avoir mal au/à la/à l'/aux... to have a ...ache, to hurt avoir mal au ventre to have a bellyache
avoir mal à la tête
to have a headache
avoir mal partout
to ache all over
avoir mal à l'oreille
to have an earache
avoir des maux de c?ur to feel sick, nauseaus
avoir mal aux dents
to have a toothache
Actions
Sickness and Pain
éternuer
to sneeze
être malade
to be sick
s'évanouir
to faint
avoir la grippe
to have the flu
saigner
to bleed
avoir de la fièvre
to have a fever
tousser
to cough
être enrhumé
to have a cold
vomir
to throw up
G: Simple Future of Irregular Verbs
The simple future of irregular verbs, like the passé composé of many irregular verbs, must be memorized.
What makes this somewhat easy is that verbs with similar endings normally have similar future stems.
For example, the future stem of the verb venir is viendr-. Verbs like venir (devenir, revenir) have a very similar stem (deviendr-, reviendr-).
G: Issuing Commands in French - l'impératif
The nous form commands are used to say "Let's...".
The subject is not used when giving a command.
Formation
Take away the ending and add on the following shown in the table.
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The Imperative L'impératif
-er Verbs
-ir Verbs
-re Verbs
Subject Ending Verb Ending
Verb
Ending
Verb
Tu
-e
Parle!
-is
Finis!
-s
Vends!
Nous -ons
Parlons! -issons Finissons! -ons
Vendons!
Vous -ez
Parlez! -issez
Finissez! -ez
Vendez!
Affirmative
Negative
The negative imperative is formed by placing the imperative between "ne" and "pas/jamais/rien/etcetera."
Ne parle pas! (Don't speak!)
Ne regarde jamais le soleil! (Never look at the sun!)
G: Adverbs
French adverbs, like their English counterparts, are used to modify adjectives, other adverbs, and verbs or clauses. They do not display any inflection; that is, their form does not change to reflect their precise role, nor any characteristics of what they modify.
Formation
In French, as in English, most adverbs are derived from adjectives. In most cases, this is done by adding the suffix -ment ("-ly") to the adjective's feminine singular form. For example, the feminine singular form of lent ("slow") is lente, so the corresponding adverb is lentement ("slowly"); similarly, heureux ?
heureusement ("happy" ? "happily").
As in English, however, the adjective stem is sometimes modified to accommodate the suffix: Audio : Native French Speaker
If the adjective ends in an i, then -ment is added to the masculine singular (default) form, rather than to the feminine singular form:
vrai ? vraiment ("real" ? "really")
