Unité 3 L’école

Subjects/Pronouns  je/j’ = I  tu = you (singular AND informal)  il = he (it)  elle = she (it)  on= one/we/people  nous = we  vous= you (formal OR plural)  ils = they (masculine)  elles = they (feminine )

Which pronoun would you use for the person or people in the pictures? il, elle, ils, elles

Pronouns are also used for things  il is used to replace a masculine noun  le livre - il  elle is used to replace a feminine noun  la chaise - elle  ils is used to replace a group of masculine nouns  les écouteurs - ils  elles is used to replace a group of feminine nouns  les gommes - elles

Use il, elle, ils, or elles for the pictures you see

tu vs. vous  Use tu with :  a friend  a peer  a family member  a pet  a child  Use vous with :  a teacher  an adult you don’t know  two or more friends  a group of people

Tu or Vous?

Verbs  Verbs are action words.  In French, new verbs are given in the infinitive.  The infinitive is the base form of the verb  It has the word “to” in the definition

Present tense  What is happening right now  What happens  What does happen on a regular basis

3 categories of verbs  -er verbs  -re verbs  -ir verbs

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- er verbs you know étudier = to study adorer = to adore regarder = to watch nager = to swim préférer = to prefer détester = to hate jouer = to play danser = to dance skier = to ski parler = to speak manger = to eat écouter = to listen to téléphoner = to talk on the phone/to call envoyer = to send aimer= to like/to love

conjugate  To change the verb to match the subject  We do this in English, but not as much as we do in French  I speak  You speak  He speaks

2 types of verbs  Regular verbs  Follow a specific pattern to conjugate  Irregular verbs  There’s no real pattern to conjugate

To conjugate regular –er verbs in the present tense  1. Take off the infinitive ending (-er) danser  2. Find the stem (whatever is left after taking off the infinitive ending) danser  3. Add the correct ending to match the subject je – e tu – es il/elle/on – e nous – ons vous – ez ils/elles -ent

 The only endings that are pronounced are –ons and –ez.  The other endings are silent.

un exemple je danse tu danses il danse elle danse on danse nous dansons vous dansez ils dansent elles dansent

Entrée le 31 octobre: Conjugate the following verbs with all of the subjects  jouer  regarder  chanter  parler

Other –er verbs  habiter – to live  changer – to change  payer = to pay  dîner – to have dinner  trouver – to find  porter- to wear  passer – to show (a movie)  visiter – to visit  penser – to think  dessiner – to draw  entrer – to enter  donner – to give  travailler – to work  voyager- to travel

Verbs that end in -ger  Keep the ‘e’ on before adding the –ons ONLY for nous  Nous nageons.  Nous mangeons.

Verbs that end in -yer  Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ in everything but nous and vous  je paie  tu paies  il / elle / on paie  nous payons  vous payez  ils / elles paient

To make a sentence negative  Add ne before the conjugated verb and pas after  Je ne danse pas.  Tu ne chantes pas bien.  Nous ne parlons pas espagnol.

 Change ne to n’ before a vowel  Je n’aime pas chanter.  Claire n’étudie pas beaucoup.  Vous n’écoutez pas le jazz?

 Je vais au…= I go to…..  Je suis de …= I am in …… grade.

Entrée le 10 novembre  Translate the following sentences into French.  1. I play tennis.  2. We are not watching a movie.  3. Marc likes to sing.  4. Do you (familiar) eat pizza?  5. Claire and Paul do not dance.

 Je n’ai pas  Il n’y a pas

Indefinite articles in the negative When a sentence becomes negative, replace the indefinite articles with de or d’. J’ai un stylo. Je n’ai pas de stylo. Tu as un ordinateur? Non, je n’ai pas d’ordinateur.

 Tu as des crayons?  Non, je n’ai pas de crayons.