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STUDY GUIDE

Unité 2

Bring to class to take notes.

Take home to study/review.

Bring back to class to use daily.

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Unité 2 Leçon A

Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire? What do you like to do ? (informal)

Qu’est-ce que vous aimez faire? What do you like to do ? (formal)

Tu aimes …? Do you like… ? (informal)

Vous aimez…? Do you like… ? (formal)

J’aime … _____________________ Je kiffe… __________________(slang)

Je n’aime pas …________________________________________________

faire du roller _____________________________________________________________________

faire du shopping _____________________________________________________________________

faire du footing _____________________________________________________________________

faire du vélo _____________________________________________________________________

faire de la gym _____________________________________________________________________

faire du patinage (critique) __________________________________________________________________

faire du ski (alpin) _____________________________________________________________________

faire de la musculation _____________________________________________________________________

faire du parcours _____________________________________________________________________

faire du snowboard _____________________________________________________________________

aller au cinéma _____________________________________________________________________

jouer au hockey sur glace____________________________________________________________________

jouer au foot _____________________________________________________________________

jouer au basket _____________________________________________________________________

nager _____________________________________________________________________

plonger _____________________________________________________________________

sortir avec mes ami(e)s _____________________________________________________________________

un ami _____________________________________________________________________

une amie _____________________________________________________________________

danser _____________________________________________________________________

travailler _____________________________________________________________________

des frites _____________________________________________________________________

des pâtes _____________________________________________________________________

de la pizza _____________________________________________________________________

une salade _____________________________________________________________________

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Leçon A

Quel temps fait-il? What’s the weather like?

Il fait beau! ____________________________________________________________

Il fait mauvais!___________________________________________________________

en été ______________________ en hiver ______________________

en automne______________________ au printemps ______________________

les jours de la semaine the days of the week

Quel jour sommes-nous? What day is it?

Nous sommes… It is…(+ day of the week) C’est… It is …(+ day of the week)

lundi __________________________

mardi __________________________

mercredi __________________________

jeudi __________________________

vendredi __________________________

samedi __________________________

dimanche __________________________

le lundi On Mondays

le mardi On Tuesdays

le mercredi On Wednesdays

le jeudi On Thursdays

le vendredi On Fridays

le samedi On Saturdays

le dimanche On Sundays

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Leçon A

Subject pronouns

______ I (j’ before a vowel)

______ you (referring to 1 friend)

______ he, it (used to replace singular masculine nouns) le stylo, le garçon

______ she, it (used to replace singular feminine nouns) la robe, la fille

______ we, one, they, you (used in casual conversation or to make a generalized statement)

______ we

______ you (referring to a group of people or 1 person of formal relation)

______ they (used to replace plural masculine nouns) les stylos, les garçons

______ they (used to replace plural feminine nouns) les robes, les filles

Which (they) do you use, ils or elles, when your subject is both masculine and feminine?

o If you say THEY in reference to a boy and girl together, use the ILS plural form.

o ELLES plural refers specifically to an all female group of people where ILS can refer

to all male or a group of male and female.

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Leçon A What is an infinitive?

ENGLISH examples FRENCH examples

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What does it mean to conjugate a verb?

ENGLISH examples FRENCH examples

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How do you conjugate a regular ER verb in French?

Create the stem:

Add the endings which correspond with the subject:

je _____ nous ______

tu _____ vous ______

il _____ ils ______

elle ______ elles ______

on ______ les filles ______

la fille ______ mes amis ______

mon ami ______ Sarah et Joe ______

Sarah ______

Practice conjugating this verb (parler):

je ______________________ nous ______________________

tu ______________________ vous ______________________

il ______________________ ils ______________________

elle ______________________ elles ______________________

on ______________________

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Leçon A

What is different about a group of er verbs called GER verbs?

manger voyager plonger nager

Practice conjugating this verb (nager):

je ______________________ nous ______________________

tu ______________________ vous ______________________

il ______________________ ils ______________________

elle ______________________ elles ______________________

on ______________________

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VERB CONJUGATION Leçon A

A)_What does conjugate mean?

Conjugation means to change a verb to match the subject it is working with. We do this in English

but you probably take it for granted.

to eat = an infinitive verb Infinitive is the TO form of a verb.

I eat.

You eat.

He eats. *Note that in the 3rd

person singular, you add an S to the verb: to eat

She eats.

We eat.

They eat.

Changing the verb to eat, with the subjects above, is called conjugation. It helps you speak

“normally.” Without conjugation, you would say things like this:

I to eat with my friends today.

We to go after dinner.

B) Steps in conjugation.

There are 3 categories of regular verbs in French: er, re and ir. You are first going to learn about those

that are in the (er) verb category. Follow the below process to conjugate regular (er) verbs.

1. MAKE STEM: Drop the last 2 letters from the end of the verb. parler = parl

2. ADD ENDINGS : The endings depend on the category of verb that you are conjugating and

the subject you are using. Add these endings to the stem of your verb.

ER VERB ENDINGS

Ending for the subject JE = e

Ending for the subject TU = es

Ending for the subject IL = e

Ending for the subject ELLE = e

Ending for the subject ON = e

Ending for the subject NOUS = ons

Ending for the subject VOUS = ez

Ending for the subject ILS = ent

Ending for the subject ELLES = ent

3. CONJUGATE: Make the ending and add the stem and you’ve created meaning!

je parle I talk. I am talking. I do talk.

tu parles You talk. You are talking. You do talk.

il/elle/on parle He talks. He is talking. He does talk.

nous parlons We talk. We are talking. We do talk.

vous parlez You talk. You are talking. You do talk.

ils/elles parlent They talk. They are talking. They do talk.

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Leçon A C) GER verbs are a little different

GER verbs are (er) verbs with a small exception. The exception is due to a pronunciation issue. Read

on to find out what this is all about…

Any (ger) verb, like manger, voyager and nager, will run into problems once conjugated with

certain subjects. The problem is that a G followed by an A or an O changes sound.

G followed by an E sounds like: jz (soft G)

G followed by an A or O sounds like: guh (hard G)

Je mange Nous mangeons *ADD an E after the G to keep the G sounding soft

This only happens (this year) in the NOUS form

Tu manges Vous mangez

Il mange Elles mangent

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Definite Article THE

Why are there 4 forms of the word THE in French?

This is all due to the fact that nouns in French are categorized as feminine or masculine as well as singular or

plural. Your NOUN tells you which form of THE to use.

_____ THE before a masculine singular noun that begins with a consonant

the boy = ________________________

_____ THE before a feminine singular noun that begins with a consonant

the girl = ________________________

_____ THE before a masculine or feminine singular noun that begins with a vowel or the letter H

the egg = ________________________

_____ THE before a masculine or feminine plural noun

the girls = ________________________

the boys = ________________________

the eggs = ________________________

LE BEFORE A DAY OF THE WEEK

Happening once Happening repeatedly

On Saturday ___________________ On Saturdays ___________________

On Tuesday ___________________ On Tuesdays ___________________

On Friday ___________________ On Fridays ___________________

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Unité 2 Leçon B

Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire à la maison? What do you like to do at home?

Tu aimes beaucoup … ? Do you like … a lot ?

J’aime un peu… I like … a little.

J’aime bien… I really like …

J’aime beaucoup… I like … a lot.

étudier ________________________________

écouter ________________________________

regarder la télé ________________________________

jouer aux jeux vidéo ________________________________

téléphoner ________________________________

zapper ________________________________

surfer l’Internet ________________________________

faire la cuisine ________________________________

dormir ________________________________

lire ________________________________

envoyer ________________________________

écrire ________________________________

un ordinateur ________________________________

un lecteur MP3 ________________________________

un magazine ________________________________

un e-Zine ________________________________

un roman ________________________________

un coup de fil ________________________________

des textos ________________________________

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Leçon B What is an adverb? Describes verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Adverbs tell how, how much, where, why or when. French adverbs usually come RIGHT AFTER the verbs they describe. beaucoup ______________ Je mange beaucoup. bien ______________ Je mange bien. un peu ______________ Je mange un peu.

I sing a lot. _____________________________________ I really sing. _____________________________________ I sing a little. _____________________________________

CLUE: THE ADVERB GOES AFTER THE CONJUGATED VERB!!!! When used with the verb aimer, the adverbs listed below go between aimer and the second verb.

J’aime un peu manger. beaucoup J’aime bien manger. subject + aimer (conjugated) + bien + action verb infinitive J’aime beaucoup manger. un peu

I like to sing a lot. _____________________________________ I really like to sing. _____________________________________ I like to sing a little. _____________________________________

CLUE: THE ADVERB GOES AFTER THE CONJUGATED VERB!!!!

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Unité 2 Leçon C

Moi, je préfère … Me, I prefer…

Tu préfères ….ou…? Do you prefer…or…?

Moi aussi Me too

Pas moi. Je n’aime pas… Not me. I don’t like…

Quel est le numéro de téléphone de… ? What is the phone number of…?

le basketball ______________________________________________

le foot ______________________________________________

le football américain ______________________________________________

le baseball ______________________________________________

le tennis ______________________________________________

le volley (volleyball) ______________________________________________

le footing ______________________________________________

le roller ______________________________________________

le hip-hop ______________________________________________

le rock ______________________________________________

le reggae ______________________________________________

la zik ______________________________________________

la techno ______________________________________________

la musique alternative ______________________________________________

la world ______________________________________________

télécharger de la musique ______________________________________________

faire les courses ______________________________________________

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Leçon C

Les négatifs en français

How do you say things like…

-I don’t like to sing in class. -He doesn’t want to dance with me.

-I am not studying with you. -She is not listening to my mother.

A) In French, the most basic negative word(s) are NE…PAS

Use this negative to translate phrases such as:

am not does not, doesn’t

are not, aren’t do not, don’t

is not, isn’t

*ne becomes n’ when it is followed by a vowel or vowel sound (a,e,i,o,u,h)

You place it around whatever verb you are negating.

Examples: Je n’aime pas le foot.

Elle ne joue pas le volley.

Nous ne plongeons pas dans l’océan.

We sometimes call this making a verb sandwich.

Draw one below to better understand this concept.

Je le sandwich.

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Leçon C

Conjugating the French verb préférer.

Not all verbs follow regular conjugation patterns. Préférer is in the verb group in which the

accent changes direction (or from an accent aigu to an accent grave) with certain subjects. I

will refer to this verb as a boot verb because the conjugation pattern helps me create that

shape. Ask me to show you what I mean.

Je _____________________ Nous _____________________

Tu _____________________ Vous _____________________

Il _____________________ Elles _____________________

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Definite Article THE TO GENERALIZE WHAT WE LIKE and DON’T LIKE

How do LE, LA, L’ and LES translate in the following sentences?

Elle aime la pizza.

Je n’aime pas la pizza.

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1. I like soccer. _______________________________________________

2. I don’t like basketball. _______________________________________________

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Leçon C Les numéros

Study page 82 in your book and examine how counting on your fingers (doigt) in

France differs from counting on your fingers in the United States. Practice and be

prepared to talk about the differences.

0 zéro " zaro"

1 un

2 deux "duh "

3 trois "trwa"

4 quatre "katruh"

5 cinq "sank"

6 six "sees"

7 sept "set"

8 huit "wheat"

9 neuf "nuhf"

10 dix "dees"

11 onze “ohnz”

12 douze “dooz”

13 treize “trez”

14 quatorze “katorz”

15 quinze “kanz”

16 seize “says”

17 dix-sept “dee set”

18 dix-huit “deez wheat”

19 dix-neuf “deez nuf”

20 vingt “van”

21 vingt et un "van tay un"

22 vingt-deux "van duh"