Download French Pronouns and Verbs: Understanding Time and Place Expressions and more Quizzes French Language in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 y DEFINITION 1 - Means there- Like other pronouns, goes immediately before the conjugated verb, unless there in an infinitive. TERM 2 Feminine County/Continent DEFINITION 2 to, at, in enfrom de/d' TERM 3 Masculine Country Beginning with a Vowel DEFINITION 3 to, at, in enfrom d' TERM 4 Masculine County Beginning with a Consonant DEFINITION 4 to, at, in aufrom du TERM 5 Plural Country DEFINITION 5 to, at, in auxfrom des TERM 6 Venir DEFINITION 6 viens venonsviens venezvient vennientvenir de + infinitive expresses an event that has just happened TERM 7 Venir Verbs DEFINITION 7 devenir (to become)revenir (to come back)tenir (to hold)retenir(to hold, to book)maintenir(to affirm, to uphold)soutenir (to support)obtenir (to obtain) TERM 8 Qui DEFINITION 8 - Always functions as subject the clause it introduces- Always followed by a verb- Can refer to person or thing- Means who or which/that TERM 9 Que DEFINITION 9 - Functions as direct object- Can refer to person or thing TERM 10 O DEFINITION 10 - Introduces a place or time- means where or when TERM 21 Quelqu'un DEFINITION 21 Someone TERM 22 ne...jamais DEFINITION 22 Never TERM 23 ne...rien DEFINITION 23 Nothing TERM 24 ne...personne DEFINITION 24 No one TERM 25 Pendant DEFINITION 25 - Expresses a specific time duration- Has the meaning of "during"- Most often used with past tense (but can be used in the present or future tense) TERM 26 Pour DEFINITION 26 - Used to refer to some period of time to come in the future- Most often used with present or past tense forms of verbs such as aller, partir, sortir, venir."pour le week-end" "pour un semestre" TERM 27 Dans DEFINITION 27 - Used to express when a future action will take place TERM 28 En DEFINITION 28 - Used to express the amount of time needed to accomplish an action TERM 29 Depuis combien de temps (est-ce que)..? DEFINITION 29 - "How long..?"- Answered with "depuis" = "for"Ex: Depuis combien de temps est-ce qu'il dit? - Il dit depuis trois minutes.- Indicate how long the event has been going on TERM 30 Depuis quand (est-ce que)..? DEFINITION 30 - "Since when..?"- Answered with "depuis" = "since"Ex: Depuis quand est-ce que tu travailles? - Je travaille depuis 2010.- Indicate specifically when an event started TERM 31 Il y a combien de temps que..? Il y a (time expression) que..? DEFINITION 31 - "How long..?"- Answered with "Il y a...que..." = "for"?Ex: Il y a combien de temps que tu as ton chien? - Il y a trois ans que j'ai mon chien.- Emphasizes the length of time that something has been going on
