French oral tomorrow and i need to know what paraitre means. The i has a hat thing on top but i dont know what it is on my keypad and translator comes up with nothing. sos
2007-03-19 08:22:54 · 10 answers · asked by dlg3579 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
French oral tomorrow and i need to know what paraitre means. The i has a hat thing on top but i dont know what it is on my keypad and translator comes up with nothing. sos The context is Je voudrais ............... chic et elegant. paraitre or chercher
2007-03-19 08:36:24 · update #1
I would like to look "chic et élégant"
2007-03-20 02:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably to late, however -
Paraître is a very common and useful French verb. It is irregular in conjugation, can be impersonal, and means "to appear" or "to seem."
Paraître means "to look/appear/seem" and can be followed by an adjective, infinitive, or prepositional phrase:
Tu parais bien heureux
You look very happy
Cela paraît être une erreur
That seems to be a mistake
Une lueur a paru dans ses yeux
A gleam appeared in his eye
Paraître can also mean "to make an appearance":
Il n'a pas paru à la réunion
He didn't appear (show up) at the meeting
Je déteste paraître en public
I hate appearing in public
Paraître is usually conjugated with avoir as its auxiliary verb in the compound tenses, except in the context of publishing, in which it is often conjugated with être:
Ho hi hon. Where has Marcelle gone now.
2007-03-23 08:01:53 · answer #2 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to appear but I would suggest you buy a French/English dictionary very soon!
2007-03-22 08:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To appear, seem or be published.
eg Il parait gue vous parlez fracais.
Good luck!
2007-03-19 08:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by R.E.M.E. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the site below has buttons that type out the different accents in French, just copy and paste
http://www.leconjugueur.com/frindex.php
to find out word meaning go to
www.wordreference.com
hope that helps
2007-03-19 09:19:03 · answer #5 · answered by lushpoppy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paraître is a verb. It means to look, to seem, to appear like something/someone;
it can also mean to come out.
need context.
2007-03-19 08:34:04 · answer #6 · answered by shayshay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/FR-ENG.sh?word=parai%5Etre
It means "seem". Check out the above link :-)
Hope it helps and good luck tomorrow!
2007-03-19 08:35:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it means to appear. hope that helps.
2007-03-19 08:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by doodle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to appear or to seem
i think
2007-03-19 08:31:56 · answer #9 · answered by - 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to appear or to seem
2007-03-19 08:28:03 · answer #10 · answered by ************* 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋