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Theory
a) how to form the present of the indicative : v. stem + ending
group 1–ER verbparler | group 2–IR verbfinir | group 3–RE verbvendre | |
je | parl-e | fin-is | vend-s |
tu | parl-es | fin-is | vend-s |
il / elle | parl-e | fin-it | vend- |
nous | parl-ons | fin-issons | vend-ons |
vous | parl-ez | fin-issez | vend-ez |
ils / elles | parl-ent | fin-issent | vend-ent |
b) use
1. action in progress
Je parle
(I’m talking)
2. something just about to happen
Je lui téléphone ce soir
(I’m calling him tonight)
3. habitual actions
On reproduit le chant des mouettes rieuses chaque dimanche matin autour d’un carpaccio de Saint-Jacques dont le jus de coquillages émulsionné ferait croire en Dieu
(We reproduce the song of the black-headed gulls every Sunday morning around a carpaccio of scallops whose emulsified shell juice would make one believe in God)
4. universally admitted facts
Le temps guérit toutes les blessures
(Time heals all wounds)
5. actions that began in the past, continue in the present using a specific sentence pattern
Ca fait des jours qu’elle raconte cette comptine
(She’s been telling this nursery rhyme for days)
Exercises
Results
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#1. He speaks all the time, she doesn't finish anything, they're waiting for something
#2. They're selling their futuristic property
#3. Are you buying this yacht ?
#4. We're study like all the time ... you guys eat fish tacos ...
#5. We're reproducing these steps (reproduire - GROUP 3)
Results
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#1. He speaks all the time, she doesn't finish anything, they're waiting for something
#2. They're selling their futuristic property
#3. Are you buying this yacht ?
#4. We're study like all the time ... you guys eat fish tacos ...
#5. We're reproducing these steps (reproduire - GROUP 3)
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