french

Nous avons mangé une tarte.
We ate a pie.
Nous n'avons pas mangé de tarte. We did not eat a pie/ We did not eat any pie.
Nous avons mangé de la tarte.
We ate some pie.
Nous n'avons pas mangé de tarte. We did not eat some pie/ We did not eat any pie.
Note : Now you should understand better how that "Quoi de neuf?"(what's new?) encountered in the very
first lesson was constructed... "Quoi de plus beau?!" (what is there prettier?)
G: En
To say 'some of it' without specifying the exact object, the pronoun 'en' can be used. Additionally, 'en' can
mean 'of it' when 'it' is not specified. For instance, instead of saying J'ai besoin d'argent, if the idea of
money has already been raised, it can be stated as 'J'en ai besoin'. This is because en replaces du, de la or des
when there the noun is not specifically mentioned in that sentence.
Like with 'me', 'te' and other pronouns, en (meaning 'some') comes before the verb.
Tu joues du piano? Non, je n'en joue pas
Vous prenez du poisson? Oui, j'en prends.
Vous avez commandé de l'eau? Oui, nous en avons
commandé.
Do you play piano? No, I don't play it.
Are you having fish? Yes, I'm having some.
Did you order some water? Yes, we ordered
some.
For more detailed information, see French Pronouns
G: Mettre
Formation
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mettre to put
Singular
past participle - mis
Plural
first person je mets jeuh may I put nous mettons noo mettohn we put
second person tu mets too may you put
third person
il met eel may
elle met ell may
he puts
she puts
vous mettez voo mettay you put
ils mettent
eel met
on met ohn may one puts elles mettent ell met
they put
(masc. or mized)
they put (fem.)
Related Words
mettre - to put on, to turn on, to place
permettre - to allow
remettre - to put back
remettre en place - to set back into place
soumettre - to submit