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Infinitive + Future ending
Future + Imperfect
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NOUNS
number: singular and plural
gender: masculine and feminine
voilà vs. il y a: devices for introducing nouns
temps, heure, fois: different nouns for 'time'
DETERMINERS
def. articles with physical characteristics, ex. elle a les cheveux longs
possessive determiners: mon, ma, mes, etc.
demonstrative determiners: ce, cet, cette, ces
expressions of quantity: beaucoup de, un peu de, etc.
ADVERBS
placement of adverbs with the passé composé
comparative and superlative of adverbs
tôt, tard, en avance, en retard, à l'heure
ADJECTIVES
adjectives whose meaning varies with placement
bon/meilleur (adjectives) vs. bien/mieux (adverbs)
VERBS
regular verbs
-er verbs
-ir verbs
-ir verbs (irreg) like ouvrir 'to open'
-ir verbs (irreg) like partir 'to leave,' sortir 'to go out,' dormir 'to sleep'
-re verbs
-re verbs (irregular) like prendre 'to take'
-re verbs (irregular) like mettre 'to put, to place'
-re verbs (irregular) like suivre 'to follow', vivre 'to live'
common irregular verbs
être 'to be'
avoir 'to have'
avoir expressions, ex. il y a, avoir besoin de, etc.
aller 'to go'
faire 'to do,' 'to make'
venir 'to come'
boire, croire, voir: 'to drink', 'to believe', 'to see'
savoir vs. connaître: two ways of knowing
dire, lire, écrire: 'to say', 'to read', 'to write'
pronominal verbs: se raser, se lever, se disputer
modal verbs: vouloir 'to want to,' pouvoir 'to be able to,' devoir 'to have to'
impersonal verbs and expressions: il faut, il est important de ...
quitter, partir, sortir, laisser: different verbs for 'to leave'
infinitive constructions, including past and negative
causative faire (faire+infinitif)
transitive vs. intransitive constructions
NEGATION
basic negation: ne ... pas (don't, not)
ne ... jamais (never)
ne ... rien (nothing)
ne ... personne (nobody, no one)
ne ... pas du tout (not at all)
ne ... plus (no more, any longer)
ne ... aucun(e) (not one)
ne ... ni ... ni (neither ... nor)
ne ... que (only)
one word negative responses: si, jamais, personne, rien
PREPOSITIONS
contractions of à and de with definite article
PRONOUNS
subject pronouns: je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles
disjunctive pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, elles, eux
direct object pronouns: me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les
indirect object pronouns: me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur
pronoun: y
pronoun: en
relative pronouns: qui and que
relative pronouns: ce qui and ce que
relative pronouns: dont, ce dont, où, lequel
indefinite pronouns: chacun and quelqu'un
demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles
possessive pronouns: le mien, la mienne, etc.
CONJUNCTIONS
coordinating conjunctions: et, mais, ou, puis, car, etc.
subordinating conjunctions: pendant que, quand, depuis que, etc.
conjunctions that take the subjunctive
TENSE/ASPECT/MOOD/VOICE
past tenses
passé immédiat (venir de+infinitive)
passé composé of pronominal verbs
imparfait: states of being, habitual actions
imparfait: idiomatic uses (suggestions, wishes, depuis, venir de)
narration: passé composé vs. imparfait
passé simple (literary tense)
passé antérieur (literary tense)
future tenses
futur proche (aller+infinitive)
imperative mood (regular and pronominal)
subjunctive mood
irregular subjunctive formation
conjunctions that take the subjunctive
conditional mood
active voice vs. passive voice
INTERROGATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
yes/no questions: est-ce que, n'est-ce pas
questions with subject/verb inversion
interrogative adjective quel (with exclamative usage)
interrogative pronouns: qui, qui est-ce que, qu'est-ce qui, qu'est-ce que