Unit 4 Review

Savoir vs. Connaitre

● Savoir talks about factual information or things we know.

● Connaitre talks about people or places we know or are familiar with.

Je connais….I know…

Je connais

Tu connais

Il connait

nous connaissons

vous connaissez

ils connaissent

Victor Hugo, autor français.

Tu connais Victor Hugo?

Je ne connais pas Victor Hugo.

Savoir….to know…

Je sais

Tu sais

Il sait

nous savons

vous savez

ils savent

Je sais danser.

Je sais parler français.

Pronom relatifs

Relative Pronouns

● Just as in English, a French relative pronoun links a dependent/relative clause (i.e., a clause that cannot stand alone) to a main clause.

● Que, qui, lequel, dont, and où are the French relative pronouns.

● In French, relative pronouns are required

Que

Replaces the direct object (person or thing) in the dependent clause● J'ai acheté le livre. Ma soeur l'a écrit. J'ai acheté le livre que ma soeur a écrit. ● Qui est le peintre ? Je l'ai vu aujourd'hui. Qui est le peintre que j'ai vu aujourd'hui ?

Qui

Qui replaces the subject (person or thing) in the dependent clause. Note that qui does not always translate as "who.”

● Je cherche l'artiste. Il étudie à Paris. Je cherche l'artiste qui étudie à Paris. (I'm looking for the artist (who is) studying in Paris.)● Trouvez le chat. Il habite dans la cave. Trouvez le chat qui habite dans la cave. (Find the cat that lives in the basement.)

Lequel

Lequel or one of its variations replaces an indirect object● (thing only) after a preposition (except de -

see dont). ● Le livre dans lequel j'ai écrit mon nom... –

The book in which I wrote my name...● La table sur laquelle j’ai mis le livre

The table on which I put the book…

Dont

Dont replaces the person or thing after de● Elle parle d’un homme. Où est l’homme.

Où est l’homme dont elle parle?

(Where is the man she is talking about.)● C'est la femme. J'ai parlé de la femme.

C'est la femme dont j'ai parlé.

(That's the woman (that) I talked about.)

Où is used for both place and time● La boulangerie où j'ai travaillé est à côté de

la banque.● The bakery where I worked is next to the

bank. (The bakery [that] I worked at...)● Lundi, c'est le jour où nous faisons les

achats.● Monday is the day that we do our

shopping.

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Elle aime la maison dont je t'ai parlé.

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?.5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Où est le livre que tu as mentionné?

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?.5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

J'ai téléphoné à mon ami qui travaille à ELF.

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?.5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Où est le dictionnaire dont j’ai besoin?

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?.5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Je connais l'homme qui l'a fait.

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?.5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Voici le lait dont vous aviez envie.

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?.5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Voici le jus que vous avez commandé.

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?.5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Jean est l'homme avec qui je veux me marier.

Translate into French

1 She likes the house I told you about.2 Where is the book you mentioned?3 I called my friend who works at ELF4 Where is the dictionary I need?.5 I know the man who did it.6 Here is the milk you wanted.7 Here is the juice you ordered.8 Jean is the man I want to marry.9 The window where you change your money is over there.

Le guichet où vous changez votre argent est là-bas.

When the direct object comes before the past participle….

● We make the past participle agree in gender / number….● J’ai envoyé les lettres hier.

becomes: Je les ai envoyées hier.

Imparfait vs. Passé Composé

Uses of Passé ComposéThe passé composé is used to express

completed

For example:Hier, j ’ai fini ma rédaction d ’anglais.Ce matin, nous avons vu un film dans la classe d ’histoire.

actionspast

Uses of Passé Composé

Hier, j ’ai fini ma rédaction d ’anglais.

In these sentences, whether or not it is stated, one could specify an exact time at which the event took place.(à 3h15)

(à 9h36)Ce matin, nous avons vu un film dans la classe d ’histoire.

Uses of ImparfaitThe imparfait, however, by definition, means imperfect. Its uses are much less clearly defined.

They fall into three basic categories:

↳ habitual past actions↳ continuing past actions↳ conditions (non-actions)

(used to do)

(was doing)

(did)

Habitual Past Actions

A habitual past action is one that occurred repeatedly over a long period of time.

For example:We used to play baseball every day.Nous jouions au baseball tous les jours.

Habitual Past Actions

Attention! Habitual past actions are not necessarily translated as « used to.. »

For example:Quand j ’étais jeune, je me promenais à l ’école tous les jours.

might be translatedWhen I was young, I walked to school every day.

The key is that the action occurred repeatedly

in the past.

Continuing Past Actions

For example:

Je faisais la vaiselle quand tu m’as téléphoné.

I was doing the dishes when you called me.

The imparfait is also used to express actions that were going on when something else happened.

Conditions (non-actions)

There is a class of verbs which do not express action at all. Rather, they express conditions, states of being, or states of mind. When these verbs occur in a past tense, it is almost always the imparfait.

Conditions (non-actions)

Some of these verbs are:

être avoir vouloirpouvoir savoir désirerconnaître pensercroirese sentir espérer aimerfaire (w/ expressions of weather)

SummaryRemember that the passé composé is used to express completed past actions.

The imparfait expresseshabitual past actionscontinuing past actionsconditions (non-actions)

À toi!

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate verb form:

Anne-Marie ______ en France quand

(habiter)

elle __________.

(se marier)

continuing past action

completed past action

À toi!

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate verb form:

Anne-Marie ______ en France quand

(habiter)

elle __________.

(se marier)

habitait

s ’est mariée

continuing past action

completed past action

À toi!

Quand ils ____________ le château,

(quitter)

ils _________ fatigués, et il

(être)

__________ très chaud.

(faire)

completed past action

condition

condition

À toi!

Quand ils ____________ le château,

(quitter)

ils _________ fatigués, et il

(être)

__________ très chaud.

(faire)

ont quitté

faisait

étaient

completed past action

condition

condition

Le Pronom Y

Another Direct Object Pronoun

Y

● Ce pronom remplace UNE CHOSE précédée par une préposition.

● Dans sur sous devant chez derrière en à au aux à l’

Veux-tu jouer au volley?

●Veux-tu y jouer?

Sammy est devant l’arbre

●Il y est.

Ils sont allés en France

●Ils y sont allés.

Attention!

● Elle répond au téléphone.● Elle y répond. (chose)

● Elle répond à sa mère.● Elle lui répond. (personne)

Souvenez-vous

Répondez avec Y● Vas-tu au parc? Oui j’ __y_ vais.● Es-tu allé/e en France? Non je n’_y_ suis pas

allé/e.● Es-tu en classe maintenant? Oui j’_y_ suis.● Allez-vous chez nous? Oui, nous _y_ allons.

La fin