To get married in French 🇫🇷

Opposites

Divorcer (to divorce) – Se marier (to marry)

7 months ago

se marier info.

Tips to remember:
– Think of the phrase “say marry” as a mnemonic to recall the word.
– Visualize a wedding ceremony or a couple exchanging vows to associate the word “se marier” with getting married in French.

Explanations:
The French verb “se marier” is a reflexive verb used to indicate getting married or getting hitched. The reflexive pronoun “se” is used with the verb to indicate that the action is being done to oneself.

Other words with similar meanings:
– Épouser: This verb also means “to marry” or “to wed” and is used in a non-reflexive form. It is more formal than “se marier.”
– Se nuptialiser: This verb can also mean “to get married” but is less commonly used than “se marier” or “épouser.”

Conjugations:
– Present tense: (je) me marie, (tu) te maries, (il/elle) se marie, (nous) nous marions, (vous) vous mariez, (ils/elles) se marient
– Imperfect tense: (je) me mariais, (tu) te mariais, (il/elle) se mariait, (nous) nous mariions, (vous) vous mariiez, (ils/elles) se mariaient
– Future tense: (je) me marierai, (tu) te marieras, (il/elle) se mariera, (nous) nous marierons, (vous) vous marierez, (ils/elles) se marieront
– Conditional tense: (je) me marierais, (tu) te marierais, (il/elle) se marierait, (nous) nous marierions, (vous) vous marieriez, (ils/elles) se marieraient
– Past participle: marié(e)
– Imperative: (tu) marie-toi, (nous) marions-nous, (vous) mariez-vous

Examples:
1. Elle se marie l’année prochaine. (She is getting married next year.)
2. Est-ce que vous vous êtes mariés en France? (Did you get married in France?)
3. Ils vont se marier dans une grande église. (They are going to get married in a big church.)

Note: “Se marier” is a pronominal verb and always takes a reflexive pronoun. The verb can also be used in the past tense (passé composé), future perfect, and other compound tenses with the auxiliary verb “être.”

a few seconds ago

se marier info.

Tips to remember the French word “se marier”:
– Associate “marier” with “marriage”. In both English and French, the root “mar-” indicates the connection to marriage.
– Think of “se” as reflexive in French, denoting that the subject is marrying (itself to another). “Se” is commonly used for reflexive verbs in French.

Explanations:
– “Se marier” is a reflexive verb in French, which means that the action is performed by the subject upon themselves, indicating that two people are entering into marriage together.
– “Se” changes according to the subject (me, te, se, nous, vous, se).

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Épouser” is another verb that means to marry in French, but it is not reflexive.

Conjugations for “se marier”:

Present tense:
– Je me marie (I am getting married)
– Tu te maries (You are getting married)
– Il/Elle/On se marie (He/She/One is getting married)
– Nous nous marions (We are getting married)
– Vous vous mariez (You are getting married – formal/plural)
– Ils/Elles se marient (They are getting married)

Past tense (Passé Composé):
– Je me suis marié(e) (I got married)
– Tu t’es marié(e) (You got married)
– Il s’est marié/Elle s’est mariée/On s’est marié (He/She/One got married)
– Nous nous sommes mariés(es) (We got married)
– Vous vous êtes mariés(es) (You got married – formal/plural)
– Ils se sont mariés/Elles se sont mariées (They got married)

Imperfect tense:
– Je me mariais (I was getting married)
– Tu te mariais (You were getting married)
– Il/Elle/On se mariait (He/She/One was getting married)
– Nous nous mariions (We were getting married)
– Vous vous mariez (You were getting married – formal/plural)
– Ils/Elles se mariaient (They were getting married)

Future tense:
– Je me marierai (I will get married)
– Tu te marieras (You will get married)
– Il/Elle/On se mariera (He/She/One will get married)
– Nous nous marierons (We will get married)
– Vous vous marierez (You will get married – formal/plural)
– Ils/Elles se marieront (They will get married)

Examples of sentences using “se marier”:
– Ils ont décidé de se marier l’été prochain. (They have decided to get married next summer.)
– Nous nous sommes mariés en juin. (We got married in June.)
– Est-ce que tu rêves de te marier sur une plage ? (Do you dream of getting married on a beach?)
– Nos amis se marient ce week-end. (Our friends are getting married this weekend.)
– Quand je serai grand, je me marierai avec toi. (When I grow up, I will marry you.)

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