The question was to translate, "You will ask me for money...." but the correct answer was "vous demanderez DE...." not "vous demandez A". I thought when you ask someone for something it was "demander a"
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To form Le Futur (Simple) of regular -er or -ir verbs, you keep the infinitive form of the verb and then add the following endings: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont
Verbs like jouer or crier become je jouerai ou je crierai.
Even though we don't pronounce the "e", it is still there as part of the infinitive:
See also Conjugate semi-regular -oyer, -ayer, -uyer verbs in Le Futur (future tense)
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finir
jouer
manger
parler
voler
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Hi Joanne,
The correct expression is -
demander à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose = to ask someone to do something
so:
Il m'a demandé de lui donner de l'argent = He asked me to give him/her some money
Nous avons demandé aux enfants de se coucher tôt = We asked the children to go to be early
Hope this helps!
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Demander "a" or demande "de"
The question was to translate, "You will ask me for money...." but the correct answer was "vous demanderez DE...." not "vous demandez A". I thought when you ask someone for something it was "demander a"
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StewartKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Pronunciation of jouer and crier in Le Futur
The lesson states that the e in, for example, 'joueront' is not pronounced.
Please explain why this is so when the verb in the following sentence, taken from the lesson, the e is pronounced.:
Nous volerons dans une heure.
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Stewart,
The "e" in "joueront" or "crieront" (inherited from the infinitive as explained in the lesson) are not pronounced because they are placed after a vowel. In "voleront", the "e" is placed after a consonant, and must be pronounced. Hope this helps!
Stewart asked:View original
Pronunciation of jouer and crier in Le Futur
The lesson states that the e in, for example, 'joueront' is not pronounced.
Please explain why this is so when the verb in the following sentence, taken from the lesson, the e is pronounced.:
Nous volerons dans une heure.
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Christopher Kwiziq community member
My question is with the future and the pronunciation of the
Asked 3 years ago
LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Christopher,
I'm not quite sure what you're asking - how to pronounce the future? Here's an example: Je parlerai = [zheu par leu ray]
You can hear verb conjugations pronounced here: https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/verbs
SteveKwiziq community member
Is there a set rule for when you pronounce the -er as its own syllable? I understand the lessons two examples, where the infinitive ending immediately follows a vowel. But It sounds like aimerai, for example, is pronounced with just two syllables, yet parlerai has three.
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