79 - How to Conjugate French Verb "Détester" (Present Tense)

 
 

In this episode of our appreciation verbs series, you’ll learn how to conjugate the French verb “détester” (to hate, to detest) 💔

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Intro: Welcome to the French Made Easy podcast, where I give you all the basics you need to speak French clearly and confidently. I'm your host, Mathilde, and I'm a French teacher, mumpreneur, and bread and cheese lover. Join me as I dive into all things French for beginners, and deliver to you bite-sized and easy-to-follow lessons every Tuesday. Let's get started, "on commence"!

Bonjour à tous! Hello everyone. Welcome back to the French Made Easy podcast! This is episode number 79, numéro 79!

Today, we're doing some conjugation, because it's been a while!

Now, do you remember when we started our appreciation verb series, with "aimer", "ne pas aimer" & "adorer"? Well, today, we'll learn the conjugation in the present tense of the last verb of our appreciation verb series: détester (which means to hate) and then we'll see some examples.

So you can pair this episode with episode numbers 61 and 63, where you'll learn the conjugation of "aimer" and therefore "ne pas aimer" and "adorer" in the present tense.

Now before we start, if you're new to the podcast, make sure you have your lesson's cheat sheet in front of you during the lesson. After the lesson, head over to the French Made Easy library to download your lesson's exercises, to practice what you've learned today. And by the way, the exercise for this lesson will also cover the other appreciation verbs we've learned earlier.

Ok, so, let's go back to today's lesson.

"détester" means to "to hate" or "to detest" something or someone! So it's much stronger and intense than just "dislike."

Let's see the conjugation of the verb "détester" in the present tense! It's a regular verb, so it's super simple! Please repeat after me, répétez après moi.

  • je déteste (I hate)

  • tu détestes (you hate)

  • il/elle déteste (he/she hates)

  • on déteste (we hate - casual)

  • nous détestons (we hate)

  • vous détestez (you hate)

  • ils / elles détestent (they hate)

EXAMPLES:

  • Je déteste les brocolis. (I hate broccoli.)

  • Tu détestes faire la cuisine. (You hate cooking.)

  • Il déteste l'odeur du café. (He hates the smell of coffee.)

  • Elle déteste l'odeur du café. (She hates the smell of coffee.)

  • On déteste faire du sport. (We hate exercising.)

  • Nous détestons aller chez le dentiste. (We hate going to the dentist.)

  • Vous détestez la grammaire. (You hate grammar.)

  • Ils détestent faire la vaisselle. (They hate doing the dishes.)

  • Elles détestent faire la vaisselle. (They hate doing the dishes.)


Et voilà! That's it for today! So now you can express your tastes and preferences better! You know how to say I adore, I like, I dislike, and I hate. (which j'adore, j'aime bien ou j'aime, je n'aime pas, et je déteste!) Now stay tuned, because next week there are no lessons, but I've got something a little bit different for you!

Thanks so much for listening! Merci beaucoup, et à bientôt!

 
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