Formation:
Form the 1st Person Plural and substitute the ending -ons by -ant.
habiter > habitons > en habitant
Verb type | Verb |
1st Pers. Present |
Participe Présent |
English |
-er |
habiter |
nous habitons |
habitant |
live |
g / -er |
manger |
nous mangeons |
mangeant |
eat |
ç / -er |
commencer |
nous commençons |
commençant |
begin |
-re |
répondre |
nous répondons |
répondant |
answer |
-ir |
sentir |
nous sentons |
sentant |
feel |
-ir (erweitert) |
finir |
nous finissons |
finissant |
finish |
Ausnahmen: |
avoir |
nous avons |
ayant |
have |
The Participe Présent / Present Participle is used:
- as a substitute of a Relative Clause or a Causal Conjunction or
- as an Adjective.
Concerning the usage you can say:
- the Present Participe never stands alone, it always needs a complement
- if it substitutes a conjunction both parts of the sentence need the same subject, in this case it doesn’t change.
Examples:
Usage |
Participe Présent |
Alternative Form |
English |
causal |
Ne disant rien de ce thème tout le monde pensait qu’il était ignorant. |
Comme il ne disait rien de ce thème tout le monde pensait qu’il était ignorant. |
As he didn’t say anything about the topic, everyone thought that he didn’t know anything. |
Relative Sentence Substitute |
Chaque personne parlant cette langue a un avantage. |
Chaque personne qui parle cette langue a un avantage. |
Every person that speaks that language has an advantage. |
Participle have different endings - according to their number (singular and plural) and their gender (male and female) - when they are used as adjectives:
|
male |
female |
Singular |
mangeant - |
mangeante |
Plural |
mangeants |
mangeantes |
Example:
Une fille mangeante cherche une fourchette.
Also read:
French - Le Pronom Possessif - pdf
French - Pronoun - Demonstrative Pronoun - ce, cet, cette, ces
French - Pronoun - Demonstrative Pronoun - celui
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