CHAPTER V
N.B. We now will give here some remarks on the translation of verbs, adverbs, conjonctions and prepositions, which, though boing not absolutelynecessary to beginners, will however be of great help to those who w1ll never have the opportunity of studying the co.nplete grammar.
«6 To be ”1
This verb is used to translate the Frencl verbs avoir, faire, se porter.
lo Avoir —
To be hungry, avoir faim.
To be thirsty, avoir soif.
To be warm, avoir chaud, To be cold, avoir froid.
To b= ashamed, avoir honte.
To be afraid, avoir peur.
To be sleepy, avoir sommeil.
20 Faire.—(When it is question of weather.) It is cold, il fait froid It is warna, il fait char.d, It is bad, il fait mauvais.
It is wet, il fait humide.
30 Se porter —
I am well, je me porte bien.
Ï was wel!, je me portais bien.
To be, followed by an infinitive, may express obli
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gation or futurity—Ilt answers the French devoir, être pour.
We are to go there to morrow,
Nous devons aller Là demain.
C'est-à-dire: Nous somsmes pour aller là demain.
To‘be, followed by going or about, answers the French être sur le point de, être en train de. Ex. : I am going to wcrk,
Je me mets à travailler (futur immédiat) I am going to write.
Je vais (je suis sur le print de) écrire.
What are you about ?
Qu'étes-vous en train de faire ?
Faire To make and to do
These two verbs translate the French faire, but it is not easy for French peopie to find out the difference existing between the two. So, it will be better to commit to memory the following list, which contains the most practical cases.
To make To make an apolowy, faire des excuses.
To make an observation, faire une remarque.
To make progress, faire du progrès.
To make fire, soup, faire du feu, de la soupe. To make a bed, faire un lit.
To make war. faire la querre, la paix.
To make a fortune, faire une fortune.
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To do
To do good, faire du bien.
To do work, faire de l'ouvrage.
To do well, faire bien.
To do an exercise, faire un devoir.
To do a favour, faire une faveur.
To do harm to, faire du mal à.
To do damage to, faire tort à.
N.B. 10 In the French expression faire cuire, faire bouillir, faire rôtir, faire is not translated.
Ex: : To cook, faire cuire.
To boil, faire bouillir.
To roust, faire rôtir.
20 To do is used in the following cases, To aflirm with more force.
Ex. : I do work, Je travaille certainement.
To replace another verb. Ex.: He plays as well as you do.
Il joue aussi bien que vous.
With negative, interrogative, etc., verbs.
Do you play ? I do not play.
Jouez-vous ? Je ne joue pas.
30 To do is also used independently with the meaning of to feel (se porter).
Ex. : How do you do ?
Comment vous portez-vous ?
FRENCH VERB ‘ CHERCHER” French verb ‘ Chercher.”
Aller chercher, to go and bring, to go and fetch. Go and bring your book.
Allez chercher votre livre.
Go to fetch your pen.
Allez chercher votre plume.
Venir chercher, to come for.
Ex. : I come for my book Je viens chercher mon livre.
Envoyer chercher, to send for.
Ex. : Send for your brother.
Envoyez chercher votre frère.
Vouloir Will is an auxiliary verb; to translate the verb vouloir we must use equivalents.
10 Vouloir expressing intention, to intend, to purpose. I intend to do that.
Je veux faire cela.
20 Vouloir denoting a desire, a wish, to wish. I wish to be happy.
Je veux étre heureux.
30 Vouloir expressing an order, To require, to want.
I demand that the proof should be repeated.
Je veux que la preuve soit répétée.
Religion requires us to help our neighbour.
Lu religion veut que nous aidions notre prochain.
40 Wüil followed by an infinitive has sometimes the meaning of vouloir.
Ex. : I will have that.
Je veux cela.
I will speak.
Je veux parler.
He will have me go there.
Il veut que j'aille là.
Falloir lo Falloir is translated by must or ought.
Il me faut travailler.
Jé dois travailler.
I must work.
20 Il me faut, il nous fant, il leur fant I want, we want, they want.
I want money.
Il me faut de l'argent.
30 S'en falloir de beaucoup—to be far from.
Ex. : Il s'en faut de beaucoup que la somme sont complète.
The sum is far from being ER 40 IT faut, il fallait followed by a direct object are translated by it requires, it required.
Er. : Il faut du temps pour aller là.
It requires time to go there.
Attendre There are two verbs in English to translate the French Attendre. They arc to expect and to wait,
