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God dam pedophile!

- Quiet!

- Sir?

Why the imperfect indicative?

Cut it out!

- Why not just imperfect?

- Quiet, Souleymane.

All right, Esmeralda,

why the indicative?

If I knew, I wouldn't ask.

I can imagine. Anyone know why we

specify the imperfect indicative?

Why not just the imperfect?

Nassim?

May I wash my hands?

Go on, wash them and get it over with.

Make it quick.

He'll take a week!

- I'll go with him.

- Enough

The imperfect indicative is

different than another imperfect

Which imperfect is that?

Agam?

- The imperfect subjunctive.

Exactly.

The Imperfect subjunctive.

Can anyone give me an example?

I don't believe it, Khoumba,

but go on.

I may be wrong...

I think so too.

- I were

- I were.

From the verb "to werr"

- I don't know...

- I wuz.

I were, we were, you were

All right. Not bad but you use it

wrongly.

You vaguely recall

the imperfect subjunctive.

Imagine I say:

"He insist...

"that I be... "

Let's say "in shape".

"He insists that I be in shape"

What is "be" in that example?

The present subjunctive.

Very good. For the imperfect

subjunctive,

we follow the sequence of tenses

and use a past:

"He insisted... "

- "He insisted that I... "

Khoumba?

- Were.

- Were. Yes.

You really think I'll tell my mom:

"He insisted that I were'd been in shape?

Not I were'd been.

Learn to use it first

"That I were in shape"

- The sequence of tenses.

- No one says that.

I was right!

"I were".

Will you let me answer the question?

If you care.

- You may.

- Before mastering something,

the imperfect subjunctive,

you're telling me it's no use.

Start by mastering it,

then you can call its use into question.

Sir, why are you criticizing us?

They're right, that's the way

people talked in the old days.

Even my gran didn't say that.

Or your great granddad

It's from the Middle Ages!

No it isn't.

It is!

It's bourgeois...

Tell me, when was the last time

you heard someone talk like that?

Yesterday, with friends,

we used the imperfect subjunctive.

No, someone normal!

All right, all right.

The people on the streets...

Can I reply?

Yep.

I'll talk this over, but calmly.

All right, not everyone talks that way.

In fact, people who do are pretty rare.

I'd even say only snobs...

...use the imperfect subjunctive.

What's a snob?

Snobs are slightly affected,

slightly precious people

who tend to put on airs.

Homosexuals?

No, not homosexuals...

You can be affected and refined

without being homosexual.

In any case,

this register may seem

formal and a bit affected,

and even bourgeois.

But these different registers exist

...as I keep telling you,

...you need to be able to use them

...Familiar, current, formal,

oral and written.

Move between them

and use them all. Yes, Lucie?

How do we know what's written

and what's for oral?

Why is a word more one for one register?

Normally, that's something

that you pick up as you go along

You need to use intuition.

What's this?

Intuition is when you can't use thinking

When you can't really...

It's not knowing

but more like sensing something.

When you sense things

What if you don't sense?

If you don't sense them, well

You gain intuition

by using the language.

That's when you learn to distinguish...

almost automatically

between oral and written styles.

- Souleymane wants to say something.

- Shut it.

What does he want to say?

Go on!

Calm down

Cut it out. No fighting

- I'll whop you

- Don't act tough!

What's wrong? Boubacar, turn around.

- What is it?

- Nothing

- Apparently not.

- Don't send him to the principal.

If I tell you,

I'm good for Guantanamo.

Guantanamo! Guantanamo!

I'll be tased!

You won't be tased.

- You have a question?

- Yep

So ask it

- It's too wicked

- It's not

It's the pits for you

- Just ask it

- I have your word?

- Hurry up

This is what I heard, ok?

I didn't say it but I heard...

People say you like men.

I didn't say it!

- Who says that?

- Just people

They say Mr. Marin likes men"

Others say that, not you?

- You not interested?

- No way

- So why do you ask?

- For the others.

I'm spokesman

- But you don't care?

- If you like men, fine

- So is it true?

- You are asking me.

Homosexual isnt an insult, sir.

You say it isn't but it seems

to be a problem for you.

You find it odd, men liking men.

Maybe it is, I don't know

It is true or not?

No, it's not. Feel better now?

Yeah? Sure.

Sorry to disappoint you.

All right, if Souleymane doesn't mind

now he's settle his hang-ups,

let's get back

to the imperfect indicative.

Yeah, like that! Not bad

- What are you doing?

- Stop.

- What's up?

- Get lost

Who asked you? Look at your mug

- Get lost

- It's f***ing ok!

Take these jerks,

then we'll see

Go on, show me your backs

- These guys suck.

- Another one.

- Classy display

- You bet

- Got one for me?

- Can't afford it

- How much?

- Too much!

Stop thinking I'm broke like you!

She screwed up there

She thinks it's regular verb

No the verb's swim. Swimmed.

Justine! "Swimmed"!

Justine, work it out yourself

Swummed. That's better,

it mixes the two.

Swammed!

She put swemmed

- Ok, thank you

- Try swommed

You can sit down

Let's see.

Let's see

She cant write

She cant write? Can you, Rabah?

- You bet

- Go on then

Conjugate it properly

- Swummed

- No

Continue.

Swammed

Wrong again

Just kidding

- Its not like that

- So what is it?

Without an I

Right, no I

Why make fun of Justine,

when you cant do better?

Justine wasnt so wrong

Thats enough

You cant focus for more

than 20 seconds

like 3 year olds

People aged 14 or 15

like youre supposed to be

If I ask a question

they should know

Your kidding around goes too far!

Not at all

- Everyone thinks so

- Dead right

Everyone thinks so

or only you think so?

No, everyone!

I think you push it.

If I cut you some slack,

you'll never get anywhere

You go too far!

And you know why

Im sick of these clowns!

Sick of them!

I cant take any more

Theyre nothing,

they know nothing...

they look right through you

when you try to teach them

They cat stay in their sh*t

Im not going to help them

Theyre so basic, so insincere

...always looking for trouble

Go ahead, guys

...Stay in your crap neighborhood

Youll be here all yours lives

and it serves you right

Ill see the principal and tell him

Im not working with 3/2 again.

No more technology

for the rest of the year. Too bad

Its been three months now and

they havent done a single thing

Have you seen them in the yard?

Its like theyre in heat

Theyre all over each other,

like animals

Its crazy. Its the same in class

Kevin spent a whole hour doing

Ive never seen the like

of it in 5 years!

Enough, no more!

Were not animals!

Sorry Im

Its dumb.

Come on. Let's get some air

One extract isnt a lot to read

No one did it?

Were wasting time here

Lets read it again then

Who wants to read?

Great! Excellent work

atmosphere today.

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