C'est une belle maison !
(Château de Chenonceau,
Loire Valley/Vallée de la Loire)
Loire Valley/Vallée de la Loire)
Todays' focus:
Etre & Avoir
(to be / to have)
- conjugation
- pronunciation
Lexique:
-basic vocabulary
Practice :
-basic sentences
For audio, click the button :
Etre : to be, the being, the EssenceAvoir : to hAVe
sujet | Etre | sujet | Avoir |
---|---|---|---|
Je | suis | J' | ai |
Tu | es | Tu | as |
Elle / Il On | est | Elle / Il On | a |
Nous | sommes | Nous | avons |
Vous | êtes | Vous | avez |
Ils / Elles | sont | Ils / Elles | ont |
A few things:
ai / es / est are all pronounced the same! "ay" as in "RenE"a / as : are also pronounced the same: "ah" as in voilà
on / avons / sont / ont: contain the same ON sound, a nasal sound. You can pronounce it by making an "o" and blowing some air by your nose at the same time.
Ils sont and Ils ont are very close, phonetically, but one has an S sound, and the other, a Z sound:
-Ils sont = pronounced "Ils SSSont" (as in SSSnake)
- Ils ont = pronounced "Ils ZZZ ont" - the final s becomes a Z (like Zebra) because the next sound is a vowel (it's called a liaison).
Vocabulary
C'est (pronounced "say") -It is / It's
à Paris (pronounced "pAh-rih")-in Paris / to Paris
adjectives:
français (masc.) (pronounced "fran-say")-French
française (fem.) (pronounced "fran-say-Z") -French
beau (m.) / belle (f.) = beautiful, handsome, good looking
européen (m.) / européenne (f.) -European
noir (m.) / noire -black
petit (m. silent final T) / petite (f.) -small, little
gros m. (silent final S) / grosse (f.) -big, fat
nouns:
une table -a table
un appartement -an apartment
une maison -a house
un chien -a dog
un chat (silent final T) -a cat
le chocolat (silent final T) (no need to translate this one!)
numbers:
un / une = 1
deux= 2
trois= 3
Exercice : replace the missing verbs (on the right, not in order) in the sentences (on the left).
Jefrançaise
C'une petite table
J'deux chiens
Ilune grosse télévision
Vousune belle maison
Vouseuropéens
Ellestrois chats
Tu du chocolat noir
Ellestrois chats
Ellesaméricaines
Nous un appartement à Paris
How was it? I bet you did great. C'est magnifique!
Lesson © Sandrine de Paris
Photo : Wikipedia.
Very, very cool! I love Naufrage en Hiver. Its really very helpful and oh yes, fun too!
ReplyDeleteI can never hear the audio if it is in "liondrive"...just the other style where fm pops up in a small box.
ReplyDeleteThe audio is now working!
Deleteugh.. I know... sorry about that... Liondrive is no more... :(
ReplyDeleteI fixed the problem, and you can now listen to the lesson. :)
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