{"id":44,"date":"2016-05-16T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2016-05-16T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:01:00","slug":"quest-ce-que-vous-aimez-what-do-you-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Qu’est-ce que vous aimez ? \/ What do you like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Verbs<\/h4>\n

aimer<\/b> (to like\/to love) | adorer<\/b> (to love\/to adore\/to really like)
d\u00e9tester<\/b> (to hate) | pr\u00e9f\u00e9rer<\/b> (to prefer)<\/p>\n

<\/h4>\n

1\/ Conjugation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n
aimer<\/b>
j’aime            nous aimons
tu aimes        vous aimez
il aime           ils aiment
elle aime       elles aiment <\/p>\n

adorer<\/b>
j’adore         nous adorons
tu adores     vous adorez
il adore        ils adorent
elle adore    elles adorent <\/p>\n


<\/b>d\u00e9tester<\/b>
je d\u00e9teste       nous d\u00e9testons
tu d\u00e9testes     vous d\u00e9testez
il d\u00e9teste        ils d\u00e9testent
elle d\u00e9teste    elles d\u00e9testent<\/p>\n


<\/b>pr\u00e9f\u00e9rer<\/b>
je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re     nous pr\u00e9f\u00e9rons
tu pr\u00e9f\u00e8res   vous pr\u00e9f\u00e9rez
il pr\u00e9f\u00e8re      ils pr\u00e9f\u00e8rent
elle pr\u00e9f\u00e8re   elles pr\u00e9f\u00e8rent <\/p>\n

Affirmative form: J’aime…<\/b>
Negative form: Je n’<\/span>aime pas…<\/span><\/b>

<\/span><\/b>\u26a0<\/b><\/span> ne…pas <\/b>is used around the conjugated verb for the negation. But because of the elision rule, ne <\/b>becomes n’ <\/b>before a wovel or a mute h (e.g.: habiter (to live)<\/i>)<\/p>\n

2\/ Using the verbs aimer, adorer, d\u00e9tester, pr\u00e9f\u00e9rer<\/i>:<\/h3>\n

<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

<\/b>J’aime<\/p>\n

Je n’<\/span>aime pas<\/span><\/td>\n


+ <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n		Superman. (People, characters name) <\/i>
Paris. (Cities, shops name) <\/i>
le<\/span> cin\u00e9ma. (le<\/span> = for masculine nouns) <\/i>
la<\/span> musique. (la<\/span> = for feminine nouns) <\/i>
l’<\/span>op\u00e9ra. (When the following noun starts with a vowel, le<\/span> or la<\/span> becomes l’<\/span>.)<\/i>
les<\/span> pommes. (les<\/span>= plural definite article for both masculine\/feminine nouns) <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Affirmative form

Negative form

NB:<\/b> <\/span>we usually use the definite articles (<\/span>le, la, l’, les<\/span>) with <\/span><\/span>aimer, adorer, pr\u00e9f\u00e9rer, d\u00e9tester <\/span>but there are some exceptions<\/span>.<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

3\/ Examples:<\/h3>\n

<\/h4>\n

a)<\/b> <\/span>– Est-ce que vous aimez la musique ?<\/span>
    <\/span>– Oui, j’aime la musique.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/h4>\n

b)<\/b> <\/span>– Vous pr\u00e9f\u00e9rez le rock, la pop ou le classique ?<\/span>
<\/span>– Je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re le rock.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Some useful vocabulary:<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
le cin\u00e9ma
le caf\u00e9
le chocolat
le sport<\/p>\n<\/td>\n		cinema\/movies
coffee
chocolate
sport<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
la musique
la danse
la natation
la France<\/p>\n<\/td>\n		music
dance
swimming
Fance<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’op\u00e9ra
l’argent
l’a\u00efkido
l’orange<\/p>\n<\/td>\n		opera
money
aikido
orange (color)<\/i>

<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
les l\u00e9gumes
les fruits
les films am\u00e9ricains
les voyages<\/td>\n		vegetables
fruits
american movies
trips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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