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A2 Future & Conditional Verified

French Irregular Future Stems (être, avoir, aller, faire)

Memorize the stems ser-, aur-, ir-, and fer- to talk about future plans with France's most important verbs.

  • • Être, avoir, aller, and faire have unique stems fo...
  • • The irregular stems are ser-, aur-, ir-, and fer-.
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A2 Past Tense Verified

The Verb 'to be' in the Past (être - Imparfait)

Master the stem ét- to describe any past state, emotion, or background scene using the verb être.

  • • Être is the only irregular verb in the French Impa...
  • • Use the special stem ét- for all subjects, no exce...
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A2 Questions & Negation Verified

French Negation: Saying "Never" (ne...jamais)

The `ne...jamais` structure creates a 'never' sandwich around your conjugated verb to express zero frequency.

  • • Use `ne...jamais` to say 'never' or 'not ever' in...
  • • Place `ne` before the verb and `jamais` after the...
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A2 Questions & Negation Verified

Saying 'No' in French (Ne...pas)

French negation is a sandwich where `ne` and `pas` wrap around the conjugated verb to say "not."

  • • Place `ne` before the verb and `pas` after it.
  • • Use `n'` instead of `ne` before vowels or mute `h`...
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A2 Questions & Negation Verified

French Negation: Nobody (ne... personne)

Use 'ne... personne' for humans and remember it follows the entire verb phrase in the past tense.

  • • Used to express 'nobody' or 'no one' in French sen...
  • • Consists of two parts: 'ne' before the verb and 'p...
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A2 Questions & Negation Verified

French Negation: Saying 'Nothing' (Ne...Rien)

Master `ne...rien` by placing it around the verb, but remember it jumps before the participle in past tense.

  • • Use `ne...rien` to say "nothing" or "not anything"...
  • • In present tense, it wraps around the verb: `Je ne...
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A2 Questions & Negation Verified

Saying 'No' in the Past: Negating French (Passé Composé)

Negate the auxiliary, not the whole verb phrase, keeping the past participle outside the 'ne...pas' sandwich.

  • • Place `ne` and `pas` around the auxiliary verb (`a...
  • • The past participle stays outside the negation san...
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A2 Nouns & Articles Verified

French Articles After Negation (de / d')

After `ne...pas`, partitive and indefinite articles always change to `de` or `d'`, except with the verb `être`.

  • • Articles `du`, `de la`, `un`, `une`, `des` become...
  • • This rule applies to all nouns, regardless of gend...
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A2 Nouns & Articles Verified

Some & Any: French Partitive Articles (du, de la, des)

Use partitive articles to talk about 'some' of something uncountable, but switch to `de` after negation.

  • • Used for unspecified quantities of uncountable nou...
  • • Forms: `du` (masc), `de la` (fem), `de l'` (vowel)...
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A2 Nouns & Articles Verified

Negative Sentences with 'de' (Zero Quantity)

Always replace partitive or indefinite articles with `de` in negative sentences, except when using the verb `être`.

  • • In negative sentences, `du`, `de la`, `des`, `un`,...
  • • Use `d'` instead of `de` before words starting wit...
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A2 Past Tense Verified

French Past Tense: Actions with Avoir (Passé Composé)

The `passé composé` with `avoir` expresses completed past actions using the auxiliary verb `avoir` and a past participle.

  • • Uses present tense of `avoir` plus a past particip...
  • • Describes specific, completed actions in the past.
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A2 Past Tense Verified

Past Tense with 'to be' (Passé Composé avec être)

Use `être` for DR MRS VANDERTRAMP and reflexive verbs, and always match the ending to the subject.

  • • Uses `être` as the helper verb instead of the usua...
  • • Applies to 16 specific 'movement' verbs (DR MRS VA...
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A2 Past Tense Verified

French Past Participle Agreement with Être (e/s/es)

When using `être` in the past, the verb must match the subject like an adjective (e/s/es).

  • • Agreement only happens when using `être` as the au...
  • • The past participle matches the subject's gender a...
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A2 Past Tense Verified

Past Participle Agreement with Être (Agreement Rule)

When using `être` in the past, treat the verb like an adjective that must match the subject's identity.

  • • Verbs using `être` must agree with the subject's g...
  • • Add `-e` for feminine, `-s` for plural, and `-es`...
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A2 Prepositions & Connectors Verified

Using 'Chez' (At Someone's Place)

Use `chez` when the destination is a person, not a building, to sound natural and fluent.

  • • Used to mean 'at the place of' a person or busines...
  • • Always followed by a person, name, pronoun, or pro...
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A2 Prepositions & Connectors Verified

French Time Prepositions: When vs. Duration (Dans / En)

Distinguish between the future starting point (`dans`) and the duration of an activity (`en`) to avoid confusion.

  • • Use `dans` for a specific point in the future (the...
  • • Use `en` for the duration it takes to complete an...
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A2 Prepositions & Connectors Verified

French Preposition 'Depuis': Since vs For

Use `depuis` with the present tense to describe anything you started in the past but are still doing.

  • • Use `depuis` for actions that started in the past...
  • • Always use the Present Tense with `depuis` for ong...
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