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==Impersonal verbs== | ==Impersonal verbs== | ||
Most verbs are personal: they must be conjugated to different | Most verbs are personal: they must be conjugated to different persons, such as: | ||
* "manger" (to eat): je mange (I eat), tu manges (you eat), etc. | |||
However, some verbs are used impersonaly, meaning they only have one conjugation, the third person singular. | However, some verbs are used '''impersonaly''', meaning they only have one conjugation, the third person singular. | ||
* we can say "Il pleut". However, we cannot say "<s>Je pleus</s>". | |||
==Impersonal weather verbs== | ==Impersonal weather verbs== | ||
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|II pleut (beaucoup) | |II pleut (beaucoup) | ||
|It's raining (a lot) | |It's raining (a lot) | ||
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|Il mouille (coloquial) | |||
|It's raining a lot | |||
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|Il pleut des cordes | |Il pleut des cordes | ||
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The weather conditions can be expressed by an impersonal use of "faire" followed by an adjective or a noun: | The weather conditions can be expressed by an impersonal use of "faire" followed by an adjective or a noun: | ||
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==Video: How to talk about the weather in French / la météo en francais / FRENCH LESSON - A1 lesson== | ==Video: How to talk about the weather in French / la météo en francais / FRENCH LESSON - A1 lesson== | ||
How to talk about the weather in French. How to say it's sunny, it's windy, it's cloudy, it's raining / the weather, the weather forecast in French: it's sunny, it's bad, it's cloudy / what's the weather like in French. | How to talk about the weather in French. How to say it's sunny, it's windy, it's cloudy, it's raining / the weather, the weather forecast in French: it's sunny, it's bad, it's cloudy / what's the weather like in French. | ||
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<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMQmKFJN2p0</youtube> | <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMQmKFJN2p0</youtube> | ||
==Video - comptine pour enfants (nursery rhyme) : "Il pleut il mouille" == | |||
Children know how to use impersonal verbs like in this rhyme: "il pleut, il mouille, c'est la fête à la grenouille" (it's raining, it's wet, it's a frog party). 😄 | |||
We can use the traditional verb, “pleuvoir”, as well as the transitive verb, “mouiller”. The latter is used more colloquially, and it indicates greater intensity of rain. | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDdMLZEH45c</youtube> | |||
==Other Chapters== | ==Other Chapters== | ||
{{French-Grammar-Course-Menu}} | {{French-Grammar-Course-Menu}} | ||
==Videos== | |||
===THE WEATHER - FRENCH VOCABULARY (with free PDF & Quiz ...=== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEKh25hp5a0</youtube> | |||
==Other Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Verb-forms-—-Introduction|Verb forms — Introduction]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Indefinite-and-negative-noun-phrases-with-adjective-complements|Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Easy-way-of-generating-the-present-tense|Easy way of generating the present tense]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Adverb—adjective-compounds|Adverb—adjective compounds]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Categories-of-Nouns-in-French|Categories of Nouns in French]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Adjective—adjective_compounds|Adjective—adjective compounds]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Coordination-of-stressed-pronouns|Coordination of stressed pronouns]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Auxiliaries|Auxiliaries]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Past-Tense|Past Tense]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Compound-adjectives-involving-demi—,-nu—-and-mi—|Compound adjectives involving demi—, nu— and mi—]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Use-of-stressed-pronouns-for-emphasis|Use of stressed pronouns for emphasis]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Use-of-l'on|Use of l'on]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Adverbs-ending-in-—ment-derived-from-the-masculine-form-of-an-adjective|Adverbs ending in —ment derived from the masculine form of an adjective]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Position-of-object-pronouns-with-infinitives|Position of object pronouns with infinitives]] | |||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Position-of-object-pronouns-with-imperatives|Position of object pronouns with imperatives]] | |||
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Impersonal verbs[edit | edit source]
Most verbs are personal: they must be conjugated to different persons, such as:
- "manger" (to eat): je mange (I eat), tu manges (you eat), etc.
However, some verbs are used impersonaly, meaning they only have one conjugation, the third person singular.
- we can say "Il pleut". However, we cannot say "
Je pleus".
Impersonal weather verbs[edit | edit source]
The best-known group of impersonal verbs describe the weather:
French | Translation |
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II pleut (beaucoup) | It's raining (a lot) |
Il mouille (coloquial) | It's raining a lot |
Il pleut des cordes | It's raining cats and dogs |
Il grêle (beaucoup) | It's sleeting (a lot) |
Il neige (beaucoup) | It's snowing (a lot) |
Il vente (beaucoup) | It's (very) windy |
Il tonne (beaucoup) | There's (a lot of) thunder |
Il bruine (beaucoup) | It's drizzling (a lot) |
Impersonal use of the verb "faire"[edit | edit source]
The weather conditions can be expressed by an impersonal use of "faire" followed by an adjective or a noun:
French | Translation |
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Il fait (très, trop) beau | Weather is (very, too) good |
Il fait (très, trop) mauvais (Il fait un mauvais temps) / Il fait moche (coloquial) | Weather is (very, too) bad |
Il fait soleil | It's sunny |
Il fait (très, trop) chaud | It's (very, too) hot |
Il fait (très, trop) lourd | The weather is (very, too) oppressive |
Il fait (très, trop) sec | It's very (very, too) dry |
Il fait (très, trop) humide | It's very (very, too) humid |
Il fait du brouillard | It's foggy |
Il fait de l'orage (orageux) | It's stormy |
Il fait un froid de canard | It's very cold |
Il fait du vent (il faut beaucoup de vent) | It's windy (it's very windy) |
Il fait (très, trop) bon | it's nice out |
Video: How to talk about the weather in French / la météo en francais / FRENCH LESSON - A1 lesson[edit | edit source]
How to talk about the weather in French. How to say it's sunny, it's windy, it's cloudy, it's raining / the weather, the weather forecast in French: it's sunny, it's bad, it's cloudy / what's the weather like in French.
Video - comptine pour enfants (nursery rhyme) : "Il pleut il mouille"[edit | edit source]
Children know how to use impersonal verbs like in this rhyme: "il pleut, il mouille, c'est la fête à la grenouille" (it's raining, it's wet, it's a frog party). 😄
We can use the traditional verb, “pleuvoir”, as well as the transitive verb, “mouiller”. The latter is used more colloquially, and it indicates greater intensity of rain.
Other Chapters[edit | edit source]
Videos[edit | edit source]
THE WEATHER - FRENCH VOCABULARY (with free PDF & Quiz ...[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Verb forms — Introduction
- Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements
- Easy way of generating the present tense
- Adverb—adjective compounds
- Categories of Nouns in French
- Adjective—adjective compounds
- Coordination of stressed pronouns
- Auxiliaries
- Past Tense
- Compound adjectives involving demi—, nu— and mi—
- Use of stressed pronouns for emphasis
- Use of l'on
- Adverbs ending in —ment derived from the masculine form of an adjective
- Position of object pronouns with infinitives
- Position of object pronouns with imperatives