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Mar 16, 2009 20:47

does anyone speak a little french and can help me with some basic stuff? ( i have a midterm tomorrow and I just need clarification on a few things)

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smittie2007 March 17 2009, 03:53:52 UTC
Yeah! I took french for 6 years!
I'll check back on here to see what you need help in a little while, but I'm going to bed soon, so if i can't help, this website was my life saver through all my french studies:

www.wordreference.com
They give translations and usages in context and everything. and there's forums where people have asked basically every single usage imaginable. It's amazing.

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teawrists March 17 2009, 04:10:02 UTC
ok I dont understand the this rule:
like l'oncle and when there is that little ' . i know it has something to do with vowels?
also i dont get inversions for questions.. do you always have to put the t . like quand travaille-t-elle? or is that only for some questions? and est-ce-que. and sometimes its est-ce qu' ? i think that might be the same rule as in l'oncle

ok hopefully that made sense

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teawrists March 17 2009, 05:00:14 UTC
another example is n'habite pas. because h is not a vowel... so i dont get it.

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teawrists March 17 2009, 04:11:57 UTC
also, does this paragraph make sense?

Je m'appelle Rachel. J'habite à San Francisco. Je suis généreuse, sympathique, et intelligente. J'adore faire une promenade. Mon ami s'appelle Joss. Il est mince et gentil. Il adore faire la cuisine. Nous adorons aller au parc.

or should it be le parc? ahhh

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smittie2007 March 17 2009, 05:32:04 UTC
You never use the verb adorer to say you love something. It's always aimer ( ... )

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teawrists March 17 2009, 05:48:16 UTC
you have no idea how much that helped... thank you so much.. merci!
so I switched the first j'adore to j'aime fair une promenade. is adore only used when referring to people... that doesnt seem right though? cause j'adore is constantly used

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smittie2007 March 18 2009, 07:33:09 UTC
maybe it's only used with objects, but i was told by every teacher in french that you never say je t'adore when you're trying to say i love you. it's always je t'aime, with no exeptions. but even with objects i've never seen adorer used. like ever. i'd stick with aimer, but that's just me. ask your teacher for clarification though, obviously.

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smittie2007 March 18 2009, 07:40:26 UTC
ps i just realized i gave you those est-ce que examples with typos ( without the -ce part. )

Totally my bad. I haven't written in french in forever. but that doesn't change anything. i meant to put est-ce qu'il va a la soiree, instead of est-qu'il va fa;lsdfj;aasdf;ladjsf etc. don't listen to this, it doesn't change anything i told you. haaaa sorry if this was confusing. im' a little drunk. aaaand on livejournal so i clearly need a life. okay. hope you had a fun st patricks day!

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