Look at these sentences:
Jean et moi sommes allés au cinéma.
Jean and I went to the cinema.
Sarah et ma soeur sont allées à la plage.
Sarah and my sister went to the beach.
M. Dupont et Mme Vichy vont au bureau.
Mr Dupont and Mrs Vichy are going to the office.
Sarah et toi êtes allés au cinéma
Sarah and you went to the cinema.
Sarah et moi allons au cinéma tous les mercredis.
Sarah and I go to the cinema every Wednesday.
Notice that when more than one person is the subject of a verb (does the action), that verb conjugates in one of the three plural forms in French (nous, vous, ils / elles).
[ person(s) + person(s) = ils or elles
person(s) + toi = vous
person(s) + moi = nous ]
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M. Dupont et Mme Vichy vont au bureau.
Mr Dupont and Mrs Vichy are going to the office.
Sarah et moi allons au cinéma tous les mercredis.
Sarah and I go to the cinema every Wednesday.
Jean et moi sommes allés au cinéma.
Jean and I went to the cinema.
Sarah et ma soeur sont allées à la plage.
Sarah and my sister went to the beach.
Sarah et toi êtes allés au cinéma
Sarah and you went to the cinema.
Q&A
Chris
Kwiziq community member
16/07/18
Yes, I would have thought so, too. Why do you think this is wrong?
-- Chris.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
19/07/18
Hi Flóra,
In the sentence you suggest, it would be correct if you add a 'vous'.
Tes amis et toi, vous jouez au football?
In 'toi et tes amis jouent au football' the subject becomes multiple persons and the 'toi' is lost among them as it is at the beginning of the sentence.
Hope this helps!
CrystalMaiden
Kwiziq community member
23 April 2018
1 reply
Why is the weekday pluralized at " tous les mercredis? "
I was taught earlier that you're not allowed to pluralize weekdays like that. Is it because of the tous les structure? Also, I think it'd help if the lesson advised you to pretend the subject pronoun is there before the verb but after the person name to make conjugating easier: " Jean and I, we went to the cinema = Jean et moi (nous) sommes alles au cinema. "
Chris
Kwiziq community member
26/04/18
Let me try to clarify:
We meet Mondays. -- On se rencontre le lundi.
In examples like this, where you would use the weekday in its plural form in English, you simply use the definite article and singular in French.
However, if you wanted to say:
We meet every Monday. -- On se rencontre tous les lundis. Or: ....chaque lundi.
So, apparently, the plural version of weekdays does exist but you use it differently than in English. When you would say "every Monday" in English, you can say "all Mondays" in French and use the plural.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
abt
Kwiziq community member
19 July 2018
2 replies
"de" or "des"
"Bonjour
Can you please clarify for me why the answer on 1 of the questions - see below - contains "de" before the adjective and noun?
"Ta soeur et ses amis ont de jolies poupées."
I would have expected "des" because "poupées" is plural.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
19 July 2018
19/07/18
Hi abt,
it is a little rule of grammar that when the adjective precedes the noun 'des' will become 'de',
e.g.
J'ai de belles chaussures de randonnée = I have great walking boots
Il a besoin de nouvelles lunettes = He needs new glasses
Ils ont de très bonnes notes à l'école = They have very good marks at school
Je vous souhaite de bonnes vacances! = I wish you a good holiday!
Hope this helps!
abt
Kwiziq community member
19 July 2018
19/07/18
Merci Cécile!
I was not (yet) aware of this rule :)