French Verbs And Idioms

by Booth, Trudie Maria

• ISBN13: 9780761831945
• ISBN10: 0761831940
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-22
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

French Verbs and Idioms offers an overview of essential grammatical terms (such as conjugation, mood, elision, gender, agreement, etc.) and categorizes the verbs. Extensive lists of useful idioms, proverbs, and sayings containing the verbs, tenses, and moods discussed fill the gaps in the knowledge of the advanced learner. Explanations are in English and all verbs, examples, idioms, proverbs, and sayings are translated into English for comparison purposes and comprehension.

Author Biography

Trudie Maria Booth is a Lecturer in French at the University of Portland.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction and definitions	xi
The Present Indicative	1	(22)
Regular verbs	1	(10)
-er verbs	1	(2)
-er verbs with spelling changes	3	(4)
-ir verbs	7	(2)
-re verbs	9	(1)
Negative and interrogative forms	10	(1)
Irregular verbs	11	(7)
The uses of the present indicative	18	(5)
The Past Participle	23	(10)
The forms of the past participle	23	(4)
The uses of the past participle	27	(4)
Proverbs, sayings and idiomatic expressions	31	(2)
The Passe Compose	33	(10)
The forms of the passe compose	33	(7)
verbs conjugated with avoir	33	(3)
verbs conjugated with etre	36	(2)
verbs conjugated with avoir or etre	38	(2)
The uses of the passe compose	40	(2)
The Passe Surcompose	42	(1)
The Imperfect and Pluperfect Indicative	43	(14)
The imperfect	43	(12)
The forms of the imperfect tense	43	(2)
The uses of the imperfect tense	45	(5)
Summary of the uses of the passe compose and imperfect tenses	50	(5)
The pluperfect	55	(2)
The forms of the pluperfect	55	(1)
The uses of the pluperfect	55	(2)
Pronominal Verbs	57	(26)
The present indicative of pronominal verbs	57	(1)
The passe compose of pronominal verbs	58	(1)
The imperative of pronominal verbs	59	(1)
The position of reflexive pronouns	59	(1)
Categories of pronominal verbs	60	(10)
Reflexive verbs	60	(1)
Idiomatic pronominal verbs	61	(7)
Reciprocal verbs	68	(1)
Pronominal verbs with a passive meaning	69	(1)
Common pronominal verbs	70	(8)
-er verbs	70	(5)
-ir verbs	75	(1)
-re verbs	75	(3)
Translation difficulties	78	(1)
The agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs	79	(4)
The Imperative	83	(8)
The present imperative	83	(5)
Regular verbs	83	(1)
Irregular verbs	84	(2)
The negative imperative	86	(1)
The imperative of pronominal verbs	86	(1)
The position of object pronouns with the imperative	87	(1)
The past imperative	88	(1)
Translation difficulties	89	(1)
Other possibilities to express a command	89	(1)
Proverbs and sayings	90	(1)
The Future Tense	91	(8)
The forms of the simple future	91	(2)
Regular verbs	91	(1)
Irregular verbs	92	(1)
The forms of the future perfect	93	(1)
The forms of the close future	94	(1)
The uses
The uses of the simple future	94	(2)
The uses of the future perfect	96	(1)
The uses of the close future	97	(1)
Translation difficulties	97	(1)
Expressions, proverbs and sayings	98	(1)
The Conditional	99	(12)
The forms of the present conditional	99	(2)
Regular verbs	99	(1)
Irregular verbs	100	(1)
The forms of the past conditional	101	(1)
The uses
The uses of the present conditional	102	(2)
The uses of the past conditional	104	(1)
The conditional in indirect speech	105	(1)
Translation difficulties	106	(1)
The idiomatic use of `dire' in the conditional	106	(3)
Tense sequences in conditional sentences	109	(2)
The Passe Simple and The Passe Anterieur	111	(8)
The passe simple	111	(1)
The forms of the passe simple	111	(6)
Regular verbs	111	(1)
Irregular verbs	112	(5)
The uses of the passe simple	117	(1)
The passe anterieur	118	(1)
The forms of the passe anterieur	118	(1)
The uses of the passe anterieur	118	(1)
The Subjunctive	119	(28)
The forms of the present subjunctive	120	(4)
Regular verbs	120	(1)
Irregular Verbs	121	(3)
The forms of the past subjunctive	124	(1)
The forms of the imperfect subjunctive	125	(1)
The forms of the pluperfect subjunctive	126	(1)
The uses of the subjunctive	127	(19)
in the main clause	127	(1)
in the subordinate clause	128	(18)
Translation difficulties	146	(1)
The Present Participle	147	(16)
The forms of the present participle	147	(1)
The uses of the present participle	148	(8)
as a noun	148	(1)
as a preposition	149	(1)
as an adjective	149	(5)
as a verb	154	(2)
The gerund	156	(2)
Expressions with the present participle	158	(1)
Proverbs, sayings and expressions with the gerund	158	(1)
Translation difficulties	159	(4)
The Infinitive	163	(14)
The forms	163	(2)
The forms of the present infinitive	163	(1)
The forms of the past infinitive	163	(1)
The negative form of the present infinitive	164	(1)
The negative form of the past infinitive	165	(1)
The uses	165	(12)
The infinitive used as a noun	165	(1)
The infinitive used as subject or object after c'est	166	(1)
The infinitive used in elliptic questions and exclamations	166	(1)
The infinitive replacing the imperative	167	(1)
The infinitive after relative pronouns	167	(1)
The infinitive used as object of a preposition	167	(4)
The infinitive used as object of a verb	171	(1)
- without a preposition between the verb and infinitive	171	(1)
- with the preposition a between the the verb and infinitive	172	(1)
- with the preposition de between the verb and the infinitive	173	(2)
The infinitive replacing `que' + subordinate clause	175	(1)
- `que' + subjunctive	175	(1)
- `que' + indicative	176	(1)
Causative faire	177	(6)
faire + infinitive	177	(3)
se faire + infinitive	180	(2)
Translation difficulties	182	(1)
Proverbs, sayings and idiomatic expressions	182	(1)
Impersonal Verbs	183	(16)
Verbs that are always used impersonally	183	(3)
Personal verbs that are used impersonally in certain expressions	186	(7)
Verbs which allow two constructions	193	(2)
Impersonal expressions followed by an infinitive	195	(1)
Impersonal expressions followed by `que' + indicative	196	(1)
Impersonal expressions followed by `que' + subjunctive	196	(3)
Incomplete Verbs	199	(4)
bruire, choir	199	(1)
'echoir, clore, eclore	200	(1)
faillir, frire, gesir	201	(1)
issir, oindre, ouir, traire	202	(1)
Direct Speech and Indirect Speech	203	(8)
Declarative sentences in indirect speech	203	(2)
The imperative in indirect speech	205	(1)
Indirect questions	205	(3)
Expressions of time	208	(2)
Sayings	210	(1)
The Passive Voice	211	(6)
Definition	211	(1)
The forms of the passive voice	211	(1)
The uses of the passive voice	212	(1)
`par' or `de'	213	(2)
The impersonal passive	215	(1)
Translation difficulties	215	(1)
Proverbs and sayings	216	(1)
Verbs with several meanings and in idiomatic expressions	217	(32)
Regular verbs	217	(9)
Irregular Verbs	226	(23)
Idioms with `faire'	249	(12)
faire (+ adjective) + noun	249	(2)
faire + de + definite article	251	(3)
sports	251	(2)
studies	253	(1)
other expressions	253	(1)
faire + definite article + noun	254	(2)
faire + un(e) + noun	256	(1)
faire + possessive adjective	257	(1)
faire + adjective or adverb	257	(1)
se faire	258	(1)
Other expressions	258	(1)
Proverbs and sayings	259	(2)
Problem Verbs	261	(30)
to attend	261	(1)
to bring	261	(1)
to be able to (can)	262	(1)
to change	262	(1)
to drive	263	(1)
to fear	264	(1)
to feel	265	(1)
to fly	266	(1)
to get	266	(2)
to happen	268	(1)
to hear	269	(1)
to intend	270	(1)
to know	270	(3)
to leave	273	(1)
to like	274	(1)
to live	275	(1)
to look	275	(1)
to make	276	(1)
to marry	277	(1)
`may'	278	(1)
to meet	278	(1)
to move	279	(1)
to notice	280	(1)
to return	280	(1)
to save	281	(1)
to spend	282	(1)
to stay	282	(1)
to stop	283	(1)
to take	284	(2)
to teach	286	(1)
to tell	287	(1)
to travel	287	(1)
to visit	288	(1)
to walk	288	(1)
to watch	289	(1)
to wish	290	(1)
Index	291