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Magoua (French pronunciation:) is a particular dialect of basilectal Quebec French spoken in the Trois-Rivières area, between Trois-Rivières and Maskinongé.Long before a military fort was constructed there, Trois-Rivières became in 1615 the first stronghold of the coureurs des bois outside the city of Québec.
Aside from être and avoir (considered categories unto themselves), French verbs are traditionally [1] grouped into three conjugation classes (groupes): . The first conjugation class consists of all verbs with infinitives ending in -er, except for the irregular verb aller and (by some accounts) the irregular verbs envoyer and renvoyer; [2] the verbs in this conjugation, which together ...
le mot juste lit. "the just word"; the right word at the right time. French uses it often in the expression chercher le mot juste (to search for the right word). motif a recurrent thematic element. moue a type of facial expression; pursing together of the lips to indicate dissatisfaction, a pout. See snout reflex. mousse
The passé composé is formed by the auxiliary verb, usually the avoir auxiliary, followed by the past participle.The construction is parallel to that of the present perfect (there is no difference in French between perfect and non-perfect forms - although there is an important difference in usage between the perfect tense and the imperfect tense).
An exception to this is the adverb tout "wholly, very" which agrees in gender and number with the adjective it modifies when it is in the feminine and begins with a consonant (e.g. tout petit "very small, m.s.", tous petits "very small, m.pl." but toute petite "very small, f.s.", toutes petites "very small, f.pl." — when beginning with a ...
Le petit homme: 1946: Le Roi a fait battre tambour: With Les Compagnons de la Chanson 1946: Dans les prisons de Nantes: With Les Compagnons de la Chanson 1946: Elle chantait: With Les Compagnons de la Chanson 1946: Mariage: 1946: Un refrain courait dans la rue: 1946: Miss Otis Regrets: 1946: Il est né, le divin enfant: 1947: C'est pour ça ...
Auxiliary verb: avoir (arriver, entrer, monter, passer, rester, rentrer, retourner, and tomber use être) Spelling rules: In -cer verbs, the c becomes a ç before endings that start with a or o , to indicate that it is still pronounced /s/ (je déplac-e - nous déplaç-ons); similarly, in -ger verbs, the g becomes ge before such endings, to ...
Avoir les yeux dans la graisse de bines = to be in love or to be tired (glassy-eyed) Avoir l’estomac dans les talons = to be extremely hungry; Être né pour un petit pain = One who doesn't have many opportunities. Usually used in the negative form. Il fait frette = It is cold; Chanter la pomme = to flirt; Se pogner le cul = to sit and do ...