Verbes Irréguliers: groupe 3
Our third group of irregular verbs can be made from verbs that have a long vowel sound in the infinitive and a short vowel sound for the past simple and past participle:
Feel – felt (sentir, toucher, etc)
leave – left (quitter, partir, laisser)
Meet – met (rencontrer)
dream – dreamt (rever) – ‘dreamed’ is correct too.
mean – meant (signifier) -pronounced [ment]
We could add to this group:
read – read (lire) the past is pronounced [red]
say – said (dire) the past is pronouned [sed] and NOT ‘sayed’
Exercise:
Translate the following into English:
1. Qu’est-ce que tu as dit?
2. Je n’ai jamais lu ce roman.
3. Qu’est-ce que tu veux dire?
4. Il a quitté Paris il y deux ans.
5. Comment vous êtes vous rencontré?
6. J’ai revé de toi cette nuit.
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1. Qu’est-ce que tu as dit? – What did you say?
2. Je n’ai jamais lu ce roman. – I’ve never read this novel.
3. Qu’est-ce que tu veux dire? – What do you mean?
4. Il a quitté Paris il y deux ans. He left Paris two years ago.
5. Comment vous êtes vous rencontré? How did you meet?
6. J’ai revé de toi cette nuit. I dreamt about you last night (or dreamed)
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Thank U, Dear teacher for this exercise 3.
Unfortunately, I fail number 2: instead of novel I translate new; number 3: I translate like this: what do you want to say? number 4: I translate like: He left Paris for 2 years; number 6: I translate : I’ve dreamt for you this night.
Thank you for correction!!
Yes , it is good ; Y want these sentences
It was so difficult for me
This exercise was also good,although I did not to translate “roman”.
Thanks a lot,Sir.
It was so difficult for me.