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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"