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/ ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/ Add to word list. the period of time when it is dark. nuit [ feminine ] Temperatures will drop to 18 degrees at nighttime. Les températures tomberont à moins 8 degrés la nuit. a nighttime police raid une descente de police de nuit. Antonym. daytime.
- Two-Part Conjugations
- Agreement
- Word Order: Pronouns
- Word Order: Negation
- Word Order with Pronouns and Negation
- Other Two-Verb Constructions
Compound tenses/moods are always made up of two parts: the conjugated auxiliary verb (either avoir or être) and the past participle. French verbs are classified by their auxiliary verb, and use it for all compound moods/tenses. That is, avoir verbs use avoir in all of the compound tenses/moods, and être verbs use être in all the compound tenses/moo...
There are two different types of agreement with compound tenses and moods, depending on whether you're dealing with être verbs or avoir verbs. Être verbs: In all compound tenses/moods, the past participle of être verbs has to agree with the subject of the sentence in gender and number. Il est allé. He went. Elle était allée. She had gone. Ils seron...
Object, reflexive, and adverbial pronouns always precede the auxiliary verb in compound tenses/moods: Je te l'ai donné. I gave it to you. Il l'avait fait. He had done it. Nous y serons allés. We will have gone there.
Negative structures almost always surround the auxiliary verb** Je n'ai pas étudié. I didn't study. Nous n'aurions jamais su. We would have never known. **Exceptions: a) In the past infinitive, both parts of the negation precede the auxiliary verb: J'espère ne pas avoir perdu. I hope I didn't lose. b) Personne, aucun, and nulle part follow the past...
When the sentence includes a pronoun and negation, the pronoun is placed in front of the auxiliary verb, and then the negative structure surrounds that pair: Subject + ne + pronoun(s) + auxiliary verb + negative word + past participle. Nous n'y serions jamais allés. We would never have gone there. Je ne te l'ai pas donné. I didn't give it to you. F...
In addition to compound conjugations (auxiliary verb + past participle), French has other two-verb forms, what I call "dual-verb constructions." These consist of a semi-auxiliary verb plus an infinitive, and the rules regarding agreement and word order are somewhat different - learn more. For more information about how all the different French tens...
Rule 1: A compound noun is a word made up of several elements (adjectives, nouns, verbs, prepositions, adverbs). These elements may or may not be linked by a hyphen. French. English. l' arc-en-ciel. the rainbow. le portemanteau. the coat rack. la grand-mère.
The Beauty of French Compound Words and How They’re Formed. French, known for its romantic melodies and rich vocabulary, offers a linguistic feature that can intrigue many learners: compound words. These are words formed by combining two or more individual words to create a new meaning.
English-French translation of "NIGHT-TIME" | The official Collins English-French Dictionary with over 100,000 French translations.
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