Read this note and watch this video to learn how to express duration in French.
Have fun and be attentive
Prepositions: Duration - course
Since (with the present): duration between the start of an action and now: duration since a date in the past or an event and now. The action expressed by the verb continues even today .................. 'abite here for 4 years. since January 2003, since my marriage.
During the actual duration of an action .......................... lived here for 15 years. I will be going on vacation during the month of August. I learned French during my vacation.
There is (with the past tense affirmative): indicates a precise moment in the past, for a finished action ............... He left 5 minutes ago.
Until indicates the end of the duration of an action: ................ I am here until Tuesday. He lived here until his sister left.
In: the time necessary to carry out an action .................. I go to work in half an hour. (I leave at 9 a.m. and arrive at 9:30 a.m.)
For indicates the planned duration, the planned duration .................. He will come for 3 months but if the city pleases him he will stay longer.
Since (with the present): duration between the start of an action and now: duration since a date in the past or an event and now. The action expressed by the verb continues even today .................. 'abite here for 4 years. since January 2003, since my marriage.
1. écrivez (accent aigu)
2. as, vu
3. répond (accent aigu)
4. font
5. entendons
6. dansent
7. avez,pris
8. lit
9. boivons (error "buvons")
10. dit
11. ai,grossi
12. choisis
13. etundent?? "entendent"?
14. attentent
15. ai,fini
16. nageons
17. mangeons
18. ai été/ était (accent aigu)
19. a
20. mets
Bonjour,
1. Détestes-tu les devoirs ?
2. Marie prépare-t-elle un voyage ?
3. Michel et toi, aimez-vous la littérature française.
4. Martin étudie-t-il à Lille ?
5. Le professeur donne-t-il des devoirs difficiles ?
6. Rencontrez-vous des français sur le campus ?
Have a good day ! :-)
<em>Bonjour,</em>
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<em>Paul </em>"s'est levé".
Verbe "se lever" au passé composé :
<em>je me suis levé</em>
<em>tu t'es levé</em>
il s'est levé (Paul = il)
<em>nous nous sommes levés</em>
<em>vous vous êtes levés</em>
<em>ils se sont levés</em>
(féminin)
je me suis levée
tu t'es levée
elle s'est levée
nous nous sommes levées
vous vous êtes levées
elles se sont levées
