| Savoir
je sais
tu sais
il/elle/on sait
nous savons
vous savez
ils/elles savent | Connaîtreje connais
tu connais
il/elle/on connaît nous connaissons
nous connaissons
vous connaissez
ils/elles connaissent |
Note the passé composé of these verbs: j'ai su, j'ai connu
You use savoir to indicate that you know a fact or that you know something by heart.
Tu sais le numéro de téléphone de Philippe?
You use savoir + infinitive to indicate that you know how to do something.
Tu sais danser le tango? Il ne sait pas nager.
Connaître means "to know" in the sense of "to be acquainted with". You can use connaître- only with nouns: people, places, and things.
Je connais bien Nathalie.
Me, Te, Nous and Vous are object pronouns. They mean Telling Who Does What For Whom. They always come right before the verb that is linked to.
| Me (Examples)
Il me parle.
Il ne me parle pas.
Il veut me parler.
Il ne veut pas me marler. `
Oui, elle m'invite au théâtre.
Oui, elle me parle au téléphone.
|
Nous (Examples)
Oui, il nous regarde.
Oui, il nous explique la leçon.
|
| Te (Examples)
Marie t'invite au théâtre?
Elle te parle au téléphone?
| Vous (Examples)
Le prof vous regarde?
Il vous explique la leçon?
|
L’accent aigu: The aigu accent points to the right and upward é. Only appearing above the letter e, it changes the letter’s pronunciation to ay
L’accent grave: The grave accent points to the left and upward è. It can appear over any vowel, but it only alters pronunciation when over the letter e. While, depending on context, unaccented e‘s may be pronounced several different ways, e‘s with grave accents are always pronounced ehh, like the e in the English word set
Le circonflexe: The circonflexe looks like a little pointed hat over vowels ê. It doesn’t change pronunciation, but it must be included in written French.
La cédille: In French, the cedilla is a little tail under the letter c: ç. It’s used to give the c an ssound instead of a hard k sound
Le tréma: The tréma looks like two dots above a letter ë. It’s usually placed above the second of two consecutive vowels when both vowels are to be pronounced separately
The first way that I learned how to type accents and what I believe is the easiest is to use ALT codes. These codes will work if you are using Microsoft Word, which is great for me and hopefully many of my peers because most of us use Microsoft Word to create documents and then copy and paste them onto our Weebly blogs. You can also use these codes on Weebly.
ACCENTS
Make sure your Num Lock is on
ALT key plus 133 = à ALT key plus 0192 = À
ALT key plus 160 = á ALT key plus 0193 = Á
ALT key plus 131 = â ALT key plus 0194 = Â
ALT key plus 132 = ä ALT key plus 0196 = Ä
ALT key plus 135 = ç ALT key plus 0199 = Ç
ALT key plus 130 = é ALT key plus 0201 = É
ALT key plus 138 = è ALT key plus 0200 = È
ALT key plus 136 = ê ALT key plus 0202 = Ê
ALT key plus 137 = ë ALT key plus 0203 = Ë
ALT key plus 139 = ï ALT key plus 0207 = Ï
ALT key plus 140 = î ALT key plus 0206 = Î
ALT key plus 141 = ì ALT key plus 0204 = Ì
ALT key plus 161 = í ALT key plus 0205 = Í
ALT key plus 149 = ò ALT key plus 0210 = Ò
ALT key plus 162 = ó ALT key plus 0211 = Ó
ALT key plus 147 = ô ALT key plus 0212 = Ô
ALT key plus 148 = ö ALT key plus 0214 = Ö
ALT key plus 0156 = œ ALT key plus 0140 = Œ
ALT key plus 151 = ù ALT key plus 0217 = Ù
ALT key plus 163 = ú ALT key plus 0218 = Ú
ALT key plus 150 = û ALT key plus 0219 = Û
ALT key plus 129 = ü ALT key plus 0220 = Ü
You can also do french accents on your computer is by using the character map. You hit the start button the go to programs. Then proceed to accessories then it is under system tools it has a list of a whole bunch of accents and symbols.
Now, you may be thinking that this is very helpful if you are on a computer, but what if I want to type accents on my phone? I have a simple solution, just add a French keyboard onto your smart phone.
First, go to your Settings, then open your General Settings
Once you are in your General Settings, go into your Keyboard Settings.
Once you are in your Keyboard Settings, simply press "Add New Keyboard" and add a French keyboard.
Now, when you use your keyboard, you will see a little globe in the bottom left corner. Press this button and it will change your English Keyboard, to a French Keyboard! Now you can easily press letters and there will be an option to use various accents.
I hope you find this post helpful.
Bon chance!
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