French3: Chap1 review To express likes, dislikes and preferences J'aime bien manger a' la cantine, mais je prefere manger a' la maison Je deteste me laver tot pendant la semaine et j'adore dormir tard le dimanche

Ask about plans Qu'est-ce que tu veux faire come sport cette anne? Je n'arrive pas a' me decider Quel film tu vas voir ce soir? Je n'en sais rien Pourquoi on n'irait pas au concert? Bonne idee/ desole'(e), je n'ai pas le temps

Regular -er, -ir, -re verbs in present To conjugate -er verbs in present tense drop the infinitive ending -er and add: -e, -es, -e, -ons, - ez, -ent Tonjugate -ir verbs drop the infinitive ending -ir and add: -is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez,-issent To conjugate -re verbsdrop the infinitive -re and add: -s, -s, -, ons, -ez, -ent

Irregular verbs in present Know the following irregular verbs in present: avoir, etre, aller, faire, prendre, venir

Verbs followed by the infinitive The verbs vouloir, devoir, pouvoir are always followed by the infinitive Use the verb aller plus infinitive to indicate that something is going to happen Use the verb venir followed by de plus infinitive to indicate that something just happened

Tell when and how often you did something Je me suis baigne' tous les jours pendant les vacances Quand il faisait beau, j'allais a' la plage Le soir on faisait un feu de camp Tous les deux jours, on allait a' la peche

Describe a place in the past Il y avait beaucoup de monde a' l'hotel Il faisait froid le soir C'tait genial le chateau

The passe compose' Use: To say that something happened at a specific time With the helping verb etre or avoir and the past participle of the main verb The helping verb avoir is used with most verbs in passe compose The helping verb etre is used with verbs of transition and motion and with reflexive verbs

Negative sentences To make a sentence negative, use ne/n' + verb + pas Je ne mange pas aujourd'hui Je n'ai pas faim

Passe compose and imparfait Use imparfait to talk about events that used to happen and to describe things, people and situations in the past To conjugate verbs in imparfait take the present tense nous form of the verb, minus -ons and add: ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient

Reflexive verbs in the passe compose Reflexive verbs always use être as helping verb in passe compose Reflexive verbs always go with reflexive pronouns Match reflexive pronoun with the appropriate subject or pronoun as follow: Je (me), tu (te), il (se), nous (nous), vous (vous), ils, elles (se) Je me suis brosse'(e) les dents avant de sortir