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| ====== Le verbe être ====== | ====== Le verbe être ====== | ||
| + | //the verb « To be »// | ||
| =====Introduction===== | =====Introduction===== | ||
| - | **Qui êtes-vous ?** | + | **Qui <color #66cc00>êtes</ |
| - | **Je suis Jean Martin !** | + | //Who <color # |
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| + | **Je <color #66cc00>suis</ | ||
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| + | //I <color # | ||
| =====Uses===== | =====Uses===== | ||
| - | être + name: **Je suis Jean Martin.** | + | //être (to be) + name :// |
| + | * **Je suis Jean Martin.** | ||
| + | * //I am Jean Martin.// | ||
| - | être + nationality: **Je suis canadien.** | + | //être (to be) + nationality// |
| + | * **Je suis canadien.** | ||
| + | * //I am Canadian// | ||
| - | être de + place of origin: **Je suis de Montréal.** | + | //être (to be) + origin |
| + | * **Je suis de Montréal.** | ||
| + | * //I am from Montréal// | ||
| - | être à + present location: **Ils sont à Berlin.** | + | //être (to be) + present location :// |
| + | * **Ils sont à Berlin.** | ||
| + | * //They are in Berlin// | ||
| =====Conjugation===== | =====Conjugation===== | ||
| - | ^**être**^ | + | **être** |
| - | |**Je suis** | + | |**Je suis** |
| - | |**Tu es** |( You are / familiar ' | + | |**Tu es** |//( You are / familiar ' |
| - | |**Il est** |( He is)| | + | |**Il est** |//( He is)//| |
| - | |**Elle est** |( She is)| | + | |**Elle est** |//( She is)//| |
| - | |**Nous sommes** |( We are)| | + | |**Nous sommes** |//( We are)//| |
| - | |**Vous êtes** |(You are / plural and/or formal ‘you’)| | + | |**Vous êtes** |//(You are / plural and/or formal ‘you’)//| |
| - | |**Ils sont **|( They are / masculine and/or both masculine and feminine)| | + | |**Ils sont **|//( They are / masculine and/or both masculine and feminine)//| |
| - | |**Elles sont** |(Tey are / all feminine)| | + | |**Elles sont** |//(They are / all feminine)//| |
| + | __**Listen here the pronunciation for " | ||
| =====Examples===== | =====Examples===== | ||
| - | **Nous sommes de Paris.** | + | * **Nous sommes de Paris.** |
| + | * //We are from Paris.// | ||
| - | **Tu es français.** | + | * **Tu es français.** |
| - | + | * //You are French. (informal & singular)// | |
| - | **Je suis Pierre Dupont.** | + | |
| + | * **Je suis Pierre Dupont.** | ||
| + | * //I am Pierre Dupont.// | ||
| =====Pronunciation===== | =====Pronunciation===== | ||
| - | do not pronounce the final consonants at the end of a word. | + | //Do not pronounce the final consonants at the end of a word.// |
| - | e.g. ' | + | |
| - | vous = ‘vou’ | + | * **vous** = ‘//vou//’ |
| - | pronounce the final consonant of a word when it is followed by a word beginning | + | //pronounce the final consonant of a word when it is followed by a word beginning |
| - | with a vowel. | + | with a vowel.// |
| - | e.g. vous êtes = vou_z_êtes (the ’s’ will sound like ‘z’) | + | e.g. |