Être (to be) Practice

What French accent is found in the French verb <<être>>?

• l'accent aigu

• l'accent grave

• le circonflexe

• la cédille

What does the French verb <<être>> translate to in English?

(a)  

What type of verb is être?

• irregular -- it doesn't follow a repeating pattern like other -er, -ir and -re verbs in French.

• regular--it follows a conjugation pattern, where the same endings are added to the verb depending on which subject pronoun is being used

If je suis means <<I am>>, what do you think <<Je suis fort.>> means?

• I am big.

• I am strong.

• He is manly.

What do you think <<tu es>> might mean?

• I am

• You are

"Il est" translates to "he (a)   "

Use wordreference.com to look up the adjective "timide". List the English word definition.

What does <<nous sommes intelligents>> translate to in English?

• I am

• You are

• We are

In French, adjectives must always agree in number (singular or plural) and in gender (masc. or fem.) with the nouns they describe. Why do you think <<intelligents>> is written with an <<s>> on the end?

Why do you think the two characters were called <<pénibles>> by the intelligent characters?

• they were being noisy and loud in the library

• they are young and the other people are old and yell at kids because they are cranky

• they were <<fort>> and <<belle>> and the other two characters are jealous