In today’s French lesson, French Complicated Sentence 2, we build a complicated French sentence together. We start from a beginner sentence, “Il a une voiture – He has a car,” and we slowly add elements to end up with an advanced French sentence. All the way to a B2 level!
This lesson includes some French grammar, French conjugation, as well as French vocabulary! Let me know if this is something that you enjoy so I can make more 🙂
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Let’s start building a complicated French sentence together.
Basic sentence
Il a une voiture.
He has a car.
Subject + verb + article + noun
Il a besoin d’une voiture.
He needs a car.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + noun
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture.
He needs a new car.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun
Add more context with a second sentence.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture. Il a eu un accident.
He needs a new car. He had an accident.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun. Subject + verb + article + noun.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture. Il a eu un accident la semaine dernière.
He needs a new car. He had an accident last week.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun. Subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture. Il a eu un accident la semaine dernière. Il veut plus de place.
He needs a new car. He had an accident last week. He wants more space.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun. Subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective. Subject + verb + adverb + preposition + noun.
=> de in reference of quantities doesn’t change.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture. Il a eu un accident la semaine dernière. Il veut plus de place pour sa famille.
He needs a new car. He had an accident last week. He wants more space for his family.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun. Subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective. Subject + verb + adverb + preposition + noun + preposition + adjective + noun.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture. Il a eu un accident la semaine dernière. Il veut plus de place pour ses enfants.
He needs a new car. He had an accident last week. He wants more space for his children.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun. Subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective. Subject + verb + adverb + preposition + noun + preposition + adjective + noun.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture. Il a eu un accident la semaine dernière. Il veut plus de place pour ses trois enfants.
He needs a new car. He had an accident last week. He wants more space for his three children.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun. Subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective. Subject + verb + adverb + preposition + noun + preposition + adjective + adjective + noun.
Add another reason why he needs more space.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture. Il a eu un accident la semaine dernière. Il veut plus de place pour ses trois enfants et ses chiens.
He needs a new car. He had an accident last week. He wants more space for his three children and his dogs.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun. Subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective. Subject + verb + adverb + preposition + noun + preposition + adjective + adjective + noun + conjunction + adjective + noun.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture. Il a eu un accident la semaine dernière. Il veut plus de place pour ses trois enfants et ses deux chiens.
He needs a new car. He had an accident last week. He wants more space for his three children and his two dogs.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun. Subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective. Subject + verb + adverb + preposition + noun + preposition + adjective + adjective + noun + conjunction + adjective + adjective + noun.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture car il a eu un accident la semaine dernière. Il veut plus de place pour ses trois enfants et ses deux chiens.
He needs a new car because he had an accident last week. He wants more space for his three children and his two dogs.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun + conjunction + subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective. Pronoun + verb + adverb + preposition + noun + preposition + adjective + adjective + noun + conjunction + adjective + adjective + noun.
Put together first sentence and the last one by adding “et” between the 2.
Il a besoin d’une nouvelle voiture car il a eu un accident la semaine dernière et il veut plus de place pour ses trois enfants et ses deux chiens.
He needs a new car because he had an accident last week, and he wants more space for his three children and his two dogs.
Subject + verb + preposition + article + adjective + noun + conjunction + subject + verb + article + noun + article + noun + adjective + conjunction + Subject + verb + adverb + preposition + noun + preposition + adjective + adjective + noun + conjunction + adjective + adjective + noun.
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This is great. Just what I need
I will make more 🙂