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Sunday, October 20, 2019
All About Paraître
All About Paraà ®tre Paraà ®tre is a very common and useful French verb that means to look/appear/seem. It is irregular in conjunction and can be used impersonally. Examples ofParatre in Use  Paraà ®tre can be followed by an adjective, infinitive, or prepositional phrase:   Tu parais bien heureux   You look very happy   Cela paraà ®t à ªtre une erreur   That seems to be a mistake   Une lueur a paru dans ses yeux   A gleam appeared in his eyeParaà ®tre can also mean to make an appearance:   Il na pas paru la rà ©union   He didnt appear (show up) at the meeting   Je dà ©teste paraà ®tre en public   I hate appearing in publicParaà ®tre is usually conjugated with avoir as its auxiliary verb in the compound tenses, except in the context of publishing, in which it is often conjugated with à ªtre:   Cet article est paru mi-juin.   This article was published in mid-June.   Le nouveau Petit Larousse est paru.   The new (edition of) Le Petit Larousse is out. Using Il parat Il paraà ®t is an impersonal construction that means it seems in the global sense (like, they say or the word is) and can be followed by an adjective or a subordinate clause.1) Il paraà ®t adjective is followed by de infinitive, and may also be modifed by an indirect object pronoun:   Il paraà ®t important dessayer   It seems important to try   Il ne paraà ®t pas essentiel dy aller   It doesnt seem essential to go   Il me paraà ®t ridicule de courir   It seems ridiculous to me to run   Il ne nous paraà ®t pas logique de faire à §a   To us it doesnt seem / We dont think its logical to do that2) Il paraà ®t que is followed by a subordinate clause in the indicative:   Il paraà ®t quil va pleuvoir demain   It seems like / They say its going to rain tomorrow   Il paraà ®t que nous devons refaire ce travail   It seems / The word is that were going to have to redo th is work3) Il paraà ®t may be modified by an adjective before que, in which case the verb in the subordinate clause may be in the indicative or subjunctive, depending on what the adjective requires:*   Il paraà ®t important que tu le fasses seul   It seems / Apparently its important that you do it alone   Il paraà ®t clair quon ne peut pas gagner   It seems clear that we cant win*That is, if the expression would need the subjunctive without paraà ®t then it also needs it with paraà ®t: il est important que subjunctive, thus il paraà ®t important que subjunctive4) When il paraà ®t que is modifed by an indirect object pronoun, it is equivalent to it seems (to me, to us, etc):   Il me paraà ®t important que tu comprennes   It seems to me that its important that you understand (I think its important for you to understand)   Il nous paraà ®t sà »r quon va gagner   It seems certain to us / We think its certain that were going to win   Il nous paraà ®t quil peut venir   It seems to us / We think that it he can come5) Il ne paraà ®t pas que requires the subjunctive:   Il ne paraà ®t pas quil vienne   It doesnt seem that hes coming; He doesnt seem to be coming   Il ne paraà ®t pas quon puisse gagner   It doesnt seem like we can win Expressions with paratre    ce quil paraà ®t - apparently   paraà ®t-il - apparently   il paraà ®t que oui - so it seems   il paraà ®t que non - apparently not Conjugations    je parais   tu parais   il paraà ®t   nous paraissons   vous paraissez   ils paraissent
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