#steakboy420
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thick sonnet
Hello
native robin
Hello
What are your questions specifically?
Otherwise no one will know how to respond.
thick sonnet
I wanted to see if my spelling of the words provided in a video were correct
native robin
Feel free to share them.
tall cedar
(btw casca you just gave them a bad incentive: go to #français to demand an answer and make people come from there to here and answer)
native robin
(btw casca you just gave them a bad incentive: go to <#254498368263290883> to de...
I told them twice to go here?
thick sonnet
Je ne suis pas japonaise. ill est english
neat ferry
thick sonnet
this is what i have so far
native robin
(btw casca you just gave them a bad incentive: go to <#254498368263290883> to de...
They're new, it can happen.
native robin
You're good.
thick sonnet
I feel like the 3rd one
is really hard
she sayis it too fast
and how come for the second one she adds a t the second time
native robin
What's your answer to the first one? Let's start there.
native robin
Correct.
native robin
and how come for the second one she adds a t the second time
In French, when one word ends in a consonant and the next word starts with a vowel, you pronounce that consonant. Not always, but often.
So 'Il est' (normally without the 't') + 'anglais' -> Il es__t__ anglais' [Il est tanglais].
native robin
Otherwise the jump between vowels can sound harsh.
thick sonnet
Ya thats our unit right now
but the 3rd one sounds so advanced we havent gotten that far i dont think
native robin
It's just a long word, that's all.
The complexity hasn't changed otherwise.
What are you able to make out?
native robin
Write whatever you think she says, doesn't matter.
thick sonnet
psychology
thick sonnet
interresting?
thick sonnet
aww seet
native robin
Only the fifth one left, right?
thick sonnet
The last one is super at the end
native robin
Yep!
thick sonnet
is it computer at the begening
native robin
Another clue is the conjugation of être: les ordinateurs sont.
thick sonnet
I keep seeing the etre I dont fully understand what it means
craggy tusk
do you know what "est" is? (ex. "elle est anglaise")
thick sonnet
ummm not really I just know how to spell and say stuff not really the concepts of the languge yet
Oh
it means is
right
craggy tusk
right, but this is actually a form of "être"
thick sonnet
Hmm im having a hard time is there an english equivilent to this etre
craggy tusk
être is the verb "to be"
verbs change form based on who is doing the action and when the action is happening
this principle is called conjugation
it also exists in English
To be sad
I am sad
You are sad (you is doing the action)
I was sad (past action)
etc
thick sonnet
oh i see
so the etre is the concept of conjuction not an actual thing im using in the word
native robin
Être is the verb.
With 'suis/es/est/sommes/êtes/sont' being the conjugations in the present tense.
craggy tusk
"être" is the infinitive, the base form
while you won't see it used like that in simplistic sentences, it absolutely is used, and it's important to remember the base form
native robin
Just as the conjugations for to be are
I am
You are
He/she/it/ is
We are
You are
They are
in French, conjugation is really important, even more than in English, and it's really important to get used to it
with "être" for instance, for actions happening at the current time
Je suis
Tu es
Il/elle est
Nous sommes
Vous êtes
Ils/elles sont
thick sonnet
hmmm i see
craggy tusk
they all mean the same, only the person/thing doing the action changes (called subject)
thick sonnet
ya we been doing alot of conjurgation of verbs
Like parler to je parle and what not right
native robin
Correct.
craggy tusk
exactly
"être" is irregular, which is why it changes a lot
"parler" is a regular -er verb
thick sonnet
Wait
off topic
but doesnt french only have 1 way of expressing presnt tense
so like 1 sentence could be translated in 3 diffrent ways?
craggy tusk
I'm not gonna go into details and say yes
native robin
I'm going with 'kinda'.
craggy tusk
notably, French does not have a progressive present
craggy tusk
I eat => Je mange
I am eating => Je mange
"I am eating" is the progressive present in English
native robin
In French, both 'I eat' and 'I am eating' are the same, essentially.
Eating is always the best example.
craggy tusk
it's noon
native robin
I also just ate.
thick sonnet
aww man thats hard to grasp
craggy tusk
well this one should simplify things
no need to learn two present forms. don't worry, it's the one time French conjugation is simpler than English 
thick sonnet
ok
native robin
If you saw 'Je mange', you'd know to say 'I am eating', since 'I eat' sounds strange on its own.
thick sonnet
so say i said Steakboy travaille à Paris. there could be 3 diffrent translations to english
native robin
That's more of a response to a question.
Does he really work in Paris?
Yes, he does work in Paris.
thick sonnet
Hmm i see
native robin
Travaille-t-il vraiment à Paris ?
Oui, il travaille (vraiment) à Paris.
To me, that structure requires more than the other two.
Unless you mean 'does work' as in 'he is doing work'?
craggy tusk
or emphasis
in any way, you're adding info on top of a basic structure
native robin
In which case it still boils down to 'He works in Paris'.
thick sonnet
hmmm i see