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horror film

coûter

to cost

le film policier

police film

jouer

to play

le film de science-fiction sci-fi film

1Un fauteuil is the physical chair that one sits on. One would normally use "une place" whenever "a seat" is used in English.

Prenez place ! - Take a seat! (very common expression. No article before place, you should not say Prenez la place)

Les films sont fascinants! Allez-vous au cinéma? Pourquoi? Vous aimez les films? Pour demander quels films jouent au cinéma, on dit Qu?est-ce qui joue au cinéma? . On achète les places au guichet, où l'employé(e) les vend. On entre dans la salle du cinéma pour regarder un film. Quel est votre genre de film préféré? Louez-vous des vidéos? des DVDs? .

G: -enir verbs

-enir verbs are irregularly conjugated (they do not count as regular -ir verbs).

Venir

The most common -enir verb is venir.

The verb venir is translated to to come.

When it means to come from, venir is used with the preposition de.

Nous venons du stade.

You can also use venir with a verb to state that you have recently accomplished an action. ** Je viens de finir mes devoirs (I've just finished my homework).

Formation

In the present indicative, venir (and all other -enir verbs) are conjuagted as follows: French Verb ? Present Indicative ?

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venir to come

(past participle - venu(e)(s))

Singular

Plural

first person je viens jeuh vee ehn I come

nous venons noo venn oh we come

second person tu viens too vee ehn you come vous venez voo vennay you come il vient eel vee ehn he comes ils viennent

they come

eel vee ehn

third person elle vient ell vee ehn she comes

(masc. or mixed)

on vient oh vee ehn one comes elles viennent ell vee ehn they come (fem.) Other -enir Verbs

revenir - to come back, to return

devenir - to become

appartenir - to belong

contenir - to contain

détenir - to keep, to detain

retenir - to retain

se souvenir - to remember

soutenir - to support

tenir - to hold

x er Verbs

x er verbs are regular -er verbs, but are also stem changing.

Formation

French Verb ? Present Indicative ?

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suggérer to suggest

(past participle - suggéré)

Singular

Plural

nous

first person je suggère jeuh soo

noo soo

I suggest

we suggest

zjair

suggérons

zjairoh

second