To Add Extra Information (2/2)
French: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 4.8.3
Because, While
Some conjunctions are used to add more information to sentences.
Key vocab
- si - if
- même si - even if
- y compris - including
More words
- parce que - because
- donc - therefore, so
Examples
- Même si elle arrive en retard, il y aura à manger pour elle.
- Even if she arrives late, there will be some food for her.
- Beaucoup de gens, y compris moi, n'aiment pas les oignons
- A lot of people, including me, don't like onions.
More examples
- Il fait froid, donc je mets un manteau.
- It’s cold, so I’m putting on a coat.
- Si tu veux, on peut partir maintenant.
- If you want, we can leave now.
- Il est absent parce qu’ il est malade.
- He is absent because he is ill.
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