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Questions & Answers about Marie vient avec moi.
What is the subject of the sentence "Marie vient avec moi" and how does it affect the verb conjugation?
The subject is Marie, a third-person singular noun. Because of this, the verb venir is conjugated as "vient" in the present tense to agree with a singular subject.
What does the verb "vient" mean and from which verb is it derived?
The verb "vient" is the third-person singular present form of venir, which means "to come." In this sentence, it indicates that Marie is coming along with the speaker.
Why do we use "avec moi" instead of "avec je" or "avec me" after the preposition?
In French, when a pronoun follows a preposition like avec, you must use the disjunctive (or stressed) pronoun. This is why "moi" is used rather than the subject pronoun "je" or the object pronoun "me."
Which tense is used in this sentence, and how would you change it to express a past action?
The sentence is in the present tense. To express a past action, you could use the passé composé. For example, you might say "Marie est venue avec moi" to mean "Marie came with me," noting that venir uses être as the auxiliary verb in this tense.
How can you form a question from this sentence to ask if Marie is coming with you?
There are two common ways to form a question in French. One way is to use inversion, as in "Marie vient-elle avec moi ?" Another option is to use "est-ce que," yielding "Est-ce que Marie vient avec moi ?" Both forms are acceptable for asking a yes/no question in French.