><em>&#171;&nbsp;<strong>Ce qui m&#8217;int&#233;resse</strong> dans les affaires criminelles, c&#8217;est ce qu&#8217;elles r&#233;v&#232;lent du monde dans lequel nous vivons.&nbsp;&#187;</em></p><p>What interests me in criminal cases is what they reveal about the world we live in.</p></li><li><p><em>&#171;&nbsp;<strong>Je trouve &#231;a int&#233;ressant que</strong> le film aborde ces questions.&nbsp;&#187;</em></p><p>I find it interesting that the film addresses these issues.</p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@aanderson0329">Austin Anderson</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>Often with French, the word order is reversed.</p><h4>To say</h4><ul><li><p>I&#8217;m passionate about languages</p></li></ul><h4>You can say</h4><ol><li><p><em>Les langues <strong>me</strong> passionnent</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je suis passionn&#233; <strong>par</strong> les langues</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je suis passionn&#233; <strong>de </strong>langues</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai une passion <strong>pour</strong> les langues.</em> </p></li></ol><blockquote><p>Note that in the first example, you say something like: <strong>languages are a passion to me.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Let&#8217;s look at some examples.</p><ul><li><p><em>&#171;&nbsp;Ce <strong>passionn&#233; de</strong> camions s&#8217;est construit son propre camping-car et c&#8217;est tr&#232;s impressionnant.&nbsp;&#187;</em></p><p>This truck enthusiast built his own motorhome, and it is very impressive.</p></li><li><p><em>&#171;&nbsp;<strong>Ce qui me passionne</strong>, c&#8217;est d&#8217;apprendre des choses que j&#8217;ignore.&nbsp;&#187;</em></p><p>What excites me is to learn things I don't know.</p></li><li><p><em>&#171;&nbsp;Le jeune homme <strong>est passionn&#233; par</strong> le travail du fer depuis l'adolescence et est forgeron depuis trois ans.&nbsp;&#187;</em></p><p>The young man has been passionate about working with ironworking since he was a teenager and has been a blacksmith for three years.</p></li></ul><h2>Exercise #1</h2><p><strong>Translate into French. More than one answer is possible.</strong></p><ol><li><p>I&#8217;m interested in foreign languages.</p></li><li><p>She's not interested in her job at all.</p></li><li><p>Are you interested?</p></li><li><p>What product are you interested in?</p></li><li><p>He was also interested in movies.</p></li></ol><h2>Exercise #2</h2><p><strong>Translate into French, using some form of </strong><em><strong>passionn&#233;</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p><ol><li><p>I&#8217;m passionate about understanding how the world works.</p></li><li><p>I&#8217;m passionate about football.</p></li><li><p>She&#8217;s a CrossFit enthusiast.</p></li><li><p>Let me talk to you about what I love (what&#8217;s a passion to me).</p></li><li><p>I&#8217;m passionate about learning French.</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h2>Answers #1</h2><ol><li><p>Je m'int&#233;resse aux langues &#233;trang&#232;res.</p></li><li><p>Elle n'est pas du tout int&#233;ress&#233;e par son travail.</p></li><li><p>Es-tu int&#233;ress&#233; ?</p></li><li><p>Quel est le produit qui vous int&#233;resse ?</p></li><li><p>Il s'int&#233;ressait aussi au cin&#233;ma.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #2</h2><ul><li><p>Ce qui me passionne, c&#8217;est de comprendre comment le monde fonctionne.</p></li><li><p>Je suis passionn&#233; de football.</p></li><li><p>Elle est passionn&#233;e de CrossFit.</p></li><li><p>Laissez-moi vous parler de ce qui me passionne.</p></li><li><p>Je suis passionn&#233; par l'apprentissage du fran&#231;ais.</p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/je-minteresse-pour-ou-a/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/je-minteresse-pour-ou-a/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to say "I miss" in French]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#199;a me manque, je m'ennuie de...]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/how-to-say-i-miss-in-french</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/how-to-say-i-miss-in-french</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 15:31:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1608022322983-24d8f1a436cf?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxtaXNzJTIweW91fGVufDB8fHx8MTcxMDY1ODQ4OXww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@ddddanny">DDDanny D</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>This is one of the most common mistakes in French. To talk about something that you miss, <strong>the word order is inverted.</strong> The thing or the person is missing <strong>to you</strong>!</p><ul><li><p>I miss spring in Vermont</p><p><em>Le printemps au Vermont me manque</em></p></li><li><p>I miss you</p><p><em>Tu me manques</em></p></li><li><p>I miss Montreal</p><p><em>Montr&#233;al me manque</em></p></li><li><p>Do you miss me?</p><p><em>Est-ce que je te manque?</em></p></li><li><p>Do you miss her?</p><p><em>Est-ce qu&#8217;elle te manque?</em></p></li><li><p>Do you miss running?</p><p><em>Est-ce que la course te manque?</em></p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the 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href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><blockquote><p><em><strong>Je m&#8217;ennuie de Montr&#233;al</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>In Quebec French, there is a more common expression that uses a different word order, more like English, but with the verb <em><strong>s&#8217;ennuyer de</strong></em> &#8211; literally: being bored of something. </p><div class="pullquote"><p><em>Je <strong>m</strong>&#8217;<strong>ennuie de</strong> + <strong>QUELQUE CHOSE</strong>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Je m&#8217;ennuie du printemps au Vermont&nbsp;</em></p></div><p>Literally, this would mean, &#8220;I am bored from the spring in Vermont&#8221; but the meaning is completely different. The presence of the preposition <em><strong>de</strong></em> changes the meaning to: &#8220;I miss spring in Vermont.&#8221;</p><p>Our previous examples, in Quebec French, would translate to:</p><ul><li><p>I miss you</p><p><em>Je <strong>m</strong>&#8217;ennuie <strong>de</strong> toi</em></p></li><li><p>I miss Montreal</p><p><em>Je <strong>m</strong>&#8217;ennuie <strong>de</strong> Montr&#233;al</em></p></li><li><p>Do you miss me?&nbsp;</p><p><em>Est-ce que tu <strong>t&#8217;</strong>ennuies <strong>de</strong> moi</em></p></li><li><p>Do you miss her?</p><p><em>Est-ce que tu <strong>t&#8217;</strong>ennuies <strong>d&#8217;</strong>elle?&nbsp;</em></p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p>This expression is French but is less common in France<br>In Quebec, it&#8217;s the most common way to say <strong>I miss</strong></p></div><h2>Other uses</h2><p>Finally, <strong>to miss</strong> can also mean&nbsp;<strong>lack something.</strong></p><ul><li><p>I&#8217;m missing a screw to finish this Ikea desk</p></li></ul><p>Here, we would say:</p><ul><li><p><em>Il <strong>me</strong> <strong>manque</strong> une vis pour terminer ce bureau Ikea</em></p></li></ul><p>Or, you can <strong>miss the bus</strong>. Which is translated to:</p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai rat&#233; l&#8217;autobus</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai manqu&#233; l&#8217;autobus</em></p></li></ul><h2>Exercise<strong> </strong></h2><p><strong>Translate the following, in standard French, and in Quebec French.</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Do you miss Spain?</strong></p><p>Standard French:</p><p>Quebec French:</p></li><li><p><strong>I don&#8217;t miss Spain too much.</strong></p><p>Standard French:</p><p>Quebec French:</p></li><li><p><strong>They miss Montreal.</strong></p><p>Standard French:<br>Quebec French:</p></li><li><p><strong>I will miss my friends.</strong></p><p>Standard French: <br>Quebec French:</p></li><li><p><strong>Will you miss me?</strong> </p><p>Standard French: <br>Quebec French:</p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p><strong>Do you miss Spain?</strong></p><p>Standard French: <em>Est-ce que l&#8217;Espagne te manque?</em> </p><p>Quebec French: <em>Est-ce que tu t&#8217;ennuies de l&#8217;Espagne?</em> </p></li><li><p><strong>I don&#8217;t miss Spain too much.</strong></p><p>Standard French: <em>L'Espagne (ne) me manque pas trop.</em></p><p>Quebec French: <em>Je (ne) m'ennuie pas trop de l'Espagne.</em></p></li><li><p><strong>They miss Montreal.</strong></p><p>Standard French: <em>Montreal leur manque.</em> <br>Quebec French: <em>Ils s'ennuient de Montr&#233;al.</em></p></li><li><p><strong>I will miss my friends.</strong></p><p>Standard French: <em>Mes amis vont me manquer.</em><br>Quebec French: <em>Je vais m&#8217;ennuyer de mes amis.</em> </p></li><li><p><strong>Will you miss me?</strong> </p><p>Standard French: <em>(Est-ce que) Je vais te manquer?</em> <br>Quebec French: <em>(Est-ce que) Tu vas t&#8217;ennuyer de moi?</em> </p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/how-to-say-i-miss-in-french/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" 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Frederic&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7420f2d5-6a73-4f63-835f-7935303c7577_500x500.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Connaissez-vous l&#8217;id&#233;e qu&#8217;<em><strong>il faut ma&#238;triser les r&#232;gles avant</strong></em> <em><strong>d'y mettre le feu?</strong></em></p><p>Dans le monde de l&#8217;art, pour enfreindre les r&#232;gles, comme les grands ma&#238;tres comme Picasso l&#8217;ont fait, il faut d&#8217;abord savoir ce que l&#8217;on fait. Il faut &#234;tre capable de peindre un arbre avant de pouvoir &#233;voquer l&#8217;id&#233;e d&#8217;un arbre. </p><p>Quand on apprend une langue, on se rend compte rapidement qu&#8217;<em>il y a des r&#232;gles et il faut les respecter, sinon, on fait des fautes</em>. Et les fautes, ce n&#8217;est pas beau! </p><div class="pullquote"><p>Mais en avan&#231;ant en fran&#231;ais, il y a certaines r&#232;gles qu&#8217;on peut se permettre d&#8217;enfreindre. <br>Les r&#232;gles que m&#234;me les francophones ne respectent plus. </p></div><p>&#128073; Tout &#233;tant, bien entendu, une question de contexte. Plus le niveau de formalit&#233; est &#233;lev&#233;, plus il faudra soigner sa langue et essayer de respecter la plupart des r&#232;gles. Mais en voici dix qui peuvent peut-&#234;tre enfreintes dans la plupart des circonstances. </p><h2>La simple n&#233;gation</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic" width="480" height="270" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:270,&quot;width&quot;:480,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:17210,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OMUD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe3decba2-10df-4fdb-b8b0-6a226ca9ce22.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Que ce soit au Qu&#233;bec, en France ou dans le reste de la francophonie, le constat est clair: les francophones abandonnent syst&#233;matiquement la double n&#233;gation, dans la plupart des contextes et 99% du temps. Par exemple, on dit volontiers: </p><ul><li><p><em><strong>On comprend rien</strong></em>, au lieu de <em><strong>on ne comprend rien</strong></em>. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>On sait pas ce qui arrive</strong></em> au lieu de <em><strong>on ne sait pas ce qui arrive</strong></em>.  </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Je sais pas quand je vais arriver</strong></em> au lieu de <em><strong>je ne sais pas quand je vais arriver</strong></em>. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Y&#8217;a personne</strong></em> au lieu de <em><strong>il n&#8217;y a personne</strong></em>. </p></li></ul><blockquote><p>M&#234;me si certains francophones vont vous dire qu&#8217;on abandonne <em>parfois</em> la double n&#233;gation, la v&#233;rit&#233; est que nous l&#8217;abandonnons presque tout le temps. Que ce soit en France ou au Qu&#233;bec, il sera rarement mal vu d&#8217;utiliser une simple n&#233;gation. </p></blockquote><p>Mais attention, c&#8217;est le <em><strong>ne</strong></em> qu&#8217;on laisse tomber, et jamais la deuxi&#232;me n&#233;gation. De plus, &#224; l&#8217;&#233;crit, il est pr&#233;f&#233;rable de toujours utiliser la double n&#233;gation. </p><h2>C&#8217;est + pluriel</h2><p>La r&#232;gle en fran&#231;ais est de faire l&#8217;accord de <em><strong>c&#8217;est</strong></em> au pluriel. </p><ul><li><p><em><strong>C&#8217;est</strong></em> une belle table</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Ce sont</strong></em> de belles tables</p></li></ul><p>La v&#233;rit&#233; est que l&#8217;on dit souvent: </p><ul><li><p><em><strong>C&#8217;est</strong></em> des choses que j&#8217;aime beaucoup</p></li></ul><p>Cet usage est plus familier que l&#8217;abandon de la double n&#233;gation. Je vous conseille de respecter la r&#232;gle la plupart du temps, mais sachez que si vous faites une erreur, ce n&#8217;est pas grave! Personne ne l&#8217;entendra comme une erreur. </p><h2>Y faut </h2><p>En France et au Qu&#233;bec, <em><strong>il faut</strong></em> est la plupart du temps simplifi&#233; par <em><strong>faut</strong></em> ou bien <em><strong>y faut</strong></em>. On enl&#232;ve le <em><strong>il</strong>. </em>Ce ph&#233;nom&#232;ne s&#8217;observe &#224; tous les temps verbaux. </p><ul><li><p><em><strong>Faudrait</strong></em> qu&#8217;on parte! </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Y</strong></em> <em><strong>fallait</strong></em> que je le fasse</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Faut</strong></em> que j&#8217;y aille</p></li><li><p>Je ne sais pas ce que je fais faire, <em><strong>faut</strong></em> que j&#8217;y pense</p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>Le subjonctif avec &#8220;apr&#232;s que&#8221;</h2><p>Plusieurs francophones ne savent pas que le subjonctif ne doit pas &#234;tre utilis&#233; avec <em><strong>apr&#232;s que</strong>. </em>Par contre, il doit &#234;tre utilis&#233; avec <em><strong>avant que.</strong></em> </p><p>Cette erreur est courante et est une forme de surcorrection. On cherche &#224; bien parler en utilisant le subjonctif, mais en fait, on fait une erreur.</p><h4>Ainsi, il faut dire:</h4><ul><li><p>Avant que je <em><strong>parte</strong></em>, je dois me pr&#233;parer</p></li><li><p>Apr&#232;s qu&#8217;il <em><strong>aura fini</strong></em> de pleuvoir, on pourra sortir</p></li></ul><p>Mais si vous faites l&#8217;erreur et vous utilisez le subjonctif avec <em>apr&#232;s que</em>, la plupart des gens penseront que vous parlez tr&#232;s bien le fran&#231;ais! Bien des gens pensent que c&#8217;est une erreur de ne pas utiliser le subjonctif dans ce cas. </p><p>Je pr&#233;f&#232;re le dire correctement, m&#234;me si certains francophones vont penser que je fais une erreur. </p><h2>L&#8217;accord du participe pass&#233; </h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic" width="480" height="270" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:270,&quot;width&quot;:480,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:24961,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YGXl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7352c928-b7db-40ba-9cf9-4aee25274af8.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>L&#8217;accord du participe pass&#233; est tr&#232;s complexe en fran&#231;ais. Le fran&#231;ais se serait inspir&#233; de la langue italienne pour plusieurs r&#232;gles, qui ont ensuite &#233;t&#233; abandonn&#233;es par les Italiens! </p><p>L&#8217;accord le plus n&#233;glig&#233; &#224; l&#8217;oral est celui dans les propositions subordonn&#233;es avec <em><strong>que</strong></em>. Ici, surtout au Qu&#233;bec, on pr&#233;f&#232;re simplifier la conjugaison. </p><ul><li><p>La d&#233;cision que j&#8217;ai <em><strong>pris</strong></em> (au lieu de <em><strong>prise</strong></em>) </p></li><li><p>Je me suis <em><strong>mis</strong></em> debout (au lieu de <em><strong>mise</strong></em>, quand une femme parle) </p></li><li><p>Les erreurs que j&#8217;ai <em><strong>fait</strong></em> (au lieu de <em><strong>faites</strong></em>)</p></li></ul><p>Ici, c&#8217;est un usage familier. Il serait mieux de faire l&#8217;accord dans des situations plus formelles. Mais si vous ne le faites pas, personne ne va vous critiquer! </p><h2>Confusion entre apporter et amener </h2><p>L&#8217;utilisation de <em>apporter</em>, <em>amener</em>, <em>emporter</em> et <em>emmener</em> est assez &#233;pineuse, c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire difficile. Th&#233;oriquement, on ne peut pas <em><strong>amener</strong> </em>un objet. Il faut <em><strong>l&#8217;apporter</strong></em> ou <em><strong>l&#8217;emporter</strong></em>. </p><p>Mais &#224; l&#8217;oral, on utilise souvent <em><strong>amener</strong></em> au lieu <em><strong>d&#8217;apporter</strong></em>. </p><ul><li><p>Est-ce que tu veux que j&#8217;<em><strong>am&#232;ne </strong></em>quelque chose? Une bouteille de vin?</p></li><li><p>T&#8217;as pas besoin de rien <em><strong>amener! </strong></em></p></li></ul><p>Par contre, on ne va pas faire l&#8217;erreur dans l&#8217;autre sens. Personne ne va dire <em>apporter</em> au lieu <em>d&#8217;amener</em>. </p><ul><li><p>On ne dira pas: <em><s>apporter</s> un ami. </em></p></li></ul><p>Il est permis de se tromper et de dire <em><strong>amener</strong></em> au lieu d&#8217;<em><strong>apporter</strong></em>, mais pas le contraire. Il serait toutefois mieux d&#8217;utiliser ces verbes correctement quand vous y pensez. </p><h2>Confusion entre entrer et rentrer</h2><p><em>Rentrer</em> en fran&#231;ais c&#8217;est <em>entrer</em> de nouveau. Par exemple: </p><ul><li><p>Je les aper&#231;ois, ils viennent de <em><strong>rentrer</strong></em> dans l&#8217;immeuble (ils sont entr&#233;s de nouveau)</p></li></ul><p>Mais &#224; l&#8217;oral, on confond souvent <em><strong>entrer</strong></em> et <em><strong>rentrer</strong></em>. </p><h4>Ainsi, on va dire:</h4><ul><li><p><em>Est-ce que je peux rentrer?</em> (au lieu de: entrer)</p></li><li><p><em>Rentre!</em> (au lieu de: entre!)</p></li></ul><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas tr&#232;s grave de faire cette erreur. </p><h2>L&#8217;accord avec nous</h2><p>En fran&#231;ais, on &#233;vite le plus souvent de conjuguer avec <em><strong>nous</strong>. </em>&#192; l&#8217;oral, on pr&#233;f&#232;re <em><strong>on</strong></em>.</p><p>Cet usage est presque aussi r&#233;pandu que celui de la simple n&#233;gation, je suis donc d&#8217;avis que c&#8217;est mieux de suivre le courant et d&#8217;utiliser <em><strong>on</strong></em>, dans la plupart des contextes, m&#234;me au travail.</p><p>Par contre, cela peut mener &#224; certains probl&#232;mes d&#8217;accord. Par exemple, dans l&#8217;exemple suivant, il faudrait conjuguer avec <em><strong>nous</strong></em>: </p><ul><li><p><em>Ma femme et moi <strong>aimons</strong> beaucoup le Qu&#233;bec</em></p></li></ul><p>Pour &#233;viter d&#8217;utiliser <em>nous </em>alors que le reste du temps, on utilise <em><strong>on</strong>, </em>voici ce qu&#8217;on peut dire: </p><ul><li><p><em>Ma femme et moi, <strong>on</strong> aime beaucoup le Qu&#233;bec</em></p></li></ul><h2>Simplification de &#8220;l&#224;&#8221; et &#8220;ci&#8221; </h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BQnp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffaa61149-3a65-4e8d-858f-965bc96faf94.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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On le rajoute un peu partout. Tellement qu&#8217;on n&#8217;utilise presque plus le mot <em><strong>ci </strong>(</em>qui est la forme abr&#233;g&#233;e de <em><strong>ici)</strong>. </em>Ainsi, on ne fait pas la diff&#233;rence entre un objet proche et un object loin. </p><h4>On dit</h4><ul><li><p>Ce livre-l&#224; (m&#234;me s&#8217;il est proche)</p></li><li><p>Cette histoire-l&#224;</p></li><li><p>Cette table-l&#224;</p></li><li><p>Lequel tu veux? Celui-l&#224;? Ou bien celui-l&#224;? </p></li></ul><p>Par contre, il y a certaines expressions o&#249; l&#8217;on doit utiliser <em><strong>ci. </strong></em></p><ul><li><p>Ces jours-ci</p></li><li><p>Ces temps-ci</p></li></ul><blockquote><p>En passant, ne dites pas l&#8217;expression <em><strong>comme ci, comme &#231;a</strong></em>. Plus personne n&#8217;utilise cette expression, en France ou au Qu&#233;bec. </p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/10-rules-in-french-you-can-break/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/10-rules-in-french-you-can-break/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gerund, baby, Gerund]]></title><description><![CDATA[A French mistake (almost) everyone makes]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/gerund-baby-gerund</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/gerund-baby-gerund</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:07:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604830926588-b51d5ddeba7b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxNXx8d2F0Y2hpbmclMjB0dnxlbnwwfHx8fDE3MTA2ODM3MTh8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a mistake almost every one of my students keeps making, either at the beginner, intermediate or advanced level. </p><p>Yet, it&#8217;s one that&#8217;s super easy to correct. </p><p>Can you spot the mistake? There&#8217;s only one! </p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; la soir&#233;e en regardant la t&#233;l&#233;</strong></p></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604830926588-b51d5ddeba7b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxNXx8d2F0Y2hpbmclMjB0dnxlbnwwfHx8fDE3MTA2ODM3MTh8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604830926588-b51d5ddeba7b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxNXx8d2F0Y2hpbmclMjB0dnxlbnwwfHx8fDE3MTA2ODM3MTh8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 424w, 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href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>Before I reveal the answer, let&#8217;s review a few grammar points.  </p><p>To say:</p><ul><li><p>I listen to podcasts <strong>while</strong> <strong>doing</strong> the dishes</p></li></ul><p>You have to use the French gerund, or <em>g&#233;rondif</em>.</p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;&#233;coute des balados <strong>en faisant</strong> la vaisselle</em></p></li></ul><p>The gerund is constructed with <em><strong>en</strong></em> and the present participle, which ends in <em><strong>-ant.</strong></em></p><ul><li><p><em>Elle s&#8217;est bless&#233;e <strong>en r&#233;parant</strong> la table</em></p><p>She injured herself while repairing the table</p></li><li><p><em>Il parle <strong>en dormant</strong></em></p><p>He talks in his sleep (while he&#8217;s sleeping)</p></li><li><p><em><strong>En voulant</strong> l&#8217;aider, je suis tomb&#233;</em></p><p>While trying to help him/her, I fell</p></li><li><p><em>Il est tomb&#233; <strong>en jouant</strong> au baseball</em></p><p>He fell while playing baseball</p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;isolement social peut &#234;tre &#224; l'origine de la d&#233;pression, surtout <strong>en vieillissant</strong></em></p><p>Social isolation can lead to depression, especially as we age (while growing old) </p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><h3>Tout en faisant</h3><p>The gerund may be accompanied by the word <em>tout</em>, to emphasize a continuous action. In English, you could say: <strong>at the same time</strong>. </p><ul><li><p><em>Nous allons travailler <strong>tout en</strong> nous amusant</em></p><p>We're going to work and have fun <strong>at the same time</strong></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>I spent the evening watching TV</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1534551767192-78b8dd45b51b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyfHxxdWVzdGlvbiUyMGRvZ3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MTA2OTUwNDN8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1534551767192-78b8dd45b51b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyfHxxdWVzdGlvbiUyMGRvZ3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MTA2OTUwNDN8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 424w, 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href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>So what&#8217;s the mistake in the sentence in introduction?</p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; la soir&#233;e <strong><s>en</s> <s>regardant</s></strong> la t&#233;l&#233;</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; la soir&#233;e <strong>&#224;</strong> <strong>regarder</strong> la t&#233;l&#233;</em></p></li></ul><p>&#9940;&#65039; The mistake is that we don&#8217;t use the gerund here. </p><div class="pullquote"><p>It&#8217;s not a simultaneous action!</p></div><p>Notice how all the examples before would translate roughly as: <strong>while doing</strong> <strong>something</strong>?</p><p>Here, it translates as <strong>doing</strong> <strong>something</strong>. It&#8217;s just something you did during a period of time. </p><p>When we spend time (or even waste time) doing something, in French, it&#8217;s:</p><ul><li><p><em><strong>Passer</strong> une p&#233;riode de temps <strong>&#224; faire</strong> quelque chose</em></p></li></ul><p>Here are more examples: </p><ol><li><p><em>J'ai pass&#233; la journ&#233;e <strong>&#224; lire</strong> </em></p></li><li><p><em>Elle a pass&#233; la matin&#233;e <strong>&#224; faire</strong> du jardinage</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ils ont pass&#233; la nuit <strong>&#224; discuter</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>On a pass&#233; l'apr&#232;s-midi <strong>&#224; cuisiner</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>Tu as pass&#233; la semaine <strong>&#224; &#233;tudier</strong> </em></p></li><li><p><em>Il a pass&#233; le week-end <strong>&#224; faire</strong></em> <em>du sport</em></p></li><li><p><em>Nous avons pass&#233; la soir&#233;e <strong>&#224; jouer</strong> &#224; des jeux de soci&#233;t&#233;</em></p></li></ol><p>It&#8217;s possible to combine the two forms. </p><div class="pullquote"><p>To spend time <strong>doing</strong> something <strong>while doing</strong> something else.</p></div><ol><li><p><em>J'ai pass&#233; la journ&#233;e <strong>&#224; me promener</strong> dans le parc <strong>tout en prenant</strong> des photos</em></p></li><li><p><em>Elle a pass&#233; la matin&#233;e <strong>&#224; faire</strong></em> <em>du yoga <strong>en m&#233;ditant</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>Ils ont pass&#233; l'apr&#232;s-midi <strong>&#224; cuisiner</strong> <strong>en chantant</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>Nous avons pass&#233; la soir&#233;e <strong>&#224; regarder</strong> des films <strong>en mangeant</strong> du popcorn</em></p></li><li><p><em>Tu as pass&#233; la nuit <strong>&#224; &#233;tudier</strong> pour ton examen <strong>en buvant</strong> du caf&#233;</em></p></li></ol><p>Now that you&#8217;re ready to crush this mistake, let&#8217;s try an exercise. </p><h2>Exercise </h2><p><strong>Put the following verbs in the gerund or using the form </strong><em>passer du temps &#224; faire quelque chose</em>.</p><ol><li><p>Here's how to eat well while being eco-friendly. </p><p><em>Voici comment bien manger tout _____ (&#234;tre) &#233;co-responsable.</em></p></li><li><p>He dropped his iPhone in the river while paddle boarding.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Il a fait tomber son iPhone dans la rivi&#232;re _____ (faire) du paddle.</em></p></li><li><p>I try to be present as much as possible, while listening to my body.</p><p><em>J'essaie d'&#234;tre pr&#233;sente le plus possible, tout _____  (&#233;couter) &nbsp;mon corps.</em></p></li><li><p>I entered the game knowing I wasn't going to win.</p><p><em>J'ai particip&#233; au jeu tout _____ (savoir) que je n'allais pas gagner.</em></p></li><li><p>I spent all day trying to fix my computer</p><p><em>J'ai pass&#233; la journ&#233;e _____ (essayer) de r&#233;parer mon ordinateur</em></p></li><li><p>It's a place where people can meet with the opportunity to shop locally.</p><p><em>C'est un endroit o&#249; les gens peuvent se rencontrer  _____ (avoir) la possibilit&#233; de faire des achats locaux.</em></p></li><li><p>Karaoke: How about expressing your talents while eating tacos?</p><p><em>Karaok&#233;: Que diriez-vous d'exprimer vos talents tout _____  (manger) des tacos?</em></p></li><li><p>Even if you drink a lot, it's possible to suffer from heat stroke.</p><p><em>M&#234;me  _____ (boire) beaucoup, il est possible de souffrir d&#8217;un coup de chaleur,</em></p></li><li><p>She winked at him and smiled.</p><p><em>Elle lui a jet&#233; un clin d'&#339;il  _____ (sourire).</em></p></li><li><p>I wasted too much time watching Netflix. Now I attend French With Frederic classes more often. </p><p><em>J'ai perdu trop de temps _____ (regarder) Netflix. Maintenant, je participe plus souvent aux cours de </em>French With Frederic<em>.</em> </p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p><em>Voici comment bien manger <strong>tout en &#233;tant</strong> &#233;co-responsable.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il a fait tomber son iPhone dans la rivi&#232;re <strong>en faisant</strong> du paddle.</em></p></li><li><p><em>J'essaie d'&#234;tre pr&#233;sente le plus possible, <strong>tout en &#233;coutant</strong> mon corps.</em></p></li><li><p>I entered the game knowing I wasn't going to win.</p><p><em>J'ai particip&#233; au jeu <strong>tout en sachant</strong> que je n'allais pas gagner.</em></p></li><li><p><em>J'ai pass&#233; la journ&#233;e <strong>&#224; essayer</strong> de r&#233;parer mon ordinateur</em></p></li><li><p><em>C'est un endroit o&#249; les gens peuvent se rencontrer <strong>en ayant</strong> la possibilit&#233; de faire des achats locaux.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Karaok&#233;: Que diriez-vous d'exprimer vos talents <strong>tout en mangeant</strong> des tacos?</em></p></li><li><p><em>M&#234;me <strong>en buvant</strong> beaucoup, il est possible de souffrir d&#8217;un coup de chaleur,</em></p></li><li><p><em>Elle lui a jet&#233; un clin d'&#339;il <strong>en souriant</strong>.</em></p></li><li><p><em>J'ai perdu trop de temps <strong>&#224; regarder</strong> Netflix. Maintenant, je participe plus souvent aux cours de </em>French With Frederic<em>.</em> </p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:141729318,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Frederic Patenaude&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[French's obsession with nouns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Personne ne veut se porter volontaire]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/frenchs-obsession-with-nouns</link><guid 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on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>The first level of speaking a language involves using the right words to convey the intended meaning. </p><ul><li><p>At this stage, one often engages in <strong>mental translation</strong> from English.</p></li><li><p>The next level is reached when one begins to <strong>think in French</strong>.</p></li><li><p>The final stage in this language acquisition process occurs when one comprehends the <strong>logic of French</strong>.</p></li></ul><p>Let's explore the French language's focus on <strong>nouns + verb combinations</strong>. </p><p>Here are some expressions in English. </p><ul><li><p><strong>Make</strong> a decision</p></li><li><p><strong>Take</strong> a shower</p></li><li><p><strong>Have</strong> a conversation</p></li></ul><p>These combinations exist in French, and in fact, they may be more prevalent than in English.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>The important thing to remember is that there are many cases where the English language uses only a verb, whereas the French language prefers a verb-noun combination.</p></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h4>Here are some examples</h4><ul><li><p><em>Personne ne veut se porter <strong>volontaire</strong></em></p><p>Nobody wants to volunteer</p></li><li><p><em>&#199;a n&#8217;a aucun <strong>rapport</strong>!</em></p><p>It&#8217;s irrelevant!</p></li><li><p><em>&#202;tre en <strong>&#233;tat</strong> d&#8217;&#233;bri&#233;t&#233;</em></p><p>Being intoxicated</p></li><li><p><em>Ma voiture est tomb&#233;e en <strong>panne</strong></em></p><p>My car broke down</p></li><li><p><em>Remettre en <strong>question</strong> un dogme</em></p><p>To question a dogma&nbsp;</p></li><li><p><em>Faire <strong>preuve</strong> de courage</em></p><p>Showing courage</p></li><li><p><em>Faire <strong>face</strong> aux cons&#233;quence</em></p><p>Facing the consequences</p></li><li><p><em>Tout mettre en <strong>&#339;uvre</strong> pour r&#233;aliser un projet</em></p><p>Do everything possible to complete a project</p></li><li><p><em>L&#226;cher <strong>prise</strong></em></p><p>Letting go</p></li><li><p><em>Faire la <strong>cuisine</strong></em></p><p>To cook</p></li><li><p><em>Prendre la <strong>parole</strong></em></p><p>Speaking up</p></li></ul><p>As you can see in all of the examples, English uses only a <strong>verb</strong>, whether French combines a <strong>verb</strong> and a <strong>noun</strong>. Let&#8217;s break down an example.</p><p>I&#8217;m going to <strong>volunteer</strong></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VERB</p><p><em>Je vais me <strong>porter</strong> <strong>volontaire</strong></em></p><p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;       VERB       NOUN</em></p><p>In fact, in this example, there is no verb in French for <strong>to volunteer</strong> &#8211; only the noun <em>volontaire.</em></p><p>These constructions are very common in French, but in some cases, there are two ways to express the same idea.</p><ul><li><p>I will take over</p><p><em>Je vais prendre le <strong>relais</strong> (ou&nbsp;: la <strong>rel&#232;ve</strong>)<br>Je m&#8217;en occupe</em></p></li><li><p>The police arrested the suspect</p><p><em>La police a arr&#234;t&#233; le suspect</em></p><p><em>La police a mis le suspect en <strong>&#233;tat d'arrestation</strong></em></p></li><li><p>I&#8217;m sleepy</p><p><em>Je m&#8217;endors</em></p><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>sommeil</strong></em></p></li></ul><h2>Exercise</h2><p><strong>Translate the following examples into French, as best you can. Keep in mind that English uses only a verb, when in French there is a verb and a noun.</strong></p><ol><li><p>I visited my aunt.</p></li><li><p>He's missing (he&#8217;s reported missing).</p></li><li><p>You're wrong.</p></li><li><p>I trust him.</p></li><li><p>I'm worried about you.</p></li><li><p>I fainted.</p></li><li><p>No smoking.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p>J&#8217;ai rendu visite &#224; ma tante.</p></li><li><p>Il est port&#233; disparu.</p></li><li><p>Tu as tort.</p></li><li><p>Je lui fais confiance.</p></li><li><p>Je me fais du souci pour toi.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai perdu connaissance.</p></li><li><p>D&#233;fense de fumer.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/frenchs-obsession-with-nouns/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/frenchs-obsession-with-nouns/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Je vais déménager ou me déménager?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Les verbes pronominaux en fran&#231;ais]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/je-vais-demenager-ou-me-demenager</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/je-vais-demenager-ou-me-demenager</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 20:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b548eb64-5f48-483a-907b-0921034cb4f6_1080x720.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reflexive verbs are called <em>verbes pronominaux</em> in French. They are abundantly used, and due to their lack of resemblance to English, they are often the bane of French learners' lives!</p><p>Let&#8217;s go over common mistakes.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LMI4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d7ac212-c2ce-4876-b0df-26ba72463885_480x270.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LMI4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d7ac212-c2ce-4876-b0df-26ba72463885_480x270.gif 424w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>Common mistakes with reflexive verbs </h2><p>You can make three types of mistakes with reflexive verbs:</p><ol><li><p>Forget to use them where they should be applied.</p></li><li><p>Use them when they should not be employed.</p></li><li><p>Use the incorrect reflexive pronoun.</p></li></ol><h3>Where they should be used</h3><p>Here are some common mistakes that I&#8217;ve heard with reflexive pronouns. </p><ul><li><p><em><strong>Se</strong> faire des amis</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say: <em>faire des amis</em></p></li><li><p><em>La situation <strong>s</strong>&#8217;est am&#233;lior&#233;e.</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say: <em>La situation est devenue mieux</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je vais <strong>me</strong> marier</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say: Je vais marier</p></li><li><p><em>Ils <strong>se</strong> sont embrass&#233;s</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say&nbsp;: Ils sont embrass&#233;s</p></li><li><p><em>On <strong>s</strong>&#8217;est promen&#233;s</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say&nbsp;: On est promen&#233;s</p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>me</strong> sp&#233;cialise dans ce domaine</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say&nbsp;: <em>Je sp&#233;cialise dans ce domaine</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>me</strong> lave les mains</em></p><p>Don&#8217;t say: <em>Je lave mes mains</em></p></li></ul><h3>Reflective verbs with on</h3><p>If you say <em><strong>on</strong></em> to mean <em><strong>nous</strong></em>, make sure to use the proper reflexive pronoun, which is <em><strong>se</strong></em> and not <em><strong>nous</strong>.</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Nous voulons <strong>nous</strong> marier</em></p><p>We want to get married</p></li><li><p><em>On veut <strong>se</strong> marier</em></p><p>We want to get married</p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say: <em>On veut nous marier, </em>which would mean: they want to marry us! </p></li></ul><div 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d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233;</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say:<em> Je me suis d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Les restaurants ferment &#224; minuit</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say: <em>Les restaurant se ferment &#224; minuit</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le livre est lu par beaucoup de personnes</em></p><p>&#128683; Don&#8217;t say: <em>Le livre se lit par beaucoup de personnes</em></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Exercise </strong></h2><p><strong>Add the missing verbs. Some of them are reflexive, some of them are not. In parenthesis is the infinitive of the verb in French.</strong></p><ol><li><p><em>Il _____ (adapter) facilement &#224; de nouvelles situations.</em></p><p>He adapts easily to new situations.</p></li><li><p><em>Nous aimons _____ (promener) le soir, quand il fait beau.</em></p><p>We like to go for a walk in the evening when the weather is nice.</p></li><li><p><em>Le chat _____ (grimper) sur la cl&#244;ture.</em></p><p>The cat climbs the fence.</p></li><li><p><em>Avec elle, je ne _____ (ennuyer) jamais.</em></p><p>With her, I never get bored.</p></li><li><p><em>Il _____ (f&#226;cher) trop facilement.</em></p><p>He gets angry too easily.</p></li><li><p><em>Hier soir, elle _____ (tomber, pass&#233; compos&#233;) malade.</em></p><p>Last night she got sick.</p></li><li><p><em>Ils vont _____ (marier) la semaine prochaine.</em></p><p>They're getting married next week.</p></li><li><p><em>Avant de critiquer les autres, tu devrais _____ (regarder) dans le miroir!</em></p><p>Before criticizing others, you should look at yourself in the mirror!</p></li><li><p><em>Je n&#8217;aime pas les gens qui _____ (profiter) des autres.</em></p><p>I don't like people who take advantage of others.</p></li><li><p><em>Je n&#8217;aime pas trop _____ (vanter), mais je suis quelqu&#8217;un de vraiment bien.</em></p><p>I don't like to brag too much, but I'm a great person.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p>Il s&#8217;adapte facilement &#224; de nouvelles situations.</p></li><li><p>Nous aimons nous promener le soir, quand il fait beau.</p></li><li><p>Le chat grimpe sur la cl&#244;ture.</p></li><li><p>Avec elle, je ne m&#8217;ennuie jamais.</p></li><li><p>Il se f&#226;che trop facilement.</p></li><li><p>Hier soir, elle est tomb&#233;e malade.</p></li><li><p>Ils vont se marier la semaine prochaine.</p></li><li><p>Avant de critiquer les autres, tu devrais te regarder dans le miroir!</p></li><li><p>Je n&#8217;aime pas les gens qui profitent des autres.</p></li><li><p>Je n&#8217;aime pas trop me vanter, mais je suis quelqu&#8217;un de vraiment bien.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/je-vais-demenager-ou-me-demenager/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/je-vais-demenager-ou-me-demenager/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why “aller à Québec” is a mistake]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pays, provinces, villes, r&#233;gions en fran&#231;ais]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/why-aller-a-quebec-is-a-mistake</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/why-aller-a-quebec-is-a-mistake</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 16:50:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1540638185826-7b1a01210c2b?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyfHxxdWViZWMlMjBjaXR5fGVufDB8fHx8MTcwODg3OTA0MXww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unless you only talk about one place in the world, you&#8217;ll find that it can be difficult to talk about cities, countries, and provinces in French. </p><h4>Why? </h4><ul><li><p>Most countries and provinces have an article (<em><strong>le</strong></em> or <em><strong>la</strong></em>).</p></li><li><p>Most cities don&#8217;t have an article, but some do. </p></li><li><p>Different prepositions are used for different regions. </p></li><li><p>Some exceptions are made for islands, even if they are countries. </p></li></ul><p>First, let&#8217;s start with articles.</p><h2>Les villes</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" 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viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@rmarte">Rich Martello</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>Most cities don&#8217;t have article, just like in English. We say Montreal and not <em>the</em> Montreal.</p><ul><li><p><em>Montr&#233;al</em></p></li><li><p><em>Qu&#233;bec </em>(Quebec City)</p></li><li><p><em>Paris</em></p></li><li><p><em>Londres</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ottawa</em></p></li></ul><blockquote><p>Please don&#8217;t say <em>Quebec City</em> in French. The name of the city is <em>Qu&#233;bec</em> (without an article). It&#8217;s also referred to as <em>la Capitale nationale </em>and sometimes <em>la ville de Qu&#233;bec, </em>but the latter is more used administratively. </p></blockquote><ul><li><p><em>Montr&#233;al est une belle ville, mais je pr&#233;f&#232;re Qu&#233;bec</em></p><p>Montreal is a beautiful city, but I prefer Quebec City</p></li><li><p><em>Je fais un voyage <strong>au</strong> Qu&#233;bec</em></p><p>I&#8217;m traveling to Qu&#233;bec (the province)</p></li><li><p><em>Je m&#8217;en vais <strong>&#224;</strong> Qu&#233;bec</em></p><p>I&#8217;m going to Quebec City</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;aime beaucoup <strong>le</strong> Qu&#233;bec</em></p><p>I love Quebec (the province)</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;aime beaucoup Qu&#233;bec</em></p><p>I love Quebec City</p></li></ul><p>&#128683; So it&#8217;s a mistake to say <em><strong>Je m&#8217;en vais &#224; Qu&#233;bec</strong></em> to talk about the province. <em><strong>S&#8217;en aller &#224; Qu&#233;bec</strong></em> means going to Quebec City. <em><strong>S&#8217;en aller au Qu&#233;bec</strong></em> means going to the province. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h3>Des villes avec des articles</h3><p>The vast majority of cities don&#8217;t have articles, but some do. </p><ul><li><p><em>Le Caire </em>(Cairo)</p></li><li><p><em>La Havane </em>(Havana)</p></li><li><p><em>La Nouvelle-Orl&#233;ans</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le Cap</em></p></li><li><p><em>La Malbaie</em></p></li><li><p><em>La Rochelle</em></p></li><li><p><em>La Hague</em></p></li></ul><blockquote><p>With the rare cities that have articles, you have to contract the articles with the prepositions according to French grammar rules. </p></blockquote><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai v&#233;cu deux ans <strong>au Caire</strong></em></p><p>I lived for two years in Cairo</p></li><li><p><em>Je suis all&#233; &#224; <strong>La Malbaie</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em>Lors de notre voyage &#224; Cuba, nous n&#8217;avons pas eu la chance de visiter <strong>La Havane</strong></em></p><p>During our trip to Cuba, we didn't have the chance to visit Havana</p></li></ul><h2>Pays, provinces, &#201;tats</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@mvdheuvel">Maarten van den Heuvel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p>Countries, provinces, and states can be masculine, feminine or plural.</p><h4>Generally, those ending in &#8220;e&#8221; tend to be feminine</h4><ul><li><p><em>La Californie</em></p></li><li><p><em>La Slov&#233;nie</em></p></li><li><p><em>La Floride</em></p></li><li><p><em>La Belgique</em></p></li></ul><h4>Those starting with a vowel use<em> l&#8217;</em> &#8211; and are considered feminine</h4><ul><li><p><em>L&#8217;Autriche</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;Italie</em></p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;Angleterre</em></p></li></ul><h4>Those ending with other vowels, like &#8220;a,&#8221; tend to be masculine</h4><ul><li><p><em>Le Canada</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le Manitoba</em></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Plural countries and regions</strong></h3><p>Some countries are plural, such as:</p><ul><li><p><em>Les &#201;tats-Unis</em></p></li><li><p><em>Les Philippines</em></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Exceptions with US states</strong></h3><p>Some US states are also the names of well-known cities. 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states</strong></h3><p>Masculine countries combine the preposition <em>&#224;</em> and the article <em>le</em> &#8211; to use <em><strong>au</strong></em><strong>.</strong></p><ul><li><p><em>Je vais <strong>au</strong> Canada</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je m&#8217;en vais <strong>au</strong> Qu&#233;bec</em></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Feminine Countries or States</strong></h3><p>To mean &#8220;to a certain country,&#8221; or &#8220;in a certain country,&#8221; feminine countries and states use the preposition <em>en.</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Je vais <strong>en</strong> France</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;habite <strong>en</strong> Californie</em></p></li></ul><p>Of course, only the article is used when the context doesn&#8217;t call for a preposition.</p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;aime <strong>la</strong> Californie</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;aime <strong>la </strong>France</em></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Plural Countries</strong></h3><p>Plural countries use the word aux, that combines the 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It would be difficult to learn this by heart for every place in the world, so let me just summarize the main prepositions used to talk about the different regions of Quebec and neighborhoods of Montreal.</p><h4>J&#8217;habite&#8230;</h4><ul><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> les Cantons de l&#8217;Est</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>En</strong> Estrie</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>En</strong> Mauricie</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Au</strong> Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Sur</strong> la C&#244;te Nord</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>En</strong> Gasp&#233;sie</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> les Laurentides</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> Lanaudi&#232;re</em></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Les quartiers de Montr&#233;al</strong></h3><p>This is going to drive you crazy, but Montreal neighborhoods also have their own prepositions! In the past, some of these neighborhoods used to be separate cities, so that&#8217;s why some of them use the preposition <em><strong>&#224;</strong></em>, as if they were cities. </p><p>Most other neighborhoods use the prepositions <em><strong>dans</strong></em>. </p><p>And finally, <em>le Plateau</em> uses the preposition <em><strong>sur</strong></em>. </p><h4>J&#8217;habite&#8230;</h4><ul><li><p><em><strong>Sur</strong> le Plateau</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#192;</strong> Griffintown</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#192;</strong> Outremont</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#192;</strong> Westmount</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> Rosemont</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#192;</strong> ou <strong>dans</strong> St-Henri</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#192;</strong> Hochelaga-Maisonneuve</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> le quartier chinois</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> le Vieux-Montr&#233;al</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> le Village</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> le Quartier Latin</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> le Mile-End</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> la Petite-Italie</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Dans</strong> le Centre-Ville</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#192;</strong> Verdun</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#192;</strong> NDG</em></p></li></ul><h1><strong>Exercise</strong></h1><p><strong>Add the preposition or article.</strong></p><ol><li><p>_____ Canada est plus grand que _____&nbsp;Danemark.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Je vais _____ Espagne cet &#233;t&#233; !</p></li><li><p>_____ Chine est un pays complexe.</p></li><li><p>Elle est n&#233;e _____ &#201;tats-Unis, et maintenant elle habite _____ Qu&#233;bec.</p></li><li><p>Est-ce que tu es d&#233;j&#224; all&#233; _____ Mexique?</p></li><li><p>Il vient _____ Singapour.</p></li><li><p>Il passe ses vacances _____ Jama&#239;que.</p></li><li><p>Sa copine vient _____ Chili.</p></li><li><p>Comme ville, je pr&#233;f&#232;re _____ Qu&#233;bec.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;habite _____ Texas.</p></li><li><p><strong>_____</strong> Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, les gens ont un accent particulier. </p></li><li><p>_____ Caire est la plus grande ville d&#8217;&#201;gypte.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai v&#233;cu deux ans _____ Caire.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai v&#233;cu deux ans _____ Paris.</p></li><li><p>Je r&#234;ve d&#8217;aller _____ Bali.</p></li><li><p>&#192; Montr&#233;al, il y a beaucoup de beaux quartiers.&nbsp; J&#8217;habite _____ le Plateau.</p></li><li><p>Tu vas _____ Japon ? Mais tu ne parles pas japonais! &nbsp;</p></li><li><p>_____ Californie est un &#201;tat am&#233;ricain.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;habite &#224; Montr&#233;al,  _____ le quartier Rosemont. </p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai beaucoup aim&#233; mon voyage _____ Californie.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p><strong>Le</strong> Canada est plus grand que <strong>le</strong>&nbsp;Danemark.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Je vais <strong>en</strong> Espagne cet &#233;t&#233; !</p></li><li><p><strong>La</strong> Chine est un pays complexe.</p></li><li><p>Elle est n&#233;e <strong>aux</strong> &#201;tats-Unis, et maintenant elle habite <strong>au</strong> Qu&#233;bec.</p></li><li><p>Est-ce que tu es d&#233;j&#224; all&#233; <strong>au</strong> Mexique?</p></li><li><p>Il vient <strong>de</strong> Singapour.</p></li><li><p>Il passe ses vacances <strong>en</strong> Jama&#239;que.</p></li><li><p>Sa copine vient <strong>du</strong> Chili.</p></li><li><p>Comme ville, je pr&#233;f&#232;re Qu&#233;bec.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;habite <strong>au</strong> Texas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Au</strong> Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, les gens ont un accent particulier. </p></li><li><p><strong>Le</strong> Caire est la plus grande ville d&#8217;&#201;gypte.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai v&#233;cu deux ans <strong>au </strong>Caire.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai v&#233;cu deux ans <strong>&#224;</strong> Paris.</p></li><li><p>Je r&#234;ve d&#8217;aller <strong>&#224;</strong> Bali.</p></li><li><p>&#192; Montr&#233;al, il y a beaucoup de beaux quartiers.&nbsp; J&#8217;habite <strong>sur</strong> le Plateau.</p></li><li><p>Tu vas <strong>au</strong> Japon ? Mais tu ne parles pas japonais! &nbsp;</p></li><li><p><strong>La</strong> Californie est un &#201;tat am&#233;ricain.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;habite &#224; Montr&#233;al,  <strong>dans</strong> le quartier Rosemont. </p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai beaucoup aim&#233; mon voyage <strong>en</strong> Californie.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/why-aller-a-quebec-is-a-mistake/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/why-aller-a-quebec-is-a-mistake/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The French Subjunctive made easy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comment ma&#238;triser ce temps qui n&#8217;est pas si difficile que &#231;a]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/the-french-subjunctive-made-easy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/the-french-subjunctive-made-easy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 20:47:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F720cc88e-e9d1-460c-ad30-51e29b562646_480x480.gif" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The subjunctive (<em>le subjonctif)</em> is a difficult but essential verb tense to master in French. Most grammar books go into detailed explanations on how the subjunctive functions, but ask any native French speaker, and they won&#8217;t be able to explain it to you.</p><p>I&#8217;ve tried to explain the subjunctive to my students, and it didn&#8217;t lead to better use of the subjunctive in practice. So now, I prefer taking a different approach to learning this verb tense.</p><p>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; First, you need to know how to conjugate verbs in the subjunctive.</p><p>2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Then, you need to learn which &#8220;trigger phrases&#8221; call for the subjunctive.</p><h2>How to memorize the subjonctive </h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif" width="349" height="189.45714285714286" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:133,&quot;width&quot;:245,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:349,&quot;bytes&quot;:885084,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/gif&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yO3E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bd9e44f-6578-4402-bb92-9d8160fbb6f5_245x133.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The subjonctive tense is very close to the third person plural, with some exceptions. Once you know your verbs in the plural forms, learning the subjonctive should be a breeze. </p><h3>For example</h3><p>Ils doivent. Que je <em>doive</em>. Ils prennent. Que je <em>prenne</em>. Ils &#233;crivent. Que <em>j&#8217;&#233;crive</em>. Ils lisent. Que je <em>lise</em>. Ils dorment. Que je <em>dorme</em>. Ils partent. Que je <em>parte</em>. Ils boivent. Que je <em>boive</em>. Ils connaissent. Que je <em>connaisse</em>. </p><h3>A few exceptions </h3><ol><li><p><strong>Aller</strong></p><ul><li><p>Je vais</p></li><li><p>Ils vont</p></li><li><p>Que <em><strong>j&#8217;aille</strong></em></p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Faire</strong></p><ul><li><p>Je fais</p></li><li><p>Ils font</p></li><li><p>Que je <em><strong>fasse</strong></em></p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Savoir</strong></p><ul><li><p>Je sais</p></li><li><p>Ils savent</p></li><li><p>Que je <em><strong>sache</strong></em> </p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Vouloir</strong></p><ul><li><p>Je veux</p></li><li><p>Ils veulent</p></li><li><p>Que je <em><strong>veuille</strong></em> </p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Pouvoir</strong></p><ul><li><p>Je peux</p></li><li><p>Ils peuvent</p></li><li><p>Que je <em><strong>puisse</strong></em> </p></li></ul></li></ol><ul><li><p>&#202;tre is also irregular: Que je <em><strong>sois</strong></em></p></li><li><p>Avoir is also irregular: Que <em><strong>j&#8217;aie</strong></em> </p></li></ul><h2>Don&#8217;t forget <em><strong>nous</strong></em> and <em><strong>vous</strong></em></h2><p>In the subjonctive form, <em>nous </em>and <em>vous</em> get an added <em>i. </em></p><ol><li><p><strong>Aimer</strong></p><ul><li><p>Que nous aim<strong>i</strong>ons</p></li><li><p>Que vous aim<strong>i</strong>ez</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Manger</strong></p><ul><li><p>Nous : Que nous mang<strong>i</strong>ons</p></li><li><p>Vous : Que vous mang<strong>i</strong>ez</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Aller</strong></p><ul><li><p>Que nous all<strong>i</strong>ons</p></li><li><p>Que vous all<strong>i</strong>ez</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Parler</strong></p><ul><li><p>Que nous parl<strong>i</strong>ons</p></li><li><p>Que vous parl<strong>i</strong>ez</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Venir</strong></p><ul><li><p>Que nous ven<strong>i</strong>ons</p></li><li><p>Que vous ven<strong>i</strong>ez</p></li></ul></li></ol><h4>Sometimes, that means the <em>i </em>is doubled, when the root verb includes it. That second <em>i </em>needs to be pronounced</h4><ul><li><p>Que nous r<strong>ii</strong>ons</p></li><li><p>Que vous r<strong>ii</strong>ez</p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>Trigger phrases</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tVP1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07354355-6586-4c0a-b318-0bd730c7a7db_576x324.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tVP1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07354355-6586-4c0a-b318-0bd730c7a7db_576x324.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tVP1!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07354355-6586-4c0a-b318-0bd730c7a7db_576x324.gif 848w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tVP1!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07354355-6586-4c0a-b318-0bd730c7a7db_576x324.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tVP1!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07354355-6586-4c0a-b318-0bd730c7a7db_576x324.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tVP1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07354355-6586-4c0a-b318-0bd730c7a7db_576x324.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The best way to learn the subjunctive is to realize that after certain &#8220;trigger phrases,&#8221; the subjunctive is automatically used.</p><h4><strong>Here are some of the most common subjunctive triggers, used in conversation.</strong></h4><ul><li><p>emp&#234;cher que &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>&#233;viter que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p></li><li><p>bien qu&#8217;il &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est essentiel que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est important que</p></li><li><p>il est temps que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>il faut que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est normal que</p></li><li><p>tenir &#224; ce que&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>vouloir que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>adorer que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>aimer que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>appr&#233;cier que&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>&#234;tre content que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>&#234;tre d&#233;sol&#233; que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>&#234;tre heureux que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>&#234;tre surpris que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>&#234;tre triste que&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>c&#8217;est dommage que&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>s&#8217;attendre &#224; ce que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>il se peut que&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>le fait que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>refuser que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li></ul><h3>You don&#8217;t always need the subjonctive </h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p8dI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc120252-0f95-4bed-a9d4-f59e2e1a297f_480x277.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p8dI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc120252-0f95-4bed-a9d4-f59e2e1a297f_480x277.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p8dI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc120252-0f95-4bed-a9d4-f59e2e1a297f_480x277.gif 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x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Grammar books will make endless lists of subjunctive triggers. But the number that is used in conversation is more limited. Often, it&#8217;s more common to use a different verb tense, to avoid a subjunctive. For example:</p><p><em><strong>Aimer mieux que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></em></p><ul><li><p>With subjunctive:</p><p><em>Il aime mieux qu&#8217;on lui <strong>dise</strong> la v&#233;rit&#233;.</em></p></li><li><p>Without subjunctive:</p><p><em>Il aime mieux <strong>se faire dire</strong></em> <em>la v&#233;rit&#233;. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></p></li></ul><p><em><strong>D&#233;tester que&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></em></p><ul><li><p>With subjunctive:</p><p><em>Je d&#233;teste que tu <strong>sois</strong> si impoli.</em></p></li><li><p>Without subjunctive:</p><p><em>Je d&#233;teste <strong>&#231;a quand</strong></em> <em>tu es impoli.</em></p></li></ul><h2><em>Que</em> is not synonymous with subjunctive</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-6nF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F720cc88e-e9d1-460c-ad30-51e29b562646_480x480.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-6nF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F720cc88e-e9d1-460c-ad30-51e29b562646_480x480.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-6nF!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F720cc88e-e9d1-460c-ad30-51e29b562646_480x480.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-6nF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F720cc88e-e9d1-460c-ad30-51e29b562646_480x480.gif 1272w, 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opinion requires the subjonctive</h3><p>In good French, a negative opinion needs the subjonctive. </p><ul><li><p><em>Je ne crois pas que les gens <strong>aient</strong> besoin de faire de l&#8217;exercice </em></p></li><li><p><em>Il ne me semble pas qu'il y <strong>ait</strong> plus de pression&#8230; </em></p></li></ul><h4>With a negative opinion with &#234;tre, it&#8217;s possible to use both</h4><ul><li><p><em>Il ne croit pas que je <strong>suis</strong> fran&#231;ais.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il ne croit pas que je <strong>sois</strong> fran&#231;ais.</em></p></li></ul><h2>C&#8217;est le meilleur&#8230; que je connaisse </h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UqeO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa5ce6451-9602-42f8-994f-77568c9650aa_480x254.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Finally, with the expression &#8220;c&#8217;est le meilleur que je connaisse&#8221; or other similar constructions: </p><ul><li><p><em>C&#8217;est le plus grand&#8230; que j&#8217;aie vu</em></p></li><li><p><em>C&#8217;est le meilleur&#8230; que j&#8217;aie connu</em> </p></li></ul><p>It&#8217;s more formal to use the subjonctive and more casual to use the indicative tense.</p><ul><li><p><em>C&#8217;est le plus grand joueur de football que je <strong>connaisse</strong> </em></p><p><em>C&#8217;est le plus grand jouer de football que je <strong>connais</strong></em> </p></li><li><p><em>C&#8217;est la meilleure m&#233;decin que je <strong>connaisse</strong></em></p><p><em>C&#8217;est la meilleure m&#233;decine que je <strong>connais</strong></em></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Exercise #1</strong></h2><ol><li><p>J&#8217;aimerais bien que &#231;a _____ (&#234;tre) diff&#233;rent.</p></li><li><p>Il faut que tu _____ (dormir). Le corps a besoin de sommeil. </p></li><li><p>Pour apprendre le fran&#231;ais, il faudrait que tu _____ (&#233;crire) un peu tous les jours.</p></li><li><p>&#171;&nbsp;C'est la seule question qui _____ (valoir) la peine d'&#234;tre pos&#233;e, r&#233;pondit-il pensivement.&nbsp;&#187;</p></li><li><p>Bien qu'il se _____ (&#234;tre) &nbsp;souvent tromp&#233;, il pense cette fois-ci avoir raison.</p></li><li><p>Il faut que j&#8217; _____ (aller) chercher les enfants.</p></li><li><p>Il faut que nous _____ (partir) avant l&#8217;aube.</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est normal qu&#8217;il _____ (pleuvoir) en septembre.</p></li><li><p>Je d&#233;teste qu&#8217;on me _____ (prendre)<strong> </strong>en photo.</p></li><li><p>Je souhaite que tu _____ (terminer<strong>) </strong>ton examen.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce que tu veux que je te _____ (dire)!&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est le meilleur sp&#233;cialiste que je _____ (conna&#238;tre).</p></li><li><p>Le professeur exige qu'ils _____ (&#233;crire) au moins une page. &nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Je serais heureux qu&#8217;il _____ &nbsp;(obtenir) une bonne note.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;exige que tu _____ (intervenir) sur ce dossier.</p></li></ol><h2><strong>Exercise #2</strong></h2><p><strong>Conjugate the following verbs, and decide if the subjunctive should be used.</strong></p><ol><li><p>Je suis triste que George _____ (avoir) d&#251; partir.</p></li><li><p>Le GPS permet d&#8217;&#233;viter que les randonneurs ne se _____ &nbsp;(perdre) en for&#234;t.</p></li><li><p>Il faut qu'il _____ (&#234;tre) honn&#234;te, il n'a pas de recette magique. &nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Malgr&#233; cela, elle croit que la population _____ (&#234;tre) tr&#232;s ouverte &#224; int&#233;grer et soutenir les nouveaux arrivants.</p></li><li><p>Les Fran&#231;ais sont malheureux quand la politique se r&#233;duit &#224; la technique. Ils aiment qu'il y _____ (avoir) une histoire.</p></li><li><p>Il me semble que dans l'&#233;poque o&#249; nous _____ (vivre), l'&#233;ducation devrait &#234;tre la priorit&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Je tiens &#224; ce vous _____ (savoir) que je vais toujours d&#233;fendre vos droits.</p></li><li><p>Les habitants veulent que le syst&#232;me judiciaire _____ (r&#233;agir).</p></li><li><p>Il s'attend &#224; ce que le tourisme au Canada _____ (atteindre) un sommet d'ici deux semaines.</p></li><li><p>Les catholiques sont contents que le pape _____ (venir) &#224; Qu&#233;bec.</p></li><li><p>Je suis d&#233;sol&#233; que nous n&#8217;_____(avoir) pas pu nous r&#233;unir.</p></li><li><p>Je suis triste que son nom n&#8217;_____ (appara&#238;tre)pas dans la liste des remerciements.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #1</h2><ol><li><p>J&#8217;aimerais bien que &#231;a <strong>soit</strong> diff&#233;rent.</p></li><li><p>Il faut que tu <strong>dormes</strong>. Le corps a besoin de sommeil. </p></li><li><p>Pour apprendre le fran&#231;ais, il faudrait que tu <strong>&#233;crives</strong> un peu tous les jours.</p></li><li><p>&#171;&nbsp;C'est la seule question qui <strong>vaille</strong> la peine d'&#234;tre pos&#233;e, r&#233;pondit-il pensivement.&nbsp;&#187;</p></li><li><p>Bien qu'il se <strong>soit</strong>&nbsp;souvent tromp&#233;, il pense cette fois-ci avoir raison.</p></li><li><p>Il faut que j&#8217;<strong>aille</strong> chercher les enfants.</p></li><li><p>Il faut que nous <strong>partions</strong> avant l&#8217;aube.</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est normal qu&#8217;il <strong>pleuve</strong> en septembre.</p></li><li><p>Je d&#233;teste qu&#8217;on me <strong>prenne </strong>en photo.</p></li><li><p>Je souhaite que tu <strong>termines </strong>ton examen.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce que tu veux que je te <strong>dise</strong>!&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est le meilleur sp&#233;cialiste que je <strong>connaisse</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Le professeur exige qu'ils <strong>&#233;crivent</strong> au moins une page. &nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Je serais heureux qu&#8217;il <strong>obtienne</strong> une bonne note.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;exige que tu <strong>interviennes</strong> sur ce dossier.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #2</h2><ol><li><p>Je suis triste que George <strong>ait </strong>d&#251; partir.</p></li><li><p>Le GPS permet d&#8217;&#233;viter que les randonneurs ne se <strong>perdent</strong> en for&#234;t.</p></li><li><p>Il faut qu'il <strong>soit</strong> honn&#234;te, il n'a pas de recette magique. &nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Malgr&#233; cela, elle croit que la population <strong>est</strong> tr&#232;s ouverte &#224; int&#233;grer et soutenir les nouveaux arrivants.</p></li><li><p>Les Fran&#231;ais sont malheureux quand la politique se r&#233;duit &#224; la technique. Ils aiment qu'il y <strong>ait</strong> une histoire.</p></li><li><p>Il me semble que dans l'&#233;poque o&#249; nous <strong>vivons</strong>, l'&#233;ducation devrait &#234;tre la priorit&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Je tiens &#224; ce vous <strong>sachiez</strong> que je vais toujours d&#233;fendre vos droits.</p></li><li><p>Les habitants veulent que le syst&#232;me judiciaire <strong>r&#233;agisse</strong>. </p></li><li><p>Il s'attend &#224; ce que le tourisme au Canada <strong>atteigne</strong> un sommet d'ici deux semaines.</p></li><li><p>Les catholiques sont contents que le pape <strong>vienne</strong> &#224; Qu&#233;bec.</p></li><li><p>Je suis d&#233;sol&#233; que nous n&#8217;<strong>ayons</strong> pas pu nous r&#233;unir.</p></li><li><p>Je suis triste que son nom n&#8217;<strong>apparaisse</strong> pas dans la liste des remerciements.</p></li></ol>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aller vs. Voyager]]></title><description><![CDATA[These words in French are not used like in English!]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/aller-vs-voyager</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/aller-vs-voyager</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:16:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/85c4ac38-1ec0-4412-a038-a50e25ab3a7a_4000x3000.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of my pet peeves&#8230;</p><blockquote><p>The verb <strong>to travel</strong> is not used the same way in French as it is in English, along with most verbs relating to movement.</p></blockquote><p>Consider the following example:</p><ul><li><p>I&#8217;m traveling to Paris next week</p></li></ul><p>In French, you could say: </p><ul><li><p><em>Je <strong>vais</strong> &#224; Paris la semaine prochaine</em></p><p><em>Je <strong>me rends</strong> &#224; Paris la semaine prochaine</em></p></li></ul><h2>Voyager</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif" width="480" height="271" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:271,&quot;width&quot;:480,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1974601,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/gif&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1HUG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8a635304-4459-4862-89bc-7a5aa93b5094_480x271.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><ol><li><p>We don&#8217;t use the verb <em><strong>voyager</strong></em> to say that we are going somewhere</p></li><li><p>In French,&nbsp;<em><strong>voyager</strong></em> means &#8220;go on trips&#8221; </p></li><li><p>&#128683; <em><strong>Voyager</strong></em> doesn&#8217;t mean going from point A to point B</p></li></ol><h4>For example, you could say</h4><ul><li><p>I&#8217;ve travelled a lot in Quebec</p><p><em>J&#8217;ai beaucoup <strong>voyag&#233;</strong> au Qu&#233;bec</em></p></li></ul><p>This would emphasize the traveling you&#8217;ve done in Quebec.</p><p>To say:</p><ul><li><p>I&#8217;m traveling to Quebec (City) next week</p></li></ul><p>You should say:</p><ul><li><p><em>Je m&#8217;<strong>en</strong> <strong>vais</strong> &#224; Qu&#233;bec la semaine prochaine (</em>Or<em>: je me rends &#224; Qu&#233;bec&#8230;)</em></p></li></ul><blockquote><p>We also say <em><strong>partir en voyager</strong></em> to mean &#8220;<strong>go on a trip</strong>.&#8221; </p></blockquote><ul><li><p><em>Ils sont <strong>partis</strong> <strong>en</strong> <strong>voyage</strong> avant No&#235;l</em></p><p>They went on a trip before Christmas</p></li><li><p><em>Il est <strong>parti en voyage</strong> &#224; Cuba</em></p><p>He went on a trip to Cuba</p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2><strong>Conduire</strong></h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif" width="320" height="195.91836734693877" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:150,&quot;width&quot;:245,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1907194,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/gif&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d93A!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b0c8a2f-3344-44fa-ac8c-1cc774ebc95a_245x150.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The same logic we explained about voyager applies to other verbs of movement, like &#8220;<strong>to drive</strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>to fly</strong>.&#8221;</p><blockquote><p><em>Like voyager, <strong>conduire</strong></em> in French doesn&#8217;t mean driving from point A to point B. </p></blockquote><p>It can mean:</p><ol><li><p>Bring someone somewhere. <em>Je l&#8217;ai <strong>conduit</strong> &#224; l&#8217;a&#233;roport</em> (NOTE&nbsp;: In Qu&#233;bec, we would tend to say <em>je l&#8217;ai <strong>reconduit</strong> &#224; l&#8217;a&#233;roport</em>)</p></li><li><p>The action of driving. <em>J&#8217;aime beaucoup <strong>conduire</strong></em></p></li><li><p>What leads somewhere. <em>Cette route <strong>conduit</strong> jusqu&#8217;au village</em></p></li></ol><p>So, if you want to say:</p><ul><li><p>I&#8217;m driving to Ottawa tomorrow</p></li></ul><p>You would simply say:</p><ul><li><p><em>&nbsp;Je m&#8217;<strong>en vais</strong> &#224; Ottawa demain</em></p></li></ul><p>If you want to specify <strong>how</strong> you will get there, you would say:</p><ul><li><p><em>Je m&#8217;<strong>en vais</strong> &#224; Montr&#233;al en voiture demain</em></p></li></ul><p>&#128683; You wouldn&#8217;t say:<em> je vais conduire &#224; Ottawa demain!&nbsp;</em></p><blockquote><p>That would mean: &#8220;when I&#8217;ll be in Ottawa tomorrow, I will drive (while I&#8217;m there).&#8221;&nbsp;</p></blockquote><h2>&nbsp;<strong>To Fly</strong></h2><ol><li><p><em><strong>Voler</strong></em> in French means &#8220;to fly in the air.&#8221; For example: <em>les oiseaux volent dans le ciel.</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Piloter</strong></em> means to operate a plane or a boat.</p></li></ol><p>So, again, using the same logic, to say:</p><ul><li><p>I&#8217;m flying to Paris tomorrow</p></li></ul><p>You would simply say:</p><ul><li><p><em>Je <strong>pars</strong> demain pour Paris </em></p><p>I&#8217;m leaving for Paris tomorrow</p></li></ul><p>Or, again, if you want to specify how you would get there (which would be obvious, in this day and age).</p><ul><li><p><em>Je <strong>prends</strong> <strong>l&#8217;avion</strong> pour Paris demain</em></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Se rendre</strong></h2><p>To convey the idea of going from point A to point B, but without specifying the mode of transportation, something that the French language doesn&#8217;t care about, the reflexive verb <em>se rendre</em> is often used. This often implies the idea of commuting or going somewhere out of obligation.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je <strong>me rends</strong> au travail &#224; v&#233;lo</em></p><p>I bike to work </p></li><li><p><em>Le pr&#233;sident Macron <strong>se rend</strong> en Ukraine</em></p><p>President Macron is traveling to Ukraine</p></li><li><p><em>Ce n&#8217;est pas possible de <strong>se rendre</strong> de Montr&#233;al &#224; Miami en voiture en une journ&#233;e</em></p><p>It&#8217;s not possible to drive from Montreal to Miami in one day</p></li></ul><h2><strong>Se d&#233;placer</strong></h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif" width="480" height="240" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:240,&quot;width&quot;:480,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1022935,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/gif&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Uo6E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F365bbc64-e204-40dc-b1ec-8d79ff81e9b6_480x240.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Finally, a useful verb to know is <em><strong>se d&#233;placer.</strong> </em></p><p>It can be used to describe how a person gets around using a mode of transportation.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je n&#8217;ai pas de voiture, je me <strong>d&#233;place</strong> &#224; v&#233;lo</em></p><p>I don&#8217;t have a car, I get around by bike</p></li></ul><p>Or it can mean &#8220;leave the house to go somewhere.&#8221;</p><ul><li><p><em>Ce restaurant ne valait pas la peine de se <strong>d&#233;placer</strong></em></p><p>This restaurant wasn&#8217;t worth the trip</p></li><li><p><em>Un m&#233;decin se <strong>d&#233;place</strong> pour rencontrer ses patients</em></p><p>A doctor meets his patients at their house</p></li></ul><blockquote><p>Notice how the last example doesn&#8217;t translate very well. I could have said &#8220;a doctor travels to meet his patients,&#8221; but that&#8217;s not exactly the meaning. <em><strong>Se d&#233;placer</strong></em> in this case, means to make the effort of leaving your home to go somewhere else. &nbsp;</p></blockquote><h2><strong>Exercise #1</strong></h2><p><strong>Fill in the blanks with either </strong><em><strong>voyager</strong></em><strong> or </strong><em><strong>aller</strong></em><strong>. </strong><em><strong>Aller</strong></em><strong> can also be replaced with </strong><em><strong>se rendre</strong></em><strong>. Conjugate accordingly.</strong></p><ol><li><p>J&#8217;aime beaucoup _____ en train.</p></li><li><p>Je _____ &#224; Montr&#233;al &#224; chaque ann&#233;e.</p></li><li><p>Il _____ souvent en voyage. </p></li><li><p>&#192; cause de mon travail, je _____ beaucoup &#224; l&#8217;&#233;tranger.</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est un livre qui vous fait _____ &#224; travers l&#8217;histoire.</p></li><li><p>_____ &nbsp;&#224; l'&#233;tranger n'est pas quelque chose qui m'int&#233;resse.</p></li><li><p>Le v&#233;lo est une belle fa&#231;on de _____.</p></li><li><p>Voici quelques trucs pour _____ sans tracas.</p></li><li><p>Elle&nbsp; _____ &#224; Paris avec son fianc&#233; pour choisir une bague.</p></li><li><p>Le pr&#233;sident Biden _____ &nbsp;mercredi en Isra&#235;l pour un voyage de quatre jours au Moyen-Orient.</p></li></ol><h2><strong>Exercise #2</strong></h2><p><strong>Translate the following sentences into French.</strong></p><ol><li><p>It&#8217;s not possible to drive there.</p></li><li><p>A friend of mine travelled there over the weekend.</p></li><li><p>It was the first time I travelled there.</p></li><li><p>I love traveling in Europe.</p></li><li><p>No need to go anywhere: everything is closed.</p></li><li><p>In Montreal, I get around by bus.</p></li><li><p>The president is traveling to Israel on Thursday.</p></li><li><p>I&#8217;m flying to Paris tomorrow. </p></li><li><p>I hate driving in Montreal. The traffic is bad.</p></li><li><p>I don&#8217;t like driving to Montreal. I prefer taking the bus.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #1</h2><ol><li><p>J&#8217;aime beaucoup <strong>voyager</strong> en train.</p></li><li><p>Je <strong>vais</strong> &#224; Montr&#233;al chaque ann&#233;e.</p></li><li><p>Il <strong>part</strong> souvent <strong>en voyage</strong>. </p></li><li><p>&#192; cause de mon travail, je <strong>voyage</strong> beaucoup &#224; l&#8217;&#233;tranger.</p></li><li><p>C&#8217;est un livre qui vous fait <strong>voyager</strong> &#224; travers l&#8217;histoire.</p></li><li><p><strong>Voyager</strong> &#224; l'&#233;tranger n'est pas quelque chose qui m'int&#233;resse.</p></li><li><p>Le v&#233;lo est une belle fa&#231;on de <strong>voyager</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Voici quelques trucs pour <strong>voyager</strong> sans tracas.</p></li><li><p>Elle&nbsp;<strong>se rend</strong> &#224; Paris avec son fianc&#233; pour choisir une bague.</p></li><li><p>Le pr&#233;sident Biden <strong>se rend</strong> mercredi en Isra&#235;l pour un voyage de quatre jours au Moyen-Orient.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers #2</h2><ul><li><p>On ne peut pas <strong>y aller</strong> en voiture. </p></li><li><p>Un de mes amis <strong>y est all&#233;</strong> le week-end pass&#233;.</p></li><li><p>C'&#233;tait la premi&#232;re fois que <strong>j'y allais</strong>.</p></li><li><p>J'adore <strong>voyager</strong> en Europe.</p></li><li><p>Inutile de <strong>se d&#233;placer</strong>: tout est ferm&#233;. </p></li><li><p>&#192; Montr&#233;al, je <strong>me d&#233;place</strong> en bus.</p></li><li><p>Le pr&#233;sident <strong>se rend</strong> en Isra&#235;l jeudi.</p></li><li><p>Je <strong>prends l'avion</strong> pour Paris demain. </p></li><li><p>Je d&#233;teste <strong>conduire</strong> &#224; Montr&#233;al. La circulation est mauvaise.</p></li><li><p>Je n'aime <strong>pas aller &#224;</strong> Montr&#233;al <strong>en voiture</strong>. Je pr&#233;f&#232;re prendre le bus.</p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/aller-vs-voyager/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/aller-vs-voyager/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five confusing word pairs in French]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arr&#234;tez de faire des erreurs avec ces petits mots]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/five-confusing-word-pairs-in-french</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/five-confusing-word-pairs-in-french</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:20:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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de</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Se r&#233;veiller</strong></em> vs. <em><strong>se lever</strong></em> vs. <em><strong>se coucher</strong></em></p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h1><em>S&#8217;en aller</em> vs. <em>Aller</em></h1><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rMB0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6c1bffe-bc6f-4d35-a447-602cbf0e2d42_250x200.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rMB0!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6c1bffe-bc6f-4d35-a447-602cbf0e2d42_250x200.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rMB0!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6c1bffe-bc6f-4d35-a447-602cbf0e2d42_250x200.webp 848w, 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<strong>go</strong>.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>S&#8217;en aller</strong></em> means to go <strong>from</strong> somewhere, or to leave (<em><strong>partir</strong></em>). With <em><strong>s&#8217;en aller,</strong> </em>there is either the meaning of leaving, or a sense of movement.</p></li></ul><p>It&#8217;s common to say, <em><strong>je m&#8217;en vais en France l&#8217;ann&#233;e prochaine.</strong></em></p><p>It would certainly be possible to say: <em><strong>je vais en France l&#8217;ann&#233;e prochaine.</strong></em></p><blockquote><p>By saying <em>je m&#8217;en vais en France</em>,&nbsp; the meaning is closer to: &#8220;I&#8217;m leaving for France.&#8221;</p></blockquote><h4>Let&#8217;s take a look at some examples with <em>s&#8217;en aller</em></h4><ul><li><p><em>Je dois m&#8217;<strong>en aller</strong></em></p><p>I have to leave</p></li><li><p><em>Je ne veux pas que tu t&#8217;<strong>en ailles</strong> tout de suite!</em> <br>I don&#8217;t want you to leave right away!</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Va t&#8217;en</strong>!</em> <br>Go away!</p></li><li><p><em>Les nuages vont s&#8217;<strong>en aller</strong></em> <em>et le soleil va revenir</em></p><p>The clouds will go away and the sun will come back</p></li><li><p>&#171;&nbsp;<em>Toi qui t&#8217;<strong>en vas</strong></em>&nbsp;&#187;</p><p>You, who leaves</p></li></ul><h4>Here are some examples with only <em>aller</em> </h4><ul><li><p><em>Il faut que j&#8217;<strong>y</strong> <strong>aille</strong></em></p><p>I've got to go</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Je ne sais pas o&#249; je vais aller</strong></em> </p><p>I don't know where I'm going (will go) </p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#8220;O&#249; tu vas quand tu dors en marchant?&#8221;</strong></em></p><p>Where you go when you are sleep walking?</p></li></ul><p>&#128073; <em><strong>Je dois y aller</strong></em> and <em><strong>je dois m&#8217;en aller</strong></em> mean almost the same thing. But <em><strong>s&#8217;en aller</strong></em> gives a stronger sense of &#8220;leaving.&#8221; </p><h1><em>D&#8217;ailleurs</em> vs. <em>ailleurs </em>vs<em>. par ailleurs</em></h1><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RPjr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F510196b5-27c9-47da-a8b4-6839074e7b06_466x466.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RPjr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F510196b5-27c9-47da-a8b4-6839074e7b06_466x466.jpeg 424w, 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That is why it can translate easily to <strong>also</strong>.</p></li></ol><h4>Here are some examples</h4><ul><li><p><em><strong>D&#8217;ailleurs</strong>, je crois qu&#8217;on devrait passer plus de temps en famille</em></p><p>In fact, I think we should spend more time together as a family</p></li><li><p><em>Est-ce qu&#8217;il faut que j&#8217;aille <strong>ailleurs</strong>?</em></p><p>Do I have to go somewhere else?</p></li><li><p><em>On n&#8217;arrive pas &#224; arr&#234;ter la technologie, comme le progr&#232;s, <strong>d&#8217;ailleurs</strong></em></p><p>Technology can't be stopped, and neither can progress, as a matter of fact</p></li><li><p><em>Voici <strong>d'ailleurs</strong> les activit&#233;s que l'on pr&#233;sentera toute la journ&#233;e au mus&#233;e</em></p><p>By the way, these are the activities we'll be presenting all day at the museum</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Par ailleurs</strong>, le stress v&#233;cu par les parents les rendrait moins dispos&#233;s &#224; r&#233;pondre aux besoins de leurs enfants</em></p><p>In addition, the stress experienced by parents makes them less willing to meet their children's needs</p></li><li><p><em>Le premier ministre canadien Justin Trudeau a <strong>par ailleurs</strong> annonc&#233; que la ville de Montr&#233;al accueillera</em></p><p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also announced that Montreal will host the event</p></li><li><p><em>Il voit peu son fr&#232;re, qui <strong>d&#8217;ailleurs</strong> ne s&#8217;en plaint pas</em></p><p>He doesn't see much of his brother, and he's not complaining</p></li><li><p><em>Il &#233;tait m&#233;decin et <strong>par ailleurs</strong> pianiste</em></p><p>He was a doctor and also a pianist</p></li></ul><h2><em>Mat&#233;riel</em> vs. <em>Mat&#233;riaux</em></h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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highlight the environmental impact of the most used construction <strong>materials</strong>&#8221;</p></li></ol><h4>Material in French can translate in two words</h4><ol><li><p>Le <em><strong>mat&#233;riel</strong></em> (plural: <em><strong>mat&#233;riels</strong></em>), which can mean <em>supply, </em>medical <em>equipment</em> or some type of learning <em>material.</em></p></li><li><p>Le <em><strong>mat&#233;riau</strong></em> (plural: <em><strong>mat&#233;riaux</strong></em>), means building material (but can also mean all the data and information that make up the substance of a document, research or text.)</p></li></ol><h4><strong>So, you would typically say:</strong></h4><ol><li><p><em>Je cherche du nouveau <strong>mat&#233;riel</strong> en fran&#231;ais</em></p><p>I&#8217;m looking for new material in French</p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;id&#233;e &#233;tait de mettre en valeur l&#8217;impact environmental des <strong>mat&#233;riaux</strong> de construction les plus utilis&#233;s</em></p><p>&#8220;The idea was to highlight the environmental impact of the most used construction materials&#8221;</p></li></ol><h2><em>Parce que</em> vs. <em>&#224; cause de</em></h2><blockquote><p>To explain the cause of something, <em><strong>parce que</strong></em> and <em><strong>&#224; cause de</strong></em> are used. </p><p><em><strong>Parce que</strong></em> is also used to answer the question <em><strong>pourquoi</strong>.</em></p></blockquote><ol><li><p><em><strong>Parce que</strong></em> is used before a verb</p></li><li><p><em><strong>&#192; cause de</strong></em> is used before a noun</p></li></ol><h4>Study the following examples</h4><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai faim <strong>parce que</strong> je n&#8217;ai pas mang&#233;</em></p><p>I&#8217;m hungry because I haven&#8217;t eaten</p></li><li><p><em>Je vais &#234;tre en retard <strong>&#224; cause</strong> de mon rendez-vous</em></p><p>I will be late because I have a meeting (because of my meeting)</p></li><li><p><em>Pourquoi est-ce que tu n&#8217;es pas venu travailler? <strong>Parce que</strong> je n&#8217;en avais pas envie</em></p><p>Why didn't you come to work? Because I didn&#8217;t want to</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Parce que</strong> j&#8217;ai r&#233;par&#233; la machine, nous pouvons travailler aujourd&#8217;hui</em></p><p>Because I fixed the machine, we can work today.</p></li></ul><h1>Se r&#233;veiller / se lever / se coucher</h1><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp" width="266" height="200" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:200,&quot;width&quot;:266,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:330716,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GPES!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d10232-b6b8-4eaa-ba78-3de8dda8018e_266x200.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><blockquote><p>This often comes up in conversation, so don&#8217;t make mistakes with it!</p></blockquote><ul><li><p>To wake up is <em><strong>se r&#233;veiller</strong></em></p></li><li><p>To get up is <em><strong>se lever</strong></em></p></li><li><p>To fall asleep is <em><strong>s&#8217;endormir</strong></em></p></li><li><p>To go to bed is <em><strong>aller se coucher</strong></em></p></li><li><p>Going back to sleep up is <em><strong>se rendormir</strong></em></p></li></ul><h4>Consider these examples</h4><ul><li><p><em>Je me <strong>l&#232;ve</strong> vers 7 heures</em></p><p>I get up around 7</p></li><li><p><em>Quand je me <strong>r&#233;veille</strong> durant la nuit, j&#8217;ai de la difficult&#233; &#224; me <strong>rendormir</strong></em></p><p>When I wake up during the night, I have trouble going back to sleep</p></li><li><p><em>Je me <strong>couche</strong> apr&#232;s minuit (ou&nbsp;: minuit pass&#233;)</em></p><p>I go to bed/sleep past midnight</p></li><li><p><em>Je me <strong>couche</strong> &#224; dix heures, mais je <strong>m&#8217;endors</strong> seulement vers 11 heures</em></p><p>I go to bed at ten o'clock, but I don't fall asleep until about eleven</p></li><li><p><em>Je viens de me <strong>lever</strong></em> </p><p>I just woke up (meaning: got up) </p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>Exercice</h2><p><strong>Translate the following sentences in French, paying attention the the word(s) in italics. </strong></p><ol><li><p>He won't be able to have surgery <em>because</em> of his allergies.</p></li><li><p>I don't want to leave <em>because</em> I love my life here in Montreal.</p></li><li><p>The marathon was cancelled <em>because</em> of the heat wave.</p></li><li><p>Here or <em>elsewhere</em>, it's the same thing. We bring our problems with us!</p></li><li><p>The city of Vienna in Austria is (<em>by the way</em>) one of the few capitals in Europe. without a major housing crisis. (Use <em>d&#8217;ailleurs</em> or <em>par ailleurs</em>) </p></li><li><p>They are <em>also</em> committed to doing more for disadvantaged communities. (Use <em>d&#8217;ailleurs</em> or <em>par ailleurs</em>) </p></li><li><p>I <em>go to bed</em> at different times every day.</p></li><li><p>I <em>get up</em> early, but only on weekdays.</p></li><li><p>You <em>woke</em> me <em>up</em>! </p></li><li><p>The price of school <em>supplies</em> has gone up.</p></li><li><p>Granite is a natural <em>material</em> for your kitchen countertop.</p></li><li><p>I have to <em>go</em> soon.</p></li><li><p>I'm <em>off</em>! </p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p><em>Il ne pourra pas recevoir de chirurgie <strong>&#224; cause</strong> de ses allergies.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je ne veux pas m'en aller <strong>parce que</strong> j'aime ma vie ici &#224; Montr&#233;al.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Le marathon a &#233;t&#233; annul&#233; <strong>&#224; cause</strong> de la canicule.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ici ou <strong>ailleurs</strong>, c&#8217;est la m&#234;me chose. On apporte nos probl&#232;mes avec nous!</em></p></li><li><p><em>La ville de Vienne en Autriche est <strong>d&#8217;ailleurs</strong> l&#8217;une des rares capitales d&#8217;Europe &#224; ne pas conna&#238;tre de crise majeure du logement.&nbsp;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Ils se sont <strong>par ailleurs</strong>&nbsp;engag&#233;s &#224; en faire plus pour les communaut&#233;s d&#233;favoris&#233;es.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>me</strong> <strong>couche</strong> &#224; des heures diff&#233;rentes chaque jour</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>me</strong> <strong>l&#232;ve</strong> t&#244;t, mais seulement en semaine</em></p></li><li><p><em>Tu m&#8217;as <strong>r&#233;veill&#233;</strong>! </em></p></li><li><p><em>Le prix du <strong>mat&#233;riel</strong> scolaire a augment&#233; (ou: des fournitures scolaires) </em></p></li><li><p><em>Le granit est un <strong>mat&#233;riau</strong> naturel  pour votre comptoir de cuisine</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il faut que je m&#8217;<strong>en aille</strong> bient&#244;t</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;<strong>y vais!</strong></em> </p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/five-confusing-word-pairs-in-french/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/five-confusing-word-pairs-in-french/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentir, sentir que, ressentir]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you say in French, &#8220;I feel&#8221;?]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/sentir-sentir-que-ressentir</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/sentir-sentir-que-ressentir</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 17:56:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Je me sens bien!</figcaption></figure></div><h4>&#8220;Feel&#8221; is an important word in English</h4><p>Consider the following examples:</p><ol><li><p>I <em>feel</em> good!</p></li><li><p>I <em>feel</em> <em>that</em> we should take our time with this project.</p></li><li><p>It&#8217;s very difficult to describe what I <em>feel</em>.</p></li></ol><h4>In French, there are three different options</h4><ol><li><p><em>Je me <strong>sens</strong> bien.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>sens qu&#8217;</strong>on devrait prendre notre temps avec ce projet</em></p></li><li><p><em>C&#8217;est difficile de d&#233;crire ce que je <strong>ressens</strong> (ou&nbsp;: comment je me sens)</em></p></li></ol><p>Let&#8217;s break it down.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. <em><strong>Upgrade</strong></em> to access members-only content and group lessons.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>Se sentir</h2><p><em><strong>Se sentir</strong></em>, as a reflective verb, is followed by an <strong>adjective</strong>.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je me sens <strong>bien</strong>.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je me sens <strong>mal</strong>.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je me sens <strong>en forme</strong>.</em></p></li></ul><h2>Sentir que</h2><p><em><strong>Sentir que</strong></em> (feeling that) is used to describe a subjective opinion. It&#8217;s followed by a <strong>pronoun</strong> and a <strong>verb</strong>.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je <strong>sens que</strong> je perds mon temps</em></p><p>I feel like I&#8217;m wasting my time</p></li></ul><p>&#9888;&#65039; It&#8217;s a common mistake to say: <em>Je <s>me</s> sens que c&#8217;est pas une bonne id&#233;e&#8230;&nbsp;</em></p><p>&#128073; Il faut dire&nbsp;: <em>Je <strong>sens</strong> <strong>que</strong> c&#8217;est pas une bonne id&#233;e.</em></p><h2>Ressentir</h2><p><em><strong>Ressentir</strong></em> is a verb used to name an <strong>emotion</strong>, a <strong>feeling</strong>, or to talk about emotions or feelings in general.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je regarde je pense &#224; ce quartier violent, tout ce que je <strong>ressens</strong> est de la peur.</em></p><p>When I think about that violent neighborhood, all feel is fear</p></li><li><p><em>Je comprends ce que tu <strong>ressens</strong></em></p><p>I understand how you feel</p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>ressens</strong> un sentiment de libert&#233;</em></p><p>I feel this feeling of freedom.</p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>ressens</strong> beaucoup de tristesse</em></p><p>I feel a lot of sadness</p></li></ul><h2>Se ressentir</h2><p>There is also the reflexive form of <em>ressentir</em>. <em><strong>Se ressentir</strong></em> means <strong>to feel the effects of, to suffer from.</strong></p><ul><li><p>La qualit&#233; <strong>s'en ressent </strong></p><p>The quality is suffering</p></li></ul><h2><strong>Exercice</strong></h2><p>Choose between <em>se sentir</em>, <em>sentir que</em> and <em>ressentir</em>, and conjugate accordingly.</p><ol><li><p>Je _____ &nbsp;fatigu&#233; apr&#232;s cette longue promenade.</p></li><li><p>Je _____ bien quand tu es heureuse.</p></li><li><p>Je _____ mal quand je pense aux gens qui souffrent.</p></li><li><p>Je _____ &nbsp;de l'amour pour lui. </p></li><li><p>Voil&#224; 20 ans que le Qu&#233;bec n&#8217;avait pas affich&#233; un nombre si bas de logements &#224; louer. Le prix des loyers s&#8217;en _____.</p></li><li><p>Ils _____ &nbsp;une douleur profonde caus&#233;e par la perte de leur grand-m&#232;re.</p></li><li><p>On _____ &nbsp;les citoyens sont anxieux.</p></li><li><p>On _____ abandonn&#233;s. </p></li><li><p>Je _____ &nbsp;c'est la fin d&#8217;une &#233;poque. </p></li><li><p>Mutation g&#233;n&#233;tique rare: cette femme de 75 ans ne _____ aucune douleur</p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p>Je <strong>me sens</strong> fatigu&#233; apr&#232;s cette longue promenade.</p></li><li><p>Je <strong>me sens</strong> bien quand tu es heureuse.</p></li><li><p>Je <strong>me sens</strong> mal quand je pense aux gens qui souffrent.</p></li><li><p>Je <strong>ressens</strong> de l'amour pour lui. </p></li><li><p>Voil&#224; 20 ans que le Qu&#233;bec n&#8217;avait pas affich&#233; un nombre si bas de logements &#224; louer. Le prix des loyers s&#8217;en <strong>ressent</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Ils <strong>ressentent</strong> une douleur profonde caus&#233;e par la perte de leur grand-m&#232;re.</p></li><li><p>On <strong>sent que</strong> les citoyens sont anxieux.</p></li><li><p>On <strong>se sent</strong> abandonn&#233;s. </p></li><li><p>Je <strong>sens que</strong>&nbsp;c'est la fin d&#8217;une &#233;poque. </p></li><li><p>Mutation g&#233;n&#233;tique rare: cette femme de 75 ans ne <strong>ressent</strong> aucune douleur</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/sentir-sentir-que-ressentir/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/sentir-sentir-que-ressentir/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Il faut vs. devoir vs. avoir besoin de]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s sort out this mess!]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/il-faut-vs-devoir-vs-besoin-de</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/il-faut-vs-devoir-vs-besoin-de</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 20:03:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1591980607162-923fa31e8240?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw5fHxsZWF2aW5nJTIwZnJpZW5kc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDU4NjY1Njl8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On va commencer avec une question! 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general, it&#8217;s better not to use <em><strong>c&#8217;est n&#233;cessaire de</strong></em> to mean &#8220;it&#8217;s necessary to.&#8221;</p><p><strong>We often just say </strong><em>C&#8217;est n&#233;cessaire</em><strong> to mean that something is (absolutely) necessary.</strong> </p><ul><li><p><em>&#171;Je n'ach&#232;te que des v&#234;tements de seconde main, et seulement si <strong>c'est n&#233;cessaire&#187;</strong></em></p><p>&#8220;I only buy used clothes, and only if that&#8217;s absolutely necessary.&#8221;</p></li></ul><p><strong>Then you can say </strong><em>il est n&#233;cessaire</em><strong> </strong><em>de</em><strong> but it means more that something is essential or required, and it&#8217;s used more in writing.</strong> </p><ul><li><p><em><strong>Il est n&#233;cessaire de</strong> rester en forme</em></p><p>Staying in shape is essential</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p>To express &#8220;need,&#8221; you have three options</p></div><h2><strong>Il faut</strong></h2><p>Most of the time, you&#8217;ll use the verb <em>falloir</em>, when talking about something you need to do.</p><ul><li><p>I need to go the bank</p><p><em><strong>Il faut que</strong> j&#8217;aille &#224; la banque</em></p></li></ul><p>Note that <em>il faut que</em> always calls for the subjunctive.</p><ul><li><p>I need to go</p><p><em><strong>Il faut que</strong> je parte</em></p></li><li><p>You need to do a better job</p><p><em><strong>Il faut que</strong> tu fasses mieux ton travail</em></p></li></ul><p>You might know how to use il faut, but do you know how to conjugate it in the past and in the future?</p><h3>In the past</h3><blockquote><p><em>Il fallait / il a fallu</em></p></blockquote><ul><li><p>I needed to go to Dallas</p><p><em>Il a <strong>fallu</strong> que j&#8217;aille &#224; Dallas</em></p></li><li><p>It was a difficult situation. You had to be alert<br><em>C&#8217;&#233;tait une situation difficile. Il <strong>fallait</strong> &#234;tre alerte</em></p></li></ul><h3>In the future</h3><blockquote><p><em>Il va falloir / il faudra</em></p></blockquote><ul><li><p>I'll have to change my vocabulary a bit<strong><br></strong><em>Il v<strong>a falloir</strong> changer un peu mon vocabulaire</em></p></li><li><p>We&#8217;ll need to go soon! <br><em>Il <strong>va falloir</strong> y aller bient&#244;t!</em></p></li><li><p>We will need years to measure the real effect of the Brexit</p><p><em>Il <strong>faudra</strong> des ann&#233;es pour mesurer l'effet r&#233;el du Brexit</em></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Devoir</strong></h2><p><em>Il faut</em> tends to mean &#8220;I need&#8221; but the verb <em>devoir</em> tends to be translated as &#8220;must,&#8221; or &#8220;have to.&#8221; It usually implies an obligation.</p><ul><li><p><em>Ils <strong>doivent</strong> d&#233;poser leur demande avant le 4 ao&#251;t</em><br>They need to send their application before August 4<sup>th</sup> (they must)</p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>dois</strong> aller travailler</em><br>I need to go to work (I must go to work)</p></li></ul><h2><strong>Avoir besoin de</strong></h2><p><em><strong>Avoir besoin de</strong></em> is often a synonym for <em><strong>il faut</strong></em>. It more common to use it when you &#8220;need something,&#8221; or when the need is emotional.</p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>besoin de</strong> te parler</em></p><p>I need to talk to you (more emotional)</p></li><li><p><em>Il <strong>faut</strong> que je te parle</em><br>I need to talk to you (more urgent, more factual, less emotional)</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>besoin de</strong> caf&#233;</em><br>I need coffee. (Need something)</p></li><li><p><em>Il <strong>faut</strong> que j&#8217;ach&#232;te du caf&#233;</em><br>I need to buy coffee</p></li><li><p><em>Merci, mais je n&#8217;ai <strong>besoin de</strong> rien</em><br>Thank you, but I don&#8217;t need anything</p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai <strong>besoin de</strong> changer d&#8217;air</em><br>I need a change of scenery</p></li></ul><h3>Note</h3><ul><li><p> <em><strong>J&#8217;ai besoin de</strong></em> is followed by a noun or a verb</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Il faut que</strong></em> is followed by a verb</p></li></ul><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em><strong>Subscribe</strong></em> to receive the free newsletter. 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On ne dit pas <s>j&#8217;ai besoin de partir</s>. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Je dois partir</strong></em> est une obligation. </p></li><li><p><em><strong>Il faut que je parte</strong></em> est la phrase la plus courante! Et on dit aussi: <em><strong>Il faut que je m&#8217;en aille</strong></em>! Ou encore <em><strong>je dois y aller</strong></em> ou  <em><strong>je vais devoir y aller!</strong></em> </p></li></ul><h2><strong>Exercise</strong></h2><p><strong>Add the missing word or words to make the sentence complete. Refer to the translation in case of doubt. Choose between </strong><em>devoir</em><strong>, </strong><em>avoir besoin</em><strong> </strong><em>de</em><strong> or </strong><em>falloir que</em><strong>.</strong></p><ol><li><p>He will devote his energies to his son, who will need rehabilitation.</p><p><em>Il consacrera ses &#233;nergies &#224; son fils, qui aura _____ r&#233;adaptation.</em></p></li><li><p>I have to go to work.</p><p><em>Je _____ aller au travail.</em></p></li><li><p>I thought I was entitled to do it, but then I had to move.</p><p><em>Je croyais que j'&#233;tais en droit de le faire, mais apr&#232;s, il a _____ que je d&#233;m&#233;nage.</em></p></li><li><p>"I think we need more vacation time, because we're in the middle of a burn-out crisis&#8221;</p><p><em>&#171;Je pense qu'on a _____ plus de vacances, parce qu'on est en pleine crise de burn-out&nbsp;&#187;</em></p></li><li><p>"I need to go back home"</p><p><em>&#171; _____ rentrer chez moi &#187;</em></p></li><li><p>The work was not easy: all these materials and colors had to compose a harmonious whole.</p><p><em>Le travail n'&#233;tait pas facile : il _____ toutes ces mati&#232;res et couleurs composent un ensemble harmonieux.</em></p></li><li><p>After the flood, a family must find a new home.</p><p><em>Apr&#232;s l'inondation, une famille _____ se trouver un nouveau logement</em></p></li><li><p>"I know what I have to do!"</p><p><em>"Je sais ce que je _____ faire!"</em></p></li><li><p>Now, things have to change.</p><p><em>Maintenant, il va _____ que les choses bougent.</em></p></li><li><p>You have to learn from your mistakes.</p><p><em>Il _____ tu apprennes de tes erreurs.</em></p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p><em>Il consacrera ses &#233;nergies &#224; son fils, qui aura <strong>besoin de</strong> r&#233;adaptation.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je <strong>dois</strong> aller au travail.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Je croyais que j'&#233;tais en droit de le faire, mais apr&#232;s, il a <strong>fallu</strong> que je d&#233;m&#233;nage.</em></p></li><li><p><em>&#171;Je pense qu'on a <strong>besoin de</strong> plus de vacances, parce qu'on est en pleine crise de burn-out&nbsp;&#187;</em></p></li><li><p><em>&#171; Je <strong>dois</strong> rentrer chez moi, OR <strong>il faut que</strong> je rentre chez moi. </em></p></li><li><p><em>Le travail n'&#233;tait pas facile : il <strong>fallait que</strong> toutes ces mati&#232;res et couleurs composent un ensemble harmonieux.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Apr&#232;s l'inondation, une famille <strong>a d&#251;</strong> se trouver un nouveau logement</em></p></li><li><p><em>"Je sais ce que je <strong>dois</strong> faire!"</em></p></li><li><p><em>Maintenant, il va <strong>falloir</strong> que les choses bougent.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Il <strong>faut que</strong> tu apprennes de tes erreurs.</em></p></li></ol><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nombre / chiffre / numéro]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to master these French words]]></description><link>https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/nombre-chiffre-numero</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/nombre-chiffre-numero</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:28:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1541643600914-78b084683601?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzfHxjaGFuZWwlMjBub3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDU0MzI4ODl8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a trick question for you!</strong></p><p>What is the name in French of the famous perfume <strong>Chanel No. 5</strong>. Meaning, how what French word do you use for <em><strong>number 5</strong></em>?</p><p><em><strong>Answer at the end&#8230;</strong></em> </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1541643600914-78b084683601?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzfHxjaGFuZWwlMjBub3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDU0MzI4ODl8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1541643600914-78b084683601?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzfHxjaGFuZWwlMjBub3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3MDU0MzI4ODl8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 424w, 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<em>number</em>.</h4><p>In French, <strong>three</strong> different words would be used in these three examples.</p><ol><li><p><em>Pense &#224; un <strong>chiffre</strong> de un &#224; dix!</em></p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai oubli&#233; mon <strong>num&#233;ro</strong> de t&#233;l&#233;phone</em></p></li><li><p><em>Est-ce que tu peux &#233;crire le <strong>nombre</strong> 90 en chiffres romains?</em></p></li></ol><h2>Let&#8217;s clarify it</h2><ul><li><p><em><strong>Un</strong> <strong>chiffre</strong></em> is a symbol from zero to nine (0,1,2,3,4,5, etc) . Also, roman numerals. It&#8217;s also used in some expressions.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Un</strong> <strong>nombre</strong></em> is composed of <em><strong>chiffres</strong></em>. So 24 is a <em>nombre</em>. We also use the word <em><strong>nombre</strong></em> in many expressions to talk about quantities.</p></li><li><p><em><strong>Un</strong> <strong>num&#233;ro</strong></em> is a number that identifies something, for example, un <em><strong>num&#233;ro de telephone</strong></em> or a <em><strong>num&#233;ro de vol</strong></em> (flight number).</p></li></ul><blockquote><p>So, we have digits (<em><strong>chiffres</strong></em>), numbers or quantities (<em><strong>nombres</strong></em>), and more specific uses of those numbers (<em><strong>num&#233;ros</strong></em>).</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Here are some examples</strong></h3><ul><li><p><em>Mon <strong>chiffre</strong> chanceux est le 7</em></p><p>My lucky number is 7</p><p>&#128073; Here, we reference the single digit 7. 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For example, during the pandemic, we often heard:</h4><ul><li><p><em>Les <strong>chiffres</strong> sont en hausse</em></p><p>The numbers are rising</p></li><li><p><em>Les <strong>chiffres</strong> sont en baisse</em></p><p>The numbers are down</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514348871858-1d3c20902571?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw0fHxjaGFuZWwlMjA1fGVufDB8fHx8MTcwNTQzMzA3Nnww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514348871858-1d3c20902571?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw0fHxjaGFuZWwlMjA1fGVufDB8fHx8MTcwNTQzMzA3Nnww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080 424w, 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en famille!</p></li><li><p>&#171;&#199;a aurait pu &#234;tre &#233;vit&#233;&#187;: un <strong>_____</strong> record de Montr&#233;alais chutent sur les trottoirs glac&#233;s</p></li><li><p>Ma fille de 4 ans a appris &#224; &#233;crire ses <strong>_____</strong>&nbsp;jusqu&#8217;&#224; 5.</p></li><li><p>Les _____ romains sont notamment utilis&#233;s dans la num&#233;rotation des si&#232;cles.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai oubli&#233; le dernier <strong>_____</strong> de mon code d&#8217;acc&#232;s.</p></li><li><p>La compagnie a un bon <strong>_____</strong> d&#8217;affaires.</p></li></ol><h2>Answers</h2><ol><li><p>La commande <em><strong>num&#233;ro</strong></em> 173 est pr&#234;te &#224; la boucherie.</p></li><li><p>Quel sera le <em><strong>nombre</strong></em> d&#8217;invit&#233;s au d&#238;ner ?</p></li><li><p>Mon <em><strong>num&#233;ro</strong></em> de t&#233;l&#233;phone est le 01 23 45 67 89.</p></li><li><p>Je dois &#233;crire le montant en <em><strong>chiffres</strong></em> ou en lettres ?&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Si tu savais le <em><strong>nombre</strong></em> de fois que nous avons regard&#233; ce film en famille!</p></li><li><p>&#171;&#199;a aurait pu &#234;tre &#233;vit&#233;&#187;: un <em><strong>nombre</strong></em> record de Montr&#233;alais chutent sur les trottoirs glac&#233;s</p></li><li><p>Ma fille de 4 ans a appris &#224; &#233;crire ses <em><strong>chiffres</strong></em>&nbsp;jusqu&#8217;&#224; 5.</p></li><li><p>Les <em><strong>chiffres</strong></em> romains sont notamment utilis&#233;s dans la num&#233;rotation des si&#232;cles.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai oubli&#233; le dernier <em><strong>chiffre</strong></em> de mon code d&#8217;acc&#232;s.</p></li><li><p>La compagnie a un bon <em><strong>chiffre</strong></em> d&#8217;affaires.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.frenchwithfrederic.com/p/nombre-chiffre-numero/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a 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We learn a language by learning units of meaning.</p><p>When you speak English, or your native language, you can anticipate what other people will say, based on what they just said. </p><p>Certain combinations of words recur so often in a language that they sound &#8220;just right.&#8221;</p><div class="pullquote"><p>Those are called <strong>collocations.</strong> <br>In French:<strong> </strong><em><strong>Les cooccurrences.</strong></em></p></div><p>Let me give you an example. Try the following exercise, in English. I put the first letter of each missing word, to help you find it.</p><ul><li><p>Are you <strong>a</strong>_______ of the implications of your actions?</p></li><li><p>Let's give Beyonc&#233; a big <strong>r</strong>_______of applause.</p></li><li><p>The bomb went <strong>o</strong>_______ when he started the car engine.</p></li><li><p>At first, when he learned that his mother had died, he she <strong>b</strong>_______into tears.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><strong>Answers</strong>: aware, round, off, burst</p><div><hr></div><blockquote><p>If you were not able to complete the exercise, it&#8217;s probably because English is not your native language. Combinations of words such as a &#8220;round of applause&#8221; and &#8220;a bomb going off&#8221; or &#8220;bursting into tears,&#8221; are examples of <strong>collocations</strong>.</p></blockquote><p>It would be impossible to learn all of these collocations from a list. You have to learn them in context through thousands of hours of comprehensible input in your target language. The 10,000 hour rule of talent probably applies here.</p><p>Try the following exercise in French, to evaluate your level. I&#8217;ve tested this exercise on native speakers who are competent with the language, and they were all able to find at least 90% of the missing words.</p><ol><li><p>Par conviction, il a refus&#233; ce poste qui offrait un salaire de $500,000 par ann&#233;e, et maintenant, faisant face &#224; des difficult&#233;s financi&#232;res, il le regrette <strong>a</strong>_______.</p></li><li><p>Les crimes qu&#8217;il a <strong>c</strong>_______&nbsp;&nbsp; sont impardonnables.</p></li><li><p>Sur la mer, il faut &#234;tre pr&#234;t &#224; <strong>a</strong>_______&nbsp; les intemp&#233;ries.</p></li><li><p>Avant de partir aller vivre en Chine, je dois <strong>f</strong>_______ mes adieux &#224; tous mes amis.</p></li><li><p>Quand j&#8217;ai vu son costume, j&#8217;ai <strong>&#233;</strong>_______ de rire.</p></li><li><p>Il pense qu&#8217;il ne va plus revoir la <strong>c</strong>_______ de son argent.</p></li><li><p>Il ne compte jamais se marier. C&#8217;est un c&#233;libataire <strong>e</strong>_______.</p></li><li><p>Les Qu&#233;b&#233;cois doivent se pr&#233;parer &#224; faire <strong>f</strong>_______ &#224; l&#8217;hiver</p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p><strong>Answers</strong>: am&#232;rement, commis, affronter, faire, &#233;clat&#233;, couleur, endurci, face</p><div><hr></div><p>Again, there is no way to learn all of these collocations by heart. I&#8217;m bringing up this topic to yet again, emphasize the importance of <strong>comprehensible input</strong>. </p><p>By reading (and listening) more in French, and paying attention to what you read, you will eventually develop an instinct for which words go with which words. 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