The night before the quiz, he found himself not in the library, but in the tech lab, helping Jenny with a server issue. Between fixing network cables, he blurted out, “Jenny, you took French last year. What’s the deal with ‘être’?”
He scribbled it on his palm.
she continued, scrolling down, “j’ai, tu as, il/elle/on a, nous avons, vous avez, ils/elles ont.”
he said. “For once.”
she whispered. “For the present tense of ‘être’: je suis, tu es, il/elle/on est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils/elles sont.”
“What about the vocab?” he asked, flexing his cramping hand.
The night before the quiz, he found himself not in the library, but in the tech lab, helping Jenny with a server issue. Between fixing network cables, he blurted out, “Jenny, you took French last year. What’s the deal with ‘être’?”
He scribbled it on his palm.
she continued, scrolling down, “j’ai, tu as, il/elle/on a, nous avons, vous avez, ils/elles ont.”
he said. “For once.”
she whispered. “For the present tense of ‘être’: je suis, tu es, il/elle/on est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils/elles sont.”
“What about the vocab?” he asked, flexing his cramping hand.
