1. UNIT 5: Le monde personnel et familier
People you know and things you have
AND how to describe them

2. Review for Unit Test Vocabulary from all lessons (leçons 17 – 20)
New verb: avoir (irregular)
Articles
Adjectives

3. Vocabulary
Study yellow boxes in the text
Study your note cards

4. New verb: avoir avoir (to have) J’ai Tu as Avoir = to have
(Remember the
Pink Panther song!)
avoir (to have)
J’ai
Tu as
Il/elle a
Nous avons
Vous avez
Ils/elles ont

5. Ways to use “avoir:” To have or to own: J’ai une auto verte.
I have a green car.

6. Idioms (special meanings)
Avoir faim
to be hungry
Avoir soif
to be thirsty
Avoir ans
to be years old

7. Articles
Those little words in front of nouns
English: a, an, some
the

8. A, an, some Un (masculine) un livre Une (feminine) une pizza
Des (plural) des crayons

9. “The” Le (masculine) La (feminine) L’ (vowel words- singular only)
Les (all plural words)

10. Adjectives Must match noun in gender and number
Masculine noun = masculine adjective
Feminine noun = feminine adjective
Plural noun = plural adjective

11. Masculine adjectives The standard form The form in the dictionary
grand petit brun blond
content méchant américain
noir vert bleu gris

12. Feminine form Usually add –e to the masculine form
grand>grande petit>petite
noir>noire américain>américaine

13. Some irregular adjectives
Some add more than –e:
Bon>bonne canadien>canadienne
Sportif>sportive blanc>blanche
Some don’t change:
Already have an –e:
Jeune>jeune rose>rose
Invariable colors:
Marron>marron orange>orange

14. Plural adjectives Plural nouns – add -s Plural adjectives – add –s
Des livres rouges
Des autos vertes

15. Position of adjectives
Opposite of English!
a green car
une auto verte
a red book
un livre rouge
French adjectives come after the noun!

16. BAGS adjectives A few French adjectives come before the noun
B (beauty) beau, belle, joli(e)
A (age) jeune, vieux
G (goodness) bon, mauvais
S (size) grand, petit
une belle jeune fille
un bon petit garçon

17. How to know what gender a noun is:
Memorize it!
Look it up in a dictionary!

18. What doesn’t work to know what gender a noun is:
Look at the ending of the word
Think about what the object looks like
Think about who has the object
Ask the teacher
Does NOT work!

19. Questions about Unit 5
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