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Sortir Dialogue Grammar À and de The preposition à can indicate a destination, a location, a characteristic, measurement, a point in time, and purpose. When le follows à, the à and le combine into au. Similarly, à and les combine into aux. The preposition de can indicate an origin, contents, possession, cause, and manner. When le follows de, the de and le combine into du. Similarly, de and les combine into des. Vocabulary Leisure activities Les loisirs le cinéma Fr-cinéma.ogg /si.ne.ma/ cinema la musique Fr-musique.ogg /myzik/ music le spectacle Fr-spectacle.ogg /spɛk.takl/ show le théâtre Fr-théâtre.ogg /te.atʁ/ the theater la danse Fr-danse.ogg /dɑ̃s/ dance le sport Fr-sport.ogg /spɔʁ/ sport Grammar -tir verbs The following verbs are all conjugated irregularly, in the same way. To leave Partir partir /paʁ.tiʁ/ (pahr-teer) Fr-partir.ogg to leaveje pars /paʁ/ (pahr) Fr-pars.ogg I leavetu pars /paʁ/ (pahr) Fr-pars.ogg you leaveil part /paʁ/ (pahr) Fr-part.ogg he leavesnous partons /paʁ.tɔ̃/ (pahr-toh(n)) we leavevous partez /paʁ.te/ (pahr-tay) you leaveils partent /paʁt/ (pahrt) they leaveparti(e)(s) /paʁ.ti/ (pahr-tee) Fr-parti.ogg left The verbs repartir /ʁǝ.paʁ.tiʁ/ (ruh-pahr-teer, meaning to leave for where one came from or to restart is conjugated in the same way as partir. Répartir /ʁe.paʁ.tiʁ/ (ray-pahr-teer) Fr-répartir.ogg, meaning to distribute or to forward, is conjugated in the regular second group pattern (see the conjugation table). To go out Sortir sortir /sɔʁ.tiʁ/ (sohr-teer) Fr-sortir.ogg to go outje sors /sɔʁ/ (sohr) Fr-sors.ogg I go outtu sors /sɔʁ/ (sohr) Fr-sors.ogg you go outil sort /sɔʁ/ (sohr) Fr-sort.ogg he goes outnous sortons /sɔʁ.tɔ̃/ (sohr-toh(n)) we go outvous sortez /sɔʁ.te/ (sohr-tay) you go outils sortent /sɔʁt/ (sohrt) they go outsorti(e)(s) /sɔʁ.ti/ (sohr-tee) Fr-sortie.ogg gone out The verb ressortir /ʁǝ.sɔʁ.tiʁ/ (ruh-sohr-teer, meaning to go or come back out, to take back out, to emerge from, or to stand out, is conjugated in the same way as sortir. Related expressions à partir de /a paʁ.tiʁ də/ starting at, from […] onwardsupposing (that) À partir du règne de Louis le Gros, les communes ont commencé à être affranchies de la féodalité.À partir du troisième acte, l’intérêt de cette pièce va en s’affaiblissant. Starting with the reign of Louis the Fat, communes began to be incorporated into the feudal system.Starting in the third act, interest in this play starts to weaken. la sortie Fr-sortie.ogg /sɔʁ.ti/ exit, end, final part of Vocabulary All verbs french--tir-verbs repentir Fr-repentir.ogg /ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ/ to repent repen- -men- mentir Fr-mentir.ogg /mɑ̃.tiʁ/ to lie men- démentir /demɑ̃tiʁ/ to contradict, to deny, to belie démen- -par- partir Fr-partir.ogg /paʁ.tiʁ/ to leave par- repartir /ʁǝ.paʁ.tiʁ/ to leave for where one came from, to restart repar- répartir Fr-répartir.ogg /ʁe.paʁ.tiʁ/ to distribute, to forward répar- -sen- sentir Fr-sentir.ogg /sɑ̃.tiʁ/ to feel, to taste, to smell sen- consentir Fr-consentir.ogg /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tiʁ/ to consent consen- pressentir /pʁɛ.sɑ̃.tiʁ/ to foresee pressen- ressentir Fr-ressentir.ogg /ʁəsɑ̃tiʁ/ to feel ressen- -sor- sortir Fr-sortir.ogg /sɔʁ.tiʁ/ to go out, to take out sor- ressortir /ʁǝ.sɔʁ.tiʁ/ to go or come back out, to take back out ressor- Examples french--tir-verb-examples Il en ressort que […] It follows from this that […] C'est une image qui ressort. It's an image that stands out. Vocabulary Movies Les films le film Fr-film.ogg /film/ movie les sous-titres /su.titr/ subtitles l'acteur (m)l'actrice (f) Fr-acteur.ogg /ak.tœʁ/Fr-actrice.ogg /ak.tʁis/ actoractress louer Fr-louer.ogg /lwe/ to rent la vidéole DVD /vi.deo/ videoDVD The movie theater le cinéma Fr-cinéma.ogg /si.ne.ma/ the (movie) theater la salle du cinéma theater showing room lit: room of the theater la séance Fr-séance.ogg /se.ɑ̃s/ showing le guichet Fr-guichet.ogg /giʃɛ/ ticket window la placele fauteuil Fr-place.ogg /plas/Fr-fauteuil.ogg /fotœj/ seat/place to sitchair1 coûter Fr-coûter.ogg /ku.te/ to cost jouer Fr-jouer.ogg /ʒwe/ to play Film genres le documentaire documentary le film d’aventures adventure movie le film d’horreur horror film le film de science-fiction sci-fi film 1Un fauteuil is the physical chair that one sits on. One would normally use "une place" whenever "a seat" is used in English. Prenez place ! - Take a seat! (very common expression. No article before place, you should not say Prenez la place) Grammar -enir verbs -enir verbs are irregularly conjugated (they are not treated as regular -ir verbs). To come Venir The most common -enir verb is venir, meaning to come. When venir is used with the preposition de, it means to come from or to be from: Ces pommes viennent de l'Espagne. (These apples come from Spain.) When venir de is used with a verb, it states that you have recently accomplished an action. Je viens de me réveiller. (I have just got up.) Formation In the present indicative, venir (and all other -enir verbs) is conjugated as follows: venir /vǝ.niʁ/ (vuh-neer) Fr-venir.ogg to comeje viens /vjɛ̃/ (vyuha(n)) I cometu viens /vjɛ̃/ (vyuha(n)) you comeil vient /vjɛ̃/ (vyuha(n)) he comesnous venons /vǝ.nɔ̃/ (vuh-noh(n)) we comevous venez /vǝ.ne/ (vuh-nay) you comeils viennent /vjɛn/ (vyuhehn) they comevenu(e)(s) /vǝ.ny/ (vuh-new) come Vocabulary All -enir verbs french--enir-verbs venir Fr-venir.ogg /vǝ.niʁ/ to come revenir Fr-revenir.ogg /ʁǝ.vniʁ/ to come back, to return devenir Fr-devenir.ogg /dǝv.niʁ/ to become redevenir Fr-redevenir.ogg /ʁǝ.dǝ.vniʁ/ to become again appartenir (à) Fr-appartenir.ogg /apaʁtəniʁ/ to belong to, to concern contenir Fr-contenir.ogg /kɔ̃.tniʁ/ to contain, to hold détenir /det(ə)niʁ/ to keep, to detain retenir Fr-retenir.ogg /ʀətəniʀ/ to hold back, to retain, to uphold se souvenir /sə su.vniʁ/ to remember soutenir Fr-soutenir.ogg /sut.niʁ/ /su.tə.niʁ/ to support soutenir que to maintain that tenir Fr-tenir.ogg /tǝniʀ/ to hold Examples french--enir-verb-examples Je viens de finir mes devoirs. I have just finished my homework. Grammar -é…er verbs french-e-er-verbs -é…er verbs are regular -er verbs, but are also stem changing. Formation suggérer /syɡ.ʒe.ʁe/ (sewg-zhay-ray) Fr-suggérer.ogg to suggestje suggère /syɡ.ʒɛʁ/ (sewg-zhehr) I suggesttu suggères /syɡ.ʒɛʁ/ (sewg-zhehr) you suggestil suggère /syɡ.ʒɛʁ/ (sewg-zhehr) he suggestsnous suggérons /syɡ.ʒe.ʁɔ̃/ (sewg-zhay-roh(n)) we suggestvous suggérez /syɡ.ʒe.ʁe/ (sewg-zhay-ray) you suggestils suggèrent /syɡ.ʒɛʁ/ (sewg-zhehr) they suggestsuggéré /syɡ.ʒe.ʁe/ (sewg-zhay-ray) suggested Other -é…er verbs accélérer Fr-accélérer.ogg /ak.se.le.ʁe/ to accelerate céder Fr-céder.ogg /se.de/ to yield célébrer Fr-célébrer.ogg [se.le.bʁe] to celebrate espérer Fr-espérer.ogg /ɛspeʁe/ to hope préférer Fr-préférer.ogg /pʁe.fe.ʁe/ to prefer sécher Fr-sécher.ogg /se.ʃe/ to dry Examples Elles suggèrent une démonstration de maquillage. They suggest a cosmetic makeover. Son attitude suggère une dépression nerveuse imminente. His attitude suggests an imminent nervous breakdown. Supplementary word details La sortie La Sortie or Sortie is generally used for fire exit signage in buildings to direct people in the building to the nearest exit. In this case, La Sortie would imply The Way Out(side) to those reading it. Supplementary word details To feel Sentir Supplementary word details To support Soutenir Text Exercises Shopping Transportation