* French (HL) predictions / discussion * (1 thread only please)

Holly91

Ino im really late asking this..but does anyone have like one or 2 sentences to use for bullying?

i have everything else vaguely covered and learned!

just be great help if someone could help me with this :rolleyes:

Corkgirl18

Got a B2 in the pres plainly because my teacher gave me a really soft oral and I was lucky that Racism came up!
Really hoping to get a B2 again but I've a feeling I'll do worse Dont think I've studied enough..
Cram cram cram I'd say :P

PJelly

Theres one part of grammar that I've always struggled with.
That's making the "ing" verbs. Changing from run to running. Drink to drinking etc.
Especially drinking! I need that one badly
Any help?

terryincork

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

Got a B2 in the pres plainly because my teacher gave me a really soft oral and I was lucky that Racism came up!
Really hoping to get a B2 again but I've a feeling I'll do worse Dont think I've studied enough..
Cram cram cram I'd say :P

i lol'd..

Holly91

PJelly wrote: »

Theres one part of grammar that I've always struggled with.
That's making the "ing" verbs. Changing from run to running. Drink to drinking etc.
Especially drinking! I need that one badly
Any help?

thats the past participle

take the nous form of the verb in the present tense
drop -ons and add -ant
eg. nous donnons -> donnant (giving)

and then theres 3 exceptions
étre -> étant (being)
avoir -> ayant (having)
savoir -> sachent (knowing)

hope that helps

EDIT: drinking would be -> buvant

PJelly

Holly91 wrote: »

thats the past participle

take the nous form of the verb in the present tense
drop -ons and add -ant
eg. nous donnons -> donnant (giving)

and then theres 3 exceptions
étre -> étant (being)
avoir -> ayant (having)
savoir -> sachent (knowing)

hope that helps

EDIT: drinking would be -> buvant

So, "The youths who are drinking" would be "Les jeunes qui sont buvant?"
Thanks!

Holly91

PJelly wrote: »

So, "The youths who are drinking" would be "Les jeunes qui sont buvant?"
Thanks!

yes that sounds right

thank god my teacher gave us good notes

PJelly

Holly91 wrote: »

yes that sounds right

thank god my teacher gave us good notes

And for like... more and more youths are drinking every year, would "Plus en plus jeunes sont buvant chaque annee" work? Not so sure about the "Sont".
As you can see, I'm trying to prepare a drinking essay

Holly91

PJelly wrote: »

And for like... more and more youths are drinking every year, would "Plus en plus jeunes sont buvant chaque annee" work? Not so sure about the "Sont".
As you can see, I'm trying to prepare a drinking essay

yes once you just leave it like that wth no agreements

i think so anyways im not the best at french so dont trust me fully

is that due up? :eek:

i really just want to pass :rolleyes:

daex

any one have any essays I could learn off for higher level ?

partyatmygaff

Holly91 wrote: »

thats the past participle

take the nous form of the verb in the present tense
drop -ons and add -ant
eg. nous donnons -> donnant (giving)

and then theres 3 exceptions
étre -> étant (being)
avoir -> ayant (having)
savoir -> sachent (knowing)

hope that helps

EDIT: drinking would be -> buvant

That's the present participle. The past participle is used as both an adjective and in certain complex tenses.

PJelly wrote: »

So, "The youths who are drinking" would be "Les jeunes qui sont buvant?"
Thanks!

No, it would be Les jeunes qui boivent . The indicative present tense.

PJelly

partyatmygaff wrote: »

That's the present participle. The past participle is used as both an adjective and in certain complex tenses.


No, it would be Les jeunes qui buvent . The indicative present tense.

I had that first but google translate said nay.
Thanks!

Holly91

partyatmygaff wrote: »

That's the present participle. The past participle is used as both an adjective and in certain complex tenses.

My bad ! i just coped that as i saw your comment and its written on the top of the page in big bold writing :rolleyes:

thankd for pointing that out

vDarr

daex wrote: »

any one have any essays I could learn off for higher level ?

No point in learning off essays, chances are they will not be relevant. Instead learn off phrases that can be tied into anything, like ''C'est vraiment indispensable'' which means it's truly vital.

http://brianlambe.wordpress.com/french-idioms-leaving-cert/

This site has quite a few good ones that can be used in almost any opinion piece and they're generally simple to remember. 75/90 words is very achievable even if you have little or no knowledge of the subject anyway.

jawn

PJelly wrote: »

So, "The youths who are drinking" would be "Les jeunes qui sont buvant?"
Thanks!

Avoid direction translation at all costs.

The youths who are drinking = the youths who drink.

ie: les jeunes qui boivent (present tense)

Job done.

Anytime you feel inclined to add "ant", you 99% of the time don't need to.

The present tense takes into account "ing" actions.

ie: I am going to France isn't "Je suis allant en France", it's just "Je vais en France" - I go to France.

rallyrolin

out of all these exams the thoughts of french turns my stomach
dont know what im going to do .. dropping is a bad idea on the day i believe??

Farmer poet

I hope something on school uniform comes up....that was the topic when i did french debating last year
I'm gonna prepare things like uniform, racism, réchauffement climatique...recyclage...l'annee de transition peut-etre?

rallyrolin

fashion comes up alot.. it came up last year but its an easy subject so learning a few key words wouldnt hurt

J_E

I don't really bother focusing on topics like that, because they're just too unpredictable. I mean, permit du conduire anyone?

Just have a strong base of verbs, opinion phrases, and adjectives, and try get ideas from the comprehensions you have read.

PJelly

Annoying thing about studying french, is that you can do a practice essay, but never be sure if it's 100% correct without a teacher to point out some mistakes.

mrfantastico

could one of you higher level guys please put up a starting and ending to a postcard or show me a link...merci :P

partyatmygaff

Personellement, je pense qu'il serait un bon idée si chacun type en Francais jusqu'a la fin de l'examen. Ce serait bonne afin de s'habituer a lire et a écrire en Francais. Cet idée. Qu'en pensez-vous, tout le monde? Nous pourrions bavarder sur les verbes ou des sujets comme le racisme ou n'importe quelle autre chose... :pac:

Fireball07

PJelly wrote: »

Annoying thing about studying french, is that you can do a practice essay, but never be sure if it's 100% correct without a teacher to point out some mistakes.

This is my view also.

PJelly

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Personellement, je pense qu'il serait un bon idée si chacun type en Francais jusqu'a la fin de l'examen. Ce serait bonne afin de s'habituer a lire et a écrire en Francais. Cet idée. Qu'en pensez-vous, tout le monde? Nous pourrions bavarder sur les verbes ou des sujets comme le racisme ou n'importe quelle autre chose... :pac:

Vous etes fou :rolleyes:
Mais, votre francais est tres bien. Je suis null en francais, d'habitude.
Mais, je suis daccord avec cet declaration. Ce sera un bon moyen de rappeler notre verbes.
Alors! Racisme! Je l'adore!
(C'etait un blague :pac:)

outofthecrowd

PJelly wrote: »

And for like... more and more youths are drinking every year, would "Plus en plus jeunes sont buvant chaque annee" work? Not so sure about the "Sont".
As you can see, I'm trying to prepare a drinking essay

you're right to not be sure about the 'sont' ... using it would be direct translation, the verb 'boire' means 'to drink' but it also means 'are drinking'... so you don't need to use 'etre' ... it would be more correct to say 'ils boivent' than 'ils sont buvant' ... it's the same for all verbs... 'ils regardent...fument' etc ... just hope you see this before 9.30 tomorrow....

PJelly

partyatmygaff wrote: »

si chacun type en Francais

qui devrait etre, "Si nous chacun"?
(devrait ici est incorrect, sans doute)

C__

Anyone here doing pass like me and do not have a clue how to form a proper sentence in pass and future :L

partyatmygaff

PJelly wrote: »

Vous etes fou :rolleyes:
Mais, votre francais est tres bien. Je suis null en francais, d'habitude.
Mais, je suis daccord avec cet declaration. Ce sera un bon moyen de rappeler notre verbes.
Alors! Racisme! Je l'adore!
(C'etait un blague :pac:)

D'accord, parlons sur le Racisme. Tout d'abord, il faut que je dise que je déteste le racisme que ce soit le racisme en Irlande ou a l'étranger. D'apres moi, le racisme est un des plus grands problemes de nos jours.

En fait, je ne pourrai jamais comprendre l'état d'esprit d'un raciste. Le racisme n'est pas juste ni intelligent. Que pensez-vous sur les racistes Irlandais? Je trouve qu'ils sont les plus pires gens de notre societé.

rallyrolin

bonne idee, moi je deteste francais mais je d'accord avec votre decleration .j'ai besoin tout l'aid!!

partyatmygaff

PJelly wrote: »

qui devrait etre, "Si nous chacun"?
(devrait ici est incorrect, sans doute)

Non, "chacun" est un mot masculin singulier.