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Key terms for A level French Ensure that you know and understand these key terms for September: Verb Is a doing word such as play, watch, sing, go, return, do. Infinitive Is the verb in its purest form that you will find in a dictionary. You use the infinitive to conjugate difference tenses. It will have ‘to’ in front of it in English ‘to play, to watch and to go’. In French the infinitives will always end with er, re and ir. Stem You must find the stem of the verb each time you want to conjugate an infinitive into a specific tense. Then you simply apply the endings for that tense. E.g infinitive = jouer present tense stem = jou present tense er endings = e, es, e, ons, ez, ent. Endings Are the verb endings that you must add to the stem of the verb. The verb endings vary from different tenses and if it is an er, re or ir verb. Tense Is the tense you would like to use e.g present, past, future, conditional, imperfect etc. Pronoun I = Je, you (s/inf) = tu, he/she/one = il/elle/on, we = nous, you (pl/for) = vous and they = ils/elles (s) / (pl) / (inf) / (for) s = singular / pl = plural / inf = informal / for = formal. In French there are two ways to say you; tu and vous. Tu is used to one person (singular) or to someone you know well or a child (informal). Vous is used to a group of people (plural) or someone that you don’t know (formal). Conjugate Means to change the infinitive into the tense you want by finding the stem and applying the correct endings. Auxiliary Auxiliary verbs avoir and être are used in the past tense (passé compose). They are an extra verb need. See notes on passé compose. (m) (f) m = masculine f = feminine Nouns Nouns are objects, places or names. In French they are grouped into two groups which are called masculine and feminine nouns. Adjectives Adjectives are words which describing words such as big or small. Adjectives describe the noun e.g a big table. In French adjectives must agree with the noun therefore as nouns are masculine, feminine, singular or plural, the adjective must agree e.g une table noire, les tables noires, un livre noir, les livres noirs.
