Français 1 Semestre 1 revoir

Cornell style notes: VERBES Sujet/topic: revoir du semestre 1 (review of semester 1) Objectif: refresh student’s memories on important grammar and verb structures from semester 1 of French Question essentielle: quels sont les sujets importants de semestre 1?(What are the important topics from semester 1?)

articles Une, un, des are indefinite articles. Une & Un= a or an in English Des= some

articles Un is used for masculine nouns/subjects Elle est élève dans un collège. Un crayon est sur la table.

articles Une is used for feminine nouns/subjects C’est une belle maison. Voici, une voiture rouge.

articles Des is used for either gender when you have more than one: Il y a des voitures. Des crayons sont sur la table.

**remember in french: All nouns have a gender. There are no neutral nouns. You must memorize genders by looking at the article or by looking it up in the dictionary.

Articles continued: Le, la, l’ & les are definite articles. In English, le, la &les= the

articles Le is used to mean the when referring to masculine nouns/subjects Le crayon est sur la table. Le collège n’est pas l’université.

articles La is used to mean the when referring to nouns/subjects that are feminine. La voiture est très belle. La maison est petite.

articles L’ means the and is used to refer to nouns that are either masculine or femine, but start with a vowel. L’hôtel est grand. L’igloo est petit.

articles Les is used to mean the when refering to masculine or feminine nouns that are plural. Even if they start with a vowel. Les hôtels sont grands. Les voitures sont jolies.

***Remember The vowels in French are: A, E, I, O, U & sometimes H.

Vrai ou faux? Le is used for masculine nouns. Vrai

Vrai ou faux? Des means some. Vrai

H is not a vowel in French. Vrai ou faux? H is not a vowel in French. faux

L’ is used in front of words thst start with a vowel, unless plural. Vrai ou faux? L’ is used in front of words thst start with a vowel, unless plural. Vrai

Not all nouns have a gender in French. Vrai ou faux? Not all nouns have a gender in French. Faux

Revoir: saluatations Bonjour Salut Ça va? Comment allez-vous? Bien Pas mal Comme ci comme ça Au revoir Ciao Hello Hi How’s it going? How are you? Good Not bad So-so Goodbye Bye/hi

salutations Je m’appelle Il/elle s’appelle Voici My name is… his/her name is.. Here is…

Revoir: verbes Les mots clés: Verb: an action word Subject pronoun: subject performing the action (I, you, he, she….) Conjugation: a change in the verb to agree with the subject (I jump, he jumps)

Subject pronouns in French Je: I Nous: we Tu: you (singular/informal) Vous: you (plural/formal) Il: he Ils: they (masc.) Elle: she Elles: They (fem.) On: one

Tu vs. Vous Tu: only addressing one person, informal/familar person Friends, family, someone your age, singular Vous: multiple people, or one person who you don’t know or wish to show respect to Stranger, adult, teacher, boss, etc. Ils: they- even if there is only one man in a group of women, you must refer to the ils form if it is not all women

Être: conjugations être To be Je suis Nous sommes Tu es Vous êtes Il/elle/on est Ils/elles sont

Conjugate using être: Je_________ américaine. Tu ________ sympa. Elle _______ comique. Nous____________ énergiques. Vous _________ belles. Ils __________ athlétiques.

Avoir: conjugations avoir To have J’ai Nous avons Tu as Vous avez il/elle/on a Ils/elles ont

Conjugate w/avoir J’___ deux chiens. Vous _____ un grand appartement. Elles ____ un prof d’espagnol sympa. Ma copine ______ très comique. Nous _____ le cours à 9h00. Tu _____ une maison prés de l’école?

-er verb conjugations -er verbs Drop the –er and add: Je: -e **remember all regular –er verbs follow a set pattern, so even if you don’t know what the verb means, you should be able to conjugate the verb -er verbs Drop the –er and add: Je: -e Nous: -ons Tu: -es Vous: -ez Il/elle/on: -e Ils/elles: -ent Ex: parler  nous parlons

Conjugate –er verbs Je ______ (danser) Nous _____ (déjeuner) Les profs ________ (parler) Elle ______ (regarder) Vous ______ (arriver) Tu ______ (retourner)

Do Now 10/22: Conjugate Je _________(danser) Tu ________ (parler) Vous _________(écouter) Elles ________(habiter) Il ________ (arriver) Nous _______(poser) une question. Je danse Tu parles Vous écoutez Elles habitent Il arrive Nous posons

Trade & Grade Trade your classwork with a neighbor. Write c/b and your name on the paper you recieve.

Vrai ou faux? Je means I in French. vrai

To conjugate means to change the verb to agree with the subject. Vrai ou faux? To conjugate means to change the verb to agree with the subject. Vrai

Tu is used to mean you to adults and strangers. Vrai ou faux? Tu is used to mean you to adults and strangers. Faux

Vrai ou Faux? If you refer to a group of people as they (ils/elles) you refer to them by the larger number of the gender there. faux

Vrai ou Faux? If you memorize the endings to –er verbs you can conjugate any of them! Vrai !

Les négatifs To make a sentence negative in French we put ne…pas arond the verb. Ex: je suis américaine Je ne suis pas française. J’ai un chien. Je n’ai pas un chat. Tu donne un cadeau. Je ne donne pas un cadeau. Remember, ne becomes n’ before a verb that starts with a vowel.

Adjective agreement Des règles: Adjectives are descriptive words such as color, nationality, religion, size, appearances, etc. Most adjectives in French come after the noun they modify All adjectives in French must agree with the noun they modify

To make adj. Agree: Adjectives are given to you in vocab lists in the masculine singular form. To make adjectives agree typically you add: An –e if it is feminine A –s if it is plural An –es if it is feminine plural

Regles (rules): If it already ends in an –e you do not add an extra –e Un garçon timide. Une fille timide. If it already ends in –s you do not need to add another s, however if it is fem. you still need to add an –es Ils sont français. Elles sont françaises. You do not take of the –e if in the masculine form if it already ends in an –e

Irregular adjecives: Some adjectives are irregular Some adjective come before the noun they modify Ex: beau, nouveau, vieux (will review these forms later)

Vocabulaire revoir Preliminary-chapter 4 vocab you are responsible for knowing. They will still show up regularly, Numbers 1-1000 you are responsible for knowing as well.

Do Now: le 11 novembre identifiez

Do Now: 10/13 identify in French:

Do now: identify in French 3. 1. 2. 6. 4. 5.

Les nombres de 70 à 100 70 soixante-dix 80 quatre-vingts 90 quatre-vingt-dix 71 soixante et onze 81 quatre-vingt-un 91 quatre-vingt-onze 72 soixante-douze 82 quatre-vingt-deux 92 quatre-vingt-douze 73 soixante-treize 83 quatre-vingt-trois 93 quatre-vingt-treize 74 soixante-quartorze 84 quatre-vingt-quatre 94 quatre-vingt-quartorze 75 soixante-quinze 85 quatre-vingt-cinq 95 quatre-vingt-quinze 76 soixante-seize 86 quatre-vingt-six 96 quatre-vingt-seize 77 soixante-dix-sept 87 quatre-vingt-sept 97 quatre-vingt-dix-sept 78 soixante-dix-huit 88 quatre-vingt-huit 98 quatre-vingt-dix-huit 79 soixante-dix-neuf 89 quatre-vingt-neuf 99 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf 100 cent

Do now 10/20 Quatre cent trente Mille deux cent trois Mille neuf cent Write the numbers in french: 430 1203 1900 247 Quatre cent trente Mille deux cent trois Mille neuf cent Deux cent quatorze sept