FREN 3051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sympathique, Soyons
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Irregular verbs have to be learnt by heart, they have more oral forms than other regular verbs: the verb be" imperative mood present tense. 3 oral forms : sois, soyez, soyons: the verb be" indicative mood present tense. Five oral forms and 6 different spellings : suis es, est (sounds like ) sommes. As you have probably noticed the adjective sympathique" takes an s" for the plural form. The s" is mute though so orally there is only one form for the adjective. Adjectives agree in number (you add an s" if the noun or pronoun it qualifies is plural). Are you russians: non, nous sommes belges. Are you swiss: non je suis belge! Is he a journalist: non, il est architecte! Is she a secretary: non, elle est architecte! Note : in french we don"t say : she is a secretary but: *she is _ secretary : elle est secr taire.
