Summary Basic French Notes for Beginners

FRENCH NOTES

Verbs

- Servir — to serve
- Aller — to go (Ils vont)
- Faire — to do (ils font)
- Avoir — to have (ils ont)
- Être — to be (Ils sont)
- Prendre — to take (Ils prennent)
- Venir — to come
• Je viens
• Tu viens
• Il vient
• Nous venons
• Vous venez
• Il viennent
- Sortir — to go out (Je sors
- Vivre — to live (je vis, vis, vit, vivons, vivez, vivent
- Devoir — must/have to (dois, dois, doit, devons, devez, doivent
• Nous devons manger — We must eat (verb followed by in nitive)


Ending in ER — e, es, e, ons, ez, ent


- Parler — to speak
- Aimer — to love
- Détester — to hate
- Donner — to give
- Étudier — to study
- Manger — to eat
- Rentrer/retourner — to go back
- Écouter — to listen
- Regarder — to watc
- Travailler — to work
- Habiter — to liv










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, - Réveiller — to wake up
- Lever — to get up (lève
- Laver — to wash
- Quitter — to leave
- Arriver — to arrive
- Coucher — to sleep
- Acheter — to buy (achète


Possessive Adjectives/Nouns

Masculine


• Mon — my
• Ton — Your
• Son — His/her
• Notre — Our
• Votre — Your
• Leur — Their


Feminine


• Ma — my
• Ta — Your
• Sa — His/her
• Notre — Our
• Votre — Your
• Leur — Thei


Plural


• Mes — my
• Tes — Your
• Ses — His/her
• Nos — Our
• Vos — Your













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