Leçon 10

Pages 150-159

So far, we have learned how to conjugate 2 irregular verbs:

Je suis Nous sommes

Tu es Vous êtes

Il/ Elle

est

Ils/Elles

sont

Être – to beJe fais Nous faisons

Tu fais Vous faites

Il/ elle fait

Ils/Elles

font

faire = to do OR to make

Let’s learn another IRREGULAR Verb! remember, these verbs do not follow a pattern, you just have to memorize them…

J’ Nous

Tu Vous

Il

Elle

Ils/Elles

ai

as

a

avez

ont

avons

avoir = to have

NOTES

This should look a little familiar. Remember:

• 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)

2. Il a un baladeur.

1. Tu as une raquette.

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)

2. Marc is thristy.

1. She is 22 years old

3. I have a cell phone.

4. You have a brother.

5. You (or y’all) have a dog.

6. We are hungry.

Translate the following sentences from French to English. Remember good translating…

1. Elle a vingt-deux ans.

2. Marc a soif.

3. J’ai un portable.

4. Tu as un frère.

5. Vous avez un chien.

6. Nous avon faim!

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:

– une personne is always feminine even if you are referring to a male.

– Un proffesseur 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

More simply:NOTES

A boy a girl

the boy the girl

Vocabulary review:

• A cell phone

• The radio

• The car

• A pen

• A pencil

• The guitar

• The poster

• Un portable

• La radio

• La voiture

• Un stylo

• Un crayon

• La guitare

• L’affiche

Pronouns:NOTES

•Nouns can be replaced with pronouns( he, she, it, they, etc...).

The boy pets the dog. He

The car does not work well. It

•In French, the gender of the pronoun must match the gender of the noun.

• if referring to a masculine object It = Il

• if referring to a feminine object It = Elle

Le garçon caresse le chien. Il

La voiture ne marche pas bien. Elle

The pen is blue. It

Le stylo est bleu. Il

On your own paper – to turn in for a grade! You have 8 minutes.(pg 154 in book)

2. Il sur la table.

1. Il est sur la table.

3. Elle est sur la table.

4. Elle est sous la table.

5. Elle est sous la table

6. Il est sous la table.

7. Elle est sous la table.

8. Elle east sous la table.

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.

So far we have learned how to talk about ONE of an object

• Now, we’ll learn how to use plurals – or MORE THAN ONE of an object…

•The book

•A book

•Le livre

•Un livre

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 for plural “THE”:

• Le les

• La les

• L’ les

-- Add and “s” to the end of the object, too!

NOTES

Vocabulary review:

• Les portables

• Les radios

• Les voitures

• Les stylos

• Les crayons

• Les guitares

• Les affiche

• Le portable

• La radio

• La voiture

• le stylo

• Le crayon

• La guitare

• L’affiche

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 un and une become des when plural (talking about more than one).

•I wonder what “des” translates as in English

•Des is like saying “some” in English

Let’s make some observations

Voici des sacs. =

Here are some bags.

NOTES for plural “A”:

• un des

• une des

• “des” means “some” in English

-- Add and “s” to the end of the object, too!

NOTES

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?

• Unfotunately, you are right.

• There are some RULE BREAKERS (exceptions)

NOTES

Out loud, as a class, let’s practice using negation. (pg 156 in book)

2. Non, je n’ai pas de moto.

1. Non, je n’ai pas de raquette.

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.

A few random notes:

NOTES