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Respecting My Friends — Respecter ses amis by Dawn-Michelle Baude, Ph.D.

Getting along well with your French friends is like getting along well with friends from every other country. Most of the time, you just have fun and enjoy each other's company. Sometimes, though, you feel badly and want to express that.

Whole Hearted

Paris is known as “The City of Love,” so that means some hearts might get broken. Can you put these back together? Draw a line connecting the proper halves to each other.

When your friends tell you how they feel, you need to listen.

Here's a list of some ways you might feel:

<tgroup cols="2"> <colspec align="left" colname="col1" colnum="1" colsep="0" colwidth="50%"/> <colspec align="left" colname="col2" colnum="2" colsep="0" colwidth="50%"/> <thead> <tr> <td><p><B>English</B></p></td> <td><p><B>French</B></p></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>comfortable</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>à l'aise (faux ami)</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>uncomfortable</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>mal à l'aise</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>frustrated</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>frustré</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>angry</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>fâché</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>hurt</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>blessé</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>sad</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>triste</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>sorry</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>désolé</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>helpful</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>utile</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>hopeful</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>plein d'espoir</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>cheerful</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>gai</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>confident</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>sûr de lui, d'elle</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>happy</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>heureux</emphasis></p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>How Does Your Friend Feel? — <emphasis>Comment se sent ton ami?</emphasis></h2> <p>To say “he feels cheerful” or “we are happy” is easy in English, because you don't have to match all the words like you do in French. But French kids don't have any trouble matching up all the words. From the time they learned to speak, they could say, <emphasis>Elle se sent heureuse</emphasis> (“She feels happy”), or <emphasis>Nous nous sentons heureux</emphasis> (“We feel happy”) without any problem.</p> <p>Since you're getting the hang of adjectives in French, it's not going to be difficult for you, either! Most of the time, the feminine words get an extra “e” and plural words get an “s.”The plural feminine words often get both — “es.” But some words don't need so much fuss to match. Study this map:</p> <table frame="none" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="4"> <colspec align="left" colname="col1" colnum="1" colsep="0" colwidth="25%"/> <colspec align="left" colname="col2" colnum="2" colsep="0" colwidth="25%"/> <colspec align="left" colname="col3" colnum="3" colsep="0" colwidth="25%"/> <colspec align="left" colname="col4" colnum="4" colsep="0" colwidth="25%"/> <thead> <tr> <td><p><B>M Singular</B></p></td> <td><p><B>F Singular</B></p></td> <td><p><B>M and F Plural</B></p></td> <td><p><B>F Plural</B></p></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>confortable</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>confortable</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>confortables</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>confortables</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>inconfortable</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>inconfortable</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>inconfortables</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>inconfortables</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>frustré</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>frustrée</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>frustrés</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>frustrées</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>fâché</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>fâchée</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>fâchés</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>fâchées</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>blessé</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>blessée</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>blessés</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>blessées</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>triste</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>triste</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>tristes</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>tristes</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>désolé</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>désolée</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>désolés</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>désolées</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>utile</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>utile</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>utiles</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>utiles</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>gai</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>gaie</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>gais</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>gaies</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>confiant</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>confiante</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>confiants</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>confiantes</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>heureux</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>heureuse</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>heureux</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>heureuses</emphasis></p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Using Your Adjectives — <emphasis>Utiliser tes adjectifs</emphasis></h2> <p>As you can see from the map you looked at, if the adjective ends in an “<emphasis>e</emphasis>,” like <emphasis>triste</emphasis> and <emphasis>utile</emphasis>, it often doesn't get an extra “<emphasis>e</emphasis>” in the feminine words. 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