|
|
The verb mettre is irregular. Listen carefully to its forms in the present.
![](../images/gr/transdot.gif)
![audio](../images/gr/sound.gif) |
mettre 'to place, put' |
je mets |
nous mettons |
tu mets |
vous mettez |
il/elle/on met |
ils/elles mettent |
past participle : mis |
|
![](../images/gr/transdot.gif)
Mettre literally means 'to place, to put.' It is also used in the following expressions:
![audio](../images/gr/sound.gif) |
mettre la table (le couvert), to set the table |
mettre + article of clothing, to put on |
mettre + electrical item (radio, light), to turn on |
|
![](../images/gr/transdot.gif)
Other verbs like mettre include:
![](../images/gr/transdot.gif)
![audio](../images/gr/sound.gif) |
admettre, to admit |
permettre, to permit |
promettre, to promise |
remettre, to turn in (a report), to postpone |
|
![](../images/gr/transdot.gif)
![audio](../images/gr/sound.gif) |
Tammy: Tex, tu mets la table pour la soirée? |
|
Tammy: Tex, are you going to set the table for theparty? |
Tex: Non, je n'ai pas envie. |
|
Tex: No. I don't feel like it. |
Tammy: Ça alors. C'est toujours moi qui mets la table. |
|
Tammy: Come on, I'm always the one who sets the table. |
|
![](../images/gr/transdot.gif)
|
|
|
|