Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Sembler Is the French Verb for What Seems to Happen
Sembler is a very common intransitive French verb. It is a regular -er verb that can be personal or impersonal, and it may be followed by the subjunctive. It means seem or appear, which gives it a lot of utility in everyday speech. Common Uses of Sembler    Tu me sembles bien fatiguà ©Ã‚   You seem / look very tired to me    Il ne semble pas convaincu   He doesnt seem convinced Sembler can be followed by an adjective or an infinitive.    Ton idà ©e semble intà ©ressante   Your idea seems interesting    La maison semble secouer   The house seems to be shaking    Cela semble indiquer que nous avions raison   This seems to indicate that we were right Il semble constructions Il semble is an impersonal construction that means it seems. It can be followed by an adjective de infinitive or que subjunctive.    Il semble important dessayer.   It seems important to try.    Il ne semble pas quil soit prà ªt.   It doesnt seem like hes ready. However, when il semble is modified with an indirect object pronoun, it takes the indicative.    Il me semble que tu as raison.   It seems to me that youre right.    Il nous semble que Paul peut le faire.   It seems to us that Paul can do it. Expressions withSembler    comme bon me/te semble as I/you see fit   Faites comme bon vous semble. Do as you please; do what you think is best.    Il me semble que oui (non).  I (dont) think so.    Prenez ce que bon vous semble.  Take what you wish.    Que vous en semble ?  What do you make of it?   à ce quil semble; semble til apparently, seemingly Conjugationof Sembler (Present Tense Regular) je sembletu semblesil semblenous semblonsvous semblezils semblent Additional Resource All sembler tenses
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