were boating
Past progressive conjugation of boat.
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A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
1. (nautical)
a. le bateau (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
Since we live on the coast, we're thinking about buying a boat.Comme nous vivons sur la côte, nous pensons acheter un bateau.
c. le voilier (M) (with sails)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World with three boats.Christophe Colomb embarqua pour le Nouveau Monde avec trois voiliers.
a. la saucière (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
Could you hand me the gravy boat?Tu peux me passer la saucière ?
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., éternuer.).
a. naviguer
When the weather was nice and the sea was calm, we'd boat around the bay.Quand il faisait beau et que la mer était calme, on naviguait dans la baie.
Conjugations
Indicative of "boat"
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