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cold star
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please send anyone

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i know er

atomic marsh
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Like I told you in the other channel, this question is way too broad. What exactly are you looking for help with?

cold star
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like to conjucste

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conjucate

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like je-e tu-es

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get it

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and i also want to learn ir re ger cer verbs thanks

short tangle
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It's a very large subject, with different verbs conjugating differently, irregular verbs...

atomic marsh
cold star
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ty

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citrons and ab

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like only regular so its not that tough

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can i also do aller,voir,plural of nouns,les adjectives,jouer a et de/faire de,interrogative adjectives,possessive adjectives,ordinal number,prepostions,negation

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thanks

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its a lot but i have to prepare

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and also describe the image,complete the paragraph,

dark oxide
# cold star and i also want to learn ir re ger cer verbs thanks

-ger and -cer conjugate like regular -er verbs, it's just that the quirks of C and G change things a bit. In my response – which AB linked to – the conjugation is still the same: [root] + -e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent like « Je parle, tu parles, il parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils parlent ». The quirk is thus: C and G is pronounced 'soft' when followed by front vowels (E and I), 'hard' when followed by anything else (A, O, U). For example: « code (K sound like coding) / ciel (S sound like Samuel), gare (G sound like Guard) / géant (J sound like Jason) ».
Therefore, to preserve the 'soft' sounds of the consonants, we see two things: « c » becomes « ç », and « g » receives a front vowel « ge ». That explains all the differences we see in verbs like « commencer (to start), and nager (to swim) »

commencer –> commenc-
Je commence, tu commences, il commence, nous commen**__ç__ons**, vous commencez, ils commencent
=> « c » becomes « ç » so it's soft S and not hard K.
nager –> nag-
Je nage, tu nages, il nage, nous nag**__e__ons**, vous nagez, ils nagent
=> « e » is added so it's soft J and not hard G.
Notice that in both examples, only the nous ending is changed because its ending is -ons: it starts not with a front vowel and so must be changed in order to maintain the soft sound.

cold star
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describe your house put the diologue in order

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thanks

dark oxide
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A question, do you not have notes or a book you can consult?

cold star
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i have

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should i tell you the name

dark oxide
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no

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why not consult that instead

cold star
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ok

dark oxide
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Unless you have a specific thing to ask

cold star
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its harder to find

dark oxide
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how about you go to Google, type 'LawlessFrench', and then type in your topic

cold star
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alr have

dark oxide
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so 'LawlessFrench aller conjugation'

cold star
dark oxide
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'LawlessFrench voir conjugation'

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etc etc

cold star
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this one?

dark oxide
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Okay, so what do you have difficulties with?

cold star
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all of the things i just said

cold star
cold star
cold star
dark oxide
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What exactly?

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Okay, you said aller

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You've looked up aller, I presume

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what is it about that troubles you?

cold star
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no

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but i will

dark oxide
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look it up first

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THEN ask

cold star
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ok

dark oxide
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aller and voir are irregulars anyway, you have to memorise them

cold star
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oh

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k

neon hearth
dark oxide
dark oxide
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The « c/ç, g/ge » is going to be important later on when you learn the imperfect