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dash_zero | 02:55 Fri 19th Aug 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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So, I've got a big French test next week. If anyone could help me clear up some of the following points that would be great.

Thanks a lot.

 

�1.Tu vas fatigue
    Non, je ne suis pas fatigue.

>So It's 'going' (aller) for asking how someone is, but:       'to be'   (�tre) for replying, saying how you are.

� 2. Est-ce que votre ami est francais?
      Est-ce que votre ami c'est francais? 

>can you say both?

�3. Tu es etudiant? =You are a student?
     Est-ce que tu es etudiant? = Are you a student?

>can you say both?

� 5. Vous avez compris?
      Est-ce que vous avez compris? 

>can you say both?

� 6.Marc: 'Elle est comment Aimmee?'
             /'Comment est Aimmee?'

    Brigette: 'Elle est belle'.               

     Marc: 'Elle est comment Aimee?'
     Jean-Luc: Elle est belle'.  

 

>Am I right for the above, that 'elle' is refering to Aimmee to this stays the same whether Marc is asking the question to a male or female?

 

� 7.'Non, il n'y a pas de fen�tres'.

     Seeing as 'ne' is meant to go before the verb, and 'pas' after, shouldn't it be:
'Non, il y n'a pas de fen�tres'? 


 

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Bonjour!!

1) Not quite - it would be etre in both cases... N'�tes-vous pas fatigu�?

2) They're not the same ... the "c' " is a pronoun and replaces "votre ami"... if you add the c' , you're saying "Is your friend is he French". You either say "Is your friend is French" (Est-ce que votre ami est francais) or "Is he French?" (Est-ce qu'il est Francais")

3) You can use both, but don't forget to include "un" or "une" and add an e if it's feminine.

4) Oops... You missed out a number quatre!!

5) Again, you can say both.

6) Yes - you're correct. It has to agree with the subject. In this case, the subject is Aimmee who is feminine :)

7) "Non, il n'y a pas de fen�tres" is correct ... you can read more here http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa042200.htm!


Hope that this helps!! And good luck with the test!!
Just an extra little thing that will make a difference only in a French oral test.... for questions 3 and 5, if you use the "statement" form ("Vous avez compris...? or "Tu es etudiant?"), remember the rising intonation at the end to make it a question. Otherwise, you're just making a statement.
Sorry to disagree, Mattfox, but "Tu es �tudiant?" and "Est-ce que tu es �tudiant?" are perfectly correct - the indefinite article is not used in this situation.  You are, however quite right in saying that the "e" should be added if the person being addressed is female.
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Thankyou very much for the indepth answer mattfox, a great help!
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Also, the issue Narolines mentions how the indefinite article is not used in this situation -this is something that's tripped me up before >when do you leave it out??

+I'm not so sure on mattfox's answer to 1: it's said 'etre' is used in both asking how someone is (as in their emotional state) and replying to this.

But I'm sure you use 'aller' ('to go'), as in: 'tu vas bien' ('you going good').

I'm not sure if there are other situations, but you drop the indefinate article when talking about professions... "il est docteur" or "elle est factrice"...
Mattfox, concerning your point about N� 7: I think it should be Il n'y a pas de fen�tre (singular, not plural) = there are no windows.  I have just seen another example of this in a news magazine: Pas de miracle apr�s Gaza which would probably be translated as "No miracles after Gaza".

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