ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
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How is the French language structure different then English?
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What is the Francophone world?
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What are the basic greetings and expressions?
- How do we count in FRENCH from 1-100?
Source: pacing guide BASD French 1 unit 1
Objectives:
Student will be able to:
- Pronounce the French alphabet
- Learn chart format for verb conjugations and the subject pronouns
- Learn how gender and number determine the article that preceeds the noun in French
- identify and translate the subject pronouns in French.
Source: pacing guide BASD French 1 unit 1
Les Lettres de L'Alphabet
Alphabet - A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z
Les Accents! How and when to use the accents.
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é /e/ |
année |
Répétez! |
André |
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When used with letters other than e, the accent grave does not indicate a sound difference but serves to distinguish different words which have the same spelling but different meanings.
ou (or) |
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où (where) |
la date (the date) |
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là (there) |
il y a (there is/are) |
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à l'heure (on time) |
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The circumflex (ˆ), l'accent circonflexe, arose historically as a marker for vowels which were followed by another letter (usually s) in an earlier state of the language:
être (<estre) |
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hôtel (<hostel) |
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forêt (<forest) |
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plaît (<plaist) |
The cedilla (ç), la cédille, is used only with the letter c to indicate the sound /s/ when it is followed by the letters a, o, or u:
The cedilla is not used with the letters e and i:
The dieresis (¨), le tréma, is used with vowels to indicate that they are pronounced separately from a preceding vowel:
B. Placez les accents. What accents are missing in these words from the vocabulary list of Chapter 1?
Answers ...
- Vous etes d'ou?
- À tout a l'heure. À bientot.
- Je me presente.
- C'est un etudiant.
- Ca va?
- Il est ingenieur. Elle est medecin.
- C'est une fenetre.
- Repetez, s'il vous plait.
Gender and number...what does that mean?
Subject pronouns
What are subject pronouns?
Subject pronouns
Subject pronouns are used to replace a noun which is the subject of the verb, ie the person doing the action.
Here are the subject pronouns:
je (I) - when speaking about yourself
tu (you) - when speaking to a friend, young person or family member
il (he/ it) - instead of a masculine noun
elle (she/ it) - instead of a feminine noun
on (one, we, you) - when speaking about people in general
nous (we) - when speaking about a group of people including yourself
vous (you) - when speaking to more than one person, an adult you don't know or a stranger
ils (they) - for more than one male, a mixed group or a masculine noun in the plural form
elles (they) - for more than one female or a feminine noun in the plural form
Note that the subject pronoun je becomes j' before a vowel or silent h.
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