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Les auxiliaires

Être - to be (je suis une femme, il est avocat, elles sont plus grande que leur soeur, tu es d'accord avec eux)

Avoir - to have (j'ai trente ans depuis septembre, nous avons deux chiens et un chat, on avait du retard ce matin)

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Les verbes communs

Aller - to be about to (je vais manger - I'm about to go eat); to go: à + city or article-free country, au + masc. country/location, à la + fem. location, aux + plural country, en + fem. country or means of transportation (je vais à Paris, à Cuba, au Canada, au café, à la mer, aux Caraïbes, en France, en métro)

Attendre - to wait (j'attends son arrivée - I'm waiting for her arrival); + de: expect from (j'attends des efforts de ta part - I'm expecting you to make efforts)

Avoir l'air - to look/seem: ø + adjective (tu as l'air perdu - you look lost), de + infinitive verb (elle a l'air d'être sûre d'elle - she seems confident)

Chercher - to look for (je cherche le chat - I'm looking for the cat); after aller: to get (je vais chercher mon colis - I'm going to get my package); try to remember (je cherche mes mots - "I'm looking for my words")

Comprendre - to understand (tu as tout compris - you got it)

Connaître - to be aware of (je connais bien Montpellier - I know Montpellier well, est-ce que tu as connu les pogs? - were you around when pogs were popular?)

Croire - to believe: + à (real) + definite article + noun (je crois au destin - I believe in destiny); + en (trust) (je ne crois pas en Dieu - I don't believe in God)

Demander - to ask: + à, ask if: si, ask for: de (j'ai demandé à mon frère de lui demander si elle veut venir - I asked my brother to ask her if she wants to come)

Devenir - to become (tu es devenu un beau jeune homme - you became a handsome young man)

Devoir - to have to, to be supposed to; present must, conditional present should (je dois manger - I have to eat, je devrais manger - I should eat)

Dire - to say to: + à (je le dirai à maman - I will tell mum)

Donner - to give: ø + noun, à + person (je donne une pomme à maman - I give an apple to mum)

Ecouter - to listen (j'écoute la pluie - I'm listening to the rain)

Entendre - to hear (j'ai entendu des bruits - I heard some noises)

Essayer - to try: ø + noun (je vais essayer une crevette - I'll try a shrimp), de + infinitive verb (il essaie de conduire - he's driving to drive)

Être en train de - to be in the process of (je suis en train de manger - I'm eating)

Faire - to make something happen/have someone do something for you (je fais nettoyer la cuisine par mon frère - I have my brother clean the kitchen); to do/make: ø + noun, à + verb (je fais mon lit tous les matins - I make my bed every morning, il fait froid - it's cold, ils font à manger - they're making food)

Faillir - to come close from (j'ai failli tomber - I almost fell)

Falloir - to be necessary to (impersonal verb*): ø + verb (il faut partir maintenant - we need to leave now), que + det/noun or pronoun verb (il fallait que tu rentres avant 19h - you were supposed to come home before 7pm)

Finir - to finish, end: ø + noun, de + infinitive verb (je finis de manger - I'm finishing my meal); to end up: + par + infinitive verb (j'en ai marre d'attendre, je vais finir par partir - I'm tired of waiting, I'm going to end up leaving)

Laisser - to let something happen, willingly or not (j'ai laissé refroidir mon plat - I let my meal cool down/get cold); to leave (je vais te laisser - I'll leave you alone, laisse-moi tranquille - leave me alone)

Mettre - to put on (clothes, music), up, something somewhere, someone in a situation (je mets mon bonnet - I'm putting my hat on), take an amount of time (j'ai mis trois heures pour venir - it took me three hours to come)

Parler - to talk to: + à (je parle à maman - I'm talking to mum); to talk about: + de (je parle de l'école - I'm talking about school)

Partir - to go in order to (je suis partie chercher mon fils - I went to go get my son); to leave: à + specific destination/organized trip (je pars à Londres ce week-end), for + vague destination/trip, maybe forced (nous partons pour le Mexique en juin); exiting a location: de chez + person (je pars de chez moi maintenant - I'm leaving home now)

Passer - to pop by to do something (passe me chercher à la gare - come pick me up at the station, je vais passer voir ma tante - I'm going to go visit my aunt)

Pouvoir - to be able to (je peux être là dans dix minutes - I can be there in 10); be likely to/wish to

Prendre - to take: ø + noun, à + verb (je prends un biscuit - I'm taking a biscuit, il a pris à manger pour ce midi - he packed food for lunch)

Regarder - to watch/look, oserve (regarde ça - look at that)

Rendre - to give back (je te rendrai ta clé demain - I will give you your key back tomorrow); to change state (ça l'a rendu fou - it made him crazy)

Rester - to remain (je reste calme - I'm keeping my cool); + chez + person or + à + definite article + location: to stay (je reste chez ma cousine jusqu'à lundi - I'll stay at my cousin's until monday)

Savoir - to know about/how to: que + det/noun or pronoun + verb (ils savent que tu es là - they know that you are here, je sais jouer de la guitare - I can play guitar)

Sortir - to exit (sors de ma chambre - get out of my room); + de: to just have finished something (je sors de table - I just finished my meal)

Tenir - to take/hold (tiens-moi ça - hold this for me); to hold dear (je tiens à toi - I care about you); to hold oneself/resist (tiens-toi droit - stand straight)

Tomber - to fall (over, down, out)/become (je suis tombée malade - I got sick); + sur: come across (je suis tombé sur ta mère - I ran into your mother)

Trouver - to find, come across, get (something you've been looking for), come up with, have the opinion that (je trouve sa robe jolie - I find her dress pretty)

Venir - to come in order to: + pour + infinitive verb (je suis venu pour aider - I came to help); + de: just did something (je viens de rentrer - I just got home) or from (je viens de Paris - I'm from Paris)

Voir - to see: que + det/noun or pronoun + verb (je vois que tu es déjà levé - I see that you're already up), à + appearence + that det/noun or pronoun + verb (il a vu à ton expression que ça n'allait pas - from your expression he could tell something was wrong)

Vouloir - to want to: ø + infinitive verb (je veux m'en aller - I want to go), partitive + noun (je veux du calme - I want some peace and quiet), que + det/noun or pronoun + verb (je veux que tu t'en ailles - I want you to leave)

Les verbes pronominaux

S'appeler - to be called (je m'appelle Rose - my name is Rose)

S'attendre à - to expect (tu t'attends au pire - you expect the worst)

Se demander - to wonder (ils se demandent où on va - they're wondering where we're going)

Se dépêcher - to hurry (dépêche-toi ! - hurry up!)

Se douter - to be suspicious of (je me doutais que tu serais en retard - I was pretty certain that you would be late)

S'excuser (de) - to apologize (je m'excuse de mon retard - I'm sorry for being late)

Se faire - to have something being done to you; passive form of faire + infinitive (je me suis fait virer par mon chef - I got fired by my boss)

Se lever/se coucher - to get up/go to bed (il se lève à 7h - he gets up at 7)

Se mettre - to start to (mets-toi en pyjama - start putting your pyjamas on)

Se mettre à - to start doing something (je me mets à manger - I'm starting to eat)

Se passer - to happen (qu'est-ce qu'il se passe ? - what's happening?)

Se rendre - to go somewhere (je me rends à la gare - I'm going to the station)

Se rendre compte + de + infinitive or + que + conjugated verb - to realise (tu te rends compte qu'il est encore en retard ? - do you realise he's late again?)

Se retourner - to turn around (Orphée s'est retourné - Orpheus turned around)

Se sentir - to feel a certain way inside (je me sens vide - I feel empty)

Se tourner - to turn toward (il s'est tourné vers sa mère - he turned to his mother)

Se tromper - to make a mistake (je me suis trompé de clé - I got the wrong key)

Se trouver - to find oneself (je me trouve belle aujourd'hui - I find myself pretty today, vous vous trouvez devant le magasin - they are standing in front of the shop)

S'occuper de - to take care of (elle s'occupe de lui - she's taking care of him)

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Les verbes modaux

Can - present pouvoir (tu peux partir maintenant - you can leave now)*

Could/May/Might - imperfect pouvoir (tu pourrais partir - you could leave)

Have to - present impersonal verb falloir + infinitive or que + subjunctive (il faut que tu partes - it is necessary that you leave)

Must - present devoir (tu dois partir - you must leave)

Ought to - present conditional impersonal verb falloir + infinitive or que + subjunctive (Il faudrait que tu partes - You ought to leave)

Shall/Will - simple future second verb (tu partiras ce soir - you will leave tonight)

Should - present conditional devoir (tu devrais partir - you should leave)

Would - present conditional second verb(j'aimerais partir - I would like to leave)

*this verb typically means being able to: "I can't speak French" would be translated as "I don't speak French" or "I don't know how to speak French", using pouvoir means you are physically unable to do so ie I can't run because my leg is broken.

While auxiliary verbs are the first half of compound tenses and moods, semi-auxiliary verbs are used with another verb left in the present infinitive form to express an influence of their meaning, tense, mood, or aspect - some are the equivalent of modal verbs, others are simply verbs of perception. When not followed by an infinitive verb, those are not considered semi-auxiliary anymore.

Stative verbs (to be, to remain, to feel) express a state rather than an action. They usually relate to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of being and measurements and cannot be used as the introduction of a gerund (je rentre en marchant but je suis en marchant*).

Impersonal verbs can only be conjugated in the masculine form of the third person singular: il doesn't refer to a person (il pleut - it's raining).

Movie: Les 400 coups - François Truffaut, 1959

A beautiful French woman makes it clear that she desires you carnally, and lets you into her room while she sleeps. It’s expected of you by your fellow officers and underlings and by the very woman that you will bed her, and you don’t put the moves on her. What, because you respect her too much? Yeah.

Your best friend sacrifices his reputation as his final act of friendship for you before dying, your hand clasped in his, and you say, “it was an honor to have served with you,” and he responds, “and to have known you,” and dies the moment he gets the words out?

All of your frustrations with that damned army officer stem from the fact that he’s so disciplined and charming, and makes you call him, “Lord,” and when you two finally part ways he shares a knowing, pleading, heartbroken look with your long time lover best friend and says, “please look after him,” as though he is a wife knowing her husband will not make it through the war.

You propose to a woman who is your friend but that you do not love. Why? Could it be because you cannot conceive of a possible future in which you truly fall in love with a woman, therefore you might as well bestow the security of matrimony upon this poor girl?

You cannot eat and vomit on your wedding day, shaking like a leaf and pale as a sheet. Your first Lieutenant and best friend sits beside you in the church, and you say, “I suppose you think this is a bad time to get married,” while he stares at you, longingly, looking terribly concerned at the decision you have made, and answers, “in my opinion, Sir, there is never a good time to get married.”

buy a pack of chapsticks and put one in the pocket of all of your coats and jackets because you always forget to bring one and chapped lips is sensory hell

leave important things where you can see them. if they go in a box or a drawer you will forget they exist

put any appointments or deadlines in your phone calendar As Soon As you get them. set a reminder for a week before, a day before, an hour before, as many as you need as often as you need them.

when that little voice in your head says "i dont need to write that down, ill remember it" that is the devil talking!!! write it down anyway!!

plan for down time. have a few hours at the end of every day to just do fun stuff like engage in your hyperfixations. even if you didnt get all of your work done that day, have the rest anyway. you probably spent the whole day beating yourself up for not doing what you Should be doing, so you still need the break.

if you never eat vegetables because its too much effort to chop and cook them, get the frozen or canned shit. it doesnt go off for ages and you just have to microwave it. theres no point buying fresh vegetables if they just keep going off and being left to rot in the bottom of your fridge

if you struggle to decide what to have for dinner every day, take the decision out of it. choose a set of meals and eat those on rotation until you get sick of them, then choose some new ones and do it again.

- one moisturiser in the bathroom, one in my room, one lip balm in my room, one in my bag, etc

- I NEED to remember to take something to work in the morning? Either explicitly told to take it by the schedule that Guides Me Like The North Star (still might forget to look at it) or it’s next to the front door or on the bread board I’ll use for breakfast

- I distract myself from other tasks 100% willingly to put dates in my calendar/schedule note, because I WILL forget otherwise

- I have accepted I will never remember anything that isn’t written down, I do not trust that voice 🙏

- actually I don’t plan the downtime all the time. Maybe I should but I feel like getting out of study-brain mode can be dangerous for me at times like this

- I only get fresh vegetables if I’ll eat them that night (I won’t, I have thrown out so much broccolini) or if I’m going to meal prep them into easy meals for the week

- I eat maybe 5-6 different meals on repeat every week and thanks to the suspected ‘tism, I don’t get sick of them 😃 if I had to actually cook for every meal instead of just meal prepping components I would eat nothing but oven food

I’m not a huge fan of the official rote art most of the time because of the way they draw fitz but this one in particular makes me want to weep whenever I see it

how could you look at this baby playing with some puppies on the floor and go yeah he’s gonna make the perfect killing machine

LIKE LOOK AT HIS NERVOUS LITTLE FEETSIES

I am rereading Assassin's Apprentice (because I just finished Assassin's Fate last week and can't move on), and something that has been bugging me is, why did Fitz's grandfather give him up? We see in the later books that having a bastard child doesn't seem to be the life ruining prospect I assumed it to be when I first read Assassin's Apprentice. Lots of characters are bastards, especially in the Fitz and the Fool trilogy, and while they may not have happy childhoods, they were still raised by one of their parents (or so they thought). So why was Fitz's mother allowed to raise him for 6 years and only to have him ripped away by her own father? While Chivalry might have known about his son, the crown didn't, so there is no reason to believe it was for political purpose. And his Grandfather says "I've enough to tend to of my own, what with my woman getting on in years, and this one's mother to keep and feed." Wouldn't a strong and growing young boy be the perfect thing an aging Shepard would need to help on his farm? Fitz recalls in later books helping with sheep (Thanks @samw1se for the reminder). If he was already helping his mother, why would his Grandfather suddenly send him away?

chade, living inside the walls of buckkeep snorting fantasy cocaine and inventing grenades: