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==Related Lessons==
==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Form-and-uses-of-tout|Form and uses of tout]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Form-and-uses-of-tout|Form and uses of tout]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Constructions-which-do-not-allow-indirect-object-pronouns|Constructions which do not allow indirect object pronouns]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Constructions-which-do-not-allow-indirect-object-pronouns|Constructions which do not allow indirect object pronouns]]
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* [[Language/French/Grammar/How-to-Use-Be|How to Use Be]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/How-to-Use-Be|How to Use Be]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Typical-use-of-the-definite-article|Typical use of the definite article]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Typical-use-of-the-definite-article|Typical use of the definite article]]
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Intransitive Verb constructions

No object[edit | edit source]

Intransitive verbs have no object:

French Translation
Depuis Janvier les prix ont augmenté  Since January prices have gone up
Il a acquiescé  He agreed
L'eau scintillait  The water sparkled
La neige tombe  Snow is falling
La fête continue  The party is going on
Elle avait disparu  She had disappeared
Vous descendez?  Are you going down?
Il ne souffrira pas  He won't suffer

Intransitive verbs accompanied by adverbs[edit | edit source]

They may be accompanied (usually optionally, but sometimes obligatorily) by adverbs. Examples shown in brackets indicate that the adverb is optional:

French Translation
Elle part (en vacances)  She is going (on holiday)
Un léger brouillard montait (de la mer)  A mist rose (from the sea)
Il a respiré fortement  He breathed deeply
Christian serait tombé (du haut de la falaise) Christian apparently fell  (from the cliff)
Elle est descendue (péniblement) She went down (gingerly)
Cet homme avait vécu plus de 90 ans  That man had lived into his nineties
Louis tremblait (de tous ses membres)  Louis was trembling (all over)
Les minutes passaient (lentement)  The minutes passed (slowly)

Other Chapters[edit | edit source]

Table of Contents

Nouns


Determiners


Personal and impersonal pronouns


Adjectives


Adverbs


Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers


Verb forms


Verb constructions


Verb and participle agreement


Tense


The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives


The infinitive


Prepositions


Question formation


Relative clauses


Negation


Conjunctions and other linking constructions

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]