Transcript notes - French I

Leçon 10
Pages 150-159
So far, we have learned how to
conjugate 2 irregular verbs:
Être – to be
Je
faire = to do OR to
make
Je fais
suis Let’sNous
learn another IRREGULAR
sommes
Nous faisons
Verb!
Tu es
Il/ Elle
est
Vous êtes
Tufollow
fais a pattern,Vous
remember, these verbs do not
you just have to memorize them…
Ils/Elles
sont
Il/ elle
fait
faites
Ils/Elles
font
NOTES
avoir = to have
J’
Nous
ai
Tu
avons
Vous
as
Il
Ils/Elles
a
Elle
avez
ont
NOTES
This should look a little familiar.
Remember:
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J’ai quinze ans. (I am 15 years old.)*
J’ai faim.
(I am hungry.)*
Tu as soif?
(You are thirsty?)*
Quel âge a ton père?
(How old is your dad)*
*Note that in English we say “I am 15 years old.” In
French and Spanish, speakers would say “I have 15
years” or “I have hunger”.
On your own paper – to turn in for a
grade! You have 5 minutes.
(pg 152 in book)
1. Tu as une raquette.
2. Il a un baladeur.
3. J’ai une télé.
4. Vous avez un portable.
5. Nous avons un baladeur.
6. Vous avez un ordinateur.
7. Elles ont une raquette.
8. Ils ont un ordinateur.
On your own paper – to turn in for a
grade! You have 5 minutes.
(pg 152 in book)
Translate the following
sentences from French to
English. Remember good
translating…
1. Elle a vingt-deux ans.
1. She is 22 years old
2. Marc a soif.
2. Marc is thristy.
3. J’ai un portable.
3. I have a cell phone.
4. Tu as un frère.
4. You have a brother.
5. Vous avez un chien.
6. Nous avons faim!
5. You (or y’all) have a
dog.
6. We are hungry.
Some grammar:
• NOUN: a word that is a person, place, thing or
idea (HINT: if you can put the word MY in front of it, it is a noun)
• In French, nouns have a gender. They are
either masculine or feminine.
• You might remember this when we learned
café vocabulary:
Un sandwich
une pizza
Un café
une limonade
More about nouns:
• Nouns that designate a male are almost always
masculine. Un garçon
un ami
• Nouns that designate a female are almost always
feminine. Une fille une amie
• EXCEPTIONS: Add these exceptions to your notes
– une personne is always feminine even if you are referring to
a male.
– Un professeur is always masculine even if you are referring
to a female.
Nouns that designate animals, objects and things – there
is no way to determine - you must memorize if they
are masculine or feminine. THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THE REST OF FRENCH
GRAMMAR – so learn it as you go.
Articles
• In French, nouns are introduced by articles that match
their gender (masc/fem).
• Some examples of articles are:
– indefinite article:
• A in English (a cat, a mouse, a boat, a girl)
• Un or une in French (un chat, une fille)
– Definite article (more specific):
• The in English (the cat, the mouse, the boat, the girl)
• Le, la, l’ in French (le chat, la fille, l’heure)
– L’ is for both masculine and feminine nouns that
start with a vowel
NOTES
More simply:
A boy
a girl
the boy
the girl
Vocabulary review:
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A cell phone
The radio
A car
the pen
A pencil
The guitar
The poster
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Un portable
La radio
Une voiture
le stylo
Un crayon
La guitare
L’affiche
NOTES
Pronouns:
•Nouns can be replaced with pronouns( he, she, it, they, etc...).
TheHe
boy pets the dog.
TheItpen is blue.
TheItcar does not work well.
•In French, the gender of the pronoun must match the gender of
the noun.
• if referring to a masculine object
• if referring to a feminine object
It = Il
It = Elle
Le garçon
Il caresse le chien.
Le stylo
Il est bleu.
La voiture
Elle ne marche pas bien.
On your own paper – to turn in for a grade!
You have 8 minutes.(pg 154 in book)
On your paper, write where each object is located BUT DO
NOT use the items name; use a pronoun for it instead.
Example: Baladeur (remember it is un baladeur)
You would write:
1. Il est sur la table.
1. Il est sur la table.
5. Elle est sous la table
6. Il est sous la table.
2. Il est sur la table.
7. Elle est sous la table.
3. Elle est sur la table.
4. Elle est sous la table.
8. Elle est sous la table.
So far we have learned how to talk
about ONE of an object
•The book
•Le livre
•A book
•Un livre
• Now, we’ll learn how to use plurals
– or MORE THAN ONE of an
object…
Let’s make some observations
Things we noticed:
•There is an “s” added to the end of the nouns (livre livres AND
fille  filles)
•Hmmm. This is just like in English.
•BOTH
le and la become les when plural (talking about more than one).
•I wonder about l’ ?
•L’affiche  les affiches
NOTES
NOTES for plural “THE”:
• Le  les
• La  les
• L’  les
-- Add and “s” to the end of the object, too!
Vocabulary review:
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Le portable
La radio
La voiture
le stylo
Le crayon
La guitare
L’affiche
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Les portables
Les radios
Les voitures
Les stylos
Les crayons
Les guitares
Les affiches
Let’s make some observations
Things we noticed:
•There is an “s” added to the end of the nouns (sac sacs AND
copine  copines)
•Hmmm. This is just like in English. (and just like le AND la)
•BOTH
one).
un and une become des when plural (talking about more than
•I wonder what “des” translates as in English
•Des is like saying “some” in English
Voici des sacs. =
Here are some bags.
NOTES
NOTES for plural “A”:
• un  des
• une  des
• “des” means “some” in English
-- Add and “s” to the end of the object, too!
Be CaReFuL!!!
• Do not pronounce the “s” at the
end of
– Les <lay>
– Des <day>
– Or the object (filles <fee yuh>)
UNLESS….
• The object begins with a
vowel, then we have the
liason where the “s” sounds
like a “z”.
• Vowels = a, e, i, o, u, h
On your own paper – to turn in for a grade!
You have 5 minutes.(pg 155 in book)
It couldn’t be that easy… right?
• Unfortunately, you are right.
• There are some RULE BREAKERS (exceptions)
NOTES
Remember the bullies “ne” and “pas”?
• You will rarely see un, une, or des next to
“ne…pas”
– They become de instead
• de becomes d’ in front of a vowel
Paul n’a pas d’ordinateur.
J’ai des livres dans mon Je n’ai pas de livres sur
mon bureau.
sac.
Alice a un ordinateur.
This rule does not apply when using Être 
Phillipe est un voisin.
Éric n’est pas un voisin.
NOTES
Again with “ne…pas”
• Il y a = there is/ there are (literally “it has there”)
– The verb is a (has). Normally “ne…pas” goes around the
verb
– BUT to make “il y a” negative 
• Il n’y a
pas
Est-ce qu’il y a un stylo?
Non, il n’y a pas de stylo.
On your own paper, let’s practice using
negation. (pg 156 in book)
1. Non, je n’ai pas d’appareil-photo.
2. Non, je n’ai pas de moto.
3. Non, je n’ai pas de mobylette.
4. Non, je n’ai pas de clarinette.
5. Non, je n’ai pas de jeux vidéo.
6. Non, je n’ai pas d’affiches.
7. Non, je n’ai pas de boa.
8. Non, je n’ai pas d’alligator.
9. Non, je n’ai pas de hamsters.
10. Non, je n’ai pas de portable.
NOTES
A few random notes: