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Grammaire Francaise

Here we find questions about the grammatical rules that govern French expressions and sentences. Typically, contributors ask about verb tenses, stems and roots of words, spelling, pronunciation, and agreement of adjectives and nouns in gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural).

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Is the correct French phrase 'mes devoir' or 'mes devoirs'?

Mes devoirs is the correct choice between it and the incorrect phrase mes devoir.

Specifically, the masculine plural possessive adjective mes means "my." The masculine noun therefore must be in the plural also. This will be devoirs, which translates as "chores, duties, homework, tasks," instead of devoir, which translates as "chore, duty, task."

The pronunciation will be "mey duh-vwahr" in French.

Would you say il y a du vent or il fait du vent?

"Il y a du vent" is the correct way to say "It's windy" in French. "Il fait du vent" is also acceptable but less common.

Is Francoise masculine or feminine in french?

Françoise is a woman first name, François is the correponding man first name

What is the correct spelling for the French last name Jason?

I am not aware it is a last name, but if it is, it probably comes from the Argonauts story, I guess it is spelled the same, "Jason".

What are the adjectives that to add to turn a masculin word to feminine word in french?

There are no such adjectives, nouns have a predetermined gender in French and cannot change gender that way.

For instance, a "chat" is a male cat or the generic name for the species, but the female cat is a different word, "chatte".

If you mean how, knowing a masculine name or adjective, you find the equivalent feminine name, the generic rule is to add a "e" suffix, but there are many exceptions especially for nouns, like the "cat" example above (+"te"), or for names ending with "er". For instance, "boulanger" (baker) gives "boulangère" (fem.) You need to know these words, you cannot always build them up from scratch with rules.

How do you break up the sentence 'sacrebleu t'as une tête à faire sauter les plaques d'égouts'?

"Sacrebleu ! t'as une tête à faire sauter les plaques d'égouts."

I imagine the noun that was missing in the original question is "tête" (head).

What are the infinitives of er verbs in?

The "er" suffix is how the infinitive form of the "er" verbs is, this is the reason why they are called "verbes en 'er' " or "verbes du premier group" (verbs of the first group, since this category is the most common).

Are nationalities written with capital letters in French?

This is disputed. A nationality is just either an adjective or a common noun (so not capitalized unless it is the first word of the phrase), but the most common writing usage is to capitalize nationalities. If you want to be on the safe side, use a capital letter.

Anyway, a French reader is very unlikely to be startled by either writing.

How do you pronounce the word parfait in french?

The word "parfait" is pronounced "par-fay" in French, with the emphasis on the second syllable.

What are the french ir verbs?

Some common French -ir verbs include finir (to finish), choisir (to choose), partir (to leave), and dormir (to sleep). These verbs follow a specific conjugation pattern in the present tense and can be regular or irregular.

Is the French word for friend feminine or masculine?

Ami, Copain -> masculine (to represent a male friend)

Amie, Copine -> feminine (to represent a female friend)

Copain & Copine can also be used to define a Boyfriend or Girlfriend.

What percentage of french verbs are regular?

There are 570 irregular verbs out of a total of more than 12,000 French verbs, so more than 95.25% of French verbs are regular.

Does my french make sense?

J'ai beaucoup de passetemps. Souvent, je joue du piano et de la clarinette mais je ne pratique pas assez ! J'aime jouer de la musique et je joue dans un orchestra à l'école. Ça m'intéresse parce que nous jouons beaucoup de styles différents comme le classique et le jazz. Ma musique préférée à jouer est du jazz, parce qu'il est rapide et amusant ! Aussi, parfois j'écoute de la musique comme la pop et le hip-hop. Par exemple, ma chanteuse préférée est Adele. J'achète beaucoup de CDs avec mon argent de poche. Je reçois dix euros par semaine que mon père me donne. Je dépense mon argent sur les vêtements et les CDs et je n'aime pas faire des économies mais j'attends les soldes.

What does the French word 'leur' mean?

Leur is a possessive pronoun for 'their'. It is used when several people own something (singular, not plural) together: J'ai vu leur maison : I have seen their house (this is the house they share).

When individuals own a group of things together, or if each one of the individual own a distinct but similar thing, there is an additional 's' in "leurs".

J'ai vu leurs maisons : I saw their homes (meaning I saw each one of the distinct houses) - Ils sont partis avec leurs voitures = they left with their cars (it was a group af people with several cars)