French Structures by ettennA yerF https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz French Grammar Review en-us 2018-07-11 07:04:13 UTC 2025-12-07 10:24:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Negations and Pronouns ne...pas langprof247 https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919724 When you want to say something is 'NOT'...you are referring to the negation. In French there are two parts to the negation. The 'ne' (before the verb) and the 'pas' (after the verb). The pronoun is highlighted

Present
je NE vois PAS la fille
je NE la vois PAS
 
Near Future
je NE vais PAS voir la fille
je NE vais PAS la voir
 
Recent Past
je NE viens PAS de voir la fille
je NE viens PAS de la voir

Affirmative Command
NE regarde PAS la fille
NE la regarde PAS

]]> 2018-07-11 07:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919724 Indirect Object Pronouns lui and leur langprof247 https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919725 If you want to say 'to or for' someone, use an indirect object pronoun. Look for a verb + à (or preposition). 

Present
je parle à la fille
je lui parle
I talk (am talking) to the girl
I HER talk
 
Near Future
je vais parler à la fille
je vais LUI parler
I am going to talk to the girl
I am going to HER talk
 
Recent Past
je viens de parler à la fille
je viens de LUI parler
I just talked to the girl
I have just HER talked

Affirmative Command
parle à la fille
parle-LUI
talk to the girl
talk HER



]]> 2018-07-11 07:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919725 Direct Object Pronouns le, la, l' and les langprof247 https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919726 Direct object pronouns replace a noun and are how we say things like 'it and them'. Remember, agreement with the noun. 

Present
je vois la fille
je LA vois
I see the girl
I HER see
 
Near Future
je vais voir la fille
je vais LA voir
I am going to see the girl
I am going to HER see
 
Recent Past
je viens de voir la fille
je viens de LA voir
I just saw the girl
I just HER saw

Affirmative Command
regarde la fille
regarde-LA
look at the girl
look at HER
 

]]> 2018-07-11 07:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919726 Demonstrative Adjectives ce, cet, cette and ces langprof247 https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919727
To say 'this, that, these and those' in French you must make agreement with the noun. Again, all nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. If you do not know the gender of the noun go to a French dictionary. 

  • ce + masculine noun -  
        ce manteau
  • cet + masculine noun beginning with a vowel sound - 
        cet imperméable
  • cette + feminine noun -  cette chemise
  • ces + plural noun - 
ces chaussures
]]> 2018-07-11 07:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919727 Article + Noun + Adjective langprof247 https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919729 In French the article and the adjective must agree with the gender of the noun. Also, adjectives comes after the noun.

un pull noir - a sweater black
une jupe noire - a skirt black
des pulls noirs - sweaters black
des jupes noires - skirts black

  • le pull noir -   the sweater black
  • la jupe noire -                       the skirt black
  • les pulls noirs - the sweaters black
  • les jupes noires - the skirts black
]]> 2018-07-11 07:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919729 Definite Articles langprof247 https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919730 *Definite articles (the) in French are le, la, l' and les.

le - masc
la - fem
l' - before a vowel sound
les - plural

  • le chien - the dog
  • la fille - the girl
  • l'enfant - the child
  • les fruits - the fruits
]]> 2018-07-11 07:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919730 Indefinite Articles langprof247 https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919731 *Indefinite articles (a/an) in French are un, une and des.
 
un - masc
une - fem
des - plural

  • un chien - a dog
  • une fille - a girl
  • des fruits - fruits
]]> 2018-07-11 07:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919731 Nouns langprof247 https://padlet.com/langprof247/lsrmdogoergz/wish/269919732 *All nouns in French are either masculine, or feminine. To find the gender of the noun go to a French dictionary. M is for masculine and F is for feminine. 

  • Some masculine nouns:
        chien, fromage, manteau

  • Some feminine nouns:
giraffe, banane, chemise
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