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Un attentat contre des musulmans fait un mort et onze blessés à Londres
Une camionnettea foncé sur un groupe de fidèles musulmans près d’une mosquée du nord de Londres dans la nuit de lundi à mardi, faisant un mort et onze blessés. Le conducteur de la camionnette, identifié comme étant Darren Osborne, un gallois de Cardiff de 47 ans, a apparemment crié « Je veux tuer tous les musulmans ! J’ai fait ma part! » après l’attaque.
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Facebook et Google annoncent des mesures pour lutter contre les contenusliés au terrorisme
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J'aimerais que nous parlions du RAID, la force de police d'élite française et de son fondateur le super-flic Froissard... pardon Broussard.
Catherine:
C'est un sujet intéressant bien que j’admette en savoir assez peu sur le RAID, à partce qui est décrit dans la comédie Raid Dingue avec Dany Boon dans le rôle d'Eugène Froissard.
Nicolas:
Ah tu l'as vu toi aussi ? C'est l'histoire d'une policière très maladroite et gaffeuse qui rêve qu'un jouron l’admette au RAID. Son père, le ministre de l'Intérieur, fait tout pour que le directeur l’inclue parmi les nouveaux stagiaires et lui mette des bâtons dans les roues afin qu'elle conclue qu'elle n'est pas faite pour ça. Mais sans succès ! Bien qu'elle commette des gaffes énormes et s'attire beaucoup de problèmes, à ses yeux, il est impensable qu'elle fuieson devoir et elle s'entêteenvers et contre tout !
Catherine:
Exact ! Ses gaffes sont vraiment drôles. Ce personnage me fait penser à Pierre Richard !
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The subjunctive tense is common in the French language. However, it can be challenging for non-native French speakers to determine in which situations to use it and with which phrases and verbs.
In this chapter, we will study the form of the present subjunctive as well as its use. First we will start with the form of the verbs then we’ll explore the use of this tense.
The subjunctive tense is ALWAYS preceded with “que”. So in all the conjugations of the verbs throughout this chapter, we will have “que” before the verb in the subjunctive.
In this part, we will explore the conjugation of the verbs of the third group. As we already mentioned in other lessons, the verbs of the third group are called irregular verbs which means that they don’t follow the same rule when they conjugate. In this part we will group verbs according to their conjugation in the present subjunctive. We will notice that the ending and the root play a significant part in helping us conjugate into the present subjunctive.
In this lesson, we will study the verbs conjugating like fuir to run away, inclure to include, lire to read and mettre to put.
Verbs conjugating like fuir
There is only one verb that conjugates like “fuir”, it is “s’enfuir”. Don’t confuse “enfouir” with “s’enfuir”. Even though they sound the same they don’t have the same conjugation.
Catherine, que penses-tu des émissions de télé-réalité destinées à trouver l’amour ?
Catherine:
Heu, c’est un vaste débat… Je ne suis pas très fleur bleue, donc je ne suis pas une fan de ce genre d’émissions.
Nicolas:
Pour ma part, je trouve qu’elles sont de plus en plus farfelues. Est-ce que tu as entendu parler du nouveau concept, appeléMariésau premier regard ?
Catherine:
Non ? Mais le nom ne me dit rien qui vaille.
Nicolas:
Je t’explique le principe. Deux personnes sont réunies sur des critères « scientifiques », sans se rencontrer, c’est-à-dire que leur compatibilité est évaluée sur des critères les plus objectifs possibles. S’il y a compatibilité, l’émission leur propose de se marier tout de suite.
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L’expression « mettrela charrueavant les boeufs » signifie faire les choses à l'envers, dans le désordre, faire preuve d’un manque desens pratique ou aller trop viteen besogne. Ce proverbe est souvent utilisé pour tempérer l’enthousiasme de quelqu’un d’inexpérimenté et montre l’importance d'être organisé et de prendre les choses par leur commencement pour les réussir.
Notre expression existe sous différentes formes depuis le XIIIème siècle. Mais telle que nous l’apprenons aujourd’hui, l'expression «mettre la charrue devant les boeufs » date du
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Follow the intonations in each sentence. When you are ready, record one
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This is a dialogue between Delphine and Bruno. Put the verbs in parentheses into the present subjunctive.
Delphine: Tu n’as pas lu l’article sur la mondialisation ?
Bruno: Non, il est paru dans quel journal ?
Delphine: Le Monde. Ah il faut que tu le (lire)
! Il est excellent !
Bruno: D’accord ! Je le lirai dès que j’ai un moment. Je suis très occupé ces derniers temps. En plus j’ai un problème avec mon chef. Je crains qu’il ne m’(exclure)
de la nouvelle équipe qu’il a formée à cause de mes absences répétées.
