STD - VI French CH-4 Grammar

Leçon 4 – Les trios souhaits

Grammaire-

Ø Les verbs du 2eme groupe –
The verbs of 2nd group are the verbs ending in –ir. To conjugate –ir verbs, remove –ir from the infinitive of the verb and add –is, -is , -it , -issons , -issez , -issent. 
Example –

a.     FINIR                                       b. CHOISIR
 je finis                                          je choisis
tu finis                                            tu choisis
il/elle finit                                      il/ elle choisit
nous finissons                             nous choisissons
vous finissez                                vous choisissez
ils/elles finissent                          ils/elles choisissent

c. RÉUSSIR                                               d. GROSSIR
je réussis                                                      je grossis
tu réussis                                                      tu grossis
il/elle réussit                                                il/elle grossit
nous réussissons                                        nous grossissons
vous réussissez                                          vous grossissez
 ils/elles réussissent                                  ils/elles grossissent



Ø La negation – (changing the sentence into negative form)
·        “Ne…pas”
·        “n’…pas” (ne changes to n’ in front of a word that starts with a vowel, most words beginning with h and y.)

Ne is placed before the verb and pas is placed after the verb.
Examples –

1)               Je ne fume pas.
2)           Je ne parle pas.
3)             Je n’aime pas.
4)           Nous ne finissons pas.
5)            Il n’adore pas.
6)          Il ne grossit pas.
7)         Elle n’a pas fait ses devoirs.
8)          Je ne t’entends pas.

ATTENTION- If in negation pas is followed by indefinite article (un/une/des), the indefinite article changes to de/d’. However if the verb in the sentence is être , there will be NO change in the article.

Examples –

1)    J’ai un livre.                                      Je n’ai pas de livre.
2)    Il mange une glace.                       Il ne mange pas de glace.
3)    Nous finissons des devoirs.         Nous ne finissons pas de devoirs.

But when (être) - 

1)    C’est un chahier.                            Ce n’est pas un cahier.

2)    Ce sont des filles.                           Ce ne sont pas des filles.

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