{"id":29843,"date":"2018-03-13T05:36:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T04:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=29843"},"modified":"2018-03-11T14:56:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T13:56:29","slug":"french-grammar-sometimes-even-etre-needs-a-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-grammar-sometimes-even-etre-needs-a-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"French Grammar &#8211; Sometimes even \u00eatre needs a vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in <strong>d\u00e9cembre<\/strong> (<em>December)<\/em> I shared a post about how sometimes the famous &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-grammar-putting-an-addition-on-the-the-house-of-etre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House of <em>\u00eatre<\/em><\/a>&#8221; needs to make room for guests. This week we&#8217;re going to look at some examples of the opposite&#8230; when verbs that usually take the verb <em>\u00eatre <\/em>to from the <em>pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 <\/em>switch teams and take the verb <em>avoir<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29845 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/pexels-photo-457882-350x233.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/pexels-photo-457882-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/pexels-photo-457882.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mceu_45\" class=\"wp-link-preview\"><strong>When &#8216;to be&#8217; is not &#8216;to be&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/strong>As discussed back <strong>en d\u00e9cembre<\/strong>, with the exception of a small number of verbs, most verbs in French form the past tense with the helping verb <em>avoir<\/em>. The 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/le-passe-compose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">verbs that take <em>\u00eatre *<\/em><\/a> are sometimes said to reside in the &#8220;house of <em>\u00eatre<\/em>&#8221; because they all relate to movements and actions in and around the proverbial house. But sometimes even some of those verbs need to get out.<\/div>\n<div>The verbs <strong>monter, descendre, entrer, rentrer, <\/strong><strong>sortir, <\/strong>and <strong>passer <\/strong>can take the verb <em>avoir<\/em> when they are followed by a direct object that is receiving the action of the verb. Let&#8217;s looks at some examples**.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\n<table id=\"tablepress-3\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-3 aligncenter\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><b>Fran\u00e7ais<\/b><\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><i>English<\/i><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><b>Fran\u00e7ais<\/b><\/th><th class=\"column-4\"><i>English<\/i><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><b>Pierre est mont\u00e9 se coucher.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>Peter went up(stairs) to go to bed.<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><b>Pierre a mont\u00e9 les valises dans le grenier.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><i>Peter took the suitcases up to the attic.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><b>Nous sommes descendus \u00e0 la plage.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>We went down to the beach.<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><b>Nous avons descendu les caisses  \u00e0 la cave.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><i>We took the boxes down to the basement.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><b>Marie est entr\u00e9e dans la maison.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>Marie came into the house.<\/i> Also <i>Marie went into the house.<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><b>Marie a entr\u00e9 le code pour ouvrir la porte.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><i>Marie entered the code to open the door.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><b>Jean et Marc sont rentr\u00e9s de l'\u00e9cole.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>John and Mark returned from school.<\/i> Also <i>John and Mark came back from school.<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><b>Ils ont rentr\u00e9 leur velos dans le garage.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><i>They put their bikes (back) in the garage.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><b>Monique et Anne sont pass\u00e9es chez nous.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>Monique and Anne came by our house.<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><b>Elles ont pass\u00e9 un examen d'anglais.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><i>They passed (took) an English test.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><b>Je suis sorti(e) de ma chambre.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><i>I left my bedroom.<\/i><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><b>J'ai sorti mon livre de mon sac-\u00e0-dos.<\/b><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><i>I took my book out of my back-pack.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-3 from cache --><br \/>\nNotice how the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/past-participle-agreement-with-the-verb-avoir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">verbs agree in gender and number<\/a> with the subject when they are followed by the verb <em>\u00eatre <\/em>but not by <em>avoir.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Speaking of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/vacation-has-arrived\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vacations<\/a>, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29847 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/28870937_10214556823007367_6833909940540212182_n-263x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/28870937_10214556823007367_6833909940540212182_n-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/28870937_10214556823007367_6833909940540212182_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/>I could use a little bit of a vacation myself! <strong>Jeudi dernier<\/strong> (<em>last Thursday<\/em>) we had another <strong>temp\u00eate de neige<\/strong> (<em>snow storm) <\/em>here in the <strong>nord-est<\/strong> (<em>north east). <\/em>It is certainly not the first time we&#8217;ve had <strong>de la neige au mois de mars <\/strong>(<em>snow in the month of March)<\/em> but I think 18 inches of the stuff is more than enough! It is hard to believe that <strong>le printemps et P\u00e2ques<\/strong> <em>(spring and Easter) are<\/em> just a few short weeks away.<\/p>\n<p>* The <em>&#8216;house of \u00eatre&#8217; <\/em>really includes more than 17 verbs. The old mnemonic device Dr. &amp; Mrs. Vandertramp is more appropriately Dr. &amp; Mrs. P. Vandertramp. For some reason poor &#8216;<em>passer&#8217; <\/em>is often omitted. And the full list also includes many verbs derived from the core list like &#8216;<em>redevenir&#8217;<\/em> and &#8216;<em>rena\u00eetre&#8217;.<\/em><br \/>\n** If you want to get really complicated, how is this for different uses:<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Pierre est mont\u00e9 l&#8217;\u00e9chelle.&#8221; <\/em>vs. &#8220;<em>Pierre a mont\u00e9 l&#8217;\u00e9chelle.&#8221;<\/em> The first means &#8216;Peter went up the ladder.&#8221; while the second one can either mean &#8220;<em>Peter raised the ladder.&#8221; <\/em>or &#8220;<em>Peter put the ladder together.&#8221;<\/em> depending on the context!<\/p>\n<p>Free stock photo this week from Ibrahim Asad from Pexels https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/beach-calm-clouds-idyllic-457882\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/pexels-photo-457882-350x233.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/pexels-photo-457882-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/pexels-photo-457882.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Back in d\u00e9cembre (December) I shared a post about how sometimes the famous &#8220;House of \u00eatre&#8221; needs to make room for guests. This week we&#8217;re going to look at some examples of the opposite&#8230; when verbs that usually take the verb \u00eatre to from the pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 switch teams and take the verb avoir&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-grammar-sometimes-even-etre-needs-a-vacation\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":29845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[24375,284,11656,346,357,432,55189,12514],"class_list":["post-29843","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","category-vocabulary","tag-conjugaison","tag-free-french-lessons","tag-french-blog","tag-french-grammar","tag-french-language","tag-french-vocabulary","tag-grammaire-francaise","tag-vocabulaire-francais"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29843"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29869,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29843\/revisions\/29869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}