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[worn cedar]

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[spring obsidian]

@upper relic Let's do it

What do you have to do

[upper relic]

Okay

Is my summary good?

Did i cover all the important points in the text?

[spring obsidian]

Let me read it

[long wadi]

I need to summarise texts in french for my exam so i am practicing with texts i find in my book. This is my summary now for this text . Il y a un accident à Gembloux. C’etais dans la nuit de samedi a dimanche. La vicitim est morte, parce que un autre voiture

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[spring obsidian]

Yep

That's pretty good, you only made 1 mistake : victim, in english there's no "e" at the end of "victim" but in french there is an "e", in "Victime"

[upper relic]

So my exam wil be a speaking exam

So no worry about spelling but more construction of the sentence

I can make summary in paper and read it infront teacher

[long wadi]

Also, « parce qu'une autre voiture » is incomplete

[upper relic]

Then my summary my teacher will ask question about the text

[long wadi]

'The victim died because another car…'
Because another car did what?

[upper relic]

Like did i ever got into n car accident myself or sum

[spring obsidian]

Oh crap i didn't saw it

[upper relic]

I need to summarise texts in french for my exam so i am practicing with texts i find in my book. This is my summary now for this text . Il y a un accident à Gembloux. C’etais dans la nuit de samedi a dimanche. La vicitim est morte, parce qu’une autre voiture precute

[upper relic]

This better?

I am trying to use words i know

[long wadi]

again « une voiture »

make sure your gender agreements are good because « un » and « une » are different

[upper relic]

Is it autre une voiture?

[long wadi]

une autre voiture

[long wadi]

I already said it

By the way, « conduire à qqch » might be understood more as 'to lead to somewhere' because 'to drive into him' doesn't exist

Or if it did exist, it wouldn't convey that sense of being crashed into

I would advise you to use the verb used in the text, « percuter » which means 'to hit'

[upper relic]

Oh ye ye

[long wadi]

Also, « à lui » implies that the car had hit a masculine object which is not the case here since « la victime » is feminine. Do note that when it comes to people, when there is a noun used to describe them, agreement will agree to that noun's gender and not the actual biological gender of the person

[upper relic]

I need to summarise texts in french for my exam so i am practicing with texts i find in my book. This is my summary now for this text . Il y a un accident à Gembloux. C’etais dans la nuit de samedi a dimanche. La vicitim est morte, parce qu’une autre voiture precuter

[upper relic]

Is leaving out lui best then?

[long wadi]

« percuter » needs an object there

[long wadi]

No, since you're going to use another verb, that's just for future reference

The text uses feminine agreements because « victime » is a feminine noun, not that the victim was actually a woman

That's a nuance that you have to keep in mind

[upper relic]

parce qu'une autre voiture l'a percutée

[long wadi]

Again, percuter, watch your spelling; this is also the infinitive, you should conjugate that

[long wadi]

Wonderful!

[upper relic]

Ye haha thats from translatz

[long wadi]

Do you want to understand the logic of it?

[upper relic]

How can i also add feminine but with more used words

[upper relic]

So i understand all the sentence and will construct the same as translation did

[long wadi]

What do you mean?

[upper relic]

Outside the l’a

[upper relic]

Because another vehicle hit her

[upper relic]

What can i use other than l’a ?

[long wadi]

Basically, the phrase is: « Parce qu'une autre voiture la + a + percutée »
« percutée » is in the feminine because of the presence of « la »
« la » exists because of « la victime »

[long wadi]

That's it, you don't use anything else

Since there's just only one victim

Past participle agreement with avoir verbs

Il a vu le bâtiment.
Il a vu les bâtiments.
Il a vu la fleur.
Il a vu les fleurs.
Here, the direct object « bâtiment/fleur » is placed after the verb, so the past participle « vu » doesn't change.

Il l'a vu. (le bâtiment)
Il les a vus. (les bâtiments)
Il l'a vu__e__ (la fleur)
Il les a vu**es** (les fleurs)
Here, the direct object « bâtiment/fleur » is in the pronoun form which is placed before the verb, so the past participle « vu » changes to agree with it.

Le bâtiment qu'il a vu.
Les bâtiments qu'il a vus.
La fleur qu'il a vu__e__.
Les fleurs qu'il a vu**es**.
Here, the direct object « bâtiment/fleur » is replaced by the relative pronoun « que » and the combined form is placed before the verb, so the past participle « vu » changes to agree with it.

This is the same logic that underlines the original phrase:
« Une autre voiture a percuté la victime. »
« Une autre voiture l'a percuté__e__. »
« La victime qu'une autre voiture a percuté__e__. »

[upper relic]

Am just gonna use *** une autre voiture a percuté la victime

I need to summarise texts in french for my exam so i am practicing with texts i find in my book. This is my summary now for this text . Il y a un accident à Gembloux. C’etais dans la nuit de samedi a dimanche. La vicitim est morte, parce qu’une autre voiture a percuté la victime

[long wadi]

In that case you might want to reword your phrase because « La victime est morte parce qu'une autre voiture a percuté la victime » is not efficient

Try making the subordinate as the main clause

Here's the English translation: ||Another car hit the victim and then they died||

[upper relic]

La victime est morte, parce qu’une autre voicture a percute la vicitime.

This should be fine right?

[long wadi]

I mean sure

[upper relic]

Ye as for the summary

U think i covered everything?

[long wadi]

it's just not 'the best'

[long wadi]

I think so

[upper relic]

Ye french is my worse course

[upper relic]

So now the teacher will ask me questions about the text

[long wadi]

The main topic of the paragraph is about the accident so that's it

[long wadi]

I can think of several yeah

[upper relic]

So she said i gotta learn conjugation

[long wadi]

You should

[upper relic]

Ye so these i gotta probably add to answer her questions about the text

[long wadi]

You can't possibly fit them all

You already have three

[upper relic]

So i can just use 3 conjunctions?

[long wadi]

« il y a » -> present indicative
« c'était » -> imperfect indicative
« La victime est morte … une autre voiture a percuté » -> passé composé

[long wadi]

I don't see any way to fit everyone of them

[upper relic]

Dont need to i just need to use a few a future a present and the passe compose i think

[long wadi]

Yeah you already used three

and they're natural

future won't make sense unless you can read the future or something

[upper relic]

Alright got some questions for me?

[long wadi]

« Il y aura un accident »
like huh? ok mate

[long wadi]

Plenty.
(1) Pourquoi la victime est-elle morte ? ||(Why did the victim die?)||
(2) Quelle est la cause de l'accident ? ||(What is the cause of the accident?)||
(3) Quand s'est-il passé, cet accident ? ||(When did this accident happen?)||
(4) Où se passe-t-il, l'accident ? ||(Where did the accident happen?)||
(5) Que s'est-il passé la nuit de samedi ? ||(What happened on Sunday night?)||
(6) Comment s'est-il passé, l'accident ? ||(How did the accident happen?)||

[upper relic]

1. parce que la femme sortie du vehicule et une autre voiture a percuteé l’a

2. parce qu’une vitesse ecessive de voiture

3. je ne sais pas, mais la document est publie a 9 avril a 08h10

4. C’etais à Gembloux

5. C’etais la nuit avec plusieurs victimes

6. la femme est sortir de la voiture et une autre a precutee la femme

[upper relic]

What u think

[long wadi]

Oh sorry I fell asleep lol

1. parce que la femme sortie du vehicule et une autre voiture a percuteé l’a
   You're missing the auxiliary verb for « la femme sortie » and missing the pronoun for the second part plus it's repeated.
2. parce qu’une vitesse ecessive de voiture
   'Because an excessive car speed…' What? It's incomplete.
3. je ne sais pas, mais la document est publie a 9 avril a 08h10
   le* document and publié* but actually okay
4. C'etais à Gembloux
   C'était* but it's fine since this is presumably oral
5. C'etais la nuit avec plusieurs victimes
   I asked about what happened not the time. The answer would've been 'an accident with several victims', not that it was 'a night with several victims' because then the next question would be, 'Why were there several victims?'
6. la femme est sortir de la voiture et une autre a precutee la femme
   sortie* and percuté* but okay that's fine

pre and per are pronounced differently you know

[upper relic]

Wdym with the first one with verb?

[long wadi]

« la femme sortie » is missing the auxiliary, it’s like saying ‘the man spoken’