French 2 NOTES – Unité 2 Leçon 8 Pgs. 130-137 Nom____________________ p.132 Grammaire A: Les Verbes comme SORTIR et PARTIR These verbs are formed with 2 stems. *For singular subjects (je, tu, il, elle, on) remove the last three letters of the infinitive to get your stem. Ex : Partir → Par*For plural subjects (nous, vous, ils, elles) remove the last two letters of the infinitive to get your stem. Ex : Partir → Part- Pronoun Je Tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles Passé composé VERBS : Sortir – to __________ or to ____________ Partir – to ______________ SORTIR PARTIR Je suis sorti(e) Endings -s -s -t -(t)ons -(t)ez -(t)ent Je suis parti(e) The passé compose of sortir* and partir is formed with être as the helping verb. (*most of the time) DORMIR is conjugated in the same pattern but it uses avoir in the passé compose. Pronoun Je Tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles Passé composé DORMIR : to _________________ J’ai dormi Endings -s -s -t -(m)ons -(m)ez -(m)ent Verbs conjugated like DORMIR: Mentir (to lie), sentir (to feel or to smell), servir (to serve) Pronoun MENTIR : to _________________ Endings Je -s Tu -s il/elle/on -t nous -(t)ons vous -(t)ez ils/elles -(t)ent Passé composé J’ai menti Pronoun Je Tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles Passé composé SENTIR: to ____________ or to_____________ Endings -s -s -t -(t)ons -(t)ez -(t)ent J’ai senti Pronoun Je Tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles Passé composé SERVIR : to _________________ Endings -s -s -t -(v)ons -(v)ez -(v)ent J’ai servi p.133 Grammaire B: Le passé composé avec être Some verbs, mostly verbs of __________________ use être as their helping verb in the passé composé. Follow this pattern : SUBJECT + PRESENT TENSE OF ÊTRE (conjugate être in the present tense to match your subject pronoun) + PAST PARTICIPLE (must agree with subject in number and gender) 2 p.134 Vocabulaire: Les verbes conjugués avec être Verbe Participe Passé aller sortir partir arriver * entrer † rentrer• retourner monter descendre passer ‡ rester tomber venir revenir• devenir naître mourir Définition to pass by, to come by, to go by * arriver may also mean “to happen” as in the expression “Qu’est-ce qui est arrivé?” meaning “What happened?” † entrer should be followed by one of the following prepostions DANS, CHEZ, or à ‡ passer has several meanings. It is conjugated with être when it means to pass by, to come by or to go by, but it is conjugated with avoir when it means to take a test or to spend time. • rentrer and revenir signify the return of people, you need to use rendre to signify the return of an object, i.e. J’ai rendu les livres a la bibliothéque. p.137 Grammaire C: L’expression Il y a To express how long ago a certain event took place the French use the expression: Il y a + elapsed time Ex: I went to Quebec two months ago __________________________________ 3 If you like songs, sing the past participles to the tune of Ten Little Indians to remember which verbs take être: allé, arrivé, venu, revenu, entré, rentré, descendu, devenu, sorti, parti, resté, retourné, monté, tombé, né et mort 4