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French Greetings3 Topics -
Subject Pronouns3 Topics
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The Verb "to be"4 Topics
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The Verb "to have"3 Topics
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Negative Sentences3 Topics
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The Definite Article3 Topics
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The Indefinite Article3 Topics
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Zero Article3 Topics
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Partitive Articles3 Topics
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Adjectives4 Topics
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The Order of Adjectives3 Topics
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-ER Verbs (present)3 Topics
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Possessive Adjectives3 Topics
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Interrogatives4 Topics
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-IR Verbs (present tense)3 Topics
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-RE Verbs (present tense)3 Topics
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Possession3 Topics
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The Verb "to make" "to do"3 Topics
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Weather Expressions4 Topics
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Numbers 1-1004 Topics
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The Date3 Topics
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Telling Time3 Topics
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The Expression "there is" "there are"3 Topics
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The Verb "to go"2 Topics
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The Near Future3 Topics
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The Expression "it is necessary"3 Topics
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Demonstrative Adjectives3 Topics
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Possessive Pronouns3 Topics
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The Verb "to put"3 Topics
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Mettre, meaning “to put” is another common irregular verb in French. Below is the chart outlining the unique conjugations for this irregular verb along with some example sentences.
| Subject Pronoun | Mettre | Meaning | Example | Translation |
| Je | mets | I put I am putting | Je mets ma bouteille sur la table. | I put my bottle on the table. |
| Tu | mets | You put You are putting | Tu mets les livres dans ton sac-à-dos. | You are putting the books in your backpack. |
| Il/Elle/On | met | He/She/One puts He/She/One is putting | Elle met de l’argent dans un portefeuille. | She puts some money in a wallet. |
| Nous | mettons | We put We are putting | Nous mettons le couvert avant le dîner. | We set the table before dinner. |
| Vous | mettez | You put You are putting | Vous mettez vos chaussures pour le match. | You put on your shoes for the game. |
| Ils/Elles | mettent | They put They are putting | Dans les journaux, ils mettent des articles. | In the newspapers, they put some articles. |
Notes :
- In the negative form, ne and pas must sandwich the conjugated verb in the sentence.
On ne met pas de manteau quand il fait très chaud.
One doesn’t put on any jacket when it’s really hot.
- Mettre is also used in a lot of different expressions. These expressions are usually idiomatic, which means that the whole meaning of the expression is different from what each word means individually and strung together. You will learn idiomatic expressions in a future module.