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## Grammar · To follow · Suivre

| suivre /sɥivʁ/ (seweevr) | to follow |
| je suis /sɥi/ (sewee) | I follow |
| tu suis /sɥi/ (sewee) | you follow |
| il suit /sɥi/ (sewee) | he follows |
| nous suivons /sɥi.vɔ̃/ (swee-voh$^{(n)}$) | we follow |
| vous suivez /sɥi.ve/ (sewee-vay) | you follow |
| ils suivent /sɥiv/ (seweev) | they follow |
| suivi /sɥi.vi/ (sewee-vee) | followed |
The verb poursuivre ( /puʁ.sɥivʁ/), meaning to pursue, to torment, to carry on, or to sue, is conjugated in the same way as suivre.

### Examples
## Vocabulary · Camping
## Grammar · To live · Vivre

| vivre /vivʁ/ (veevr) | to live |
| je vis /vi/ (vee) | I live |
| tu vis /vi/ (vee) | you live |
| il vit /vi/ (vee) | he lives |
| nous vivons /vi.vɔ̃/ (vee-voh$^{(n)}$) | we live |
| vous vivez /vi.ve/ (vee-vay) | you live |
| ils vivent /viv/ (veev) | they live |
| vécu /ve.ky/ (vay-kew) | lived |

### Examples
## Grammar · To be born · Naître

| naître /nɛtr/ (nehtr) | to be born |
| je nais /nɛ/ (neh) | I am born |
| tu nais /nɛ/ (neh) | you are born |
| il naît /nɛ/ (neh) | he is born |
| nous naissons /nɛ.sɔ̃/ (neh-soh$^{(n)}$) | we are born |
| vous naissez /nɛ.se/ (neh-say) | you are born |
| ils naissent /nɛs/ (nehs) | they are born |
| né(e)(s) /ne/ (nay) | been born |
Naître is the only -aître verb that takes être as its helping verb (and therefore agrees with the subject as a past participle in perfect tenses).
The verb renaître (to be reborn · /ʀənɛtʀ/) is conjugated in the same way as naître.

### Examples
## Vocabulary · Animal actions
## Grammar · Pronominal verbs with perfect tenses

When pronominal verbs are conjugated in perfect tenses, être is used as the auxiliary verb.

### Reflexive verbs

In perfect tenses, the past participles agree with the direct object pronoun, but not the indirect object pronoun, in gender and number. Therefore it would only agree when the reflexive pronoun is the direct object. Also remember that the past participle does not agree with the direct object if it goes after the verb.
    Elle s'est lavée. (She washed herself.)
    Nous nous sommes lavé(e)s. ('We washed ourselves.)
    Elle s'est lavé les mains. (She washed her hands.)
    Nous nous sommes lavé les mains. (We washed our hands.)

### Reciprocal verbs

Like reflexive verbs, the past participle of reciprocal verbs agrees in number and gender with the direct object if it goes before the verb. It therefore agrees with all reciprocal pronouns that function as direct objects.
    Nous nous sommes aimé(e)s. (We liked each other.)
The reciprocal pronoun can also function as an indirect object without a direct object pronoun.
    Nous nous sommes parlé. (We spoke to each other.)
    Elles se sont téléphoné. (They called one another.)
    Vous vous êtes écrit souvent ? (Did you write often to each other?)

### Naturally pronominal verbs

In perfect tenses, these verbs agree with the direct object if it goes before the verb. Otherwise, the past participle agrees with the subject.
    Elle s'est souvenue. (She remembered.)
    Le chien s'est couché. (The dog lay down.)
Note that assis(e)(es), the past participle of s'asseoir (to sit), does not change in the masculine plural form.

## Supplementary vocabulary · At the sea · À la mer

* la baleine  ( /ba.lɛn/)
* la bouée  (/bwe/)
* l'île  ( /il/)
* la jumelle  ( /ʒy.mɛl/)
* le marin  ( /ma.ʁɛ̃/)
* la mer  ( /mɛʁ/)
* la mouette  ( /mwɛt/)
* le navire  ( /na.viʁ/)
* le pêcheur  ( /pɛ.ʃœʁ/)
* la plage  ( /plaʒ/)
* le poisson  ( /pwa.sɔ̃/)
* le port  ( /pɔʁ/)
* la sardine  (/saʁ.din/)
* la serviette  ( /sɛʁ.vjɛt/)
* la vague  ( /vaɡ/)
* la voile  ( /vwal/)

## Supplementary vocabulary · Wild animals

* l'aigle  ( /ɛɡl/)
* le cerf  ( /sɛʁ/)
* la chouette  (/ʃwɛt/)
* la cigogne  ( /si.ɡɔɲ/)
* le crocodile  ( /kʀɔkɔdil/)
* le dauphin  ( /do.fɛ̃/)
* l'éléphant  ( /e.le.fɑ̃/)
* la girafe  ( /ʒi.ʁaf/)
* l'hibou  ( /ibu/)
* l'hippopotame  ( /i.pɔ.pɔ.tam/)
* le kangourou  ( /kɑ̃.ɡu.ʁu/)
* le lion  ( /ljɔ̃/)
* le loup  ( /lu/)
* l'ours  ( /uʁs/)
* le panda  (/pɑ̃.da/)
* la panthère  ( /pɑ̃tɛʀ/)
* le perroquet  ( /pɛ.ʁɔ.kɛ/)
* le phoque  ( /fɔk/)
* le renard  ( /ʁənaʁ/)
* le requin  ( /ʁǝ.kɛ̃/)
* le rhinocéros  ( /ʁi.nɔ.se.ʁɔs/)
* le singe  ( /sɛ̃ʒ/)
* le tigre  ( /tiɡʁ/)
* le zèbre  ( /zɛbʁ/)

## Supplementary exercises

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