L'Imparfait or Passé Composé?
Would this sentence use l'imparfait or passé composé for the verb?
Il ______ (faire) beau.
How do you say, ''I went to the park''?
Je suis allé au parc.
What does 'Premièrement' mean?
First
What does 'Faire attention' mean?
be careful/ pay attention
Conjugate jouer with je in l'imparfait
je jouais
Hier, je ______ (aller) chez mes parents. Passé composé or l'imparfait?
Passé composé (Je suis allé(e))
how do you say, ''it was cold''?
Il faisait froid
How do you say: go straight?
Aller tout droit
If I say: ''Wow, tu as de la chance!''
What am I saying?
Wow, you're lucky!
What is une foule?
a crowd
Quand nous étions petites, nous _____ (faire) du vélo tous les weekends.
L'imparfait (it's a habit!) (faisions)
What are the endings with avoir in present tense that we need to use as the first part of the passé composé? (hint: start with j'ai)
J'ai, tu as, il/elle a, nous avons, vous avez, ils/elles ont
What is a 'défilé' ?
parade
What does ''avoir lieu'' mean?
To take place - as in, the concert took place in summer
Conjugate aller for elles in l'imparfait
Elles allaient
Je _______ (etre) stressé à cause de mes devoirs quand quelqu'un _______ (frapper) à la porte.
Which one would be l'imparfait, which would be passé composé?
etre - l'imparfait (étais) - an emotion
frapper - passé composé (a frappé) - sudden, completed action
What are the endings with etre that we need to use for some verbs in passé composé? (hint: start with je suis)
Je suis, tu es, elle/il est, nous sommes, vous etes, ils/elles sont
What does the expression 'Frapper son Waterloo' mean?
To hit your Waterloo - encounter a defeat, something you can't overcome.
Translate this: ''J'ai besoin de dormir''
I need to sleep. ('avoir besoin de' is an expression that means to need something.)
Name one expression from your cards. Give me the French and the English translation (literal or figurative, doesn't matter which)
Variety of responses possible
Il __________________ (pleuvoir) quand Marie __________________ (sortir) du musée.
Decide which one would be l'imparfait, which one passé composé, then conjugate both.
Pleuvait - l'imparfait because ongoing weather
est sortie - passé composé - a completed action, don't forget to agree because sortir is a verb that uses etre
What do you have to remember about the passé composé (two things!)?
1) It is always two words - first avoir or etre in present tense, then the other verb with the ending changed.
2) If using etre as first part, have to make second part agree with it (add -e for feminine subject, -s for plural subjects).
16. What does « être habillé comme la chienne à Jacques » mean?
To be dressed strangely or in mismatched clothes
What does 'etre en train de'' mean? (Hint: nothing to do with trains!)
To be in the middle of doing something