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L'art Dialogue At an art gallery Culture Art in France Musée du Louvre Louvre Aile Richelieu.jpg Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole Dole - Musée.jpg Musée des arts et métiers Arts-et-Metiers Chapelle 01.jpg Musée des beaux arts du Canada National Gallery of Canada.jpg Grammar Regular -re verbs Les verbes en -re The third category of regular verbs is made up of -re verbs. Relative to -er verbs, -re verbs are not very common. Many common verbs ending in -re, such as prendre, mettre, and connaître, have irregular conjugations. Formation To conjugate, drop the -re to find the "stem" or "root". Add endings to the root based on the subject and tense, as demonstrated below for the present tense. + attendre /a.tɑ̃dʁ/ Fr-attendre.ogg to wait Pronoun Ending Verb Pronunciation je (j') -s attends Fr-attends.ogg /a.tɑ̃/ tu -s attends Fr-attends.ogg /a.tɑ̃/ il/elle - attend Fr-attend.ogg /a.tɑ̃/ nous -ons attendons Fr-attendons.ogg /a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ vous -ez attendez Fr-attendez.ogg /a.tɑ̃.de/ ils/elles -ent attendent Fr-attendent.ogg /a.tɑ̃d/ Vocabulary Example -re verbs french-example--re-verbs vendre Fr-vendre.ogg /vɑ̃dʁ(ə)/ to sell attendre Fr-attendre.ogg /a.tɑ̃dʁ/ to wait J’attends mon cousin à la gare. I am waiting for my cousin at the station. descendre Fr-descendre.ogg /de.sɑ̃dʁ/ to go down, to put down rendre Fr-rendre.ogg /ʁɑ̃dʁ/ to give back, to return perdre Fr-perdre.ogg /pɛʁdʁ/ to lose mordre Fr-mordre.ogg /mɔʁdʁ/ to bite Vocabulary Music La musique écouter de la musique to listen to music la chanson Fr-chanson.ogg /ʃɑ̃.sɔ̃/ shah(n)-soh(n) song des paroles Fr-parole.ogg /pa.ʁɔl/ pah-rohl lyrics la parole means word les paroles d'une chanson the lyrics of a song Composing le musicienla musicienne Fr-musicien.ogg /my.zi.sjɛ̃/ mew-zee-sy(uh)a(n)/my.zi.sjɛn/ mew-zee-sy(uh)ehn musician le compositeurla compositrice /kɔ̃.po.zi.tœʁ//kɔ̃.po.zi.tʁis/ composer C’est un savant compositeur. This is a clever composer. l’auteur (des paroles) Fr-auteur.ogg /o.tœ:r/ oh-tewr (lyrics) writer Instruments l'instrument (de musique) (m) /ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃ də my.zik/ instrument la clarinette /kla.ʁi.nɛt/ clarinet le violon Fr-violon.ogg /vjɔ.lɔ̃/ vy(uh)oh-loh(n) violin la harpe /aʁp/ ahrp harp la guitare (basse, électrique, acoustique) /ɡi.taʁ bɑs/Fr-Paris--guitare électrique.ogg /gi.ta.ʁ‿e.lɛk.tʁik/ (bass, electric, acoustic) guitar le piano Fr-piano.ogg /pja.nɔ/ py(uh)ah-noh piano la flûte Fr-flûte .ogg /flyt/ flewt flute Vocabulary Museums Les musées le musée Fr-musée.ogg /my.ze/ museum l'exposition (artistique, d'art) /ɛk.spɔ.zi.sjɔ̃/ (art) exhibit la galerie Fr-galerie.ogg /ɡal.ʁi/ gallery le/la portraitiste /pɔʁ.tʁe.tist/ portraitist le portrait Fr-portrait.ogg /pɔʁ.tʁɛ/ portrait le tableaula peinture Fr-tableau.ogg /ta.blɔ/Fr-peinture.ogg /pɛ̃.tyʁ/ painting Il y a de belles peintures dans ce palais. There are beautiful paintings in this palace. le sculpteur (en marbre, en bois)la sculptrice /skyl.tœʁ//skyl.tʁis/ (marble, wood) sculptor la sculpture /skyl.tyʁ/ sculpture p is not pronounced l'œuvre d’art (f) work of art admirer Fr-admirer.ogg /ad.mi.ʁe/ to admire J'admire sa magnificence. I admire its magnificence. visiter Fr-visiter.ogg /vizite/ to visit la visite Fr-visite.ogg /vi.zit/ visit Usage notes Visiter and rendre Visiter /vizite/ Fr-visiter.ogg, meaning to visit, is used for places (and not for people) : Tu dois visiter Paris un jour. You must visit Paris one day. Je vais visiter mon frère. is not a correct sentence in french. It's a common (but understanble) mistake made by foreign people. Rendre /ʁɑ̃dʁ/ Fr-rendre.ogg or rendre visite (à) /ʁɑ̃dʁ vi.zit/, meaning to pay a visit (to), is used for people: Je rends visite à mon père à Paris. I'm visiting my father in Paris. Amour viens rendre à mon âme. Love comes to pay a visit to my soul. Rendre has other meanings, such as to produce, to express, to make, and to give back: Tu me rends malade. You make me ill. Grammar Beautiful, new, and old Beau, nouveau, et vieux Formation Masc. consonant Masc. vowel Fem. sing. (all)BeauSingularun beau garçonun bel individuune belle fillettePluralde beaux garçonsde beauxzindividusde belles fillettesNouveauSingularun nouveau camionun nouvel ordreune nouvelle idéePluralde nouveaux camionsde nouveauxzordresde nouvelles idéesVieuxSingularun vieux camionun vieil ordreune vieille idéePluralde vieux camionsde vieuxzordresde vieilles idées Sentences placement Most adjectives come after the noun they modify in French: un homme intelligent an intelligent man des hommes intelligents intelligent men Beau, nouveau, and vieux, as well as some other common French adjectives, precede the noun: une jolie voiture a pretty car Des is replaced with de when an adjective comes before the noun: de jolies voitures pretty cars In informal speech, des is often used in place of de. Vocabulary Plays Les pièces At the theater le théâtre Fr-théâtre.ogg /te.atʁ/ theater la pièce (de théâtre) Fr-pièce.ogg /pjɛs/ (theatrical) play l'acte (f)la scènel'entracte (m) Fr-acte.ogg /akt/Fr-scène.ogg /sɛn/ actsceneintermission chanterle (la) chanteur (-euse) Fr-chanter.ogg /ʃɑ̃.te/Fr-chanteur.ogg /ʃɑ̃.tøʁ/Fr-chanteuse.ogg /ʃɑ̃.tøz/ to singsinger danserle (la) danseur (-euse) Fr-danser.ogg /dɑ̃.se/ to dancedancer Play genres le ballet Fr-ballet.ogg /balɛ/ ballet la comédie Fr-comédie.ogg /kɔ.me.di/ comedy la comédie musicale musical comedy le drame /dʁam/ drama Macbeth est un drame de William Shakespeare. Macbeth is a drama of William Shakespeare. la tragédie Fr-tragédie.ogg /tʁa.ʒe.di/ tragedy Cet acteur est admirable dans la tragédie. This actor is admirable in the tragedy. Dialogue Exercises Travel Science