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0:00What was to eat again?
0:03Mange.
0:04Very good.
0:05M-A-N-G-E-R.
0:06Mange.
0:07And I eat, I'm eating?
0:11Je mange.
0:13Je mange.
0:14He eats, he's eating?
0:17Il mange.
0:18Il mange.
0:19She eats, she's eating?
0:23Elle mange.
0:24Elle mange.
0:25Good.
0:26And all of these spelled M-A-N-G-E.
0:29For you, for tu, we also just pronounce the E-R verb without its ending.
0:35So, you eat would be Tu manges.
0:41Tu manges.
0:42Are you eating?
0:44Manges-tu.
0:46Manges-tu.
0:47So, the form we have for tu, it sounds like manger without the E-R, but for tu,
0:54we add E-S when we remove our E-R.
0:57So, rather than just an E to make sure we pronounce the last consonant, we also
1:02have an S here.
1:03We add E-S.
1:04But it sounds exactly the same as the other forms, just like the tu verb
1:09without its tu ending.
1:11Manger.
1:12Mange.
1:13That last E-S isn't pronounced at all.
1:16What was to confirm?
1:20Confirmer.
1:21Confirmer.
1:22And to close was very similar.
1:24We got rid of this con, and we had a very small change.
1:27To get to close.
1:31Fermer.
1:32Fermer.
1:32Very good.
1:33F-I-R-M-E-R.
1:35Fermer.
1:36I close.
1:37I'm closing.
1:41Je ferme.
1:42Je ferme.
1:43Good.
1:44I'm closing it.
1:47Je le ferme.
1:50Je le ferme.
1:52And what if you meant the door when you said I'm closing it?
1:56What if you meant la porte?
1:59Je la ferme.
2:02Je la ferme.
2:04He closes.
2:07Il ferme.
2:10Il ferme.
2:11And she closes.
2:14Elle ferme.
2:16Elle ferme.
2:17You close.
2:20Tu fermes.
2:22Tu fermes.
2:23Good.
2:24So here we have E-S.
2:25No F-E-R-M-E-S.
2:27But it sounds the same as je ferme.
2:29Il ferme.
2:31Tu fermes.
2:32What was to lock?
2:34To close.
2:36To key.
2:36By key.
2:39Fermer à clé.
2:41Very good.
2:41Fermer à clé.
2:43Are you locking it?
2:44And we mean the door again.
2:46Are you locking it?
2:50Tu la fermes à clé.
2:54Tu la fermes à clé.
2:58To live.
2:59To live somewhere.
3:00To live somewhere is habiter.
3:02Habiter.
3:03And this is H-A-B-I-T-E-R.
3:07So we have a silent H.
3:09Habiter.
3:10Like the English word habitat.
3:12Habiter.
3:13To live somewhere.
3:14Habiter.
3:15You live.
3:18Tu habites.
3:19Tu habites.
3:20The word for where was OU.
3:24OU.
3:26Where do you live?
3:30OU habites-tu?
3:32OU habites-tu?
3:34Or we could avoid making the inversion there, putting the question word on the
3:38end.
3:39You live where?
3:40How would that be?
3:41You live where?
3:43Tu habites OU?
3:45Good.
3:46Tu habites OU?
3:47And this would be more informal or familiar now.
3:50Tu habites OU?
3:52The word for here is ICI.
3:54ICI.
3:55This is ICI.
3:57ICI.
3:58ICI.
3:58He lives here.
4:02Il habite ICI.
4:04Very good.
4:05Il habite ICI.
4:07He doesn't live here.
4:08He doesn't live here.
4:11Il n'habite pas ICI.
4:14Very good.
4:15Il n'habite.
4:16You contracted n and habite.
4:20Very good.
4:20Il n'habite pas ICI.
4:23So we have n apostrophe h a b i t e and we can do that because the h is
4:29silent.
4:30Even though we have a consonant there, we still even write this contraction.
4:34Il n'habite pas ICI.
4:37And we could also have a liaison here, but an optional one.
4:40Not an obligatory one.
4:42Pas ICI we could say.
4:44Il n'habite pas ICI.
4:47So some liaisons are optional in French.
4:50What was OR for from?
4:53De.
4:54De.
4:54DE.
4:55Good.
4:56Like in demander.
4:58To demand or to ask.
5:00From here?
5:01How would you say from here?
5:05D'ICI.
5:06Again.
5:07D'ICI.
5:08Very good.
5:08D'ICI.
5:09They contract d apostrophe ICI.
5:11D'ICI.
5:12I am.
5:13I am was Je suis.
5:15Je suis.
5:17How would you say I am from here?
5:22Je suis d'ICI.
5:23Je suis d'ICI.
5:25I'm not from here.
5:36But.
5:37But in French is spelled M A I S How might that sound?
5:44M A I S Mais.
5:47Very good.
5:49Mais.
5:50AI gives us an E sound.
5:52Like in maison.
5:54House.
5:55Like in nécessaire.
5:57Which has the A I R E ending.
5:59Mais.
6:00I'm not from here but I live here.
6:03I'm not from here but I live here.
6:07Je ne suis pas d'ICI mais j'habite ici.
6:15But let's go back to but.
6:17How does that sound?
6:20Mais.
6:21Not me.
6:24M A I S gives us a different E sound.
6:29Mais.
6:29Je ne suis pas d'ICI.
6:31I'm not from here.
6:33Mais j'habite ici.
6:36Mais j'habite ici.
6:37But I live here.
6:38Very good.
Etymology
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