(Noun, Masculine) Thin person
Je déteste mon ami le maigre. Il mange trop, mais il ne grossit jamais!
I hate my friend ‘the thin person’. He eats too much, but he never gains weight!
We’ve all…been there.
Here are the answers to yesterday’s questions ;)
—-Il faut que tu achètes (acheter) du pain au boulanger.
It has the same form as the indicative, but this verb is translated in subjunctive, because “Il faut que” is one of our triggers.
—-Je doute que Georges réussisse (réussir) son examen demain.
Remember how to form the subjunctive? Take the Ils/Elles form (réussissent), drop the -ent, and add our new ending (georges = il = e). And this sentence uses the subjunctive because “Je doute que” is one of our expressions of doubt.
—-Je ne pense pas qu’elle soit déjà allée (déjà aller) au Michigan.
First of all, our sentence uses subjunctive, because when the verb Penser (along with Croire and Sembler) are written in the negative or inversion, we use subjunctive. However, this is past subjunctive in this sentence, because the action of ‘her going somewhere’ is in the past, or ‘she went somewhere’.
—-Je veux que vous fassiez(faire) vos devoirs !
Don’t forget our irregulars in the subjunctive! faire is one of them. Also, we used subjunctive because “je veux que” is an expression of want or desire.
I hope you all did well! :)
Ever have trouble memorizing the order that object pronouns go in? If so, try memorizing this little jingle that goes to the tune of Row Row Row Your Boat:
Me, te, se, nous, vous~
Le, la, les~
Lui, leur~
Y~
En~
Ce sont les objets!~
What comes before what? Just sing the song!
Le comes before lui
Me comes before la
Errthang comes before en!
This site can help you with those tricky subjunctive phrases!
If any of us have learned French, we all know how much of a pain the subjunctive tense can be. Let’s give it a quick try! Take a look at the following sentences, and try conjugating the verbs yourself in the present subjunctive or the past subjunctive. I will post the answers and explanations tomorrow, so you can see how you did! Bonne chance! :)
Il faut que tu ______________________ (acheter) du pain au boulanger.
Je doute que Georges ________________________ (réussir) son examen demain.
Je ne pense pas qu’elle ____________________________ (déjà aller) au Michigan.
Je veux que vous ____________________________ (faire) vos devoirs !
(phrase) To be in love with
Je suis encore amoureux de Judas.
I’m still in love with Judas (babyyyy).
(Noun, masculine) Couch
Je m’assieds sur le divan et je cherche Tumblr. J’aime fort ma vie.
I sit on the couch and search Tumblr. I really love my life.
(Verb) To dig; to excavate; to search
Les chiens ne savent pas s’il y a d’or dans le divan s’ils ne fouillent pas
Dogs do not know if there is gold in the couch if they don’t dig.
(Noun, feminine) (Seriously, not an adjective this time!) Maid.
Je m’appelle Mary. Je suis la bonne. J’ai besoin de plus de Pledge de Citron.
My name is Mary. I am the maid. I need more Lemon Pledge.
(Noun, masculine) A cold (illness)
Tu as un rhume. Ne me touche pas. Qu’est que je viens de dire?! NE ME TOUCHE PAS!
You have a cold. Don’t touch me. What did I just say?! DON’T TOUCH ME!
(Adjective) Ordinary
Ce sont les devoirs banals pour cette classe.
Its the ordinary homework for this class.
Tiffany a lu son livre dans la salle de classe.
Tiffany read (past tense) her book in the classroom.
Tiffany l’y a lu.
Tiffany read it there.
HOW FASCINATING.
(Adjective) Stubborn.
Tu es un conard têtu!
You are a stubborn asshole!
(Noun, masculine) A mess; a thingy
J’ai trouvé ce fourbi; je ne sais pas comment il marche.
I found this thingy; I do not know how it works.
(Adjective) Passionately interested in something.
Je suis féru de la langue française.
I am strongly passionate of the French language.
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