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Speaking of silent-but-not-silent H's, I hate the word "haut" (meaning high). I'm corrupted by years of American pronunciation (haut cuisine, haut couture, etc...) where we pronounce all the letters. Most of the time I hear it spoken in French, I can't hear an H on it, or even a T on it in many cases!
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So you're basically saying... when it comes to these prepositions ("of" and "for"), it's situational? |
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In French, "haute couture" is good but I don't remember having heard "haute cuisine". Rather "grande cuisine"... Don't worry, it happens more often that you'd expect it. |
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i just made a seperate forum category for this .. seems like everyone wants it. I just don't want to put to much work on our French speaking members, if they don't have time ...
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PART 1: VERBS
Section 2: The Verb Classes and their Present Tense Conjugations There are three main groups of verbs in French, and they are classified as follows: Première Groupe (1st group) - les verbes ER Deuxième Groupe (2nd group) - les verbes IR Troisième Groupe (3rd group) - les verbes RE Each group of verbs has a different present tense conjugation, depending on which pronoun is used: Première (1e) Groupe (1st group) - les verbes ER Je __________e Tu __________es Il __________e Elle ________e Nous ________ons Vous ________ez Ils ________ent Elles _______ent For all regular ER verbs, they are conjugated by replacing the -ER ending with the listed conjugation. Take, for example, the verb parler, or to speak. Je parle Tu parles Il parle Elle parle Nous parlons Vous parlez Ils parlent Elles parlent Deuxième (2e) Groupe (2nd group) - les verbes IR Type I Je __________is Tu __________is Il __________it Elle ________it Nous ________issons Vous ________issez Ils ________issent Elles _______issent For all regular IR verbs, they are conjugated by replacing the -IR ending with the listed conjugation. Take, for example, the verb finir, or to finish. Je finis Tu finis Il finit Elle finit Nous finissons Vous finissez Ils finissent Elles finissent There is another type of IR verb that is conjugated in a similar but not exactly the same way; Let's call them "les verbes IR Type II". They are conjugated as follows: Je __________s Tu __________s Il __________t Elle ________t Nous ________ons Vous ________ez Ils ________ent Elles _______ent Take, for example, the verb sortir, or to leave. Je sors Tu sors Il sort Elle sort Nous sortons Vous sortez Ils sortent Elles sortent Troisième (3e) Groupe (3rd group) - les verbes RE Je __________s Tu __________s Il __________(none) Elle ________(none) Nous ________ons Vous ________ez Ils ________ent Elles _______ent For all regular RE verbs, they are conjugated by replacing the -RE ending with the listed conjugation. However, RE verbs have a variety of irregular conjugations. Here is your first introduction to irregular verbs in French Take, for example, the verb mettre, or to put. Note the double t in the plural; this is done also in many other verbs ending in -TRE. Je mets Tu mets Il met Elle met Nous mettons Vous mettez Ils mettent Elles mettent In English, there are several present tenses. For example, you can say I do go, I go, or I am going. French does not make this distinction. There is only one present tense in French. Now for your homework Please PM me the answers to the following questions. 1. Conjugate the verb dormir (to sleep), being careful to use the conjugations for IR verb Type II. 2. Conjugate the verb écrire (to write), being careful of the following: The conjugations in plural require an extra v on the left end. i.e. -vons instead of -ons (yes, another irregularity) There is élision between Je and the conjugated form of the verb, i.e. j'e_____ not je e_________. The 3. Conjugate the verb battre (to beat), being careful to use a double t in the plural. 4. Conjugate the verb chanter (to sing). 5. Conjugate the verb polir (to polish), using IR verbs type I. 6. Conjugate the verb grossir (to gain weight), using IR verbs type I. 7. Conjugate the verb entendre (to hear). 8. Conjugate the verb donner (to give). 9. Conjugate the verb continuer (to continue). 10. Conjugate the verb dire (to say), being careful of: After removing -RE, put an s in its place for all plural conjugations. The vous conjugation is vous dites (sorry, must memorize this) If there are no comments, use the regular conjugation. A très bientôt! -garçoncanadien |
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Maybe "apprends" (learn) is a bit ambitious though. You should have used something like "(Some) help for your French" for example |
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Thanks for adding the category Brad, I think a lot of people will benefit from it. Certainly it shouldn't be viewed as a place where French speakers carry and teach the non French speakers, instead it's a forum for resources, help and direction.
We want to learn French in honor of Alizée which is the main motivation for most here. |
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"Haute cuisine" is a term we use to mean gourmet food, or artful cooking. The range of pronunciation within American usage is pretty major. Among "fashionable" circles, it usually is pronounced like an aspirated version of the word "oat," and would be preceded by "an" where necessary. On the other end of the scale are people and businesses that pronounce it as "hot," and use "a" before it. One can find almost anything in between if one looks hard enough, but it always has a hard T on the end of it (unlike what I've heard in French).
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if you have something better in French let me know .. I kind of think 'Learn French' is fine, I think most people won't even know what Apprends le français means anyway it is like their first lesson is understanding what the forum heading says .. lol |
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Yes, leave it as it is . If you really want to improve it, I think that infinitive (Apprendre) would be better than imperative. If you still prefer imperative, it would be better in the plural form (Apprenez), that can also sound like formal, which is the same. In a title it's best to speak to everyone instead of one person (although both are correct of course). I know you're not used to that since in English you have "you" for both singular and plural and only one imperative form (covering singular and plural). |
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