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Dialogue · At an art gallery
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Culture · Art in France
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Grammar · Regular -re verbs · Les verbes en -re
editThe third category of regular verbs is made up of -re verbs. Relative to -er verbs, -re verbs are not very common. Many common verbs ending in -re , such as prendre , mettre , and connaître , have irregular conjugations.
Formation
editTo conjugate, drop the -re to find the "stem" or "root". Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense, as demonstrated below for the present tense.
Pronoun | Ending | Verb | Pronunciation |
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je (j') | -s | attends | /a.tɑ̃/ (help·info) |
tu | -s | attends | /a.tɑ̃/ (help·info) |
il/elle | - | attend | /a.tɑ̃/ (help·info) |
nous | -ons | attendons | /a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ (help·info) |
vous | -ez | attendez | /a.tɑ̃.de/ (help·info) |
ils/elles | -ent | attendent | /a.tɑ̃d/ (help·info) |
vendre | /vɑ̃dʁ(ə)/ (help·info) | to sell | |||
attendre | /a.tɑ̃dʁ/ (help·info) | to wait | J’attends mon cousin à la gare. | I am waiting for my cousin at the station. | |
descendre | /de.sɑ̃dʁ/ (help·info) | to go down, to put down | |||
rendre | /ʁɑ̃dʁ/ (help·info) | to give back, to return | |||
perdre | /pɛʁdʁ/ (help·info) | to lose | |||
mordre | /mɔʁdʁ/ (help·info) | to bite |
Vocabulary · Music · La musique
editécouter de la musique | to listen to music | ||||
la chanson | /ʃɑ̃.sɔ̃/ (help·info) | song | |||
des paroles | /pa.ʁɔl/ (help·info) | lyrics | la parole means word | les paroles d'une chanson | the lyrics of a song |
Composing | |||||
le musicien la musicienne |
/my.zi.sjɛ̃/ (help·info) /my.zi.sjɛn/ (help·info) |
musician | |||
le compositeur la compositrice |
/kɔ̃.po.zi.tœʁ/ (help·info) /kɔ̃.po.zi.tʁis/ (help·info) |
composer | C’est un savant compositeur. | This is a clever composer. | |
l’auteur (des paroles) | /o.tœ:r/ (help·info) | (lyrics) writer | |||
Instruments | |||||
l'instrument (de musique) (m) | /ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃ də my.zik/ (help·info) | instrument | |||
la clarinette | /kla.ʁi.nɛt/ (help·info) | clarinet | |||
le violon | /vjɔ.lɔ̃/ (help·info) | violin | |||
la harpe | /aʁp/ (help·info) | harp | |||
la guitare (basse, électrique, acoustique) | /ɡi.taʁ bɑs/ (help·info) /gi.ta.ʁ‿e.lɛk.tʁik/ (help·info) |
(bass, electric, acoustic) guitar | |||
le piano | /pja.nɔ/ (help·info) | piano | |||
la flûte | /flyt/ (help·info) | flute |
Vocabulary · Museums · Les musées
editle musée | /my.ze/ (help·info) | museum | |||
l'exposition (artistique, d'art) | /ɛk.spɔ.zi.sjɔ̃/ (help·info) | (art) exhibit | |||
la galerie | /ɡal.ʁi/ (help·info) | gallery | |||
le/la portraitiste | /pɔʁ.tʁe.tist/ (help·info) | portraitist | |||
le portrait | /pɔʁ.tʁɛ/ (help·info) | portrait | |||
le tableau la peinture |
/ta.blɔ/ (help·info) /pɛ̃.tyʁ/ (help·info) |
painting | Il y a de belles peintures dans ce palais. | There are beautiful paintings in this palace. | |
le sculpteur (en marbre, en bois) la sculptrice |
/skyl.tœʁ/ (help·info) /skyl.tʁis/ (help·info) |
(marble, wood) sculptor | |||
la sculpture | /skyl.tyʁ/ (help·info) | sculpture | p is not pronounced | ||
l'œuvre d’art (f) | work of art | ||||
admirer | /ad.mi.ʁe/ (help·info) | to admire | J'admire sa magnificence. | I admire its magnificence. | |
visiter | /vizite/ (help·info) | to visit | |||
la visite | /vi.zit/ (help·info) | visit |
Usage notes · Visiter and rendre
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Visiter /vizite/, meaning to visit, is used for places (and not for people) :
- Tu dois visiter Paris un jour.You must visit Paris one day.
- Je vais visiter mon frère. is not a correct sentence in french. It's a common (but understanble) mistake made by foreign people.
Rendre /ʁɑ̃dʁ/ or rendre visite (à) /ʁɑ̃dʁ vi.zit/, meaning to pay a visit (to), is used for people:
- Je rends visite à mon père à Paris.I'm visiting my father in Paris.
- Amour viens rendre à mon âme.Love comes to pay a visit to my soul.
Rendre has other meanings, such as to produce, to express, to make, and to give back:
- Tu me rends malade.You make me ill.
Grammar · Beautiful, new, and old · Beau, nouveau, et vieux
editFormation
editMasc. consonant | Masc. vowel | Fem. sing. (all) | ||
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Beau | Singular | un beau garçon | un bel individu | une belle fillette |
Plural | de beaux garçons | de beauxzindividus | de belles fillettes | |
Nouveau | Singular | un nouveau camion | un nouvel ordre | une nouvelle idée |
Plural | de nouveaux camions | de nouveauxzordres | de nouvelles idées | |
Vieux | Singular | un vieux camion | un vieil ordre | une vieille idée |
Plural | de vieux camions | de vieuxzordres | de vieilles idées |
Sentences placement
editMost adjectives come after the noun they modify in French:
- un homme intelligentan intelligent man
- des hommes intelligentsintelligent men
Beau, nouveau, and vieux, as well as some other common French adjectives, precede the noun:
- une jolie voiturea pretty car
Des is replaced with de when an adjective comes before the noun:
- de jolies voiturespretty cars
In informal speech, des is often used in place of de.
Vocabulary · Plays · Les pièces
editAt the theater | |||||
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le théâtre | /te.atʁ/ (help·info) | theater | |||
la pièce (de théâtre) | /pjɛs/ (help·info) | (theatrical) play | |||
l'acte (f) la scène l'entracte (m) |
/akt/ (help·info) /sɛn/ (help·info) |
act scene intermission |
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chanter le (la) chanteur (-euse) |
/ʃɑ̃.te/ (help·info) /ʃɑ̃.tøʁ/ (help·info) /ʃɑ̃.tøz/ (help·info) |
to sing singer |
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danser le (la) danseur (-euse) |
/dɑ̃.se/ (help·info) | to dance dancer |
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Play genres | |||||
le ballet | /balɛ/ (help·info) | ballet | |||
la comédie | /kɔ.me.di/ (help·info) | comedy | |||
la comédie musicale | musical comedy | ||||
le drame | /dʁam/ (help·info) | drama | Macbeth est un drame de William Shakespeare. | Macbeth is a drama of William Shakespeare. | |
la tragédie | /tʁa.ʒe.di/ (help·info) | tragedy | Cet acteur est admirable dans la tragédie. | This actor is admirable in the tragedy. |
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