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p.228 Grammaire A: Le verbe connaître
VERB : Connaître – to ______
Pronoun
Conjugation
Pronoun
Conjugation
Je
connais
Nous
connaissons
Tu
connais
Vous
connaissez
Il / Elle / On
connaît
Ils / Elles
connaissent
Past Participle : (avoir) connu
 Connaître means to know in the sense of to be acquainted with or familiar with. It is used primarily
with PEOPLE and PLACES .
 In the passé composé it means to meet for the first time .
 Faire la connaisance de means to meet, to get to know .
 The verb reconnaître means to recognize and it is conjugated like connaître.
p. 230 Grammaire B : Les pronoms compléments : le, la, les
Direct objects answer the question WHOM or WHAT in relation to the action (verb) of
the sentence.
They can refer to PEOPLE or THINGS .
FORMS:
Singular
Plural
Masculine
le (l’) him, it
les them
Je le connais
Je les invite
Feminine
la (l’) her, it
Je la connais
Je les invite
→ le and la become L’ in front of a vowel or vowel sound .
POSITION:
→In general, the object pronouns le, la, l’ and les come BEFORE the CONJUGATED verb!
I know him. Je le connais .
You don’t know him. Tu ne le connais pas .
→In affirmative commands, the pronouns come AFTER the verb and are connected to it by a
hyphen.
→In negative commands the pronouns come BEFORE the verb.
Yes, invite her. Oui, invite-la.
No, don’t invite her. Non, ne l’invite pas.
Yes, buy them. Oui, achète-les.
No, don’t buy them. Non, ne les achète pas.

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→In infinitive constructions, the pronouns come BEFORE the infinitive.
I will watch it (the film) Je vais le regarder.
He will not watch it. (the film) Il ne va pas le regarder.
I want to listen to them. (the CDs) Je veux les écouter.
I don’t want to listen to them. (the CDs) Je ne veux pas les écouter.
→ The verbs attendre, chercher, écouter and regarder take direct objects in French, but not in English.
Attendre
Nous attendons
le bus
Nous l’attendons
We are waiting
for
the bus
We are waiting for it.
Chercher
Thomas cherche
son sac
Il le cherche
Thomas is looking
for
his bag
We are looking for it.
écouter
Béatrice écoute
ses amis
Elle les écoute.
Beatrice listens
to
her friends
She listens to them
regarder
Pierre regard
Nicole
Il la regarde
Pierre looks
at
Nicole
He looks at her.
p. 233 Grammaire C : Les compléments d’objet direct au passé composé
In the passé compose, direct object pronouns come immediately BEFORE the helping verb, avoir or être.
I invited him Je l’ai invite.
I did not invite him. Je ne l’ai pas invite.
In the passé compose the past participle agrees with the DIRECT OBJECT when it comes
BEFORE the verb.
No agreement
(direct object follows the verb)
Agreement
(direct object comes before the verb)
Marc a vu Nicole et Sylvie?
Eric n’a pas apporté sa guitare ?
Oui, il les a vues
Non, il ne l’a pas apportée
I brought them (the pizzas) Je les ai achetées. (fem. plural)
I bought it . (a watch) Je l’ai achetée. (fem. sing.)
I wrote it. (a letter) Je l’ai écrite. (fem. sing.)
I watched him. Je l’ai regardé. (masculine = NO change.)