Social media and new technology - CCEATranslation - mobile phones - Foundation
Can you understand discussions about social media and new technology in French? Learn key phrases about different types of technology as well as advantages and disadvantages of mobile phones.
Writing and translation questions - mobile phones - Foundation
Translate the following sentences into French.
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I love my phone because I can send texts.
J’adore mon portable parce que je peux envoyer des textos.
This sentence requires the use of je peux (I can) which is always followed by an 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..
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Yesterday, I played games on my phone.
Hier, j’ai joué à des jeux sur mon portable.
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.
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The internet can be very dangerous.
L’internet peut être très dangereux.
This sentence requires the use of on peut which is always followed by an infinitive.
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My mum is going to write a blog in the future.
À l’avenir, ma mère va écrire un blog.
This sentence uses the immediate future tenseUsed to describe actions that are going to take place in the future. - my mum is going to write a blog. Use the present tense of aller + an infinitive: ma mère va écrire…
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I download music and videos every day.
Je télécharge de la musique et des vidéos tous les jours.
With a sentence like this, remember to add a word for ‘some’ before each noun: du, de la, de l’, des.
For example, music/some music is de la musique, games/some games is des jeux.
