1. Close the left side and translate from English.
2. Record audio or video of your translation and send it to your teacher or here, if you are studying on your own (indicate the language and lesson number) – send my homework.
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| – Est-ce que Marie mange avec Louis ? – Non, elle mange ici avec Antoine. |
– Mary eats with Louis? – No, she eats here with Antoine. |
| – Est-ce que tu manges et bois ici ? – Je mange ici mais je bois là-bas. |
– Do you eat and drink here? – I eat here but drink there. |
| – Bonjour, Marie. Est-ce que tu veux manger ? – Bonjour, Claude. Oui, je veux manger et boire. |
– Hello, Marie. Do you want to eat? – Hello, Claude. Yes, I want to eat and drink. |
| – Qu’est-ce que tu veux? – Le jus et le sandwich avec fromage. |
– What do you want? – The juice and the sandwich with cheese. |
| – Est-ce que tu manges? – Non, je ne mange pas. |
– Are you eating? – No, I am not eating. |
| – Qu’est-ce que tu manges? – Le poisson. |
– What do you eat? – Fish. |
We have 3 ways to build a question:
1) Tu manges? – Do you eat?
Only add intonation. No need to change anything.
Informal question.
2) Est-ce que tu manges? – Do you eat?
Add at the beginning phrase “Est-ce que”.
This phrase means “Is it that”. But you should not worry about it. Just remember as a service phrase without translation.
Semi-formal question.
3) Manges-tu? – Do you eat?
Just put a verb before the subject and add dash “-“.
Good formal quesiton.
Sometimes we add “t” when we ask about him or her. We do it to soften a phrase.
Mange-t-il? – Does he eat?
Mange-t-elle? – Does she eat?
Also we often merge words:
1) que + il = qu’il
Est-ce qu’il mange? – Does he eat?
2) que + elle = qu’elle
Est-ce qu’elle mange? – Does she eat?
3) Que? – what?
Qu’est-ce que tu veux?
Qu’est-ce qu’elle veut?
To build a negation add “ne…pas” around a verb.
Je ne bois pas. – I don’t drink.
Elle ne boit pas. – She doesn’t drink.
– Tu manges?
– Oui, je mange.
– Non, je ne mange pas.
– Est-ce que tu manges?
– Oui, je mange.
– Non, je ne mange pas.
– Manges-tu?
– Oui, je mange.
– Non, je ne mange pas.
When we put two verbs together we do the next:
– first verb we change according to the person;
– second verb we do not change at all, take the dictionary form.
Je veux manger.
I want to eat.
Je ne veux pas manger.
I don’t want to eat.
Il veut boire.
He wants to drink.
Il ne veut pas boire.
He doesn’t want to drink.
French present tense can stand for both Present Simple and Present Continuous.
| FRENCH | ENGLISH |
| Je mange. Tu manges. Il / Elle mange. Nous mangeons. Vous mangez. Ils mangent. |
I eat / am eating. You eat / are eating. S(he) eats / is eating. We eat / are eating. You eat / are eating. They eat / are eating. |