Social media and mobile technology in FrenchWriting and translation question- internet- Higher
Can you understand discussions about social media and mobile technology in French? Learn key phrases about different types of technology and develop your reading, writing and listening skills.
Writing and translation questions - internet - Higher
Traduis les phrases suivantes en français. – Translate the following sentences into French.
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I love my phone.
J’adore mon portable.
This sentence requires you to give an opinion, using j’adore (I love).
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The internet is very useful.
Internet est très utile.
Remember to include every word in your translation; don’t miss out ‘very’ (très).
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My mum doesn’t want to write a blog.
Ma mère ne veut pas écrire de blog.
This sentence uses the modal verb vouloir (veut). The verb that follows it must be in the infinitiveThe raw state of the verb, that has not had any endings added to it and does not relate to any particular tense. In French they end in -er, -ir or -re (écouter, partir or venir). This is the verb format listed in the dictionary. (to + verb).
In negative sentences ne and pas must go either side of the main verb and the verb must be followed by de and not an article.
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I download music and videos every day.
Je télécharge de la musique et des vidéos chaque jour/tous les jours.
With a sentence like this, remember to add a word for ‘some’ before each noun: du, de la, de l’, des, because in French you can’t leave it out. For example, music/some music = de la musique, games/some games = des jeux.
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Yesterday, I played games on my phone and it was fun.
Hier, j’ai joué à des jeux sur mon portable et c’était amusant.
Use the perfect tenseThe perfect tense is used to describe an event that has happened in the past - an action that has completely finished. when the action is linked with a specific time such as yesterday (hier).
Remember to use present tense of avoir as the auxiliary verbAuxiliary verbs support the main verb you want to write in a past tense. ( j’ai) and a past participle, in this case joué.
