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Conjugation
Objective: Convert high-frequency verbs into their corresponding nouns, and apply the nouns in condensed sentences that replace verbal clauses.
| Ending | Verb | Noun | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| -sion / -tion | décider | la décision | the decision |
| -sion / -tion | réaliser | la réalisation | the completion |
| -issement | établir | l'établissement | the establishment |
| -age | passer | le passage | the passage |
| -ment | changer | le changement | the change |
| -ure | couvrir | la couverture | the coverage |
| short irregular | choisir | le choix | the choice |
| short irregular |
The noun arrivée is feminine and takes the ending -e. The form arrivé is the past participle, not the noun, and the two never share the same spelling.
The preposition de contracts with the masculine article le to produce du before a masculine singular noun.
The noun décision replaces the verb décider. The de-phrase names the agent.
Arrivée is feminine and takes the possessive son. The nominalization replaces the subordinate clause après qu'il est arrivé.
Développement is masculine and takes the ending -ment. The de-phrase names the object.
Réalisation is feminine and takes the ending -tion. The verb réaliser produces the same noun in every context.
Changement is masculine and takes the ending -ment. The de-phrase names what is being changed.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
| le départ |
| the departure |
The noun corresponding to choisir is le choix, not la choisie. The nominalization does not follow a fixed ending pattern and must be memorised with the verb.
The noun départ is masculine, so the article is le, and de contracts with le to produce du.
The fixed expression la prise de décision nominalizes the verb phrase prendre une décision.
Augmentation is feminine and takes the ending -tion. The de-phrase names what is increasing.
The fixed expression la mise en place nominalizes the verb phrase mettre en place. The de-phrase names what is being set up.