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See: [[Language/French/Grammar/Impersonal-Verbs|Impersonal-Verbs]]. | See: [[Language/French/Grammar/Impersonal-Verbs|Impersonal-Verbs]]. | ||
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* [[Language/French/Grammar/Dates|Dates]] | * [[Language/French/Grammar/Dates|Dates]] | ||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Masculine-and-feminine-forms-of-adjectives-—-A-change-in-the-final-consonant-or-syllable|Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives — A change in the final consonant or syllable]] | * [[Language/French/Grammar/Masculine-and-feminine-forms-of-adjectives-—-A-change-in-the-final-consonant-or-syllable|Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives — A change in the final consonant or syllable]] | ||
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* [[Language/French/Grammar/Use-of-an-année,-jour-journée,-matin-matinée,-soir-soirée|Use of an année, jour journée, matin matinée, soir soirée]] | * [[Language/French/Grammar/Use-of-an-année,-jour-journée,-matin-matinée,-soir-soirée|Use of an année, jour journée, matin matinée, soir soirée]] | ||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Absolute-use-of-the-superlative|Absolute use of the superlative]] | * [[Language/French/Grammar/Absolute-use-of-the-superlative|Absolute use of the superlative]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:01, 27 March 2023
The Personal versus The Impersonal Form in French
What is an impersonal sentence?[edit | edit source]
A sentence is in the impersonal form if:
- The subject is the word "il".
- The subject represents nothing and no one.
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Il pleut des cordes.
It's raining cats and dogs.
- Il faut être patient.
You have to be patient.
- Il neige.
It's snowing.
Video (in French) - La phrase de forme impersonnelle[edit | edit source]
What is a personal phrase?[edit | edit source]
When a sentence is not impersonal, we say that it is a sentence in the personal form. This sentence is therefore opposed to the impersonal sentence.
Impersonal Verbs[edit | edit source]
See: Impersonal-Verbs.
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Dates
- Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives — A change in the final consonant or syllable
- Easy way of generating the imperfect tense
- Beau VS Bel
- il or ça with impersonal verbs
- Use of faire + partitive faire du, de la
- Conventions for writing cardinal numbers in figures
- Use of soi
- Use of y
- Mass versus count nouns
- Fused forms of the definite article
- Adverbs
- Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms
- Use of an année, jour journée, matin matinée, soir soirée
- Absolute use of the superlative