Bonjour mes amis!
Ouvrez bien les yeux (open wide your eyes),
et ouvrez vos esprits (and open up your minds)!

What could be better to kick-start the still fresh semaine (week) than la conjugaison of the verb ouvrir (to open)?

The naturally-born funny French comedian actor Fernandel, featured a few days ago here on the French Blog, stars as “Ali Baba”, the famous Arabian Nights tale in which he utters the three magic words: “Sésame, ouvre-toi!” (or “Open Sesame!”)

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Here’s “un aperçu“, or a “sneak peak”, of this “Mille et Une Nuits” (“One Thousand and One Nights”) classic of French Cinéma

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- Some important remarks to keep in mind about the verb ouvrir:

• It is a verb that belongs to le troisième groupe (the third group)
• It is conjugated with the l’auxiliaire avoir (to have)
• It is transitif direct and intransitif
• It can be conjugated in the forme pronominale, “s’ouvrir“, meaning “to unlock”, “to open up”, or “to begin”

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“Ouvrir” (“to open”), as in “Ouvrir son cÅ“ur” (“To Open One’s Heart”), performed by Francis Lalanne (a prominent French singer, poet, writer, and noted songwriter who, among other things, lent his voice to the animated character of Quasimodo, in the Disney movie “The Hunchback of Notre Dame“)

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* Full Conjugaison of the verb OUVRIR (To Open):

Open Up Your Mind to French: Conjugating the Verb *OUVRIR*! is a post from: French Language Blog