Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
French verbs have a large number of simple (one-word) forms. These are composed of two distinct parts: the stem (or root, or radix), which indicates which verb it is, and the ending (inflection), which indicates the verb's tense (imperfect, present, future etc.) and mood and its subject's person (I, you, he/she etc.) and number, though many endings can correspond to multiple tense-mood-subject ...
Aside from être and avoir (considered categories unto themselves), French verbs are traditionally [1] grouped into three conjugation classes (groupes): . The first conjugation class consists of all verbs with infinitives ending in -er, except for the irregular verb aller and (by some accounts) the irregular verbs envoyer and renvoyer; [2] the verbs in this conjugation, which together ...
pour encourager les autres lit. "to encourage others"; said of an excessive punishment meted out as an example, to deter others. The original is from Voltaire's Candide and referred to the execution of Admiral John Byng. [46] pourboire lit. "for drink"; gratuity, tip; donner un pourboire: to tip. prairie
The indicative mood makes use of eight tense-aspect forms. These include the present (présent), the simple past (passé composé and passé simple), the past imperfective , the pluperfect (plus-que-parfait), the simple future (futur simple), the future perfect (futur antérieur), and the past perfect (passé antérieur). Some forms are less ...
Will the weather cooperate with your New Year's Eve plans? And what about the forecast for the new year?
"Ça plane pour moi" (French pronunciation: [sa plan puʁ mwa]) is a 1977 song by Belgian musician Plastic Bertrand. [1] The music is also used in the 1977 song "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" by Elton Motello. [2] The song has been covered by many artists, though the original recording was the most successful, reaching No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart in mid ...
Legendary actress Glenn Close gave the Golden Globes censors a well-rounded glimpse at her choice vocabulary during Sunday night's live show.. The 77-year-old star appeared on stage toward the end ...
Pour off and discard any fat. Stir in the tomatoes and their juices, water, green chiles, and taco seasoning and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until ...