Go Ahead and Party After Learning to Conjugate Fêter

Go Ahead and Party After Learning to Conjugate Fà ªter The verb  fà ªter  is just one word for to celebrate, to party, or to feast in French. Another option is  cà ©là ©brer  and while that may be easier to remember,  fà ªter  is easier to conjugate, so you have some choices about which to use. If you like the simpler conjugations, lets take a look at how its done with  fà ªter. Conjugating the French Verb  Fà ªter Fà ªter  follows a very common verb conjugation pattern. If youve worked with other  regular -ER verbs, then this lesson should be pretty straightforward. Even if this is your first verb of this style, you can take what you learn here and apply it to words like  donner  (to give),  fermer  (to close), and countless others. Before any verb conjugation, we have to identify the verb stem. For  fà ªter, this is  fà ªt-. It is to this stem that we attach a variety of infinitive endings. The challenge in French is that theres a new ending for every subject pronoun within each of the present, future, and imperfect past tenses. That means you have more words to learn, but you will get the hang of it. For example, in order to say I am celebrating, use je fà ªte or to say we will party, use nous fà ªterons. Practicing these in context makes them easier to remember. Subject Present Future Imperfect je fte fterai ftais tu ftes fteras ftais il fte ftera ftait nous ftons fterons ftions vous ftez fterez ftiez ils ftent fteront ftaient The Present Participle of  Fà ªter To use the  present participle  of  fà ªter  as a verb, adjective, noun, or gerund, add -ant  to the verb stem. This results in the present participle of  fà ªtant. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © The  past participle  of  fà ªter  is  fà ªtà ©. This is used to form the past tense known as the  passà © composà ©. You will also need to conjugate the  auxiliary verb  avoir  to fit the subject pronoun. As an example, I partied is jai fà ªtà ª and we celebrated is nous avons fà ªtà ª. More Simple  Fà ªter  Conjugations to Learn When the act of celebrating is not guaranteed, you will find a  use for the subjunctive verb mood. In a similar fashion, the conditional verb form implies that the celebrating is dependent on something else. The passà © simple is often reserved for formal writing. While you may not use it often, knowing both it and the imperfect subjunctive form  will improve your French reading skills. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je fte fterais ftai ftasse tu ftes fterais ftas ftasses il fte fterait fta ftt nous ftions fterions ftmes ftassions vous ftiez fteriez fttes ftassiez ils ftent fteraient ftrent ftassent The imperative verb form is particularly useful for  fà ªter  because its often used in exclamations and short statements. When using it, feel free to drop formality and skip the subject pronoun: tu fà ªte becomes fà ªte. Imperative (tu) fte (nous) ftons (vous) ftez

Some Advice about Advise

Some Advice about Advise Some Advice about â€Å"Advise† Some Advice about â€Å"Advise† By Maeve Maddox Two comments on writing sites jumped out at me recently: Whereas other kinds of writing you could slide a bit, although that is not adviced or recommended. and Very smart advise. Also always check with the publisher for submission guidelines as they all can be a little diferent but they all want perfection to their rules. I know that it’s easy to write comments in a hurry and then see, too late, that you’ve misspelled something or written an ungrammatical sentence and can’t go back to correct it. I have a lot of experience in doing just that. However, it’s not just in rapidly-written comments that advice and advise are mixed up. ESL speakers and writers must find the words easy to confuse. This from the Norway Post: Swine Flu: Mass vaccination adviced As expected the Norwegian Health authorities on Friday announced that they advice all Norwegians to be vaccinated against the swine flu Many bloggers and forum commentators, possibly native English speakers, suffer from the same confusion: nature Viewer discretion advicedegh (headline over unpleasant photo) Why heart patients are adviced for morning work (headline on medical advice site) Post Tooth Extraction Care as adviced to my patients (headline on the blog of a dental surgeon) Why are people adviced to eat seasonal fruits and vegetables? (Answers.com wiki question) We Adviced a New Mum How to Cope With a New Baby and the New Role of Motherhood (Articlesbase headline) Advice and advise are pronounced differently. The c in advice has the sound /s/. The s in advise has the sound /z/. Both words have numerous meanings, but the usual ones are: Advice: a noun meaning â€Å"opinion given or offered as to action.† Advise: a verb meaning â€Å"to counsel, caution, or warn.† The past tense form of the verb advise is advised. Tip for keeping them straight: The word advice never changes its form. You can talk about â€Å"different pieces of advice† but never â€Å"advices.† If you catch yourself trying to add any kind of ending to advice, you’re about to commit an error. Examples of use: Take my advice and stay home when it snows. I am advising you for your own good. He advised her to stay home. She failed to heed his advice. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Misused Words category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:Wether, Weather, WhetherBody Parts as Tools of MeasurementI wish I were...