French › Level one lessons › Weather · Le temps

Grammar evaluate · At · À[edit]
Dialogue · Is it going to rain? [edit]
Mireille: Il fait beau temps !It’s nice climate !
Monique: Il va pleuvoir aujourd’hui ?Is it going to rain immediately?
- Monique may additionally use the query type as a substitute of the intonation given above:
- Est-ce qu’il va pleuvoir aujourd’hui ? (Pronounced eh-skeel)
- or
- Va-t-il pleuvoir aujourd’hui ?
Mireille: Non, il ne va pas pleuvoir, il fera soleil.No, not raining, it will likely be sunny.
Monique: Très bien ! Allons au parc !Very nicely! let’s go to the park.
Marcelle: Apporte un parapluie, au cas où il pleuvrait.Deliver an umbrella in case it rains.
Just like English, pleuvoir is an impersonal verb: it has solely a third-person singular conjugation:
- il pleut (current)
- il va pleuvoir or il pleuvra (future)
- il pleuvrait (conditional).
Grammar · Negation · Négation[edit]
With a view to say that one did not do one thing, the ne … pas development should be used. The ne is positioned earlier than the verb, whereas the pas is positioned after.
Formation and guidelines[edit]
Easy negation is finished by wrapping ne … pas across the verb:
- Je ne porte pas mon manteau.I’m not carrying my coat.
In a previous tense, ne … pas surrounds the auxiliary verb, not the participle:
- Je n’ai pas porté mon manteau.I didn’t put on my coat.
When an infinitive and conjugated verb are collectively, ne … pas often surrounds the conjugated verb:
- Je ne veux pas porter mes gants.I don’t wish to put on my gloves.
Ne pas also can precede the infinitive for a distinct that means:
- Je veux ne pas porter mes gants.I need to not put on my gloves.
Ne precedes any pronoun referring to the verb it impacts:
- Je ne les porte pas.I’m not carrying them.
In spoken French, the ne could be omitted, leaving merely pas after the verb in context:
- Je sais pas qui vous êtes.I have no idea who you’re.
Examples[edit]
Il est avocat. Il n’est pas avocat. | He’s [a] lawyer. He isn’t [a] lawyer. | ||||
Nous faisons nos devoirs. Nous ne faisons pas nos devoirs. | We’re doing our homework. We’re not doing our homework. | ||||
Je joue du piano. Je ne joue pas du piano. | I play the piano. I don’t play the piano. | ||||
Vous vendez votre voiture. Vous ne vendez pas votre voiture. | You promote your automobile. You don’t promote your automobile. |
Negation of indefinite articles[edit]
The indefinite articles un, une, and des change to de (or d’) when negating a sentence.
J’ai un parapluie. Je n’ai pas de parapluie. | I’ve an umbrella. I haven’t got an umbrella. | ||||
J’ai des bottes en caoutchouc. Je n’ai pas de bottes en caoutchouc. | I’ve some wellington boots. I haven’t got any wellington boots. |
Examples[edit]
Il est belge. Il n’est pas belge. | He’s Belgian. He isn’t Belgian. | ||||
Nous lisons un livre. Nous ne lisons pas de livre. | We learn a e-book. We don’t learn a e-book. | ||||
Je mange une cerise. Je ne mange pas de cerise. | I eat a cherry. I don’t eat a cherry. |
Vocabulary · Frequent climate [edit]
Observe that le temps means each the climate and the time.
Grammar · To go · Aller[edit]
The verb aller is translated to to go. It’s irregularly conjugated (it doesn’t depend as a daily -er verb).
Formation[edit]
Utilization[edit]
There isn’t a current progressive tense in French, so aller within the current indicative is used to specific each I’m going and I’m going:
- Où est-ce que tu vas?The place are you going?
Aller should be used with a spot and can’t stand alone.
Along with that means at or in, the preposition à/a/ means to when used with aller:
- Je vais à Paris.I’m going to Paris.
- Je vais au bureau.I’m going to the workplace.
- Tu vas à l’école ?You are going to college?
Close to future · Futur proche[edit]
An infinitive preceded by aller is used to say that one thing goes to occur within the close to future:
- Il va pleuvoir demain.It is going to rain tomorrow.
- Il va faire froid.It is going to be chilly.
- Je vais aller au magasin.I’ll go to the shop.
Recall that the damaging goes across the conjugated verb.
- Il ne va pas pleuvoir demain.It isn’t going to rain tomorrow.
Supplementary grammar · There · y[edit]
Rather than a preposition and place, the pronoun y/i/, that means there, can be utilized; y comes earlier than the verb:
- J’y vais.I am going there.
- Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons.We’re going to Mexico. We’re going there.
Do not forget that aller should be used with a spot (there or a reputation) when indicating that you’re going someplace, even when a spot would not usually be given in English.
The damaging type of aller with the y pronoun has each the verb and pronoun enclosed between ne and pas:
- Il n’y va pas.He isn’t going there.
Supplementary vocabulary · Expressions [edit]
Allons-y | (ahlon-zee) | Let’s go | |||
Ça va ? Remark allez-vous ? | (sah vah) (koh-mah(n) tahlay-voo) | How are you? | |||
Allez ! | Come on! | encouragement | |||
vas-y allez-y | go forward; go on | ||||
On y va ! | Let’s get going! | ||||
On y va ? | Ought to we go? |
Vocabulary · Rain and snow · La pluie et la neige[edit]
Dialogue [edit]
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