Learn How to Conjugate 'Parler' (to Talk) in French
Learn How to Conjugate 'Parler' (to Talk) in French
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English is terrible, and we should get back to french being the lingua franca.
First of all, that makes more sense to have french as a "lingua franca" because "Franca" reminds you of "France" and "French". Secondly, it just sounds muffled, can't english be clear from the begining? While with french, it's easier, the "R" for example really sounds like a purr in french, while in english it's a quirky "W" where you put your tongue on your palate! The same goes for all of the words that looks like "though", because not only they all look the same once written, but they are a pain in the ass to pronounce. While pronounciation in french is easier (except for the nasal sounds), sounds are clearly defined, and you don't have to make an air-cunilingus to pronouce those words! thirdly, conjugation. English barely have the means to express when an action happened, while englighted french have tenses for present, past, future, close past, past in the past (we actually have 2 of them), close future and past in the future. Not to mention that French also have modes that allows the speakers to talk about something that might happens or one to talk about things that we're not sure. Honestly, I just wish we could have all of this precision in english. fourthly, if it pisses english people, I'm all for it. But one thing I can't really cricticise about english is their spelling, because of how many silent letters there are in french. ________________________________ Premièrement, c'est plus logique d'avoir le français comme "lingua franca", car quand on dis "franca", ça nous rappelle immédiatement "France" et "français". deuxièmement, comme le disent les profs d'anglais en France, "pour bien parler anglais, faites comme si vous aviez une patate chaude dans la bouche." Et c'est le meilleur conseil qu'on m'ait jamais donné vu comment l'anglais est une langue qui sonne étouffée. Genre le "R" en Français, ça sonne comme un ronronnement, ou un grognement si on est Alsacien. Mais en anglais, c'est juste un "w" un peu con où on doit coller la langue sur le palais. où tous les mots genre "though" pour lesquels on doit faire un cunnilingus à un fantôme pour les prononcer correctement. Au moins en Français, les sons sont bien clairs et les mots nécessitent pas de bouger la langue dans quatre dimensions différentes. Troisièmement, la conjugaison. En anglais, c'est trop simple, t'a zéro contexte donné par la conjugaison, genre vite fais t'as le moment où ça se passe, et vite fais si l'action est encore/déjà en cours. Comment fais-je pour exprimer les conditions et les situations fictives si j'ai pas le conditionnel et le subjonctif? Comment Alphonse Allais aurait pu écrire cette magnifique oeuvre qu'est la complainte amoureuse? Fallait-il que vous assassinassiez mes rêves de précision grammaticale?! quatrièmement, si ça fait chier les rosbifs, ça ne peut être que bien. Mais bon, après je peut pas critiquer l'orthographe anglaise vu le nombre de lettres muettes en Français.
French regular -RE verbs are a small group of French verbs which share a conjugation pattern. Here are the most common regular -RE verbs: attendre to wait (for) défendre to defend descendre to descend entendre to to hear étendre to stretch fondre to melt pendre to hang, suspend perdre to lose prétendre to claim rendre to give back, return répandre to spread, scatter répondre to answer vendre to sell Irregular verbs are so named because they do not follow any of the regular conjugation patterns. But that doesn't mean that every irregular French verb is unique; many of them share a conjugation pattern with at least one other verb. By learning how to conjugate one verb in a group and memorizing the list of similar verbs, you'll be able to conjugate all the verbs in that group. French has five irregular -RE verb patterns - see examples at the bottom of the page: 1.The first group includes prendre and all of its derivations (comprendre, etc). These verbsdrop the din all three plural forms and alsodouble the nin the third person plural. 2.The second group includes battre and all of its derivations (débattre, etc). These verbsdrop the stem's final tin the singular forms. 3.The third group includes mettre and all of its derivations (promettre, etc). These verbs are conjugated just like battre verbs in the present tense, but I consider them a separate group because they are conjugated differently in the passé simple, imperfect subjunctive, and past participle. (As you can see in the table below, the first three groups take the same present tense verb endings.) 4.The fourth group of irregular -RE verbs includes rompre and its derivations (corrompre, etc). These verbs are conjugated exactly like regular -RE verbs with the single exception of the third person singular present tense, which adds atafter the stem. 5.The fifth group of irregular -RE verbs includes all verbs that end in -aindre (e.g., craindre), -eindre(like peindre), and -oindre (such as joindre). These verbsdrop the din the root in all forms, andadd a g in front of the nin the plural forms. The rest of the irregular -RE verbs have unique or unwieldy conjugations, so you have to memorize each one separately. Try working on one verb a day until you've mastered them all: absoudre, boire, clore, conclure, conduire, confire, connaître, coudre, croire, dire, écrire, faire,inscrire, lire, moudre, naître, plaire, rire, suivre, vivre. 📷 French imperfect conjugations are very easy, as the imperfect of virtually all verbs—regular and irregular—is formed the same way: drop the -ons ending from the present indicative nous form of the verb and adding the imperfect endings. Être is the only irregular verb in the imperfect, because the present tense nous sommeshas no -ons to drop. So it has the irregular stem ét- and uses the same endings as all other verbs. As in many other tenses, spelling change verbs, that is, verb which end in -cer and -ger, have minor spelling changes in the imperfect. Verbs that end in -ier have an imperfect root that ends in i, so end with double i in thenous and vous form of the imperfect. This isn't irregular, but it looks kind of weird. 📷 There are five main kinds of verbs in French: regular -ER, -IR, -RE; stem-changing; and irregular. Once you've learned the rules of conjugation for each of the first three kinds of verbs, you should have no problem conjugating regular verbs in each of those categories. The majority of French verbs are regular -ER verbs - see the next page for a list of some common -ER verbs. The verb form that ends in -ER is called the infinitive (in English, the infinitive is the verb preceded by the word "to"), and -ER is the infinitive ending. The verb with the infinitive ending removed is called the stem or radical. To conjugate -ER verbs, remove the infinitive ending to find the stem and add the endings in the table below. 📷 French regular -ER verbs, by far the largest group of French verbs, share a conjugation pattern. Here are just a few of the most common regular -ER verbs: aimer to like, to love arriver to arrive, to happen chanter to sing chercher to look for commencer* to begin danser to dance demander to ask for dépenser to spend (money) détester to hate donner to give écouter to listen to étudier** to study fermer to close goûter to taste jouer to play laver to wash manger* to eat nager* to swim parler to talk, to speak passer to pass, spend (time) penser to think porter to wear, to carry regarder to watch, to look at rêver to dream sembler to seem skier* to ski travailler to work trouver to find visiter to visit (a place) voler to fly, to steal There are a lot of French verbs that end in -ER and there are a lot of irregular French verbs, but there is only one irregular -ER verb. However, there are three groups of -ER verbs that have some irregularities. AllerAller (to go) is the only truly irregular -er verb in French - its conjugations are unique and, according to some, very odd. Spelling change verbs Spelling change verbs are verbs that end in -cer or -ger. Their stem formation and verb endings are the same as for regular -er verbs, but there is a slight spelling change for pronunciation purposes in certain conjugations. Stem-changing verbs Stem-changing verbs are -er verbs that take the regular endings but have two different radicals. There are five categories of French stem-changing verbs: -yer, -eler, -eter, -e_er, and -é_er. -IER verbs There is nothing actually irregular about the conjugation of -ier verbs - they are conjugated like regular -er verbs, but some of their forms look strange. 📷 French regular -IR verbs, the second largest group of French verbs, share a conjugation pattern. Here are just a few of the most common regular -IR verbs: abolir to abolish agir to act avertir to warn bâtir to build bénir to bless choisir to choose établir to establish étourdir to stun, deafen, make dizzy finir to finish grossir to gain weight, get fat guérir to cure, heal, recover maigrir to lose weight, get thin nourrir to feed, nourish obéir to obey punir to punish réfléchir to reflect, think remplir to to fill réussir to succeed rougir to blush, turn red vieillir to grow old Irregular verbs are the bane of every French student's existence, but there is some good news. There are some patterns in the irregularities - once you learn the conjugations for one verb in a group, you shouldn't have any trouble with the other verbs in that group. There are two groups of irregular -IR verbs: 1.The first group of irregular verbs includes dormir, mentir, partir, sentir, servir, sortir, and all of their derivatives (repartir, etc). These verbs drop the last letter of the radical in the singular conjugations - see example in table below. 2.The second group of verbs includes couvrir, cueillir, découvrir, offrir, ouvrir, souffrir, and their derivatives (recouvrir, etc). These verbs are conjugated like regular -ER verbs - see example in table below. The rest of the irregular -IR verbs don't follow a pattern - you have to memorize the conjugations for each one separately: asseoir, courir, devoir, falloir, mourir, pleuvoir, pouvoir, recevoir, savoir,tenir, valoir, venir, voir, vouloir 📷 Thepassé composéis the most common French past tense, often used in conjunction with the imperfect. The passé composé can express any of the following: I. An action completed in the past As-tu étudié ce weekend ? Did you study this weekend? Ils ont déjà mangé. They have already eaten. II. An action repeated a number of times in the past Oui, j'ai mangé cinq fois hier. Yes, I did eat five times yesterday. Nous avons visité Paris plusieurs fois. We've visited Paris several times. III. A series of actions completed in the past Quand je suis arrivé, j'ai vu les fleurs. When I arrived, I saw the flowers. Samedi, il a vu sa mère, a parlé au médicin et a trouvé un chat. Saturday he saw his mother, talked to the doctor, and found a cat. The passé composé is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts:
📷 Imperfect Quand j'avais 15 ans, je voulais être psychiatre. Je m'intéressais à la psychologie parce que je connaissais beaucoup de gens très bizarres. Le week-end, j'allais à la bibliothèque et j'étudiais pendant toute la journée. When I was 15, I wanted to be a psychiatrist. I was interested in psychology because I knew a lot of really weird people. On the weekends, I used to go to the library and study all day. Passé composé Un jour, je suis tombé malade et j'ai découvert les miracles de la médecine. J'ai fait la connaissance d'un médecin et j'ai commencé à étudier avec lui. Quand la faculté de médecine m'a accepté, je n'ai plus pensé à la psychologie. One day, I got sick and discovered the wonders of medicine. I met a doctor and started studying with him. After the medical school accepted me, I didn't think about psychology any more. Indicators The following key words and phrases tend to be used with either the imperfect or the passé composé, so when you see any of them, you know which tense you need: The imperative, called l'impératif in French, is a verb mood which is used to · give an order · express a desire · make a request · offer advice · recommend something Unlike all other French verb tenses and personal moods, the subject pronoun is not used with the imperative: Fermez la porte. Close the door. Mangeons maintenant. Let's eat now. Ayez la bonté de m'attendre. Please wait for me. Veuillez m'excuser. Please excuse me. The above are called "affirmative commands," because they are telling someone to do something. "Negative commands," which tell someonenotto do something, are made by placing ne in front of the verb and the appropriate negative adverb after the verb: Ne parle pas ! Don't speak! N'oublions pas les livres. Let's not forget the books. N'ayez jamais peur. Never be afraid. -ER verbs (regular, stem-changing, spelling change, and irregular) The imperative conjugations for nous and vous are the same as the present indicative, and the tu form of the imperative is the indicative minus the final s (but see item 4 on this page): parler (tu) parle (nous) parlons (vous) parlez lever (tu) lève (nous) levons (vous) levez aller (tu) va (nous) allons (vous) allez Verbs which are conjugated like -ER verbs (meaning that in the indicative the tu form ends in -es), such as ouvrir and souffrir, follow the same rules as -ER verbs. ouvrir (tu) ouvre (nous) ouvrons (vous) ouvrez -IR verbsand-RE verbs The imperative conjugations for all regular and most* irregular -IR and -RE verbs are the same as the present indicative conjugations. finir (tu) finis (nous) finissons (vous) finissez attendre (tu) attends (nous) attendons (vous) attendez faire (tu) fais (nous) faisons (vous) faites *Except for verbs conjugated like -ER verbs and the following four irregular imperative verbs: avoir (tu) aie (nous) ayons (vous) ayez être (tu) sois (nous) soyons (vous) soyez savoir (tu) sache (nous) sachons (vous) sachez vouloir (tu) veuille (nous) n/a (vous) veuillez The order of words in a French sentence can be very confusing due to affirmative and negative imperative constructions and object and adverbial pronouns. This lesson will teach you exactly how to order your sentences when using the imperative. Remember that there are two kinds of imperatives, affirmative and negative, and the word order is different for each of them. Negative imperatives are easier, because their word order is the same as that of all other simple verb conjugations: any object, reflexive, and/or adverbial pronouns precede the verb and the negative structure surrounds the pronoun(s) + verb: Finis ! - Finish! Ne finis pas ! - Don't finish! Ne le finis pas ! - Don't finish it! Lisez ! - Read! Ne lisez pas ! - Don't read! Ne le lisez pas ! - Don't read it! Ne me le lisez pas ! - Don't read it to me! Affirmative commands are more complicated, for several reasons. 1.The word order is for affirmative commands is different from that of all other verb tenses/moods: any pronouns follow the verb and are connected to it and to each other with hyphens. Finis-le ! - Finish it! Allons-y ! - Let's go! Mangez-les ! - Eat them! Donne-lui-en ! - Give him some! 2.The order of the pronouns in affirmative commands is slightly different from all other verb tenses/moods (see table at the bottom of the page): Envoie-le-nous ! - Send it to us! Expliquons-la-leur ! - Let's explain it to them! Donnez-nous-en ! - Give us some! Donne-le-moi ! - Give it to me! 3.The pronouns me and te change to the stressed pronounsmoi and toi... Lève-toi ! - Get up! Parlez-moi ! - Talk to me! Dis-moi ! - Tell me! ...unless they are followed by y or en, in which case they contract to m' and t' Va-t'en ! - Go away! Faites-m'y penser. - Remind me about it. 4.When a tu command is followed by the pronouns y or en, the final s is not dropped from the verb conjugation: Vas-y ! - Go away! Parles-en. - Talk about it. 📷
The 10 most common mistakes my students make in French
If you are a French learner with an A2-B2 level, this post will be very useful to you. I’ve been working as a French tutor for 5 years and I’ve compiled a list of the 10 most common speaking mistakes I hear my students make. These are SO common that I truly believe that if a learner stops making all 10 of them, their French would already improve by like 50%. If you have any questions or if you don't understand some of the mistakes, feel free to comment and I will gladly give a more detailed explanation. ** Also, please note: Almost every single grammar rule in French has exceptions. But the rules listed below work 95%+ of the time. ........................................................................................... #1: When saying “to the” or “at the”, you cannot say “à le”. The preposition “À” + the masculine article “le” merge and become “au”. CORRECT: Je veux aller au cinéma WRONG: Je veux aller à le cinéma. ALSO WRONG: Je veux aller au le cinéma. (I hear “au le” a lot but that literally means “to the the”) Same thing for “de” + “le” and “de” + “les”. “De” + “le” merge and become “du”, and “de” + “les” become “des”. CORRECT: Le nom du chanteur du groupe Queen est Freddie Mercury. / La majorité des pays d'Amérique du Sud parlent espagnol. WRONG: Le nom de le chanteur de le groupe Queen est Freddie Mercury. / La majorité de les pays d'Amérique du Sud parlent espagnol. ......................................................................................... #2: To say “A lot of…” you have to say “Beaucoup de” or “Beaucoup d’” (if the next word starts with a vowel). “Beaucoup” can NEVER be followed by des or du or de la. CORRECT: Il y a beaucoup de personnes au supermarché / Marc a beaucoup d’amis / J’ai mangé beaucoup de chocolat. WRONG: Il y a beaucoup des personnes au supermarché / Marc a beaucoup des amis / J’ai mangé beaucoup du chocolat. ......................................................................................... #3: Sometimes, people don’t know where to place the negation “ne” in the sentence. But it’s actually very simple. “Ne” comes right after the subject or the subject pronoun. CORRECT: Je ne suis pas fatigué / Je n’ai pas étudié pour mon examen / Les enfants ne veulent pas aller à l’école. WRONG: Je suis ne pas fatigué / J’ai ne pas étudié pour mon examen / Les enfants veulent ne pas aller à l’école. Another important thing to remember is that when the sentence has another negation word like “rien” or “jamais” or “personne”, these words will replace the “pas”. CORRECT: Je ne suis jamais allé en France / Il n’y a rien à manger / Personne n’aime faire des devoirs. WRONG: Je ne suis pas jamais allé en France / Il n’y a pas rien à manger / Personne n’aime pas faire des devoirs. .......................................................................................... #4: This one is extremely common. Learners often use the conjugated form of the verb when it should be the infinitive or they use the infinitive form when it should be the conjugated form. When to use the infinitive?: When the verb is used with what I call a “connector verb” (vouloir, aimer, aller, pouvoir, devoir…) or right after prepositions like “à”, “de”, and “pour”. CORRECT: Je veux manger une pomme / J’aime prendre l’avion / Est-ce que je peux te demander quelque chose? / Tu dois faire tes devoirs. / J’ai décidé de déménager au Canada. / Pour apprendre une langue, il faut étudier souvent. WRONG: Je veux mange une pomme / J’aime prend l’avion / Est-ce que je peux te demande quelque chose? / Tu dois fais tes devoirs. / J’ai décidé de déménage au Canada. / Pour apprend une langue, il faut étudie souvent. Now, when to use the conjugated form of a verb?: When it comes after a subject or a subject pronoun, or after “qui”. CORRECT: Ça prend beaucoup de temps / Mes parents ont une grande maison / C’est un film qui parle de l’Égypte / Je te vois. WRONG: Ça prendre beaucoup de temps / Mes parents avoir une grande maison / C’est un film qui parler de l’Égypte / Je te voir You can understand why it’s wrong by comparing it to English. You wouldn’t say “It to take a lot of time”. You would say “It takes a lot of time”. ........................................................................................... #5: In French, the verb "connaître" and "savoir" both mean "to know", but they are used differently. “Connaître” means “to know” with the idea to be personally familiar with, to have experienced it yourself. It is used with books, movies, cities, people... CORRECT: Je ne connais pas le film Titanic / Connais-tu mon amie Vanessa? / Mon groupe favori est Twenty One Pilots, tu les connais? WRONG: Je ne sais pas le film Titanic / Sais-tu mon amie Vanessa? / Mon groupe favori est Twenty One Pilots, tu les sais? "Savoir" has to do with acquired knowledge. It is followed by interrogative expressions (où, pourquoi, qui, avec qui, quand, etc…), or by verbs. CORRECT: Sais-tu où il habite? / Je ne sais pas à quelle heure le bus arrive / Je sais parler français. WRONG: Connais-tu où il habite? / Je ne connais pas à quelle heure le bus arrive / Je connais parler français. .................................................................................... #6: This mistake is fairly easy to fix. Pronouns “je”, “te”, “me”, “le”, “la”, and "se" have to be attached to words that start with a vowel or with an “h”. CORRECT: J’habite à Montréal / J'apprends le français / Je ne t’entends pas / Il m’a demandé si j’étais célibataire / Je l’ai vu au restaurant. / Il s'est réveillé tôt. WRONG: Je habite à Montréal / Je apprends le français / Je ne te entends pas / Il me a demandé si je étais célibataire / Je le ai vu au restaurant. / Il se est réveillé tôt. ........................................................................................... #7: Most French verbs in the past tense (passé composé) use the auxiliary verb “avoir”. But some use the auxiliary verb “être”. Here are the most important ones to remember: CORRECT: Je suis allé au casino / Il est devenu pilote / Je suis revenu à la maison / Nous sommes retournés dans notre ville natale / Chantal est venue à mon anniversaire / Ils sont arrivés à Montréal ce matin / Je suis resté chez moi toute la journée. WRONG: J'ai allé au casino / Il a devenu pilote / J’ai revenu à la maison / Nous avons retourné dans notre ville natale / Chantal a venu à mon anniversaire / Ils ont arrivé à Montréal ce matin / J’ai resté chez moi toute la journée. Also, useful tip: Every single reflexive verbs (se + verb) use the auxiliary “être” in the passé composé. For example: Je me suis réveillé / Nous nous sommes promenés / etc... ................................................................................................ #8: In English, words like “sometimes, never, always, often, already…”, usually come right after the subject or subject pronoun. But in French, it isn’t so. They must come after the verb. CORRECT: François va souvent au parc / Je ne mange jamais de viande / J’ai déjà fini mon projet / Nous passons toujours du temps ensemble. WRONG: François souvent va au parc / Je ne jamais mange de viande / Je déjà ai fini mon projet / Nous toujours passons du temps ensemble. ............................................................................................. #9: In French, “que” and “qui” can both mean “that”, but they are used differently. “Que” is used before subjects or subject pronouns whereas “qui” is used before verbs. CORRECT: La robe que tu portes est très belle / Il y a des gens qui n’aiment pas voyager. / Aimes-tu le plat que j’ai cuisiné? / C’est un film qui a gagné un oscar. WRONG: La robe qui tu portes est très belle / Il y a des gens que n’aiment pas voyager / Aimes-tu le plat qui j’ai cuisiné? / C’est un film que a gagné un oscar. ............................................................................................. #10: In English, you can express the present tense by saying for example “I eat” or “I am eating”. But in French, the “I am eating” tense does not exist. We only use 1 present tense. You can NEVER say “I am + infinitive verb” to express the present tense in French. CORRECT: Je mange une pomme / Marie fait ses devoirs / Je cuisine / Il prend une douche WRONG: Je suis manger une pomme / Marie est faire ses devoirs / Je suis cuisiner / Il est prendre une douche. Saying “Je suis manger une pomme” would literally mean “I am to eat an apple”. It does not make sense in French. However, there is one thing that we sometimes say. It’s “Je suis en train de + infinitive verb”. It means “I am in the process of…”. So, you could actually say “Je suis en train de manger”, which technically means I’m eating / I’m in the process of eating. ...................................................................................................
The 10 most common mistakes my students make in French
If you are a French learner with an A2-B2 level, this post will be very useful to you. I’ve been working as a French tutor for 5 years and I’ve compiled a list of the 10 most common speaking mistakes I hear my students make. These are SO common that I truly believe that if a learner stops making all 10 of them, their French would already improve by like 50%. If you have any questions or if you don't understand some of the mistakes below, feel free to comment and I will gladly give a more detailed explanation. ** Also, please note: Almost every single grammar rule in French has exceptions. But the rules listed below work 95%+ of the time. ........................................................................................... #1: When saying “to the” or “at the”, you cannot say “à le”. The preposition “À” + the masculine article “le” merge and become “au”. CORRECT: Je veux aller au cinéma WRONG: Je veux aller à le cinéma. ALSO WRONG: Je veux aller au le cinéma. (I hear “au le” a lot but that literally means “to the the”) Same thing for “de” + “le” and “de” + “les”. “De” + “le” merge and become “du”, and “de” + “les” become “des”. CORRECT: Le nom du chanteur du groupe Queen est Freddie Mercury. / La majorité des pays d'Amérique du Sud parlent espagnol. WRONG: Le nom de le chanteur de le groupe Queen est Freddie Mercury. / La majorité de les pays d'Amérique du Sud parlent espagnol. ......................................................................................... #2: To say “A lot of…” you have to say “Beaucoup de” or “Beaucoup d’” (if the next word starts with a vowel). “Beaucoup” can NEVER be followed by des or du or de la. CORRECT: Il y a beaucoup de personnes au supermarché / Marc a beaucoup d’amis / J’ai mangé beaucoup de chocolat. WRONG: Il y a beaucoup des personnes au supermarché / Marc a beaucoup des amis / J’ai mangé beaucoup du chocolat. ......................................................................................... #3: Sometimes, people don’t know where to place the negation “ne” in the sentence. But it’s actually very simple. “Ne” always comes right after the subject or the subject pronoun. CORRECT: Je ne suis pas fatigué / Je n’ai pas étudié pour mon examen / Les enfants ne veulent pas aller à l’école. WRONG: Je suis ne pas fatigué / J’ai ne pas étudié pour mon examen / Les enfants veulent ne pas aller à l’école. Another important thing to remember is that when the sentence has another negation word like “rien” or “jamais” or “personne”, these words will replace the “pas”. CORRECT: Je ne suis jamais allé en France / Il n’y a rien à manger / Personne n’aime faire des devoirs. WRONG: Je ne suis pas jamais allé en France / Il n’y a pas rien à manger / Personne n’aime pas faire des devoirs. .......................................................................................... #4: This one is extremely common. Learners often use the conjugated form of the verb when it should be the infinitive or they use the infinitive form when it should be the conjugated form. When to use the infinitive?: When the verb is used with what I call a “connector verb” (vouloir, aimer, aller, pouvoir, devoir…) or right after prepositions like “à”, “de”, and “pour”. CORRECT: Je veux manger une pomme / J’aime prendre l’avion / Est-ce que je peux te demander quelque chose? / Tu dois faire tes devoirs. / J’ai décidé de déménager au Canada. / Pour apprendre une langue, il faut étudier souvent. WRONG: Je veux mange une pomme / J’aime prend l’avion / Est-ce que je peux te demande quelque chose? / Tu dois fais tes devoirs. / J’ai décidé de déménage au Canada. / Pour apprend une langue, il faut étudie souvent. Now, when to use the conjugated form of a verb?: When it comes after a subject or a subject pronoun, or after “qui”. CORRECT: Ça prend beaucoup de temps / Mes parents ont une grande maison / C’est un film qui parle de l’Égypte / Je te vois. WRONG: Ça prendre beaucoup de temps / Mes parents avoir une grande maison / C’est un film qui parler de l’Égypte / Je te voir You can understand why it’s wrong by comparing it to English. You wouldn’t say “It to take a lot of time”. You would say “It takes a lot of time”. ........................................................................................... #5: In French, the verb "connaître" and "savoir" both mean "to know", but they are used differently. “Connaître” means “to know” with the idea to be personally familiar with, to have experienced it yourself. It is used with books, movies, cities, people... CORRECT: Je ne connais pas le film Titanic / Connais-tu mon amie Vanessa? / Mon groupe favori est Twenty One Pilots, tu connais? WRONG: Je ne sais pas le film Titanic / Sais-tu mon amie Vanessa? / Mon groupe favori est Twenty One Pilots, tu sais? "Savoir" has to do with acquired knowledge. It is followed by interrogative expressions (où, pourquoi, qui, avec qui, quand, etc…), or by verbs. CORRECT: Sais-tu où il habite? / Je ne sais pas à quelle heure le bus arrive / Je sais parler français. WRONG: Connais-tu où il habite? / Je ne connais pas à quelle heure le bus arrive / Je connais parler français. .................................................................................... #6: This mistake is fairly easy to fix. Pronouns “je”, “te”, “me”, “le” and “la” have to be attached to words that start with a vowel or with an “h”. CORRECT: J’habite à Montréal / J'apprends le français / Je ne t’entends pas / Il m’a demandé si j’étais célibataire / Je l’ai vu au restaurant. WRONG: Je habite à Montréal / Je apprends le français / Je ne te entends pas / Il me a demandé si je étais célibataire / Je le ai vu au restaurant. ........................................................................................... #7: Most French verbs in the past tense (passé composé) use the auxiliary verb “avoir”. But some use the auxiliary verb “être”. Here are the most important ones to remember: CORRECT: Je suis allé au casino / Il est devenu pilote / Je suis revenu à la maison / Nous sommes retournés dans notre ville natale / Chantal est venue à mon anniversaire / Ils sont arrivés à Montréal ce matin / Je suis resté chez moi toute la journée. WRONG: J'ai allé au casino / Il a devenu pilote / J’ai revenu à la maison / Nous avons retourné dans notre ville natale / Chantal a venu à mon anniversaire / Ils ont arrivé à Montréal ce matin / J’ai resté chez moi toute la journée. ................................................................................................ #8: In English, words like “sometimes, never, always, often, already…”, usually come right after the subject or subject pronoun. But in French, it isn’t so. They must come after the verb. CORRECT: François va souvent au parc / Je ne mange jamais de viande / J’ai déjà fini mon projet / Nous passons toujours du temps ensemble. WRONG: François souvent va au parc / Je ne jamais mange de viande / Je déjà ai fini mon projet / Nous toujours passons du temps ensemble. ............................................................................................. #9: In French, “que” and “qui” can both mean “that”, but they are used differently. “Que” is used before subjects or subject pronouns whereas “qui” is used before verbs. CORRECT: La robe que tu portes est très belle / Il y a des gens qui n’aiment pas voyager. / Aimes-tu le plat que j’ai cuisiné? / C’est un film qui a gagné un oscar. WRONG: La robe qui tu portes est très belle / Il y a des gens que n’aiment pas voyager / Aimes-tu le plat qui j’ai cuisiné? / C’est un film que a gagné un oscar. ............................................................................................. #10: In English, you can express the present tense by saying for example “I eat” or “I am eating”. But in French, the “I am eating” tense does not exist. We only use 1 present tense. You can NEVER say “I am + infinitive verb” to express the present tense in French. CORRECT: Je mange une pomme / Marie fait ses devoirs / Je cuisine / Il prend une douche WRONG: Je suis manger une pomme / Marie est faire ses devoirs / Je suis cuisiner / Il est prendre une douche. Saying “Je suis manger une pomme” would literally mean “I am to eat an apple”. It does not make sense in French. However, there is one thing that we sometimes say. It’s “Je suis en train de + infinitive verb”. It means “I am in the process of…”. So, you could actually say “Je suis en train de manger”, which technically means I’m eating / I’m in the process of eating. ...................................................................................................
The 10 most common mistakes my students make in French
If you are a French learner with an A2-B2 level, this post will be very useful to you. I’ve been working as a French tutor for 5 years and I’ve compiled a list of the 10 most common speaking mistakes I hear my students make. These are SO common that I truly believe that if a learner stops making all 10 of them, their French would already improve by like 50%. If you have any questions or if you don't understand some of the mistakes below, feel free to comment and I will gladly give a more detailed explanation. ** Also, please note: Almost every single grammar rule in French has exceptions. But the rules listed below work 95%+ of the time. ........................................................................................... #1: When saying “to the” or “at the”, you cannot say “à le”. The preposition “À” + the masculine article “le” merge and become “au”. CORRECT: Je veux aller au cinéma WRONG: Je veux aller à le cinéma. ALSO WRONG: Je veux aller au le cinéma. (I hear “au le” a lot but that literally means “to the the”) Same thing for “de” + “le” and “de” + “les”. “De” + “le” merge and become “du”, and “de” + “les” become “des”. CORRECT: Le nom du chanteur du groupe Queen est Freddie Mercury. / La majorité des pays d'Amérique du Sud parlent espagnol. WRONG: Le nom de le chanteur de le groupe Queen est Freddie Mercury. / La majorité de les pays d'Amérique du Sud parlent espagnol. ......................................................................................... #2: To say “A lot of…” you have to say “Beaucoup de” or “Beaucoup d’” (if the next word starts with a vowel). “Beaucoup” can NEVER be followed by des or du or de la. CORRECT: Il y a beaucoup de personnes au supermarché / Marc a beaucoup d’amis / J’ai mangé beaucoup de chocolat. WRONG: Il y a beaucoup des personnes au supermarché / Marc a beaucoup des amis / J’ai mangé beaucoup du chocolat. ......................................................................................... #3: Sometimes, people don’t know where to place the negation “ne” in the sentence. But it’s actually very simple. “Ne” comes right after the subject or the subject pronoun. (There are exceptions, but this rule works 95% of the time) CORRECT: Je ne suis pas fatigué / Je n’ai pas étudié pour mon examen / Les enfants ne veulent pas aller à l’école. WRONG: Je suis ne pas fatigué / J’ai ne pas étudié pour mon examen / Les enfants veulent ne pas aller à l’école. Another important thing to remember is that when the sentence has another negation word like “rien” or “jamais” or “personne”, these words will replace the “pas”. CORRECT: Je ne suis jamais allé en France / Il n’y a rien à manger / Personne n’aime faire des devoirs. WRONG: Je ne suis pas jamais allé en France / Il n’y a pas rien à manger / Personne n’aime pas faire des devoirs. .......................................................................................... #4: This one is extremely common. Learners often use the conjugated form of the verb when it should be the infinitive or they use the infinitive form when it should be the conjugated form. When to use the infinitive?: When the verb is used with what I call a “connector verb” (vouloir, aimer, aller, pouvoir, devoir…) or right after prepositions like “à”, “de”, and “pour”. CORRECT: Je veux manger une pomme / J’aime prendre l’avion / Est-ce que je peux te demander quelque chose? / Tu dois faire tes devoirs. / J’ai décidé de déménager au Canada. / Pour apprendre une langue, il faut étudier souvent. WRONG: Je veux mange une pomme / J’aime prend l’avion / Est-ce que je peux te demande quelque chose? / Tu dois fais tes devoirs. / J’ai décidé de déménage au Canada. / Pour apprend une langue, il faut étudie souvent. Now, when to use the conjugated form of a verb?: When it comes after a subject or a subject pronoun, or after “qui”. CORRECT: Ça prend beaucoup de temps / Mes parents ont une grande maison / C’est un film qui parle de l’Égypte / Je te vois. WRONG: Ça prendre beaucoup de temps / Mes parents avoir une grande maison / C’est un film qui parler de l’Égypte / Je te voir You can understand why it’s wrong by comparing it to English. You wouldn’t say “It to take a lot of time”. You would say “It takes a lot of time”. ........................................................................................... #5: In French, the verb "connaître" and "savoir" both mean "to know", but they are used differently. “Connaître” means “to know” with the idea to be personally familiar with, to have experienced it yourself. It is used with books, movies, cities, people... CORRECT: Je ne connais pas le film Titanic / Connais-tu mon amie Vanessa? / Mon groupe favori est Twenty One Pilots, tu connais? WRONG: Je ne sais pas le film Titanic / Sais-tu mon amie Vanessa? / Mon groupe favori est Twenty One Pilots, tu sais? "Savoir" has to do with acquired knowledge. It is followed by interrogative expressions (où, pourquoi, qui, avec qui, quand, etc…), or by verbs. CORRECT: Sais-tu où il habite? / Je ne sais pas à quelle heure le bus arrive / Je sais parler français. WRONG: Connais-tu où il habite? / Je ne connais pas à quelle heure le bus arrive / Je connais parler français. .................................................................................... #6: This mistake is fairly easy to fix. Pronouns “je”, “te”, “me”, “le”, “la”, and "se" have to be attached to words that start with a vowel or with an “h”. CORRECT: J’habite à Montréal / J'apprends le français / Je ne t’entends pas / Il m’a demandé si j’étais célibataire / Je l’ai vu au restaurant. / Il s'est réveillé tôt. WRONG: Je habite à Montréal / Je apprends le français / Je ne te entends pas / Il me a demandé si je étais célibataire / Je le ai vu au restaurant. / Il se est réveillé tôt. ........................................................................................... #7: Most French verbs in the past tense (passé composé) use the auxiliary verb “avoir”. But some use the auxiliary verb “être”. Here are the most important ones to remember: CORRECT: Je suis allé au casino / Il est devenu pilote / Je suis revenu à la maison / Nous sommes retournés dans notre ville natale / Chantal est venue à mon anniversaire / Ils sont arrivés à Montréal ce matin / Je suis resté chez moi toute la journée. WRONG: J'ai allé au casino / Il a devenu pilote / J’ai revenu à la maison / Nous avons retourné dans notre ville natale / Chantal a venu à mon anniversaire / Ils ont arrivé à Montréal ce matin / J’ai resté chez moi toute la journée. Also, useful tip: Every single reflexive verbs (se + verb) use the auxiliary “être” in the passé composé. For example: Je me suis réveillé / Nous nous sommes promenés / etc... ................................................................................................ #8: In English, words like “sometimes, never, always, often, already…”, usually come right after the subject or subject pronoun. But in French, it isn’t so. They must come after the verb. CORRECT: François va souvent au parc / Je ne mange jamais de viande / J’ai déjà fini mon projet / Nous passons toujours du temps ensemble. WRONG: François souvent va au parc / Je ne jamais mange de viande / Je déjà ai fini mon projet / Nous toujours passons du temps ensemble. ............................................................................................. #9: In French, “que” and “qui” can both mean “that”, but they are used differently. “Que” is used before subjects or subject pronouns whereas “qui” is used before verbs. CORRECT: La robe que tu portes est très belle / Il y a des gens qui n’aiment pas voyager. / Aimes-tu le plat que j’ai cuisiné? / C’est un film qui a gagné un oscar. WRONG: La robe qui tu portes est très belle / Il y a des gens que n’aiment pas voyager / Aimes-tu le plat qui j’ai cuisiné? / C’est un film que a gagné un oscar. ............................................................................................. #10: In English, you can express the present tense by saying for example “I eat” or “I am eating”. But in French, the “I am eating” tense does not exist. We only use 1 present tense. You can NEVER say “I am + infinitive verb” to express the present tense in French. CORRECT: Je mange une pomme / Marie fait ses devoirs / Je cuisine / Il prend une douche WRONG: Je suis manger une pomme / Marie est faire ses devoirs / Je suis cuisiner / Il est prendre une douche. Saying “Je suis manger une pomme” would literally mean “I am to eat an apple”. It does not make sense in French. However, there is one thing that we sometimes say. It’s “Je suis en train de + infinitive verb”. It means “I am in the process of…”. So, you could actually say “Je suis en train de manger”, which technically means I’m eating / I’m in the process of eating. ...................................................................................................
Would verb conjugation be easier in Spoken or Written French?
Hello everyone. I have some questions about verbs in Spoken/Written French. So I was reading some verb conjugations, like parler (to speak), etc. And I found that in the Present tense, some of the conjugations sound the same. Je parle, tu parles, and il parle sounds the same. Ils parlent sounds the same, but a little different. So if I were to say/type "I can speak French, but not well" (probably "Je peux parle français, mais mal bien" but I could be mistaken) in Spoken French, and Written French respectively, which one would be easier? TL;DR = Some of the pronunciation of the verb conjugations are the same, so I were to speak or type a sentence with a verb, would it be easier speaking it or typing it?
French Verb Conjugation / Conjugaison de Verbes French conjugation French-English English-French Français-Espagnol Espagnol-Français model for -er verbs: parler Conjugating the French Verb Parler We must learn how to conjugate verbs in order to place them in the correct tense for our sentences. By understanding how to do so, you'll be able to use parler in the past tense, "talked," the future tense "will talk," and the present tense "am talking." Parler is a french first group verb. So it follow the regular conjugation pattern of the first group like: aimer.Follow this link to see all the endings of the conjugation of the first group verbs : conjugation rules and endings for the first group verbs. Parler is conjugated the same way that verbs that end in : -er.First group verbs always end with -er as their infinitive. Conjugate the French verb parler in all tenses: future, participle, present, indicative, subjunctive. Irregular verbs, auxiliary verbs, conjugation rules and conjugation models in French verb conjugation. Translate parler in context, with examples of use and definition. Conjugate the French verb parler in several modes, tenses, voices, numbers, persons : indicative mode, subjunctive, imperative mood, conditional, participle form ... Parler Présent. Learn and practice french with this conjugation "Parler Présent": The verb "To Speak/talk" is conjugated this way in present tense: Le verbe parler présent se conjugue de la façon suivante: Je parl e, Tu parl es, Il parl e, Elle parl e, Nous parl ons, Vous parl ez, Ils parl ent, Elles parl ent Parler is a French regular er verb meaning to speak. Parler appears on the 100 Most Used French Verbs Poster as the #1 most used regular er verb.Parler Conjugation: Present Tense je parle tu parles il/elle parle nous parlons vous parlez ils/elles parlent Parler Passé ComposéThe passé composé of Parler is formed by comb parler: Conjugation. The parler conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb parler according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of parler, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table.See the notes on the conjugation of parler at the end of this page. Parler - Verb conjugation in French. Learn how to conjugate parler in various tenses. Present: je parle, tu parles, il parle ... Vocabulix. Learn and practice french with this conjugation "PARLER Présent": The verb "To Speak" is conjugated this way in present tense: Le verbe parler présent se conjugue de la façon suivante: Je parle, Tu parles, Il parle, Elle parle, Nous parlons, Vous parlez, Ils parlent, Elles parlent.
Alexa Polidoro, from https://learnfrenchwithalexa.com, conjugates the French verb PARLER (TO TALK/SPEAK) ... conjugates the French verb PARLER (TO TALK/SPEAK) in the PRESENT TENSE. Alexa conjugates the French verb appeler (to call) in the present tense. SUPPORT GUIDE and EXCLUSIVE VIDS at https://learnfrenchwithalexa.com. Test Yoursel... Alexa teaches you how to conjugate Finir (to finish) in the Present tense. SUPPORT GUIDE and EXCLUSIVE VIDS at https://learnfrenchwithalexa.com. Test Yours... Alexa teaches you how to conjugate Parler (to talk) in 5 main French tenses. SUPPORT GUIDE and EXCLUSIVE VIDS at https://learnfrenchwithalexa.com. Test you... http://LFWA.COM presents French Group 1 Regular Verbs (ending in -ER) in the PRESENT TENSE - Lesson 41 of Alexa’s popular Beginner’s French Essentials course... https://www.frenchcircles.ca/parler-present/ Learn and practice french with this conjugation "PARLER Présent": The verb "To Speak/talk" is conjugated this wa... This video is about conjugating a simple verb, such as parler, into the verb tense of passé composé. This is a Bullis Student Tutors video -- made by students for students. YouTube Channel ... In this video you will see how to conjugate the verb 'parler'. Parler means to talk or to speak in French. It's what we call an '-er' verb, because when it's... 楽天roomhttps://room.rakuten.co.jp/room_1d9024e2e3/items The French verb of -er verbs (ex. parler)The conjugation in the present tenseI hope this will help y... Bonjour ! In this Lesson learn how to conjugate verbs in -er like Parler (to speak), aimer (to love), travailler (to work), jouer (to play)...at the present ...
