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| egbert Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5012 days ago 20 posts - 19 votes Studies: Japanese, English* | Message 1 of 3 20 August 2010 at 7:56am | IP Logged | ||
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is there any easy way to learn the following:mourir, voir,aller,avoir,etre?
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| michaelmichael Senior Member Canada Joined 5058 days ago 167 posts - 202 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 2 of 3 20 August 2010 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | ||
Usually, whenever something is irregular, it is because it is a high frequency word. être is the most frequent verb in french, with avoir being a close second. avoir is actually the most frequent auxiliary verb. I've read faire beats aller, but from my readings so far, I find that a bit hard to believe. The point is, you just need to learn them once properly, and then you will see them so many times naturally, that you won't have to worry about forgetting them. Try to write out all the forms of avoir, être, etc... from memory once and then that's it. (though I am not sure how many tenses you have studied. At my school they would only focus on the present tense first, and then move to passé composé...etc.). I don't think you need to review them if you are combining your formal studies with a more natural approach (an assimil lesson a day for example) I have been finding that a naturalistic approach and a grammatical approach really complements each other. It is nice when you see what you have learned applied to a text, rather than just doing explicit drills. Bonne chance! edit: sometimes in french, if you can't find a spelling pattern, there may be a phonetic pattern. in the MT method, he talks about long box (vous, nous , usually more syllables) and the short box (je, tu, il, on, elle, ils, elles). Edited by michaelmichael on 21 August 2010 at 8:06pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| egbert Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5012 days ago 20 posts - 19 votes Studies: Japanese, English* | Message 3 of 3 20 August 2010 at 5:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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a big thankyou to michealmicheal! I have done it and I haven't forgotten it since
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