One of the finest lessons ever on reflexives. Finally! A French teacher that not only shows the passe' compose' but more importantly shows ALL of them in the negation! Outstanding!! Merci mille fois!
This is the best French teacher I have ever had the privilege to come across. She is so thorough in the delivery of the lesson grouping present, passé compose & negations together instead of in separate lessons, which has helped me enormously. Nowhere has anybody ever mentioned the rule relating to body parts. And I love the quiz at the end. It helped me consolidate. Thank You Jennifer
Jennifer, I have just completed the reflexive verb video. You made this confusing area so simple and straight forward with your clear and complete instructions. Merci beaucoup!
Thank you ever so much Jennifer for this and other French lessons. You have a talent to making grammar points clearer. You are making French an easy-to-learn language.
I really love this and I have really learnt a lot. I can now use the reflexive verbs without any fear. Can you please make a video on Subjonctive present et passé. Especially when to use it and how
Great video! It really helped me immensely, thank you! One question though: Why was the être auxiliaire not present in some sentences but in others it was? Like in: amusé example Was it because of the temps?
Très bien... merci, et très utile.. une petite question... pourquoi vous avez (e) (s) avec "on" ?? "On" ne peut jamais être ni plural ni féminin (20:53)
5 лет назад
Bonjour Caroline, "ON" always takes the singular form of verbs. However, it can mean "WE". When it does, you need to make the appropriate agreement (masc / fem / plural) in the passé composé or with adjectives.
Thanks for this. Quite a challenging test at the end but very good for consolidating the negative positions in present and past tense. Have you bought a new mike, the audio sounds less harsh in this lesson?
No, there is also a group of verbs coming under the category of "coming and going" which are remembered by using the acronym DR MRS VAN DER TRAMPP frenchcrazy.com/2012/06/dr-mrs-vandertramp.html/
There are some questions: 1. Where should we put the object pronounces in a sentence? Sometimes I find they are before the auxiliary words (the first word) but sometimes they are before the infinitive (the second word). Which one is correct? 2. In passé composé, the verbs carry "avoir" change if the object is before the verb. But why don't they change in some occasions? 3. Same for the reflective verbs in passé composé. Why don't they change according to the subjects in some situations when there isn't any object after the verb? Do you know why? Can you talk more on the position of the object pronounces and about the mysteries on the past participles?
5 лет назад
In the passé composé as well as other composed tenses, pronouns go before the auxiliary verb. In non-composed tenses (present, futur simple, imparfait, etc.) pronouns go before the verb UNLESS there is an infinitive in the sentence in which case the pronoun goes before the infinitive that it is directly related to in meaning. I'm not sure I understand your questions, but I'll give it a shot. Some verbs can have direct objects sometimes and other times not, like "sortir" for example. When they have direct objects you need to use avoir as helping verb and when they don't you need to use être. For example: Je suis sorti(e) de la maison. / J'ai sorti mes livres. When reflexive verbs are followed by a direct object in the passé composé (a body part) you do not make agreement on the past participle. However, no matter which verb you're using, if you have a direct object or direct object pronoun before the past participle you must make agreement in number and gender between the direct object / pronoun and the past participle.
@ Thanks for taking time for the explanations and I understood that. I only think it might be helpful for the other learners if you may talk about this in your videos. As you know, the French grammar rules are stricter than the English ones. It's quite confusing sometimes and very easy to make mistakes. It's just my humble little thoughts. Probably the others are smarter than I and have figured out how to do with the complicated cases of the past participle and the position of the pronounces. Hahaha. 😉
5 лет назад
I have lots of other videos about pronouns that you may find helpful. French grammar can be very tricky, and I agree that it is easy to make mistakes. I believe everyone struggles with pronoun placement in the beginning as well as when to make agreement and when not to. You're not alone :-)
One of the finest lessons ever on reflexives. Finally! A French teacher that not only shows the passe' compose' but more importantly shows ALL of them in the negation! Outstanding!! Merci mille fois!
This is the best French teacher I have ever had the privilege to come across. She is so thorough in the delivery of the lesson grouping present, passé compose & negations together instead of in separate lessons, which has helped me enormously. Nowhere has anybody ever mentioned the rule relating to body parts. And I love the quiz at the end. It helped me consolidate. Thank You Jennifer
Jennifer, I have just completed the reflexive verb video. You made this confusing area so simple and straight forward with your clear and complete instructions. Merci beaucoup!
Finally a clear explanation of the placement of the "pas" in passe compose. merci madame! Cela m’a toujours confondu
It’s so clear. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
That was absolutely amazing. One of the clearest, most thorough French lessons which I have ever had. Thank you.
Thank you ever so much Jennifer for this and other French lessons. You have a talent to making grammar points clearer. You are making French an easy-to-learn language.
You made this so easy. I actually grasped the concept. It was so clear and easy to take in. Merci beaucoup, Jennifer!😃
bonjour j'ai trouvé cette leçon très bien. j'adore votre prononciation aussi merci madame
Wow..,you are an amazing teacher.....thanks a lot for this lesson......
I really love this and I have really learnt a lot. I can now use the reflexive verbs without any fear. Can you please make a video on Subjonctive present et passé. Especially when to use it and how
Thank you sooooooooo much for the excellent explanation ma'am 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️💐💐💐💐💐
Merci madame pour votre excellent vidéo..je veux voir vos autre vidéos pour Français
fantastique .... très clair, merci
Having reflexive verbs in my native language (Bulgarian) makes it so much easier. :D
Great video! It really helped me immensely, thank you!
One question though: Why was the être auxiliaire not present in some sentences but in others it was? Like in: amusé example
Was it because of the temps?
Très bien... merci, et très utile.. une petite question... pourquoi vous avez (e) (s) avec "on" ?? "On" ne peut jamais être ni plural ni féminin (20:53)
Bonjour Caroline, "ON" always takes the singular form of verbs. However, it can mean "WE". When it does, you need to make the appropriate agreement (masc / fem / plural) in the passé composé or with adjectives.
Très bien fait! Merci beaucoup. Mes étudiants l'ont trouvé très utile aussi!
Thanks for this. Quite a challenging test at the end but very good for consolidating the negative positions in present and past tense. Have you bought a new mike, the audio sounds less harsh in this lesson?
excellent video
merci beaucoup pour cette lecon. So, can you explain please, when do we use Reflexive verbs in French as opposed to normal verbs?
you are great teacher I love u from Pakistan
do i still replace se with me, te, nous, vous even in the examples that you didn’t replace it in.
How come Dr & Mrs vandertramp doesnt include reflexive verbs like se brasser?
se brosser? Because the reflexive verbs are a separate category. frenchcrazy.com/2012/06/dr-mrs-vandertramp.html/
Tres bien
Thank you !!!!
So are all verbs using être instead of avoir in the reflexive form?
No, there is also a group of verbs coming under the category of "coming and going" which are remembered by using the acronym DR MRS VAN DER TRAMPP frenchcrazy.com/2012/06/dr-mrs-vandertramp.html/
thankx
There are some questions:
1. Where should we put the object pronounces in a sentence? Sometimes I find they are before the auxiliary words (the first word) but sometimes they are before the infinitive (the second word). Which one is correct?
2. In passé composé, the verbs carry "avoir" change if the object is before the verb. But why don't they change in some occasions?
3. Same for the reflective verbs in passé composé. Why don't they change according to the subjects in some situations when there isn't any object after the verb?
Do you know why? Can you talk more on the position of the object pronounces and about the mysteries on the past participles?
In the passé composé as well as other composed tenses, pronouns go before the auxiliary verb. In non-composed tenses (present, futur simple, imparfait, etc.) pronouns go before the verb UNLESS there is an infinitive in the sentence in which case the pronoun goes before the infinitive that it is directly related to in meaning.
I'm not sure I understand your questions, but I'll give it a shot. Some verbs can have direct objects sometimes and other times not, like "sortir" for example. When they have direct objects you need to use avoir as helping verb and when they don't you need to use être. For example: Je suis sorti(e) de la maison. / J'ai sorti mes livres.
When reflexive verbs are followed by a direct object in the passé composé (a body part) you do not make agreement on the past participle. However, no matter which verb you're using, if you have a direct object or direct object pronoun before the past participle you must make agreement in number and gender between the direct object / pronoun and the past participle.
@ Thanks for taking time for the explanations and I understood that. I only think it might be helpful for the other learners if you may talk about this in your videos. As you know, the French grammar rules are stricter than the English ones. It's quite confusing sometimes and very easy to make mistakes. It's just my humble little thoughts. Probably the others are smarter than I and have figured out how to do with the complicated cases of the past participle and the position of the pronounces. Hahaha. 😉
I have lots of other videos about pronouns that you may find helpful. French grammar can be very tricky, and I agree that it is easy to make mistakes. I believe everyone struggles with pronoun placement in the beginning as well as when to make agreement and when not to. You're not alone :-)
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