Le français George Brassens

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1 Le français George Brassens
George Brassens French born in Sete in Languedoc Postwar II poet 250 songs Chanson pour L’Auvergnat George Brassens

2 Hexagon Bodies of water Mountains A crossroad

3 La France Most visited country in the world
Largest country in Western Europe Population: 60,742,000 Capital: Paris; 9,854,000

4 Overseas Departments and Territories
French Overseas Departments and Territories: 6 departments, 4 territories, 101 departments Consisting of islands in the Atlantic (Martinique and Guadeloupe), Pacific and Indian Oceans French Guiana in S. America 2,700,000

5 La Martinique 6x the size of Washington,D.C.
Lovely beaches, clear water, mountainous, manufacture of Rum La Martinique

6 French speaking World 220 million
31 countries Europe: Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland Africa- 15 countries - French colonies Asia - Vietnam Canada

7 Pourquoi apprendre le français?
Benefits of learning French Global business oppoetunities

8 Aerospace industry 63,000 employees
Located in Toulouse, France World’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturer Begun in 1974 Today it has an international production net work, including a site in Tian jin, China

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10 Total Paris headquarters Largest French energy company
One of 6 “Supermajors” oil companies in the world Largest French energy company One of 6 Supermajor companies in the world Paris headquarters

11 Haute Couture Chanel Spring Collection Louis Vuitton, Dior, Givenchy
Leader of the fashion industry Important part of French culture since 17th century

12 Louis Vuitton Founded in 1854

13 Prêt à porter Cacharel

14 Les grands magasins Faire les magasins Au Printemps La Samaritaine
Bon Marche

15 Galleries Lafayette

16 Napoléon Bonaparte 1769 -1821 Military leader
First emperor of France, , battle of Waterloo in Belgium Absolutist rule

17 Louis XIV 17th century The Sun King, the sun his emblem, France could not survive without him just as the earth could not survive without the sun Reign of 72 years, longest of any country in European history

18 Versailles Versailles Outside Paris, can take the subway 700 rooms
Could hold 20,000 people French Gardens- like geometric sculpture nobility, all government officials moved there in 1682, so that Louis XIV could have complete authority over them obsession of Louis XIV absolute government One of the finest examples of French architecture

19 Palais de l’Elysée

20 François Hollande Many French political parties need to form coalitions elected in a 5 year term Parti socialiste Partie Communiste Union for a Popular Movement

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22 gastronomie

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25 Les escargots

26 Le terroir

27 350 types Cows, sheep, goats What they eat How they are aged

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29 Fragrance of the boulangeries
Bought daily

30 Le tour de France Tour de France July 5 - July 27
Yorkshire, England to Paris 3,656 kilometres = 1800 miles 198 riders 22 teams 21 stages 12 millions fans 2 million along the course Yellow maillot winner Italian Vincenzo Nibali Collage of photos of le tour Commentator has a very bad French accent Let you see the challenges and the fun of le tour Tour de France July 5 - July 27

31 Vincenzo Nibali

32 La côte d’Azur

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34 La Bretagne

35 Le Louvre Originally a fortress, dates back to the 12th century
One of the world’s largest museums - 35,000 works Most visited museum in world, nearly 10 million visitors Encyclopedic colletion

36 Cycladic sculpture, 2700 B.C.

37 Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci early 1500s

38 La Pyramide (1989) - I.M. Pei Born in China in 1917
Came to M.I.T. to study architecture Designed the new entrance to the Louvre La Pyramide (1989) - I.M. Pei

39 Le français is a romance language which means it comes from Latin
Le français is a romance language which means it comes from Latin. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian are also romance languages. Knowing French will make it easier for you to learn other romance languages. In Europe, French is the second most frequently spoken language after English. French will give you a foundation for learning many other languages.

40 Culture: customs, civilization, achievements of a particular time or people
Size of your cities Length of your history Beauty of your gardens A perspective on your on culture similarities & differences Examples of American culture

41 30% of all words in English come from French.
Bon voyage! Encore RSVP (Répondez, s’il vous plaît) Chic Souvenir Mardi gras Chef d’oeuvre 1066 William the Conqueror (Duc) invaded England and conquered it Became its king

42 Cognates words whose meaning in French you can deduce from
knowing similar words in English la banque le dictionnaire les numéros l’hôtel

43 L’alphabet a(ah) b(é) c(é) d(é) f k(a) l m n
o p(é) q(ku) s t(é) v(é) w(double v) 26 letters Pronunciation similar to English - tighter + lips move

44 e i g j r u x y(i grec) z Different pronunciation
R - a bit like gargling, the tongue is down Try with A sound Vibration in throat Crepe/rouge

45 Épelez (spell) bébé (accent aigu - day) dinosaure lampe
zèbre (accent grave - jet) hippopotame All cognates As group first Then volunteers

46 Meet and Greet Je m’appelle Madame Cook (My name is…..)
Comment tu t’appelles? (What’s your name?) Il s’appelle Pierre. (His name is Peter.) Elle s’appelle Marie. (Her name is Mary.) Comment il/elle s’appelle? (What’s his/her name?)

47 Say Hello and Goodbye Salut! (Hi!)
Bonjour, monsieur, madame, mademoiselle (Hello Mr./ Mrs./ Miss…..) Bonsoir.(Good evening) À bientôt./ À demain. (See you soon./ See you tomorrow.) À plus. (See you later.) Au revoir. (Goodbye.)

48 To ask how someone is doing
Ça va?(informal) Comment allez-vous? (formal) Oui, ça va. (Yes, fine.) Bien/très bien, merci. (Fine./Very good, thank you.) Pas mal. (Not bad.) Non, pas très bien. (No, not too good.) Et toi? (informal) (And you?) Et vous? (formal)

49 Un dialogue Bonjour! Je m’appelle ……. Comment tu t’appelles? Ça va?
Oui, ça va. Et toi?

50 Un exercice Unscramble the words to make a correct sentence/question.
1. allez/ comment/ -vous je/ bonsoir/ m’appelle/ Richard pas/ toi/ mal/ et très/ merci/ bien/ et/ vous elle/ comment/s’appelle bien/ très/ et/ pas/ vous

51 Les nombres de 0 à 10 0 (zéro) 1 (un) 2 (deux) 3 (trois) 4 (quatre)
5 (cinq) 6 (six) 7 (sept) 8 (huit) 9 (neuf) 10(dix) Go over letters that are not pronounced Practice pronunciation I say French, they say English, and vice versa

52 Les nombres de 11 à 20 11 (onze) 12 (douze) 13 (treize) 14 (quatorze)
15 (quinze) 16 (seize) 17 (dix-sept) 18 (dix-huit) 19 ( ) 20 (vingt)

53 Les nombres 21 à 30 21 (vingt et un) 22 (vingt-deux) 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 (trente)

54 Un exercice un, deux, trois a. trente dix, vingt b. huit
Select the number that would logically follow each series on the left. un, deux, trois a. trente dix, vingt b. huit quinze, dix c. quatorze dix-huit, seize d. quatre un, deux, quatre e. douze six, huit, dix f. cinq

55 To ask how old someone is:
Introductions Ça, c’est ………..(This is …….) C’est un/une ami/e (He/She’s a friend.) Bonjour! (informal) Enchanté/e (formal) To ask how old someone is: Tu as quel âge? J’ai ……..ans. Il/Elle a quel âge? Il/Elle a ……..ans. Change in syntax Ask for translations

56 Une conversation Respond to Mathieu’s(a new French student) questions.
Bonjour. Tu t’appelles comment? Comment ça va? Tu as quel âge? Je te présente Martin. C’est un ami. Salut! À plus!

57 La grammaire française
How language is constructed A set of rules Parts of speech La grammaire française

58 Subject Pronouns singular plural Je (J’) I Nous We
Tu You Vous You (plural/formal) Il He Ils They (all male or mixed) Elle She _____ _______ On One (people in general) What’s a subject What’s a pronoun Explain use of On

59 Un exercice Use a word from each column to make as many sentences and questions as you can. Je/J’ ai seize ans Il t’appelles Christophe Elle a quinze ans Tu m’appelle quel âge s’appelle Monique as Mme Dumont Pronounce new words

60 Une fille (a girl) Un garçon (a boy) Des caniches (French poodles)
Gender All nouns are either masculine or feminine When learning vocabulary (nouns), must learn gender Des caniches (French poodles)

61 Un homme (a man) Une femme (a woman) Un menu (a menu)
Une table (a table) Un serveur (a waiter) Une chaise (a chair) Une cravate (a tie) More vocabulary Must learn whether a word (noun) is masculine or feminine Une bande dessine

62 Complete the following sentences with un, une, or des.
Il y a ____table et _____chaises. Il y a ____menu et _____serveur. Il y a ____femmes et ____homme. J’ai ____cravate. Il a ____caniche. C’est _____fille et _____garçon. Look for clues - final e’s and s’s Translate sentences

63 the Masculine singular Feminine vowel plural le l’ les

64 le livre les élèves la glace L’hôtel
Must know gender of words in order to use them

65 Add le, la, l’, or les to the following nouns.
Un exercise Add le, la, l’, or les to the following nouns. _____frites (French fries) _____école (school) _____mathématiques _____radio _____roman (novel) Remind them of cognates Clues - s’s at the end, vowels at the beginning of a word Don’t get frustrated so different from Chinese and English True of all romance languages which are _____________?

66 Verbs denote an action, a state of being
Toughest things is to decide which preposition goes with which verb

67 Regular verbs aimer to like J’aime Nous aimons Tu aimes Vous aimez
Il/Elle aime Ils/Elles aiment Regular verbs 3 groups This group ends in -er and adds the shown endings always Patterns in languages Conjugate verb forms Conjugate to like in English, a very simple pattern What is it? Go through meanings of J’aime etc. liaison

68 More -er verbs jouer porter étudier parler
Hundreds of regular -er verbs étudier parler

69 Un exercice Conjugate the following verbs.
Nous ___________(jouer)au football. Je _____________(porter) un jean. Tu _____________(étudier) l’anglais. Ils _____________(parler) français. Vous ___________(téléphoner) Paul. Elle ____________(danser) avec Jean. Conjugate meaning

70 Une lecture Bonjour. Je m’appelle Jacques. J’ai quize ans. J’habite à Paris. Le week-end, j’aime aller au cinéma; je regarde des films amércains sur DVD. J’adore la musique et le sport. Je joue au tennis et au basket. Je cherche un correspondante. Ecris-moi vite. Jacques Vocabulaire: Habiter Aller regarder Correspondante Ecris-moi vite.

71 Write a short letter en français to introduce
Une réponse Write a short letter en français to introduce yourself to Jacques.

72 Loft Hostel $28 dorm room Hostel
an inexpensive lodging place for young people $28 dorm room

73 Paris - 10 Things You Need to Know
Have any of you gone to Paris The young man speaking has a British accent, even a little hard at times for me to understand Repetitious music

74 Tout pres de moi