Week 4 Notes

LUNDI CH.1.1
Invariable Adjectives (not gender specific)
Ending

Notes

__que

Pronounced as"k" sound

__able

Pronounced as ab-luh

__d( e )

"d" sound is ONLY heard if "e" follows

__ist( e )

"t" sound is ONLY heard if "e" follows

__air( e )

always pronounced erre

Words that end in double vowels (ex. ue/s or e/s) sound the same regardless of
the ending!

Terms:

Ncessaire necessary
Rvolutionaire revolutionary
Disciplinaire disciplinary
Vu (form of voir) to see
Lu (form of lire) to read
Bu (form of boire) to drink
Pointu point
Sociable sociable/friendly
Rserv(e) reserved/quiet
Dynamique friendly/outgoing
Timide shy
Idaliste Idealistic/Idealist
Raliste realistic/realist
Raisonnable reasonable
Calme calm
La maison house

Phrases:

Cest le mois de fvrier Its the month of February

Dja vu Ive seen this before
Comment es-tu? - How are you (like)? (personality)
Comment est-il? - How is he (like)?
Cette table est rserve This table is reserved

LEON 2 Les dates imporants

Phrases:

Bonne fte Happy holiday

Anniversaire birthday or anniversary
Bon anniversaire happy birthday
Les mois de lanne the months of the year

Terms:

En majuscule uppercase
En minuscule lowercase

Numbers 0 -31 (only the ones not covered previously):

~ 0 zero

~ 11 onze

~12 douze

~13 treize

~14 quatorze

~ 15 quinze

~16 seize

~17 Dix-sept

~18 dix-huit

~ 19 dix-neuf

~ 20 vingt

~ 21 vingt-et-un(e)

~ 22 vingt-deux

~ 23 vingt-trois

~ 24 vingt-quatre

~ 25 vingt-cinq

~ 26 vingt-six

~ 27 vingt-sept

~28 vingt-huit

~ 29 vingt-neuf

~ 30 Trente

~ 31 Trente-et-un(e)

Mardi
3 ways to say the date:

Nous sommes mardi/le deux fvrier

On est le deux fvrier
Cest le deux fvrier

If a number ends in the letter x (six, dix, deux, etc.) and the word that comes after
it starts with a vowel, pronounce the x with a z sound.
If this situation occurs with a number that ends in the letter f, pronounce the f with
a v sound.

Nous sommes le dix Its the 10

On est le dix Its the 10
Nous sommes dix We have 10 of us
On est dix There is 10 of us

DO NOT GET THESE 4 CONFUSED

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II.

III.

Questions
Quel(s)/Quelle Which?
Ex. Which is the date
Combien How much? (How much is this?)
Phrases
Which is the date?
Quelle date est-ce?
Quelle date sommes nous?
Quelle est la date?
Cest le combien?
Combien sommes-nous? (Formal)
Cest combien? How much is this?
Terms
Une imbcile idiot
Plus plus (et can also mean plus)
Moins minus
Font/a fait makes
gale equal
Laddition addition
Lsoustraction subtraction
La multiplication multiplication
La division division
Fois time (not clock time) ex. 3 times a week trois fois par semaine

Mercredi

I.

II.

Holidays
Jour de lan New Years Day
La Fte Nationale de France French Independence Day (14 Juillet)
Larmistice jour French Armistice Day (ending of WWI 11 Novembre)
Les Pques Passover/Easter
La Toussaints jour All Saints Day (1 Novembre)
La Saint-Valentin - Valentines Day (14 Fvrier)
La fte du Travail May Day/Labor Day (1 May)
La fte Nationale Amricaine Independence Day (4 July)
Terms
Calendrier calendar
Travailler to work
Faire to make
Pas not/step

III.

Avait were
Boire to drink
Voir to see
Aller to go

Avoir Verb : To have

Conjugated form (singular)

Avoir Conjugation
Conjugated form
Meaning
Negative
(plural)

J'ai

I have

Je n'ai pas

Nous avons

Tu as/t'as

You have
He/She/On
e has

Tu n'as pas
Il/Elle/On
n'a pas

Vous avez

Il/Elle/On a

IV.

Ils/Elles ont

Meaning
s
We have
You all
have
They
have

Negatives
Nous n'avons
pas
Vous n'avez
Ils/Elles n'ont
pas

It is important to notice the differences in pronouncing the s sound for Ils sont an Ils ont.
Ils sont has an s sound to signify that you are saying they are whereas Ils ont has a z
sound to signify you are saying they have. DONT GET THEM CONFUSED!
There are only 4 verbs that end with ont for the plural conjugation they: tre, Avoir,
Faire, and Aller. All the rest end with ent.

tre in the negative

Je ne suis pas de
Tu nas pas de
On/Il/Elle nest pas de
Nous ne sommes pas de
Vous ntre pas de
Ils/Elles ne sont pas de

Jeudi

I.

Remember that the gender of a word depends on the gender of the noun it
relates to, not the person the noun belongs to.
Numbers
40 Quarante
50 Cinquante
60 Soixante
70 Soixante-dix

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Age

III.

IV.

Terms

71 Soixante-et-onze
72 Soixante-douze
80 Quatre-vingt
81 Quatre-vingt-un
90 Quatre-vingt-dix
91 Quatre-vingt-onze
1000 Mille
Asking Age
o Quel ge as-tu? How old are you?
o avez-vous? are you? (formal or plural)
o a-t-il? is he?
o a-t-elle? - is she?
Answering
o Jai ___ ans. I am ___ years old.
o Nous sommes ___ ans. We are ___ years.
o Il a ___ ans. He is ___ years.
o Elle a ___ ans. She is ___ years.
Seulement only
Le bb baby
Facile easy
Difficile difficult

Notre, Votre, Leur

Notre Ours
o Used when something that belongs to us is being talked about
Nos Ours
o Used when several things that belong to us are being talked
about.
Votre Yours (formal or collective)
o Used when something that belongs to you/you all is being talked
about.
Vos Yours (formal or collective)
o Used when several things that belong to you/you all is being
talked about.
Leur Theirs
o Used when something that belongs to them is being talked about.
Leurs Theirs
o Used when several things that belong to them are being talked
about.