Collins Paul Noble French booklet.pdf - Centar za edukaciju i ...

The past (using “have”)
I Je
have ai
I have J’ai
NOTE! Notice that, as there would be two vowels touching in Je ai,
it contracts instead to J’ai – this is a common occurrence in French and one that you
will quickly get used to.
visited visité
the Louvre le Louvre
I have visited the Louvre. J’ai visité le Louvre.
the park le parc
I have visited the park. J’ai visité le parc.
prepared préparé
I have prepared J’ai préparé
the coffee le café
I have prepared the coffee. J’ai préparé le café.
for you pour vous
I have prepared the coffee for you. J’ai préparé le café pour vous.
English words which end in “ion” came into English through French. There are 1250 of
them. If you know them in English, then you can use them in French.
reservation réservation
invitation invitation
decoration décoration
If you take an “ion” word, such as préparation, cut off the “ation” on the end and
add a café “é” in its place, you will have a word like préparé, which means prepared.
This means you can now say: I have prepared, I have visited, I have decorated etc. Try
the example below:
preparation préparation
11