Les négatifs et linterrogation Grammaire A. Lélision/La liaison When a verb begins with a vowel or a silent h, je is shortened to j. This is known as.

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2 Les négatifs et linterrogation Grammaire

3 A. Lélision/La liaison When a verb begins with a vowel or a silent h, je is shortened to j. This is known as elision which means that the vowel has been eliminated. For plural forms, you will make a liaison or a link when the next word begins with a vowel.

4 Ex. - Jaime la classe de science. (elision) Jhabite à Paris. (elision) z Nous aimons la musique. (liaison)

5 B. Les négatifs You will use the sandwich formula to make negatives in French. Sandwich your verb between your bread… ne and pas. ne verbe pas

6 The sandwich formula… Subject + ne + verb + pas + rest of sentence n Before a vowel

7 Ex. – Je ne parle pas anglais. Il nhabite pas à Paris.

8 C. Linterrogation There are four (4) different ways to form a question in French. These ways are…

9 1. Lintonation Raise your voice at the end of a sentence. Put a question mark at the end. (*This is the easiest way to ask a question.) Ex. – Paul regarde la télé? Ex. – Tu parles français?

10 2. Linversion Invert the subject and verb and place a hyphen between them. (*More common in written French! Less frequently used in spoken French!)

11 Statement Question Tu écoutes la radio. Écoutes-tu la radio? Vous mangez une pizza. Mangez-vous la pizza? Ils voyagent à Paris. Voyagent-ils à Paris?

12 NOTE: Only subject pronouns are used as subjects with this form! For inversion with il or elle forms, a -t- is inserted between the verb and the subject pronoun. This aids in pronunciation. No other form will take this addition! Ex. – Dîne-t-il au restaurant? Ex. – Joue-t-elle au football?

13 3. Est-ce que Add this expression before any statement. Before a vowel sound…it will shorten to Est-ce qu Ex. – Est-ce que Paul danse bien? Ex. – Est-ce quelle chante beaucoup?

14 4. nest-ce pas Add this expression after any statement. Like a tag question in English. NOTE: Use a comma to separate! You are asking for confirmation. Ex. – Il travaille beaucoup, nest-ce pas? Ex. – Anne parle anglais, nest-ce pas?

15 FIN!