In this grammar lesson you will learn how to say to visit someone in French.
In this lesson you will learn about:
- how to say to visit someone in French
- how this idiom is used in sentences
- how you can quiz yourself on to visit someone in French
- the way Anki files can be downloaded for how to say to visit someone in French
Please refer to the French A2 Curriculum to get a better overview of French grammar, if you are curious about this idiom fits in French A2 grammar.
By the end of the lesson you will know all about how to say to visit someone in French!
Table of Contents
Rendre Conjugation Table
| je | rends |
| tu | rends |
| il/elle/on | rend |
| nous | rendons |
| vous | rendez |
| ils/elles | rendent |
Introduction
In French, there is a difference between visiting a place, and visiting someone.
It’s very easy to say that you are visiting a place.
All you have to do is conjugate the French verb visiter.
Je vais visiter Paris.
I am going to visit Paris.
However, the idiom for visiting someone is slightly different.
In the next chapter you will learn how to say “to visit someone” in French!
To Visit Someone In French
If you want to say “to visit someone”, then you will use the following idiom:
- rendre visite à [quelqu’un] = to visit [someone]
Je vais rendre visite à mes grands-parents.
I am going to visit my grand parents.
Il ne va pas rendre visite à sa sœur.
He is not going to visit his sister.
Laurent rend visite à Janine.
Laurent is visiting Janine.
Nous rendons visite à mes parents.
We are visiting my parents.
If the sentence is in the futur proche, then you will have to use the infinitive of the verb rendre.
If the sentence is in the present tense, then you will have to conjugate rendre.
In both cases, you MUSN’T conjugate the verb visiter.
Also, if you want to say that someone is going to visit me/you/him/her/us/them, then you will use:
- me/te/lui/nous/vous/leur + rendre visite
Je vais lui rendre visite.
I am going to visit her.
Vas-tu me rendre visite ?
Are you going to visit me?
Allez-vous leur rendre visite ?
Are you going to visit them?
Ils vont lui rendre visite.
They are going to visit her.
If you are having difficulties with indirect object pronouns, then please read the lesson on how to use lui and leur, as well as the lesson on how to use me/te/nous/vous.
Example Sentences on To Visit Someone In French
The final section of this lesson on how to say to visit someone in French is about seeing the idiom in action.
This is valuable because you can improve your understanding on how to say to visit someone in French through examples.
Here you can find the sentences of the previous chapters, neatly stored in one place.
Je vais rendre visite à mes grands-parents.
I am going to visit my grand parents.
Il ne va pas rendre visite à sa sœur.
He is not going to visit his sister.
Laurent rend visite à Janine.
Laurent is visiting Janine.
Nous rendons visite à mes parents.
We are visiting my parents.
Je vais lui rendre visite.
I am going to visit her.
Vas-tu me rendre visite ?
Are you going to visit me?
Allez-vous leur rendre visite ?
Are you going to visit them?
Ils vont lui rendre visite.
They are going to visit her.
Quiz Yourself on To Visit Someone In French
It’s not enough to just read this lesson.
You should test your knowledge to see if you really understood everything, and to be able to repeat the material.
It is also for this reason that it is recommended to download the Anki Decks and practice them.
At the end of every lesson you can do a small test.
You will see the sentences of the previous chapter. It is up to you to give the correct answer.
You will either need to fill in the blanks, choose the correct multiple choice option, or both.
Once you are done the correct answer will be shown.
You can redo the quiz as many times as you want!
Anki File for To Visit Someone In French
It is important to do the Anki excercises for this lesson, so that you can remember what you just studied.
By downloading the Anki File for French A2 you can practice every French A2 lesson that is on Language Atlas.
At this moment the Anki File for this lesson doesn’t exist yet. However, in due time this will be available on Language Atlas.
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Anki can be downloaded from here.
