CBF 2:01 | The present tense
Coffee Break French
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🗓️ 17 January 2009
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we move on from looking at particular words and phrases to constructing the language so you can say exactly what you want to say. We start by taking a look at how to conjugate regular ER verbs in the present tense.
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| 0:00.0 | Bonjour et bienvenue à Coffee Break French, welcome back to Coffee Break French. |
| 0:13.6 | Now lesson 41 is the first lesson in this second level of Coffee Break French. |
| 0:18.8 | And for this lesson we're going to start by looking at some of the patterns of the language, |
| 0:23.0 | the grammar, if you like. |
| 0:24.8 | We're going to begin by looking at the conjugation of a verb in the present tense. |
| 0:29.6 | You'll learn to conjugate a verb, that means say the different parts of the verb, |
| 0:33.1 | I, you, he, she, and so on. |
| 0:36.0 | By the end of this lesson you'll be able to conjugate regular ER verbs in the present tense. |
| 0:41.3 | I hope that you find this lesson useful. |
| 0:55.9 | It's very often the situation when you're learning a language that you find yourself |
| 0:59.5 | making conversation with people. |
| 1:01.8 | That might be in the queue for a bus or in a cafe or a restaurant or something like that |
| 1:06.8 | or sitting on the beach like we did in lesson 39 I think. |
| 1:11.5 | When you're making conversation with people you need to be able to construct the language. |
| 1:16.1 | And up to this point it's not really something that we've put a huge amount of emphasis on |
| 1:20.3 | within Coffee Break French. |
| 1:22.6 | The idea so far is that we've been learning certain phrases and why these phrases mean |
| 1:27.3 | what they mean. |
| 1:28.8 | But now it's time to start to create the language and to construct phrases from what you know. |
| 1:36.3 | Today we're going to look at a particular question. |
| 1:38.8 | We're going to look at the question, quesco tu fait. |
| 1:42.4 | And I can you repeat that please, quesco tu fait. |
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