Saturday, January 27, 2007

The first verb

Now that we have an idea of the very basic pronouns lets know about the very first verb in terms of utility

What do you say "I am" or "You are" or "we are" etc in French.

French is slightly complex as compared to English in the sense that the verb changes with the each of the pronouns unlike just singular and plural in English.


Je suis (pronounced as jhuh swee)
Nous sommes (pronounced as Noo sohm)
Vous etes (pronounced as Voo zeht)
Il/Elle est (pronounced as eel/ehl eh)
Elle sont (pronounced as ehl sohn)

Elle also means "they"
Familiarity with this verb is likely to help us in framing our first sentence in French
Je suis de Paris (pronounced as "jhuh swee duh Paree")
Nous sommes de Paris (pronounced as "noo sohm duh Paree")

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