Hello! The French language does not like repetitions, especially the repetition of common verbs like être, avoir or faire Advanc Verbs . To qualify and clarify your words, it is crucial to know how to use synonyms. Discover in this video seven advanc verbs to use instead of the verb être.
The verb être is probably the first verb you learn in French and it is a catch-all word, that is to say it is a verb that has several meanings, that can be us to say lots of different things.
What I propose to you today is to present 7 alternatives to the verb être, 7 synonyms that can be us in certain specific cases. This will allow you to be more precise in your remarks, to avoid repetitions, to enrich your vocabulary and to speak in a slightly more sustain way.
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“To belong to” is a synonym of the verb to be in the sense of having as property. It is us to talk about an animal or a thing.
For example, instead of saying “this backpack is my brother’s,” we can say “this backpack belongs to my brother.” Or “whose dog is this?” can be replac with “whose dog is this?”
Second verb: Correspond to
It means to be in agreement with, to agree with, to be similar to, or to be equal to.
For example: “The voice I heard on the phone japan whatsapp number data is my wife’s” can be replac by “the voice I heard on the phone matches my wife’s.” There is a connection, a similarity, between the voice heard on the phone and my wife’s, they match. Or “this story is not reality” can be replac by “this story does not match reality.”
Third: Find yourself
It is us in the form “se trouver + un lieu”, to be found outside. Here, it is a pronominal verb, “se trouver”, so we will obviously agree, we will say je me trouve, tu te trouves, il se trouve, etc. Se trouver simply means to be somewhere, to be in a specific place.
For example, instead of saying “I was in Paris when I heard the news,” you could say “I was in Paris when I heard the news.” Or, instead of saying “The toilets are on the first floor,” you could say “The toilets are on the first floor.”
Fourth: Figure
It means to be includ in, to be part of, to be mention. We use the verb “figurer” with a preposition. It can be “à”, “dans” or “sur”. And then, we indicate a place, a location. “Figurer” is us selvam perumal with a preposition. It can be “à”, it can be “dans”, it can be “sur”. And then, we have an object, a thing.
For example, instead of saying “his name is not on the guest list”, you can say “his name is not on the guest list”. This means that his name is not part of the list, he is not mention on the list.
There are many other examples of “to be featur”. You can be featur in a ranking, in a book or in a movie, etc.
Fifth: Look good
“To look” has a notion of appearance. If I tell you “you look sick”, it means you seem sick. When I look at you, I have the impression that you are sick. And we can use it instead of the verb to be.
For example, instead of saying “he is happy to see his daughter getting marri”, we can say “he looks happy to see his daughter getting marri”. Here, it’s not quite the same. If we say “he is happy”, it’s a fact, we see that he is happy. If we say “he looks happy”, we are less sure. We add a little notion of uncertainty,
It means to be recogniz as true
we note that, we realize that. We use it with an adjective. It is “to prove + adjective”.
For example, instead of saying “this project is harder than expect,” you could say “this project is proving harder than expect.” Or, instead of saying “this micine is useless,” you could say “this micine is proving useless.”
There is a slightly more sustain construction which is “it turns out that”.
For example, instead of saying “this man is a complete list of unit phone numbers very dangerous,” you could say “it turns out that this man is very dangerous.”
Seventh and last verb: Represent
It means to be the symbol of something.
For example, instead of saying “Marilyn Monroe is the archetypal femme fatale,” you could say “Marilyn Monroe represents the archetypal femme fatale.”
“Represent” can also be us in the sense of corresponding to something. There is a notion of equivalence here.
For example, instead of saying “the discovery of fire is a historical revolution,” you can say “the discovery of fire represents a historical revolution.”
So, there you have it. I hope you lik it. I propose a little game, a little test. I’m going to give you a sentence with “être” and the idea is that you find a synonym, that in the comments you write down this sentence, and instead of the verb être, you use a word that we have seen together. Here is the sentence: For years, France has been in the top 10 of the most popular tourist destinations. What can you replace “est” with? Tell us in the comments.