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6.3: FINIR, to finish

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    FINIR, to finish, (CHOISIR, to choose; OBEIR, to obey)

    Je finis mes devoirs. I'm finishing my homework.
    Tu finis toujours avant moi. You always finish ahead of me.
    Il obéit à ses parents. He obeys his parents.1
    Nous finissons à six heures. We finish at six o'clock.
    Vous choisissez le petit sac? You choose the little bag?
    Elles finissent la leçon. They're finishing (the lesson).
    Passé composé: j'ai fini, ...  
    Imparfait: je finissais, ... Futur proche: je vais finir, ...
    Futur: je finirai, ...  

    1 Note that obéir takes an indirect object ("Il obéit à ses parents"), whereas the English equivalent takes a direct object rH e obeys his parents"! Quite a few f renc h verbs have this c ontrasting pattern See Reference Grammar. 27.1.

    BOIRE, to drink

    Je bois un coca. I'm drinking a coke.
    Tu bois de l'eau? You're drinking water?
    On boit beaucoup de vin ici. They drink a lot of wine here.
    Nous buvons de la bière. We drink beer.
    Vous buvez seul? Do you drink alone?
    Elles boivent du thé. They're drinking tea.
    Passé composé: j'ai bu, ...  
    Imparfait: je buvais, ...  
    Futur: je boirai, ... Futur proche: je vais boire, ...

    Exercice III

    In this and the following exercise, we ask you to complete sentences in which a past event is mentioned first. In this set, complete the thought by saying what happened next, as in the model. Finally, in sentences 6-8, we ask you to provide your own beginning to the sentence; mention some event (personal, imagined, local, national, or international) that interests you.

    Model  Quand vous avez donné cette explication, ...
      Quand vous avez donné cette explication, j'ai décidé de rester ici.
    1. Quand le prof a expliqué cette leçon, Louise...

      ________________________________________________________
    2. Quand elle est entrée dans la salle, je...

      ________________________________________________________
    3. Quand le téléphone a sonné, le directeur...

      ________________________________________________________
    4. Quand ils ont frappé à la porte, nous...

      ________________________________________________________
    5. Quand nous sommes arrivés au lardin du Luxembourg, les enfants...

      ________________________________________________________
    6. ________________________________________________________
    7. ________________________________________________________
    8. ________________________________________________________
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    Figure 6.8. Le Figaro? 3f50.

    Exercice IV

    We provide the same set of cue sentences as we did for Exercice III, but this time we want you to complete them with a background statement—what X was doing or what was going on when the event took place. The event, again, is in the passé composé; your background statement will be in the imparfait. For the last three sentences, you provide an event, as you did in Exercice III; you may use the same ones but are not required to do so.

    Model  Quand vous avez donné cette explication, ...
      Quand vous avez donné cette explication, j'étais absente.
    1. Quand le prof a expliqué cette leçon, Louise...

      ________________________________________________________
    2. Quand elle est entrée dans la salle, je...

      ________________________________________________________
    3. Quand le téléphone a sonné, le directeur...

      ________________________________________________________
    4. Quand j'ai frappé à la porte, tu..., n'est-ce pas?

      ________________________________________________________
    5. Quand nous sommes arrivés au lardin du Luxembourg, les enfants...

      ________________________________________________________
    6. ________________________________________________________
    7. ________________________________________________________
    8. ________________________________________________________
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    Figure 6.9. Paris moderne? Le Forum des Holies.
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    Figure 6.10. Devant Beaubourg on volt souvent des mimes, des musiciens, des jongleurs.

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