G: Devoir
to have to, to owe[图]
past participle: dû
SingularPlural
first personje doisjeuh dwahI have tonous devonsnoo dehvohnwe have to
second persontu doistoo dwahyou have tovous devezvoo dehvayyou have to
third personil doiteel dwahhe has toils doiventeel dwahvethey have to
(masc. or mixed)
elle doitell dwahshe has to
on doitohndwahone has toelles doiventell dwahvethey have to (fem.)
[edit]G: Falloir
*.falloir - to be necessary
*.il faut - it is necessary
*.il a fallu - it was necessary (passé composé)
*.il fallait - it was necessary (imparfait)
*.il faudra - it will be necessary
*.il faudrait - it would be necessary
The verbfalloirdiffers from similar verbs such asavoir besoin de [faire quelque chose](to need [to do something]) anddevoir(must, duty, owe).Falloiris always used with the impersonalilonly in the 3rd person singular, whereasdevoircan be used with all subject pronouns in all tenses.
Falloirexpressesgeneral necessities, such as "To live, one must eat" or "To speak French well, one must conjugate verbs correctly."
Devoirexpresses more personallywhat someone must do; "I want to pass my French test, so I must study verb conjugations."
Avoir besoin de [faire quelque chose]expressesneed; "I need to study for my test, it's tomorrow" - "J'ai besoin d'etudier pour mon examen, il est demain."
[edit]Lesson 2.07 - Rural Life
[edit]G: Suivre
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[图]suivre[图]to follow[图]
past participle: suivi
SingularPlural
first personje suisjeuh sweeI follownous suivonsnoo sweevohnwe follow
second persontu suistoo sweeyou followvous suivezvoo sweevayyou follow
third personil suiteel sweehe followsils suiventeel sweevethey follow
(masc. or mized)
elle suitell sweeshe follows
on suitohnsweeone followselles suiventell sweevethey follow (fem.)
[edit]G: Vivre
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[图]vivre[图]to live[图]
past participle: vécu [vaycoo]
SingularPlural
first personje visjeuh veeI livenous vivonsnoo veevohnwe live
second persontu vistoo veeyou livevous vivezvoo veevayyou live
third personil viteel veehe livesils viventeel veevethey live
(masc. or mized)
elle vitell veeshe lives
on vitohnveeone liveselles viventell veevethey live (fem.)
[edit]G: Naître
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[图]naître[图]to be born[图]
past participle: né(e)(s)1
SingularPlural
first personje naisjeuh nayI am bornnous naissonsnoo nehssohnwe are born
second persontu naistoo nayyou are bornvous naissezvoo nehssayyou are born
third personil naîteel nayhe is bornils naissenteel nessethey are born
(masc. or mized)
elle naîtell nayshe is born
on naîtohnnayone is bornelles naissentell nessethey are born (fem.)
1Naître is the only -aître verb that takes être as its helping verb (and therefore agrees with the subject as a past participle in perfect tenses).
[edit]G: Reflexive Verbs with Perfect Tenses
When proniminal verbs are conjugated in perfect tenses, être is used as the auxiliary verb.
[edit]Reflexive Verbs
In perfect tenses, the past participles agree with the direct object pronoun, but not the indirect object pronoun, in gender andplurality. Therefore it would only agree when the reflexive pronoun is the direct object. Also remember that the past participle does not agree with the direct object if it goes after the verb.
*.Elle s'est lavée. - She washed herself.
*.Nous nous sommes lavé(e)s. - We washed ourselves.
*.Elle s'est lavé les mains. - She washed her hands.
*.Nous nous sommes lavé les mains. - We washed our hands.
[edit]Reciprocal Verbs
*.Like reflexive verbs, the past participle of reciprocal verbs agrees in number and gender with the direct object if it goes before the verb. It therefore agrees with all reciprocal pronouns that function as direct objects.
*.Nous nous sommes aimé(e)s. - We liked each other.
The reciprocal pronoun can also function as an indirect object without a direct object pronoun.
*.Nous nous sommes parlé. - We spoke to each other.
*.Elles se sont téléphoné. - They called one another.
*.Vous vous êtes écrit souvent? - You wrote to each other often?
[edit]Naturally Pronominal Verbs
*.In perfect tenses, these verbs agree with the direct object if it goes before the verb. Otherwise, the past participle agreeswith the subject.
*.Elle s'est souvenue. - She remembered.
*.Le chien se couche. - The dog lies down.
Note thatassis(e)(es), the past participle ofs'asseoir(to sit), does not change in the masculine plural form.