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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
the sentence.
They can refer to
PEOPLE
or
WHOM
or
THINGS
.
WHAT in relation to the action (verb) of
FORMS:
Singular
Masculine
le (l’) him, it
Feminine
la (l’) her, it
→ le and la become
Plural
les them
L’
Je le connais
Je les invite
Je la connais
Je les invite
in front of a
vowel or vowel sound
POSITION:
→In general, the object pronouns le, la, l’ and les come
BEFORE
I know him.
Je le connais .
You don’t know him.
Tu ne le connais pas .
→In affirmative commands, the pronouns come AFTER
hyphen.
→In negative commands the pronouns come
BEFORE
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.
the
.
CONJUGATED verb!
the verb and are connected to it by a
the verb.
→In infinitive constructions, the pronouns come
BEFORE
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)
the infinitive.
Je ne veux pas les écouter.
→ The verbs attendre, chercher, écouter and regarder take direct objects in French, but not in English.
Nous attendons
Attendre
Chercher
We are waiting
for
Thomas cherche
Thomas is looking
écouter
regarder
for
Béatrice écoute
Beatrice listens
to
Pierre regard
Pierre looks
at
le bus
Nous l’attendons
the bus
We are waiting for it.
son sac
Il le cherche
his bag
We are looking for it.
ses amis
Elle les écoute.
her friends
She listens to them
Nicole
Il la regarde
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
BEFORE
the verb.
No agreement
(direct object follows the verb)
Marc a vu Nicole et Sylvie?
Eric n’a pas apporté sa guitare ?
DIRECT OBJECT
when it comes
Agreement
(direct object comes before the verb)
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.)
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