Transcript Subjects and Verbs

Grammaire 1-1
Les Sujets et les verbes
Subjects and Verbs
Subjects and Verbs in English
Eric walks slowly.
The dog eats a lot.
Laura is 13 years old.
What is the subject of each sentence?
What is the verb of each sentence?
What part of speech are subjects?
French is the same way!
• Xavier écrit un poème!
• L’oiseau chante une belle chanson!
• Lise lève sa main.
• Sujet?
• Verbe?
• The structure is the same! Don’t be afraid that it’s
in French!
Nouns Are Replaced By What?
• Kevin is a friend. ______ is 14.
– What goes in the blank?
– Why do we do this?
• Kelly and Monica are going to the movies.
______ are excited to see the new movie.
– What goes in this blank?
Subject Pronouns in English
I
You
He/She
One
It
We
They
Les pronoms sujets en français
Je
Tu
Il
Elle
On
Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles
- Je becomes j’ before a vowel sound.
- J’ai quinze ans.
Rappel! Reminder! Formal/Informal
Formal
• When you are speaking to
people who are older than
you that you don’t know,
you will want to use VOUS.
• Use VOUS when speaking to
more than one person,
regardless of age.
– Kind of like Y’all.
Informal
• When you are speaking to a
person your own age or
younger.
• Used between family
members, even those older
than you.