LFB 1010 FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS Lecture notes

Lalphabet
A A H E E R I E E H M E M Q C O O U O O H Y E E H G R E C B B A Y F E F F J J E E H N E N R A I R V V A Y Z Z E D C S A Y G J A Y K C A R O O H S E S S W D O O B L E R V A Y D D A Y H A S H L E L P P A Y T T A Y X I X

La prononciation
Letter/ Lettre A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Pronunciation/ Prononciation [ah] [bay] [say] [day] [er] [eff] [jay] [ash] [eeh] [jeeh] [car] [el] [em] [en] [oh] [pay] [coo] [air] [ess] [tay] [ooh] [vay] [doobler vay] [ix] [eeh grec] [zed] Example/ Exemple Un arbre Un bb Un cadeau / une cerise Un docteur Une fentre Une fleur Un gnral/ un gateau Un hpital Une le Un jouet Un kangourou Un lapin Une maison Une nuit Une oreille Un professeur Une quantit Un rsum Un sac Une table Une usine Une voiture Un week-end Un xylophone Un yaourt Un zoo a tree a baby a gift/ a cherry a doctor a window a flower a general/ a cake an hospital an island a toy a kangaroo a rabbit a house a night an ear a teacher a quantity a summary a bag a table a factory a car a week-end a xylophone a yoghourt a zoo

Les salutations
Hellos and goodbyes :
Bonjour Bonsoir Salut Au revoir Hello (good morning, good afternoon) Bonsoir Hi, goodbye (informal) Goodbye Bonne journe Bonne soire Have a good day Have a good evening A demain A lundi A bientot A plus tard See you tomorrow See you Monday See you soon See you later

How are you? :

Comment allez-vous? (formal) Comment vas-tu? (informal) Comment a va? a va? Je vais bien. Je ne vais pas bien. Je suis fatigu. a va bien. Et toi ? Et vous? I am fine. I am not fine. I am tired. Its going ok. And you ? (informal) And you? (formal)

Miscellanous :
Bienvenu Enchant Enchante Sil vous plait Sil te plait Merci Merci beaucoup Excusez-moi Je suis dsol Je suis en retard Welcome Nice to meet you (if the person talking is male) Nice to meet you (if the person talking is female) Please (formal) Please ( informal) Thank you Thanks a lot Excuse me I am sorry I am late De rien Je vous en prie Madame Mademoiselle Monsieur Oui Non Youre welcome Youre welcome Madam Miss Sir Yes No

Exercice : Les salutations

Complte les dialogues avec le vocabulaire de la leon:

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Georges : Sophie : Georges : Sophie : Georges : Sophie : Bonjour ! _______________ ____________________ ? Je vais bien, et toi ? _________________ Je suis dsol, je suis en retard. Je dois partir. _________________ A bientt !

________________________________________________________________________________________

2.
Mlanie : Damien : Bonsoir Damien ! He, salut Mlanie _______________________________ ? Mlanie : Je ne vais pas bien, je suis trs fatigue Et toi ? Damien : _______________________________ Mlanie : Je vais voir le docteur maintenant. A plus tard. Damien : _________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

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Monsieur Dujardin : Mademoiselle Jeanne : Monsieur Dujardin : Mademoiselle Jeanne : Monsieur Dujardin : Mademoiselle Jeanne : Monsieur Dujardin : Bonjour mademoiselle. Bonjour monsieur, comment allez-vous ? ___________________________ , _____________________ ? a va Voici votre table et votre menu. _____________________. De rien. Je reviens dans une minute. Trs bien.

Vocabulaire :
Je dois partir Trs Voir I must leave Very To see Maintenant Voici Je reviens Now Here is I come back

Se prsenter Introduce yourself

In French, we have different ways of saying the same thing, so I am giving you different ways to say the same thing:

Le nom, the name:

Comment tu tappelles? Comment vous vous appelez? Quel est ton nom? Quel est votre nom? Je mappelle(+your name) Mon nom est Je suis How are you called? (informal) How are you called? (formal) What is your name? (informal) What is your name? (formal) I am called My name is I am

La nationalit, the nationality: (refer to annexe 3)

Quelle est ta nationalit? Quelle est votre nationalit? What is your nationality? (informal) What is your nationality? (formal)

Je suis franais (e). malaisien (ne). indonsien (ne). iranien (ne). botswanais (e). Do viens-tu? Do venez-vous? Je viens de France. de Malaisie. dIndonsie. dIran. du Botswana.

I am French. Malaysian Indonesian Iranian Botswanian Where do you come from? (informal) Where do you come from? (formal) I come from France. from Malaysia. from Indonesia. from Iran. from Botswana.

Exercice : Se Prsenter
1. Complte les dialogues avec le vocabulaire de la leon. Agns : Tania : Bonjour! ______________________ Je mappelle Tania. __________________________ ? Je mappelle Agns. Enchante ! Et ________________________ ? Je suis Vietnamienne, ____________ ? ________________Franaise. Oh ! Je suis en retard ! _____________ Bonne journe !

Agns : Tania : Agns : Tania : Agns : Tania :

______________________________________________________________________ Monsieur Bernard : Madame Pinot : Monsieur Bernard : Madame Pinot : Monsieur Bernard : Madame Pinot : Monsieur Bernard : Bonjour docteur ! ____________ monsieur. ___________________________________ ? Je ne vais pas bien. Je suis malade. Oh, je vois. Quel est votre nom ? _________________________________ Trs bien. Et do venez-vous monsieur ? _________________________ de Suisse.

2. Imagine une courte conversation entre deux personnes. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

Vocabulaire : Malade Sick Je vois I see

Les verbes
Here are a few very important verbs that you should know. We have a few differences in French in using the verbs: We have 2 you, tu is informal and singular, vous is formal and plural. We have of 2 they, ils is used to refer to a masculine group or a mixed group. elles is used to refer a female group.

tre: to be
Je suis Tu es Il/elle est Nous sommes Vous tes Ils / elles sont I am You are He/she is We are You are They are

avoir: to have
Jai Tu as Il/ elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/ elles ont I have You have He/ she has We have You have They have Je vais Tu vas Il/elle va Nous allons Vous allez Ils /elles vont

aller: to go
I go/ I am going You go/ Youre going He/she goes / He/she is going We go/ were going You go / youre going They go/ theyre going

In French, we have

only one present tense ;

that is why je vais can be translated into either I go or I am going

Exercice : Les verbes

1. Complte avec la correcte forme du verbe tre, puis traduis en anglais. Je _______________ Malaisien. ________________________________________________ Vous _________________ Franais. ________________________________________________ Ils ________________ Japonais. ________________________________________________ Tu ___________ Indonsienne. ________________________________________________ Elle ____________ Soudanaise. ________________________________________________ Nous _______________ Iraniens. ________________________________________________ 2. Complte avec la correcte forme du verbe avoir, puis traduis en anglais.

1. Elle ________________ un bb. ________________________________________________ 2. Nous _______________ une maison. ________________________________________________ 3. Je _______________ un lapin. ________________________________________________ 4. Vous __________________ une voiture. ________________________________________________ 5. Elles _______________ un jouet. ________________________________________________ 6. Tu ________________ un sac. ________________________________________________

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Relie la traduction correcte de chaque verbe. I am going

Vous allez Tu vas Il va

Je vais

She is going

Elles vont

We are going They are going

You are going

Elle va Ils vont Nous allons

He is going

Les nombres

In French, most of the numbers will work on a regular basis. Nevertheless, the numbers below 17 are irregular. You have to make sure you learn them very carefully. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf dix 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 onze douze treize quatorze quinze seize dix-sept dix-huit dix-neuf vingt

Now from 20 to 69, things are quite easy and regular

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

vingt-et-un vingt-deux vingt-trois vingt-quatre vingt-cinq vingt-six vingt-sept vingt-huit vingt-neuf trente

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

trente-et-un trente-deux trente-trois trente-quatre trente-cinq trente-six trente-sept trente-huit trente-neuf quarante

50 cinquante 60 soixante

100 cent 1000 mille

Now when we come to 70 +, there are some changes to follow : 70 soixante-dix 71 soixante-et-onze 72 soixante-douze 73 soixante-treize 74 soixante-quatorze 75 soixante-quinze 76 soixante-seize 77 soixante-dix-sept 78 soixante-dix-huit 79 soixante-dix-neuf 90 quatre-vingt-dix 91 quatre-vingt-onze 92 quatre-vingt-douze 93 quatre-vingt-treize 94 quatre-vingt-quatorze 95 quatre-vingt-quinze 96 quatre-vingt-seize 97 quatre-vingt-dix-sept 98 quatre-vingt-dix-huit 99 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

80 quatre-vingt 81 quatre-vingt-un 82 quatre-vingt-deux 83 quatre-vingt-trois 84 quatre-vingt-quatre 85 quatre-vingt-cinq 86 quatre-vingt-six 87 quatre-vingt-sept 88 quatre-vingt-huit 89 quatre-vingt-neuf

Les dates
Les jours de la semaine:
Lundi Mardi Mercredi Jeudi Vendredi Samedi Dimanche Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Les mois de lanne:

Janvier Fvrier Mars Avril Mai Juin Juillet Aot Septembre Octobre Novembre Dcembre January February March April May June July August September October November December

Les saisons :
Le printemps Lt Lautomne Lhiver the spring the summer the autumn the winter

Les moments de la journe:

Le matin Laprs-midi Le soir La nuit the morning the afternoon the evening the night

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Exercice : Les nombres et les dates

1. Ecris les nombres avec des lettres : 15 : _______________________________ 21 : _______________________________ 33 : _______________________________ 64 : _______________________________ 72 : _______________________________ 156 : _______________________________ 348 : _______________________________ 1990 : _______________________________ 2002 : _______________________________ 120 317 : ____________________________________________________________ 2. Ecris les prix avec des nombres : _______________

________________

________________

_______________

________________

__________________

a. La table coute soixante-quinze euros. b. Lordinateur coute cinq cent vingtneuf euros. c. Lhamburger coute trois euros.

d. Le tlphone coute cinquante-huit euros. e. Le gateau coute un euro et cinquante cents. f. Le scooter coute mille trois cent quarante euros.

3. Ecris les dates avec des lettres : a. 3 / 11 / 1986 : ________________________________________________________ b. 15 / 6 / 2001 : ________________________________________________________ c. 21 / 3 / 1914 : ________________________________________________________ d. 24 / 9 / 1981 : ________________________________________________________ e. 7 / 4 / 1983 : ________________________________________________________

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Se prsenter (2)

Lge, la date de naissance et lanniversaire:

Quel ge as-tu? Quel ge avez-vous? Jai 20 ans. How old are you? (informal) How old are you? (formal) I am 20 years old.

Quand est ton anniversaire? Quand est votre anniversaire? Mon anniversaire est le 5 janvier.

When is your birthday? (informal) When is your birthday? (formal) My birthday is on the 5th of january.

Quand es-tu n? (masculine) Quand es-tu ne? (feminine) Je suis n le 5 janvier 1989.(masc.) Je suis ne le 5 janvier 1989. (fem.)

When were you born? (If you ask a boy) When were you born? (If you ask a girl) I was born on the 5th of january. I was born on the 5th of january.

Le domicile, ladresse: (refer to annexe 3)

O habites-tu? O habitez-vous? Where do you live? (informal) Where do you live? (formal)

Jhabite Melaka. Jhabite en Malaisie. Jhabite dans une maison. Jhabite dans un appartement.

I live in Melaka. I live in Malaysia. I live in a house. I live in a flat.

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Exercice : Se Prsenter (2)

1. Ecris quelques phrases pour dcrire les personnes comme dans lexemple: 1. Joseph, Franais, 20 ans, 13 janvier, Paris, France. 2. Daniela, Malaisienne, 35 ans, 24 mars, Ipoh, Malaisie. 3. Rgis, Suisse, 71 ans, 18 juillet, Berne, Suisse. 4. Amir, Amricain, 19 ans, 20 octobre, Dallas, Amrique. Je mappelle Joseph. Je suis franais. Jai 20 ans. Mon anniversaire est le 13 janvier. Jhabite Paris en France. _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

2. Choisis deux personnes ci-dessus et imagine une conversation : ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. Rponds aux questions suivantes : - Comment tu tappelles ? ______________________________________________ - Quelle est ta nationalit ? _____________________________________________ - Do viens-tu ? _____________________________________________________ - Quel ge as-tu ? ____________________________________________________ - Quand est ton anniversaire ? __________________________________________ - Quand es-tu n (e) ?_________________________________________________ - O habites-tu ? _____________________________________________________ 4. Complte les dialogues avec le vocabulaire de la leon : Marc : Jean : Bonjour. ___________________ Je mappelle Jean, ___________________________ ? Marc : ________________Marc et je suis Espagnol. _________________________________ ? Jean : Moi, je viens dItalie, je suis Italien. Marc : Tu habites en Italie ? Jean : Non, _______________________ Paris. Et toi, _____________________________ ? Marc : Jhabite Madrid, cest la capitale de lEspagne. Jean : Oui, je sais. Et_____________________, Marc ? Marc : Jai vingt-cinq ans. Et toi ? Jean : _____________________trente _______ Marc : Et quand est _____________________ ? Jean : Mon anniversaire est le 20 juin. Et toi ? Marc : Oh ! Moi aussi ! Quelle surprise !! ___________________________________________________________________________________ Vronique : Christophe : Vronique : Christophe : Vronique : Christophe : Vronique : Bonsoir ! ______________ ______________ est Christophe. Comment vous vous appelez ? ______________________________________ Enchant Vronique ! Et quel ge ________________ ? Jai quarante ans, et vous ? ______________________________________ Je suis Franaise, mais jhabite New York. Quelle est ___________________________ ? _______________________Chinois. Mais _______________ aussi New York

Christophe :

Vocabulaire : Oui Non Cest Moi aussi

Yes No It is Me too

Aussi Quelle surprise ! Mais

Also, too What a surprise ! But

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Prsenter quelquun Introduce someone

Le nom :
Comment il sappelle? Comment elle sappelle? Quel est son nom? Il sappelle Elle sappelle Son nom est.
(+Nom)

La nationalit :
Quelle est sa nationalit? Do vient-il? Do vient-elle? Il est/ Elle est Il vient de Elle vient de
(+Nationalit) (+Pays)

Lge :
Quel est son ge? Quand est son anniversaire? Quand est-il n ? Quand est-elle ne ? Il a ans./ Elle a ans. Son anniversaire est le Il est n le Elle est ne le
(+Date)

Le domicile, ladresse :
O habite-t-il? O habite-t-elle? Il habite Elle habite

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Exercice : Prsenter quelquun

1. Ecris quelques phrases pour dcrire les personnes comme dans lexemple: a. Suresh, Indien, 34 ans, 25 novembre, Mumbai, Inde. b. Valentina, Italienne, 42 ans, 14 avril, Milan, Italie. c. Claudio, Russe, 15 ans, 19 novembre, Moscou, Russie. Il sappelle Suresh. Il est Indien. Il a trente-quatre ans. Son anniversaire est le 25 novembre. Il habite Mumbai en Inde. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

2. Ecris quelques phrases pour dcrire ton meilleur ami / ta meilleure amie : ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Ecris quelques phrases pour dcrire ton chanteur prfr / ta chanteuse prfre : ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Vocabulaire : Ton meilleur ami Ta meilleure amie Ton chanteur prfr Ta chanteuse prfre Your best friend (if he is a boy) Your best friend (if she is a girl) Your favourite singer(if he is a boy) Your favourite singer (if she is a girl)

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Les couleurs

In French, the colours have to take the gender of the object they are related to. If the colour refers to a masculine object, the colour will also be masculine. If the colour refers to a feminine object, the colour will have to take the feminine form, as shown in the table below. In French the colour will always come after the noun it refers to. A white bag Un sac blanc The purple flower La fleur violette

Masculine :

Feminine :

English :

Usually, to transform from masculine to feminine, you had an extra E at the end of the masculine word, as you can see in this first group of colours: vert gris bleu noir verte grise bleue noire green grey blue black

But, some colours here already end with a E at their masculine form. In these cases, there wont be any change needed from masculine form to feminine form: rouge rose jaune orange rouge rose jaune orange red pink yellow orange

And, of course, it would be too simple if it was all regular! Here are three main exceptions which dont follow the normal rule: blanc violet marron blanche violette marron white purple brown (never changes)

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Exercice : les couleurs

1. Traduis les expressions suivantes: A red tomato _________________ A yellow banana ________________

A blue car ___________________

A green table _________________

An orange sun _____________________ A pink house _________________

A brown guitar ____________________

2. Traduis les phrases suivantes en franais: I have a green bag. ______________________________________________________ She has a purple flower. __________________________________________________ We have a pink cake. ____________________________________________________ The night is black. _______________________________________________________ The toy is white and grey. _________________________________________________ 3. Traduis les phrases suivantes en anglais: Tu as une maison jaune et bleue. ___________________________________________ Jai une cerise rouge. _____________________________________________________ Nous avons une table verte. _______________________________________________ Le sac est violet et noir. ___________________________________________________ Le lapin est gris. _________________________________________________________
Vocabulaire : Une tomate A tomato Une banane A banana

Un soleil Une guitare

A sun A guitar

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Dcrire quelquun (1) : Le visage

When you want to describe someone, you would want to talk about the colour of the eyes, of the hair, the size of the nose maybe, or even if he or she has a big mouth! Here is some vocabulary to help you. Vocabulaire :

Les yeux (the eyes) (the mouth)La bouche

Les cheveux (the hair) Loreille Le nez

Des lunettes

Une moustache

Une barbe

If you want to say that your friend has a black moustache, the colour (here, black) will go after the noun Example: He has a black moustache. Il a une moustache noire. The colour will take the sign of the feminine, if it refers to a feminine object (Here, une moustache, une barbe, une bouche) and the sign of the plural if it refers to a plural object (Here, les cheveux, les yeux, des lunettes). Example: She has black eyes. Elle a les yeux noirs.

For the hair, you will have extra colours : Blond, brun, roux. These are used only when you
refer to the hair. To describe the hair, you can use: longs (long), courts (short), raides (straight), friss (curly)...

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Exercice : Dcrire quelquun (1)

1. Relie les phrases qui se correspondent: Jai les cheveux blonds. Nous avons les yeux marron. Elle a les cheveux marron. Elles ont les cheveux noirs. Il a les yeux verts. You have red hair.

We have brown eyes. You have blue eyes.

He has green eyes. They have black hair. She has brown hair.

Tu as les yeux bleus.

I have blond hair. Vous avez les cheveux roux.

2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Traduire:

My name is Vincent, and I have blond hair. ___________________________________________ She is called Josiane, she has green eyes. _____________________________________________ Damien and Christophe have brown eyes. ____________________________________________ You have brown hair and black eyes. ________________________________________________ My best friend has black hair. ______________________________________________________

2. Ecris quelques phrases pour parler de ton meilleur ami : (nom, age, nationalit, couleurs des cheveux...) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Dcrire quelquun (2)

Avoir:
Les cheveux: courts/ longs noirs/ blonds/ marron/ rouges. raides (straight)/ friss (curly) Les yeux: noirs, marron, verts, bleus, gris Des lunettes, une moustache, une barbe.

tre:
Masculine Agrable Amusant Bavard Beau Blond Brun Clbre Courageux Dangereux Difficile lgant Embtant Ennuyeux trange Facile Gentil Grand Gros Heureux Honnte Feminine Agrable Amusante Bavarde Belle Blonde Brune Clbre Courageuse Dangereuse Difficile lgante Embtante Ennuyeuse trange Facile Gentille Grande Grosse Heureuse Honnte Nice Funny Talkative Beautiful/ handsome Blond-haired Brunette Famous Brave Dangerous Difficult Smart (well-dressed) Annoying (for someone) Boring Strange Easy Kind Tall (for someone) / big (for something) Fat Happy Honest English

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Impatient Intelligent Intressant Jaloux Jeune Joli Joyeux Laid Malheureux Marrant Mince Paresseux Patient Petit Peureux Poli Roux Srieux Simple Sportif Surpris Sympathique Timide Travailleur Triste Vieux

Impatiente Intelligente Intressante Jalouse Jeune Jolie Joyeuse Laide Malheureuse Marrante Mince Paresseuse Patiente Petite Peureuse Polie Rousse Srieuse Simple Sportive Surprise Sympathique Timide Travailleuse Triste Vieille

Impatient Clever Interesting Jealous Young Cute Glad Ugly Unhappy Funny Thin Lazy Patient Small / short (height) Fearful Polite Red-haired Serious Simple Athletic Surprised Friendly Shy Hard-working Sad Old

Remember: If you are talking about a man, you should use the masculine of the adjectives. If you are talking about a woman, you should use the feminine. Example: He is tall. She is tall. Il est grand. Elle est grande.

Vocabulaire : un peu - a little

assez - quite

trs - very

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Exercices : Dcrire quelquun (2)

1. Traduire le mot entre parenthse et accorder (fminin/masculin ; singulier/pluriel). 1. 2. 3. 4. Sophie est (tall) ___________ et elle a les cheveux (short) ______________. Jonathan est (friendly) ______________ mais il est (shy) _______________. Je suis (brave) ______________ et (honnest) ________________________. Vous tes (strange) ___________________et aussi (interesting) _______________. 5. Vanessa et Jennifer sont (polite) _________________ et (smart) _______________. 2. Remettre les mots dans le bon ordre. 1. longs / j/ suis / et / ai /les / Je / cheveux / grande. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. mais / assez / Il /sympathique / il / paresseux / est / est. ___________________________________________________________________ 3. courts / sommes / avons / grands / nous / les/ trs / Nous / cheveux / mais. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. a / assez / Elle / grands /petite / elle / des / est / mais / yeux. ___________________________________________________________________ 5. et / sont / aussi / Elles / marrantes / bavardes. ___________________________________________________________________

3. Traduire les phrases en anglais. 1. I am tall and I have long and black hair. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Joshua is quite small and he has blue eyes. ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Martina and Vincent are very kind, but they are impatient. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. She has grey eyes and she is very cute. ___________________________________________________________________ 5. You are tall and you have a beautiful moustache. ___________________________________________________________________

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Les verbes rguliers : -ER

In French, the verbs are divided into three groups. The verbs from the first 2 groups are to be conjugated in a regular way too. The third group is filled with all the irregular verbs. The verbs form the 1st group are the verbs with the infinitive ending with: -ER These are the ones we are going to discuss now.

A lot of verbs in french are from the first group:

Danser (to dance), chanter (to sing), regarder (to look at), travailler (to work), voyager (to travel), manger (to eat), jouer (to play), aimer (to like), dtester (to hate), appeler (to call), acheter (to buy), parler (to speak), habiter (to live)

These verbs are composed of 2 parts: First the beginning, which is the part that doesnt change at the beginning of the word. And the second part is the ending which will change according to which pronoun you are using.

For example: Jouer is composed of jou as the beginning and er as ending. If we conjugate the verb, jou will not change, only the ending will, as you can see in the example. Jouer Je joue Tu joues Il/elle joue Nous jouons Vous jouez Ils/elles jouent to play I play you play he/she plays we play you play they play

As you can see, you just have to change the ending of the verb, according to the subject. You replace the infinitive ending -ER with the proper ending. Therefore, you mostly need to learn the endings that will be used for all those verbs, which are:

-E

-ES

-E

-ONS

-EZ

-ENT

! Be careful ! In French there is only one present tense, that means: I am playing and I play are going to have the same translation in French: Je joue

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Vocabulaire: Verbes du premier groupe:

Autoriser Aider Accepter Arriver to allow to help to accept to arrive

Gagner Laisser Laver Manger Marcher Montrer Nager Partager Prfrer Payer Penser Porter Regarder Regretter Ressembler Rigoler

to win / to earn to let to wash to eat to walk to show to swim to share to prefer to pay to think to carry, to wear to look at to regret to look like to laugh

Complter Commencer Casser Couter Couper Changer Chanter Chercher

to complete to begin to break to cost to cut to change to sing to look for

Demander Donner Dcider Dessiner Danser

to ask to give to decide to draw to dance

Entrer couter Embrasser Esprer tudier Essayer Fermer Fumer

to come in to listen to kiss to hope to study to try to close to smoke

Soigner Trouver Utiliser Visiter

to heal to find to use to visit

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Exercices: Les verbes du premier groupe

1. Complte avec la forme correcte du verbe.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Je ______________ (travailler) dans une banque. Joel _____________________ (aimer) regarder la tl le soir. Valrie et Monique ____________________ (dtester) le chocolat. Nous _________________ (regarder) un film le samedi. Tu _________________ (jouer) avec ton cadeau. Son meilleur ami _________________ (chanter) trs bien. Nadge et Mathieu __________________ (dessiner) une belle voiture rouge. Mon acteur prfr ________________ (habiter) San Francisco. Je ________________ (voyager) pendant les vacances. Tu ________________ (parler) le franais avec ton professeur.

2. Traduis les phrases suivantes en franais:

1. She likes to eat a lot. _________________________________________________________________ 2. My best friend hates to work. _________________________________________________________________ 3. The car costs twelve thousand euros. _________________________________________________________________ 4. I hope to be a doctor. _________________________________________________________________ 5. I am studying in Melaka. _________________________________________________________________ 6. We like to travel in Malaysia. _________________________________________________________________ 7. You think that (=que) you are very clever. _________________________________________________________________ 8. Jonathan is very friendly and he likes to have a lot of friends. ________________________________________________________________ 9. They (masc.) live in New York, but they prefer Paris. ________________________________________________________________ 10. You (informal/singular) are eating with your best friend Wednesday. ________________________________________________________________

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La Famille
English A father A brother A son A husband A grandfather A grandson A cousin - male An uncle A nephew French un pre un frre un fils un mari un grand-pre un petit-fils un cousin un oncle un neveu English A mother A sister A daughter A wife A grandmother A granddaughter A cousin - female An aunt A niece French une mre une soeur une fille une femme une grand-mre une petite-fille une cousine une tante une nice

As you can see, all the men in the family vocabulary are masculine words (UN pre, UN oncle..). It means that even if you are a woman, your father is still a man and therefore the word pre will always remain a masculine word. That is to say that you will always have a masculine article preceding the word.

un pre (a father) / mon pre (my father) / ton pre (your father) / son pre (his/her father)

The same goes for the women in the family. The words will always be feminine (UNE mre, UNE soeur...). That is why these words will always be preceded by a feminine article.

une mre (a mother)/ ma mre (my mother) / ta mre (your mother) / sa mre (his/her mother)
Then if you have to use the plural, it gives you this: MASCULINE un pre mon pre ton pre son pre PLURAL des parents mes parents tes parents ses parents FEMININE une mre ma mre ta mre sa mre

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Additional vocabulary.
Maman Papa mum (mummy) dad (daddy) granny granddad an older sister a younger sister a twin sister twin sisters un frre an un frre cadet un frre jumeau des jumeaux an older brother a younger brother a twin brother twin brothers

Mamie / mm papy / pp une sur ane une sur cadette une sur jumelle des jumelles

une belle-sur un beau-frre des beaux-parents une belle-mre un beau-pre une demi-sur un demi-frre Lamie de mon pre Lami de ma mre

a sister-in-law a brother-in-law parents-in-law a step-mother / a mother-in-law a step-father / a father-in-law a step-sister / a half-sister a step-brother / a half-brother my fathers girl friend my mothers boyfriend

Mari(e)

married

Divorc(e) Spar(e)

divorced separated

Ils sont maris. They are married. Fianc(e) Clibataire engaged single

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Traduire les phrases suivantes.

1. In my family, there are five persons. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. My mother is called Janine. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. I have two brothers and they are very tall. ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Your father has blue eyes and black hair. _______________________________________________________________________ 5. His cousin (feminine) is studying in Paris. ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Her parents like to watch tv. ________________________________________________________________________ 7. My sister is called Daniela and she is seventeen. ________________________________________________________________________ 8. The birthday of my sister is on the 23 march. ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Your father is quite small but he has long hair. ________________________________________________________________________ 10. My uncle is quite old, but he likes to travel. ________________________________________________________________________ 11. Her grand-father is very friendly and patient. ________________________________________________________________________ 12. She has a very big family. ________________________________________________________________________ 13. My sister is married and she has a daughter. ________________________________________________________________________

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1. Traduire en Franais : My Family : My father is called Patrick. He is 54. He has grey hair and blue eyes and he is quite tall. He is quite hard-working. My mother is called Martine. She is 49. She has black hair and brown eyes. She is very small. I have a brother and a sister. My brother is called Allan. He has blond hair and green eyes. He is very lazy. My sister is called Fabienne, she has brown hair and blue eyes. She is 21. She likes to study. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

2. Ecris un paragraphe pour dcrire ta famille.

______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________

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 la maison
(At home)

la maison
lentre (fem.) le salon la cuisine le bureau la salle manger les toilettes(fem. plur.) la salle de bains la chambre la douche la cave la salle de jeux le garage le jardin le balcon le couloir le grenier

the house
the entrance (hall) the living room the kitchen the office/study the dining room the toilet the bathroom the bedroom the shower the cellar the games room the garage the garden the balcony the corridor the attic

Au rez-de-chausse Au premier tage Au deuxime tage

on the ground floor on the first floor on the second floor

en ville / in town la campagne / in the countryside

Il y a Il ny a pas de chez....

there is / there are there is not/ there are not at (someones place)

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1. Traduire ce texte
Chez moi Jhabite en ville, Melaka, dans une maison. Ma maison est assez grande. Il ny a pas de cave, mais il y a un petit jardin. Au rez-de-chausse, il y a une entre avec un couloir, un salon, un petit bureau, une salle manger et une jolie cuisine. Au premier tage, il y a trois chambres et une salle de bains avec une douche. Il y a un grenier, mais il est vide. Il ny a pas de balcon. Et chez toi, cest comment?

_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 2.Ecris un paragraphe pour dcrire ta maison. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________

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Dans la ville:
La mairie / the town hall Le tribunal / the justice court Le comissariat de police / the police station La gare / the train station La banque / the bank Lhpital (masc) / the hospital Le magasin / the shop La pharmacie / the pharmacy La librairie / the bookshop La bibliothque / the library Lcole (fem) / the school Luniversit (fem)/ the university Le bureau de tabac / the newspaper and cigarettes shop Le salon de coiffure / the hairdresser La boulangerie / the bakery Le restaurant / the restaurant Le march / the market La piscine / the swimming pool Le thtre / the theater Le cinma / the cinema Le caf / the coffee shop Le bar / the bar- the pub La discothque / the night club Le stade / the stadium Lglise (fem) / the church Le temple / the temple La mosque / the mosque Le muse / the museum

In French, when you want to say that youre going somewhere, you need to use a sort of translation for to. This translation will be different according to the gender of the place youre talking about. Example 1: I am going to the swimming-pool. Je vais la piscine. La piscine being feminine, we use la. Example 2: I am going to the cinema. Je vais au cinma. Le cinma being masculine, we use au. Example 3 : I am going to the hospital. Je vais lhopital. When the word for the location starts with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u), we do not need to make a difference between masculine or feminine: for both, you have to use l

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Exercices : 1. cris quelques phrases suivants le modle :

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Le lundi, je vais au cinma. Le mardi, ______________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________

2. Traduis les phrases suivantes :

1. I like to go to the swimming pool with my mother.

_____________________________________________________________
2. We are going to the restaurant tomorrow. ________________________________________________________________________ 3. My family lives in a big white house in town. ________________________________________________________________________ 4. In my house, there are three small bedrooms. ________________________________________________________________________ 5. At my uncles place, there is no garden. _______________________________________________________________________ 6. In my town, there are two police stations and one justice court. ________________________________________________________________________ 7. She likes to live in Kuala Lumpur, because there are a lot of cinemas. ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Your sister likes to go to the night-club on Saturday. ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Sasha and Jonathan hate to go to the hospital. _______________________________________________________________________ 10. You are going to the train station soon. ________________________________________________________________________ Vocabulaire: Parce que because

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Les verbes irrguliers (2)

Here are a second batch of very important, but irregular verbs.

Faire (to do, to make) Je fais I do Tu fais you do Il/elle fait he/she does Nous faisons Vous faites Ils/elles font we do you do they do

Pouvoir (to be able to, can) Je peux I can Tu peux you can Il/elle peut he/she can Nous pouvons Vous pouvez Ils/elles peuvent we can you can they can

Vouloir (to want) Je veux Tu veux Il/elle veut Nous voulons Vous voulez Ils/elles veulent

I want you want he/she wants we want you want they want

Venir (to come) Je viens Tu viens Il/elle vient Nous venons Vous venez Ils/elles viennent

I come you come he/she comes we come you come they come

Devoir (must) Je dois Tu dois Il / elle doit Nous devons Vous devez Ils / elles doivent

I must you must he / she must we must you must they must

Savoir (to know smtg) Je sais I know Tu sais you know Il/ elle sait he/ she knows Nous savons Vous savez Ils / elles savent we know you know they know

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Exercice: Les verbes (2)

Traduire les phrases suivantes: 1. She wants to be happy. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. I dont know. ___________________________________________________________________ 3. She thinks that (=que) she can have a big house. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. We come from Italy but we live in Australia. ___________________________________________________________________ 5. I like to laugh with my friends. ___________________________________________________________________ 6. My parents want to go to Canada (masc.) soon. ___________________________________________________________________ 7. The mother of my friend can dance. ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Your uncle is coming tomorrow. ___________________________________________________________________ 8. We are going to wash your car today. ___________________________________________________________________ 9. I want to help my brother. ___________________________________________________________________ 10. She hopes that she can pay. ___________________________________________________________________ 11. We must go to the school with Patricia. ___________________________________________________________________ 12. Jacques knows that I am lazy. ___________________________________________________________________

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Les activits

Les sports
In French, as in English language to a certain extent, there are sports you play, and others that you do. For example, you play football, but you do boxing the verbs will be used almost in the same way in French (meaning that the sports you play in English will be the same in French). We have already seen the different verbs to play (jouer) and to do (faire), but it might be useful to recall here how they are conjugated:

Jouer (to play) Je joue Tu joues Il/ elle joue Nous jouons Vous jouez Ils/ elles jouent

Faire (to do) Je fais Tu fais Il/ elle fait Nous faisons Vous faites Ils/ elles font

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I. Sports / games you play Vocabulaire: le badminton le basket-ball le football le golf le handball le hockey le ping-pong le rugby le volley-ball le tennis

badminton basketball football golf handball hockey table tennis rugby volleyball tennis

Grammar: In French, when you are using jouer relating to a sport or any game, you will need to use after the verb. As in English, you use to look at, in French, will always come after jouer. Once again the gender of the word is very important. When you are using the name of a sport or a game which is feminine, it will remain as its usual self. For example: je joue la belote (la belote is a card game) When you are using the name of a sport or a game which is masculine, you will have to change it to au. The rule is that, whenever you find le in a sentence, you have to replace it by au. For example: je joue le au football

1. Ecris la phrase correspondant chaque image.

Tu ______________________________________________ Nous _________________________________________

2. Traduis les phrases suivantes. 1. I like to play tennis. _____________________________________________________________________ 2. My sister plays badminton with her friend today. _____________________________________________________________________

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II. Sports / games you do Vocabulaire: le cyclisme lquitation (fem) la gymnastique le judo la natation le VTT la boxe lescalade (fem) la planche voile le patin glace lathltisme (masc) le ski

cycling horse riding gymnastics judo swimming mountain biking boxing moutain climbing windsurfing ice-skating athletics ski

Grammar: Well, things will work almost the same way for faire Faire in French is always followed with de As we have seen before, the feminine doesnt imply any changes. For example: Je fais de la boxe. Whereas, the masculine will induce the change from de le into du For example: je fais de le du judo.

1. Ecris la phrase correspondant chaque image.

Il _______________________________________________ Elle ____________________________________________

2. Traduis les phrases suivantes. 1. We want to go to the swimming pool Sunday. _____________________________________________________________________ 2. They do horse-riding two times a month. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. His mother likes to do boxing once a week. _____________________________________________________________________
Vocabulaire: toujours souvent parfois jamais

always often sometimes never

une (deux/ trois/quatre...) fois par jour (semaine/ mois/anne...) one (2/ 3 / 4...) time per day (week / month/ year...)

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Les professions:
In french, as we have seen so many times now, all the nouns have a specific gender which cannot change. For professions, it will be slightly different, as most of the professions have both a feminine and a masculine possibility.

For example: Un avocat is a male lawyer. Une avocate is a female lawyer.

Remember: when you transform a masculine into a feminine one, normally you had an extra E.

Here are a few examples of other transformations into feminine: Un tudiant une tudiante a student Un infirmier Un boulanger Un caissier Un serveur Un coiffeur Un vendeur Un danseur Un acteur Un agriculteur Un musicien Un chirurgien Un magicien
Some are irregular ones:

une infirmire une boulangre une caissire une serveuse une coiffeuse une vendeuse une danseuse une actrice une agricultrice une musicienne une chirurgienne une magicienne une chanteuse

a nurse a baker a cashier a waiter/a waitress a hairdresser a salesman/saleswoman a dancer an actor/an actress a farmer a musician a surgeon a magician a singer

Un chanteur

Some dont change whether they are used to refer to a male or to a female, because the masculine form already ends with an E, only the article will help us find out:

Un comptable Un journaliste Un dentiste Un pilote

une comptable une journaliste une dentiste une pilote

an accountant a journalist a dentiste a pilot

And some exception words are only used in masculine (even if you are talking about a woman!):

Un professeur A teacher
We also have some special ones:

un mdecin a doctor

un crivain a writer

Un homme daffaire Un homme au foyer

une femme daffaire une femme au foyer

a businessman / woman a house husband(?) / wife

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Annexe 1 : Les articles

In French, as in English, we have different articles, according to the way you want to specify the object you are talking about. We have definite articles (the) and indefinite articles (a). The main differences on that point between French and English is that each noun has a gender and a number, and the gender always remain the same for that specific object. For example: a table is feminine in French and will always be: une table a restaurant is masculine in French and will always be: un restaurant then, the table becomes la table the restaurant becomes le restaurant That is why, when you learn the vocabulary, it is very important that you also learn the article linked to it, so that you will know what gender it is. Now, coming to the plural of things. In French both the noun and the articles have to carry the mark of the plural which is (most of the times) -S. When it comes to plural, the articles dont take into account the gender anymore, as: The tables become les tables, and The restaurants become les restaurants As for the indefinite articles, they dont have a plural in English, as you would say: a table becomes (in a plural form) tables. You can notice the absence of article for the plural. In French, we have an article for the indefinite plural: des. So that, and tables become des tables restaurants become des restaurants

To sum up all this: indefinite english Masculine A Feminine A Plural

indefinite french Un Une Des

definite english The The The

definite french Le La Les

Attention: when you use the singular definite article in front of a noun that begins with a vowel or a H, you have to retrieve the last vowel of that article: Le oiseau loiseau (the bird) La amie lamie (the female friend) Le hpital lhpital (the hospital)

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Annexe 2 : Les adjectifs

1.Feminine . The adjectives are the words that you use when you want to describe someone or something (noun). For example when you say : Jean has a big grey house. big is an adjective. grey is also an adjective. They both are used to describe the house. Now, as you know, in French all nouns have a gender. Here, a house, in French, is feminine: une maison Well, the adjectives will have to fit the gender of the noun they are describing. Therefore, here, big and grey, as they are referring to the house, will have to be used in their feminine forms, which gives us: grande and grise Another important point is, in French, the colours will always be placed after the noun they are describing. Whereas, most of the time, the other adjectives will be placed before the noun, same way as in English. Therefore, if we translate this sentence it will give us: Jean a une grande maison grise. 2. Plural. Now lets take another example, if I say: Jonathan and Daniel are tall. What is the adjective in this sentence?.... it is tall. And who is tall? In other words, to which words refers tall in that sentence?.... Well, Jonathan and Daniel are the ones who are tall, agreed? So, as we modify the adjective when it refers to a feminine noun, we will also modify it when it refers to a plural. Therefore, here, we will have: Jonathan et Daniel sont grands. So, the important points to remember about the adjectives: 1. find who or what the adjective refers to, and use the right form of the word accordingly (masculine-feminine; singular-plural) 2. the colours will always be placed after the word they describe

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Annexe 3 : Les nationalits et les pays

1. Les nationalits:
In French, according to the person you are talking about, you have to adapt the words you use. If you are a man, and you are talking about yourself, you will use the masculine form of the words; the same will happen if you are talking about another man. If you are a woman, and you are talking about yourself, you need to use the feminine form of the words; the same will happen if you are talking about another woman. This work for a lot of situations, here we will just go through the nationalites. Name of the country (in French) Nationality Masculine Nationality Feminine Nationality English

Most of the nationality will follow one of these patterns: -AIS -AISE
La France LAngleterre (fem.) Le Japon Le Soudan Le Portugal Le Botswana La Thailande La Hollande Le Cameroun LIrlande (fem.) LOuganda (masc.) Franais Anglais Japonais Soudanais Portugais Botswanais Thailandais Hollandais Camerounais Irlandais Ougandais Franaise Anglaise Japonaise Soudanaise Portugaise Botswanaise Thailandaise Hollandaise Camerounaise Irlandaise Ougandaise French English Japanese Sudanese Portuguese Botswanian Thai Dutch Cameroonian Irish Ugandan

-IEN -ENNE
La Malaisie LIndonsie (fem.) LItalie (fem.) Le Brsil Le Vietnam LAlgrie (fem.) La Tunisie LInde (fem.) Singapour LAustralie (fem.) Malaisien Indonsien Italien Brsilien Vietnamien Algrien Tunisien Indien Singapourien Australien Malaisienne Indonsienne Italienne Brsilienne Vietnamienne Algrienne Tunisienne Indienne Singapourienne Australienne Malaysian Indonesian Italian Brazilian Vietnamese Algerian Tunisian Indian Singaporean Australian

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Some nationalities will follow the normal transformation to feminine : add an extra -E
La Chine LAmrique (fem.) La Jamaique Le Maroc LAllemagne (fem.) LEspagne (fem.) La Mongolie Le Nigria Chinois Amricain Jamaicain Marocain Allemand Espagnol Mongol Nigrian Chinoise Amricaine Jamaicaine Marocaine Allemande Espagnole Mongole Nigriane Chinese American Jamaican Moroccan German Spanish Mongolian Nigerian

Some nationalities will be the same for masculine and feminine (when the masculine already ends with E)
La Belgique La Suisse Belge Suisse Belge Suisse Belgian Swiss

2. Les pays:
In the chart above, you also have the names of countries. Most of them are quite similar to the English versions, but you have to be careful with the spelling. You can notice that the countries also have genders. Most countries are feminine, but some of them as you can see here are masculine. This will lead to some changes in the way you use the names of countries in sentences. There will be two major moments when you need to take the gender into account: 1. You will say: And Jhabite en France. Jhabite au Japon. (La France being a feminine country) (Le Japon being a masculine country)

2. You will say : And

Je viens de France. Je viens du Japon.

Attention: Singapour is a special case in French, it will be considered as the name of a town, therefore, you will use it the way you use the name of a town : Jhabite Singapour. Je viens de Singapour.

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Annexe 4 : le fminin
In French language, all nouns and objects have a gender. Everything is either masculine or feminine. The neutral doesnt exist in French. Maybe that is why people say that it is such a romantic language!!! Most of the words will have one gender which will never change. For example: Un arbre Une plante

a tree a plant

is masculine and will always be. is feminine and will always be.

There are some sort of rules on how to guess if a word is masculine or feminine, but every rule knows a lot of exceptions, so we will not go through this. The only way that you can know for sure if a word is masculine or feminine is by looking at the article (cf annexe 1). A masculine word will always follow a masculine article (un, le), whereas a feminine word will always follow a feminine article (une, la). That is why it is very important that when you learn the vocabulary you learn it with the article that goes with it. Remember we have seen in annexe 2 that the adjectives refering to a masculine noun or object will have to be used in their masculine form; And the adjectives refering to a feminine noun or object will have to be used in their feminine form. Un petit arbre Une petite plante Je suis franais. Je suis franaise.

The usual sign for feminine will be an extra E at the end of the word.

Now, there are some nouns that can change from masculine to feminine and from feminine to masculine. This will happen when you are talking about professions. As in English a waiter is the masculine version of a waitress, in French most of the professions will have a masculine and a feminine version. We will see those in our lesson about the professions later on.

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Annexe 5 : Le pluriel
As we have seen previously, all nouns (objects) have a gender (masculine / feminine) and a number (singular / plural). We have discussed already the changes that need to be done if you use masculine or feminine, now we are going to discuss changes that occur when you are using different numbers: one or many. The use of plural in French is generally quite simple : remember how to use the feminine you had an extra E at the end of the word ; well, for the plural, you will usually add an extra S. For example: La maison Un homme

Les maisons Des hommes

Remember : the articles will also change from singular to plural, cf annexe 1. Nevertheless, what would be the fun in this if there wasnt any exceptions!!! We have a few special cases to remember when you are using the plural:

1. The words that already end with -S, -X, or -Z will not take an extra S for the plural, there will be no changes to these: For example: Un pays Le nez

Des pays Les nez

2. The other main exception will come with a change of the sign for the plural ; that is to say for some words the sign for plural will be X instead of S : Words ending with EU will end with EUX for the plural. Words ending with AL and AU will end with AUX for the plural. For example: Un journal Le cadeau Un cheveu

Des journaux Les cadeaux Des cheveux

Of course, there are other funny exceptions, but these should be enough to begin with !

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Annexe 6 : La ngation
A negative sentence is not a sentence that says something bad! Here is an example of the transformation to a negative sentence in English: I am tall. I am not tall.

In French, the negative form works in two parts: Ne.. Pas The rule is that you have to put NePas on each side of the verb. So, of course the first thing that you need to do is to find the verb ( the action word) in the sentence. For example: Je Subj. suis Verb grande. Adjective Je Subj. ne ne suis Verb pas pas grande. Adjective

Now, if it was that simple, it wouldnt be fun! Sometimes, you will have to be careful when building a negative sentence. Problems happen when you are using the verb avoir For example: Jai Tu as Nous avons une un des maison. chien. voitures. Je Tu nai nas pas pas de de de maison. chien. voitures.

Nous navons pas

un , une and des when put into a negative sentence are transformed into de
So you can notice here that the articles But this happens only when you have a sentence with avoir, and only with un,

une, des. Attention ! Il y a Il ny a pas (de)

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Exercices : La ngation
Transformez la forme ngative:

1. Nous avons une grande maison. __________________________________________________________ 2. Il y a un grand chien dans le jardin. __________________________________________________________ 3. Vous regardez beaucoup la tl. __________________________________________________________ 4. Jaime jouer au rugby avec mes amis. __________________________________________________________ 5. Ils ont trois enfants. __________________________________________________________ 6. Tu aimes manger du chocolat. __________________________________________________________ 7. Il va la piscine deux fois par mois. __________________________________________________________ 8. Je suis Franaise et je parle trs bien langlais. __________________________________________________________ 9. Mes amis vont en Indonsie pour noel. __________________________________________________________ 10. Damien adore danser en discothque. __________________________________________________________ 11. Il a un chat blanc. __________________________________________________________ 12. Je suis heureux de visiter la Malaisie. __________________________________________________________ 13. Daniel et moi, nous regardons beaucoup la tl. __________________________________________________________ 14. Il habite Kuala Lumpur. __________________________________________________________ 15. Ils ont une voiture bleue et rouge. __________________________________________________________

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