LESSON NOTES

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A Rose by Any Other Name
Would Smell as Sweet...

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

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 FORMAL FRENCH

1. Julie Martin: Bonjour Monsieur.

2. Robert DuPont: Bonjour Madame.

3. Julie Martin: Comment-vous vous appelez?

4. Robert DuPont: Je m'appelle Robert.

ENGLISH

1. Julie Martin: Hello, Sir.

2. Robert DuPont: Hello, ma’am.

3. Julie Martin: What is your name?

4. Robert DuPont: I’m Robert.

INFORMAL FRENCH

1. Julie Martin: Salut.

2. Robert DuPont: Salut.

3. Julie Martin: Comment tu t'appelles?

4. Robert DuPont: Je m'appelle Robert.

ENGLISH

CONT'D OVER

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1. Julie Martin: Hi

2. Robert DuPont: Hi.

3. Julie Martin: What's your name?

4. Robert DuPont: I’m Robert.

VOCABULARY

French English Class Gender

madame ma'am, Mrs. noun feminine

You (formal) are pronominal verb

vous vous appelez called form

je / j' I personal pronoun

I am called, I am
je m'appelle named, I am + first phrase
name

tu you (informal) personal pronoun

You (Informal) are

tu t'appelles called, are named, phrase
are + first name

Bonjour. Hello. (formal) noun masculine

salut hi, bye (informal) noun masculine

vous you (formal) pronoun neuter

monsieur sir, Mr. noun masculine

Mademoiselle Miss noun feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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Bonjour Madame. Vous vous appelez Jean Reno.

"Hello, ma'am." "Your name is Jean Reno."

Je vais bien. Je m'appelle Nicolas.

"I am well." "My name is Nicolas."

Tu as 20 ans. Tu vas au travail.

"You are twenty years old." "You go to work."

Comment tu t'appelles ? Tu t'appelles Jane.

"What is your name?" "You're (named) Jane."

Bonjour Monsieur. Salut Pierre!

"Hello, sir." "Hi, Peter!"

Salut, Estelle. Vous êtes ici.

"Bye, Estelle." "You are here."

Vous vous appelez David. Monsieur Smith est invité à la

conférence.
"You are called David."
"Mr. Smith is invited to the
conference."

Monsieur Moulin est le président de Mademoiselle et Madame.

l'association.
"Miss and Mrs."
"Mr. Moulin is the president of
the association."

Mademoiselle, vous avez de la monnaie ?

"Miss, do you have change?"

GRAMMAR

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Taking Names in French
Comment-vous vous appelez?
"What is your name?"

To ask or say the name of a person in French, use the verb s'appeler. The literal translation
is "to be named," or "to be called," or "to call oneself." For example, je m'appelle Marie
translates in English to "I am Mary" (literally, "I'm named Mary").

The verb s'appeler

A look at s'appeler reveals the following:

1. The infinitive form is identical to the infinitive in English of "to be called." Once you
conjugate the verb with the subject, we commonly refer to it as a verb form or a
conjugation.

2. It is a regular verb ending in -er

3. It is part of the first verb group

There are three verb groups in French. The first group includes regular verbs ending in -er
in their infinitive form.

As you can see, there is an -s and an apostrophe in s'appeler.

This tells you that the verb is a reflexive verb, or in French, un verbe pronominal.
We use the pronominal verb s'appeler, as we do many others, to reflect information back to
a person or thing.

In other words, the action (main verb of a sentence) is performed on the subject itself.

Language Expansion:

To ask someone's name, use in a

Informal situation

French "English"

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Comment tu t'appelles ? "What is your name ?"

Formal situation

French "English"

Comment-vous vous appelez ? "What is your name ?"

CULTURAL INSIGHT

French Language

French is a Romance language that originates from Latin (the language of the Roman
Empire). It was originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.

Today about 300 million people around the world-in at least fifty-four countries and regions-
speak French as a native or second language. It is an official language in twenty-nine
countries, most of which form what we call La Francophonie in French, or "the community of
French-speaking nations." It is an official language of all United Nations Agencies.

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