French

cartman444

Just wondering how do you know when to use J'AI or JE before each verb? cheers!

SamHamilton

cartman444 wrote:

Just wondering how do you know when to use J'AI or JE before each verb? cheers!

In the present, conditional, future, most tenses - you use je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles depending on whether it's I, you, he, she, one, we, you, they, they(fem.).

In the past tense you use j'ai, tu as, il a, elle a, on a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont, elles ont before the verb. But that's only some of the time.

e.g. J'ai fait mes devoirs

Etre is used as well in the past tense, before these verbs(and others)

aller, venir, arriver, partir, entrer, sortir, naitre, mourir, rester, tomber...

Je suis allé au cinéma

And it's used before reflexive verbs in the past tense e.g. je me suis lavé

ron-burgandy

can anyone tell me if this is idiomatic and correct: "qui a dit que la vie est belle?"

Think I read it somewhere around these parts and I slapped it into my diary entry...

carlowboy

S**** I just remembered I didn't use any proverbs. Ah well.

Shox

ron-burgandy wrote:

can anyone tell me if this is idiomatic and correct: "qui a dit que la vie est belle?"

Yup tis indeed!! i used that one myself and then stuck, ma vie est toujours penible!! a nice start i thought!

Selphie

I used il n'y a pas de petit chez soi for the one about being proud of your area. I had half an inkling that I knew what it meant, so it went down on the paper. Just found out now that its right.
Totally forgot how to say angry in two different ways. All I could remember was fachee (I know the spellings wrong.) Funny how your mind goes blank.