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Tips for Reading en Français

Tips for Reading en Français. Gayle M. Scahill Curie HS. to facilitate=faciliter to cultivate=cultiver to imitate=imiter to illustrate=illustrer. English verbs ending in -ate are French -er verbs:. If you add -er to many English verbs, you have a French one:. to refuse=refuser

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Tips for Reading en Français

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  1. Tips for Reading en Français Gayle M. Scahill Curie HS

  2. to facilitate=faciliter to cultivate=cultiver to imitate=imiter to illustrate=illustrer English verbs ending in -ate are French -er verbs:

  3. If you add -er to many English verbs, you have a French one: • to refuse=refuser • to flirt=flirter • to touch=toucher • to pay=payer

  4. English verbs ending in -y have the French infinitive -ier: • to simplify=simplifier • to copy=copier • to verify=verifier

  5. Federation=la fédération creation=la création imagination=l’imagination generation=la génération operation=l’opération ****Middle “e’s” usually have an accent aigu (é) Words ending in -tion mean the same thing in French as in English and they are feminine:

  6. English words ending in -or end in -eur in French: • doctor=le doctor • professor=le professeur • author=l’auteur

  7. Nouns ending in -ation are from verbs of the first conjugation: • La création=creér • l’opération=opérer • l’interrogation=intéroger

  8. English verbs ending in -ish are the same in French and in English and are -ir verbs in French: • to punish= punir • to finish=finir • to tarnish=tarnir

  9. The following words mean the same in French & English: • Words ending in -ce: la force, la france • Words ending in -ure: la nature • Words ending in -al: l’animal, formal

  10. Other tips: • English words ending in -ist end in -iste in French • English words ending in -ic end in -ique in French

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