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3-Minute French S1 #13

Who is it?

CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
4 Cultural Insight

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 FRENCH

1. C'est qui?

2. Qui est-ce?

3. C'est moi.

4. C'est mon ami.

ENGLISH

1. Who is it?

2. Who is that?

3. It's me.

4. That is my friend.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

c' it pronoun neuter

est is verb form

qui who pronoun

ce that pronoun

stressed pronoun
moi me (pronom tonique)

ami friend noun masculine

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 mon/ma my possessive adjective masculine / feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Oui c'est délicieux. Elle est t r ist e.

"Yes, it's delicious." "She is sad."

Allô, qui est à l'appar eil? À t r ent e ans il est jeune.

"Hello, who is calling?" "At thirty, he is young."

J e m'en fiche de qui appelle, vous ne Qui veut un café?

pouvez pas ut iliser le t éléphone ici.
"Who wants a coffee?"
"I don't care who is calling, you
cannot use the phone here."

Allons à la plage t oi et moi ! Moi je suis cont ent e.

"Let's go to the beach, you and "Me, I'm happy."

me!"

Mes amis ont or ganisé une sur pr ise. Ma mèr e t r availle dans cet t e école.

"My friends have organized a "My mother works in this school."

surprise."

Mon café est vr aiment chaud!

"My coffee is really hot!"

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to ask who it is.

Regist er French English Impor t ant

Not es

Phr ase 1 infor mal C'est qui? Who is it ?

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Word 1 C' it

Word 2 est is conjugated

verb

Word 3 qui who

Phr ase 2 for mal Qui est-ce? Who is t hat ?

Word 1 Qui who

Word 2 est is conjugated

verb

Word 3 ce that

Phr ase 3 infor mal C'est moi. It 's me.

Word 1 C' It

Word 2 est is conjugated

verb

Word 3 moi me

Phr ase 4 C'est mon ami. T hat is my

fr iend.

Word 1 C' that

Word 2 est is conjugated

verb

Word 3 mon my

Word 4 ami friend

CULTURAL INSIGHT

If someone that you didn't expect is knocking at your door in France, the common question
you can ask is "Qui est-ce?" before opening the door. This literally means "Who is it?" in a
really polite way.

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