FIA Challenge Week 1

The first week of the challenge was pretty rocky. Perhaps I should have taken another week's break after the end of the semester before starting. The first four days went fine but the last two did not go as planned. I ended up watching part 15 and 16 just once on Saturday. Too many Kdramas to watch. Sigh. However, these are my notes for the week.

Part 14

Grammar/Sentence Structure

Imperfect Tense- Remove ons from nous form and add ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient.   NB For ger and cer verbs, the e and ç changes that normally occur in the nous form, occur preceding the endings beginning with 'a'. e.g Je mangeais

Usage:

To give background information (like in Korean)

To talk about things you used to do often

To talk about an action that was interrupted (in my opinion like past continuous was -ing)
Mainly used when using avoir, être, devoir, vouloir, savoir and pouvoir in the past.

Phrases worth noting
C'est le combien?- It is the what?  (When asking the date)
Bons baisers- xoxo at the end of a letter
Je me sauve.- I'm leaving
Elle s'en va.- She leaves.
Ça suffit comme ça. - That's enough.
Qu'est-ce qui se passe?- What is happening?
De quoi sagit-il?- What is it about?
Il sont assis en face l'un de l'autre.- They are seated opposite one another.


Part 15

Grammar/Sentence Structure
Compter faire quelque chose- Plan to do something
Ne..pas que - Not only


Phrases worth noting
Qu'est-ce qu'il a?- What is wrong with him?
Il n'y a pas que ca a Paris.- That's not all there is in Paris.

Part 16 

Grammar/Sentence Structure
Profiter de + noun - Make use of noun
Avoir envie de + verb- Want to do verb
Qu'est-ce que/Que + adjective /Quel(le) + noun - Used in exclamations e.g. Que c'est jolie (How pretty!) Quelle merveilleuse matinee de printemps (What a wonderful spring morning!)

Phrases worth noting
Je ne vois vraiment pas le rapport entre A et B.- I don't see what A has to do with B.
Il n'y a aucun rapport.- That has nothing to do with it.

Tenir- To have (on you/in hand)