Chapitre Trois
-IR Verbs of Change
Exercice 3.22
There are so many great -IR verbs in French that express a change, and we are familiar with some of these because of adjectives we have learned. These verbs are regular, and we can say something is becoming a certain way or being made a certain way (turning green, slowing down, getting bigger, making weaker, making wider, etc.).
Les crises affaiblissent toujours l’économie.
VERBE & ADJECTIF
blanchir (adj : blanc, blanche)
épaissir (adj : épais, épaisse)
fraîchir (adj : frais, fraîche)
pervertir (adj : pervers, perverse)
raccourcir (adj : court, courte)
SENS
rendre doux
rendre faible
rendre ronde
devenir blanc
rendre dur
rendre laid
rendre riche
rendre épais
rendre large
rendre beau
devenir faible
devenir frais
devenir gros, rendre gros
devenir jaune, rendre jaune
devenir maigre
devenir noir, rendre noir
devenir pâle
rendre pervers
devenir jeune, rendre jeune
rendre court
devenir lent, rendre lent
devenir rouge, rendre rouge
devenir vert, rendre vert
devenir vieux, rendre vieux
Nous vieillissons chaque jour, mais les expériences de la vie nous embellissent.
Exercice 3.22
Crises
weaken
always
the economy
to make sweeter
sweet
sweet
to make weaker
weak
to make round
round
round
to whiten
white
white
to make harder
hard
hard
to make uglier
ugly
ugly
to make richer
rich
to make thicker
thick
thick
to make wider
wide
to make prettier
handsome/beautiful
beautiful
to weaken
to cool down
cool/fresh
fresh, cool
to get fatter
fat
fat
to yellow, to make yellow
yellow
to get thinner
skinny, thin
to blacken, to make black
black
black
to pale
pale
to pervert
perverse
perverse
to rejuvenate
young
to shorten
short
short
to slow down
slow
slow
to redden
red
to turn green, to make green
green (masculine singular)
green (feminine singular)
to age
old
old
we grow older
every
day
but
life experiences
make us more beautiful
