Fall 2008 teaching assignments:
m/w/f 11:30 in Baldwin 284; m/w/f 2:30 in McClain 306; tu/th 1:30--2:50 in Baldwin 272b
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Typing French Accent Marks! For instructions (select, copy, and print at your discretion) on how to insert diacritical characters [accent marks] in your Microsoft work documents, see below.
For help understanding French courses, including the French major capstone (Fren 430), see the CML academics webpage, and do some clicking.
For help with the passé composé tense, use the table and suggestions following the accent document.
Watch this space for other fun things, like this old put still
pertinent stuff:
An article from Molly Ivins defending the French (18 Feb
2003)
French political cartoons regarding George W. Bush in spring
2003
My top ten (okay, eight) internet sites en français:
www.linternaute.com www.challenges.fr
www.insee.fr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pxAj8t4Nsc
www.letour.fr http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com
Using a non-Macintosh computer and extended keyboard (with separate numeric keypad), by pressing and hold the “Alt” key down and typing a number on the number-pad (not the numbers across the top of the keyboard), you can produce most foreign characters in a word document .
NB: The Apple OS requires a totally different approach!
The Num Lock key at the top-left of the numeric key-pad must be ON.
This first group of combinations can be used in most word-processing programs:
Alt-129=ü Alt-130=é Alt-131=â Alt-132=ä
Alt-133=à Alt-134=å Alt-135=ç Alt-136=ê
Alt-137=ë Alt-138=è Alt-139=ï Alt-140=î
Alt-141=ì Alt-142=Ä Alt-143=Å Alt-144=É
Alt-145=æ Alt-146=Æ Alt-147=ô Alt-148=ö
Alt-149=ò Alt-150=û Alt-151=ù Alt-152=ÿ
Alt-153=Ö Alt-154=Ü Alt-155=¢ Alt-156=£
Alt-157=¥ Alt-158=P Alt-159=ƒ Alt-160=á
Alt-161=í Alt-162=ó Alt-163=ú Alt-164=ñ
Alt-165=Ñ Alt-166=ª Alt-167=º Alt-168=¿
Alt-169=_ Alt-170=¬ Alt-171=½ Alt-172=¼
Alt-173=¡ Alt-174=« Alt-175=» Alt-248=°
This second group can only be used in Windows programs:
Alt-0161=¡ Alt-0162=¢ Alt-0163=£ Alt-0164=¤
Alt-0169=© Alt-0170=ª Alt-0171=« Alt-0172=¬
Alt-0185=¹ Alt-0186=º Alt-0187=» Alt-0188=¼
Alt-0189=½ Alt-0190=¾ Alt-0191=¿ Alt-0192=À
Alt-0193=Á Alt-0194=Â Alt-0195=Ã Alt-0196=Ä
Alt-0197=Å Alt-0198=Æ Alt-0199=Ç Alt-0200=È
Alt-0201=É Alt-0202=Ê Alt-0203=Ë Alt-0204=Ì
Alt-0205=Í Alt-0206=Î Alt-0207=Ï Alt-0208=Ð
Alt-0209=Ñ Alt-0210=Ò Alt-0211=Ó Alt-0212=Ô
Alt-0213=Õ Alt-0214=Ö Alt-0215=× Alt-0216=Ø
Alt-0217=Ù Alt-0218=Ú Alt-0219=Û Alt-0220=Ü
Alt-0221=Ý Alt-0222=Þ Alt-0223=ß Alt-0224=à
Alt-0225=á Alt-0226=â Alt-0227=ã Alt-0228=ä
Alt-0229=å Alt-0230=æ Alt-0231=ç Alt-0232=è
Alt-0233=é Alt-0234=ê Alt-0235=ë Alt-0236=ì
Alt-0237=í Alt-0238=î Alt-0239=ï Alt-0240=ð
Alt-0241=ñ Alt-0242=ò Alt-0243=ó Alt-0244=ô
Alt-0245=õ Alt-0246=ö Alt-0247=÷ Alt-0248=ø
Alt-0249=ù Alt-0250=ú Alt-0251=û Alt-0252=ü
Alt-0253=ý Alt-0254=þ Alt-0255=ÿ
In Microsoft Word, accents are possible without the number pad sequencing:
To add an acute accent, press CRTL + ‘ (apostrophe) + the character
To add a grave accent, press CRTL + ` (backward single quote [next to the 1 upper-left])
+ the character
To add a tréma (an umlaut), press CRTL + : (colon) + the character
To add an accent circonflexe, press CRTL + ^ (shift 6 ) + the character
To add a tilde, press CRTL + Shift + ~ ( shift + ` ) + the character
To add a cédille to a c or a C, press CRTL + , (comma) + then c, or C
To produce the sign for the Euro currency, i. e. €, use control + alt + e.
{For more, consult Word Help, “insert special symbols and special characters.”} Gregg Siewert 9/2007
Dr. and Mrs. Vandertrampp
Dr.& Mrs. Van Der Trampp are helpful people who can remind you which French verbs use "être" as auxiliary when conjugated in the Passé Composé.
Sure, this mnemonic device is corny, but so are Roy G. Biv, and All Cows Eat Grass, and Good Boys Do Fine Always, but we still use them
Every letter of the name is the first letter of one of these seventeen verbs.
|
D |
descendre* |
to go down* |
|
R |
revenir |
to come back, to return to a place |
|
M |
mourir |
to die |
|
R |
retourner* |
to return, to come back, to go again* |
|
S |
sortir* |
to go out* |
|
V |
venir |
to come |
|
A |
aller |
to go |
|
N |
naître |
to be born |
|
D |
devenir |
to become |
|
E |
entrer |
to enter, to get in |
|
R |
rester |
to stay, to remain (NOT: to relax) |
|
T |
tomber |
to fall |
|
R |
rentrer* |
to come back, to return* |
|
A |
arriver |
to arrive |
|
M |
monter* |
to go up* |
|
P |
partir |
to leave |
|
P |
passer* |
to come by, to pass by* |
Important notes:
a. The verbs with an asterisk (*) can be used with both être and avoir. But when they're used with avoir they also have a direct object and usually have a different meaning:
>descendre: to take down, to carry down
>monter: to take up, to carry up
>passer: to spend (time), to pass (to give)
>rentrer: to take someone, something inside
>retourner: to turn over (something, someone)
>sortir: to take out someone, something
b. Descendre, monter, passer, and sortir can take the prefix "re-" (with the meaning of "again"; so can many others in this list), and will still be conjugated with être, when they indicate movement. When they have direct objects, their meaning can be quite different, i.e. repasser can mean both to stop by again, and in the case of a garment, to iron the thing.
c. Finally, don't forget that all reflexive verbs also take être as auxiliary verb. ghs 2/08
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