Communications: singular -re verbs like 'entendre'
Learning outcomes
I can use verbs like 'entendre' in the present tense singular, including with inversion questions.
I can confidently pronounce open [eu/œu] and [eu].
Communications: singular -re verbs like 'entendre'
Learning outcomes
I can use verbs like 'entendre' in the present tense singular, including with inversion questions.
I can confidently pronounce open [eu/œu] and [eu].
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Key learning points
- Open [eu/œu] is pronounced as in 'cœur'.
- Closed [eu] is pronounced as in 'deux'.
- Use the definite article with language nouns except after 'parler'.
- Adjectives describing nationalities agree with nouns. Nationalities of people e.g. 'un Espagnol' have a capital letter.
- Swap the subject-verb order to ask an inversion question; use liaison between the verb and subject if a vowel follows.
Keywords
Open [eu/œu] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in 'cœur'
Closed [eu] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as in 'deux'
Inversion - when the subject pronoun and the verb switch places to form a question
Common misconception
To describe a language, where something or someone is from, use exactly the same word in French, as we do in English, e.g. I learn Spanish. He is Spanish.
When used as a noun for a language, the word needs a definite article. When used as an adjective to describe nationality of a person or thing, the word agrees with the noun it describes. When used for nationality, the word needs a capital letter.
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