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<span id="PRONOMS_SUJETS_subject_pronouns"></span><h2><strong>PRONOMS SUJETS</strong> subject pronouns</h2> <p>The <strong>subject</strong> of a verb is the person or thing which performs the action of that verb:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">▫︎ <strong>Tom </strong>travaille. ☞ <strong>Il </strong>travaille.</span><br /> ▫︎ <span style="color:#808080;"><em>Tom is working. He is working.</em></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>▫︎ Mes parents</strong> habitent en Espagne</span>. ☞ <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Ils </strong>habitent en Espagne.</span><br /> ▫︎ <em><span style="color:#808080;">My parents live in Spain. They live in Spain</span></em>.</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=26" title="Pronoms sujets - PB" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p>Practice</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=27" title="Pronoms sujets (1)- PB" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <span id=".C3.8ATRE_to_be"></span><h2>ÊTRE <em>to be</em></h2> <p><strong>Être </strong>(to be) is a very useful verb and it is used to</p> <ul> <li>identify someone<b> <span style="color:#0000ff;">☞</span></b><span style="color:#0000ff;"><i> Je suis Paul.</i></span></li> <li>give a profession <span style="color:#0000ff;"><b>☞</b><i> </i><em>Je suis professeur.</em></span></li> <li>give a nationality <b> <span style="color:#0000ff;">☞</span></b><span style="color:#0000ff;"><i> </i><em>Je suis français.</em></span></li> <li>make a description <span style="color:#0000ff;"><b>☞</b><i> </i> <em>Je suis optimiste. </em></span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Être </strong>is an <strong>irregular verb</strong>, which means that it doesn’t follow the same pattern as regular ‎verbs in the present tense.‎</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=24" title="ÊTRE - PB" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p>Be careful with the pronunciation of this verb. <strong>Être </strong>involves <strong>liaisons</strong>, such as:</p> <ul class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> <li><em><span style="color:#0000ff;">vous êtes</span> ☞ <span style="color:#800000;"> /vous<strong>-z-êtes</strong>/</span> </em></li> </ul> <p>Practice</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=25" title="être (1)- PB" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p>
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