[Chat Log] April-May 2019

[Jacqueline Hyde]

they're both present tense. but in the same way that we conjugate verbs in english based on the subject, so does french.

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

i eat / you eat / she eats / we eat / they eat

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

i am eating / you are eating / she is eating / we are eating / they are eating

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

je mange / tu manges / elle mange / nous mangeons / vous mangez / ils mangent

 

[Lucy]

Same thing....I don't understand

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

saying "je manges" would be like saying "i are eating." does that make sense?

 

[Lucy]

Yes and no

 

[Lucy]

 

[Lucy]

Ehhhh I'll keep working at it

 

[Chase]

I think you should probably learn only present tense first. @Lucy

 

[Chase]

Move on to past and future tense only when you understand the present thoroughly.

 

[Eugene]

What qualifies as an ungodly hour? I feel like that's a slippery term with this group.