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Tonight’s Lessons: 7.06 & 7.07 We will get started soon!! What is the ‘Le Futur Proche’? In both, English and French, it is a way of describing what you are going to do in the near future. As an action that will take place in the immediate future, the sentence is made up of the subject and the verb ‘to go’ followed by the infinitive of the second verb. I am going Examples: I am going to watch a movie. We are going to eat a pizza. to sing. How to form ‘le futur proche’ In French, you need three parts in your sentence, just as in English. They are: The subject The right part of the verb ‘aller’ Examples: Je vais regarder un film Nous allons manger une pizza. A 2nd verb in the infinitive Let’s Review… The subject is the ‘who’ or ‘what’ the sentence is about. Some subjects in French sentences: Je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles. Marc, Sophie, Le professeur, Maman, Papa. Let’s Review… Je vais I go Ils / Elles vont They go Tu vas You go ALLER to go Vous allez You go Nous allons We go Il / Elle va He / She goes Let’s Review… Infinitive Verbs As you know, verbs in French have many different forms. They change depending on who is doing the action. I sing = Je chante. We sing = Nous chantons The infinitive of any verb, is the form that you will find when you look it up in the dictionary! Think of it as: ‘to + action word’ to sing / to dance / to eat / to play / to study chanter / danser/ manger / jouer / étudier Les Activités – Things to do! faire des magasins jouer au football boire un café manger la pizza lire jouer au volley Let’s practice! Tu ____________Paris. ( are going to visit) Elle ___________ de la musique (is going to listen) Nous _________ au tennis. (are going to play) Marc et Sophie ____________ un film. (are going to watch) Je ___________ le français (am going to study) Est-ce que vous ___________ de la pizza (are going to eat) How did you do? Tu vas visiter Paris. ( are going to visit) Elle va écouter de la musique (is going to listen) Nous allons jouer au tennis. (are going to play) Marc et Sophie vont regarder un film. (are going to watch) Je vais étudier le français (am going to study) Est-ce que vous allez manger de la pizza (are going to eat) Let’s Review… Bravo!! Now you can write sentences in ‘le futur proche’ . Check your understanding by using the elements below. How many different ‘futur proche’ sentences can you write? Subject Je Tu Il / Elle Nous Vous Ils / Elles Conjugated form of the verb ALLER vais vas va allons allez vont Second verb in the infinitive (to + action) boire un café jouer au football manger la pizza lire faire des magasins jouer au volley What is a Disjunctive Pronoun? In English, we use our voice for emphasis. ex: HE is going? YOU like escargots? In French, we use Disjunctive Pronouns for emphasis: moi toi lui elle nous vous eux elles Using Disjunctive Pronouns 0 To emphasize who is doing something, add a disjunctive pronoun at the end or at the beginning of the sentence. Tu aimes la pizza, TOI? = Do you like pizza? MOI, je vais regarder la télé = I am going to watch TV. 0 In short answers without verbs. Qui va au parc? Pas moi! ELLE! = Not me! HER! 0 Disjunctive pronouns can help to emphasize and identify people when the subject includes more that one person. MARC ET MOI, nous faisons du ski. = We're skiing. CLAIRE ET TOI, vous étudiez? = Are you and Claire studying? Using Disjunctive Pronouns con’t 0 Use disjunctive pronouns after prepositions. Ils sont devant MOI. = They are in front of ME. Je vais chez TOI. = I am going to YOUR house. 0 You can show possession by using "à" before a disjunctive pronoun. A qui sont les lunettes? = Elles sont à MOI. Ces gommes, elles sont à toi? Non, elles sont à ELLE. ***Do you remember this from your 6.04 Assignment?*** 0 Use disjunctive pronouns in comparisons. Je suis plus grande que TOI. = I am is taller than YOU. Nous sommes plus intelligents qu'ELLE. = We are smarter than SHE. Let’s Practice! Match the disjunctive pronoun with the subject it emphasizes! moi toi lui elle nous vous eux elles Me You all Marc and I Pauline Your friend and you The boys You (singular) That boy My sisters How did you do? moi toi lui elle nous vous eux elles Me You all Marc and I Pauline Your friend and you The boys You (singular) That boy My sisters Questions? See you next week for: 8.03 & 8.04