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Table of Contents
2. Salutations ................................................................ 3
3. Prsentation............................................................... 6
5. Professions ............................................................... 25
6. Nombres................................................................... 31
7. Lheure ..................................................................... 38
8. La Famile .................................................................. 41
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Module 1 Les Alphabets
A J S
B K T
C L U
D M V
E N W
F O X
G P Y
H Q Z
I R
Accents in French
1. Above Vowels
Accent Sound Name
e - eu () a acute accent
() A grave accent
cap accent /circonflex
() a
accent
( ) yeah trema
2. below consonants
( ) cedilla accent
a (sa ) o( so ) u (su)
ce & ci no accent
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Module 2
Salutations
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Greetings
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I. Write these greetings in French :
3. Happy X mas.
4. Happy Birthday.
II. Unscramble :
1. DIAUE ________________
2. DEANMAI ________________
3. TSALU ________________
4. REAUVROI ________________
5. PLAUSTADR ________________
1. a va bien, merci.
3. Salut Marie
5. Au revoir Jacques .
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Module 3 Prsentation
answer usually is
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Ecrivez un dialogue entre Vous et votre ami en vous prsentant
(Write a dialogue between you and your friend introducing each other )
Moi : Bonjour !
Mon ami : Bonjour ! Comment vous appelez - vous ?
Moi : ________, Et vous ?
Mon ami : __________________________________
Moi : __________________________________
Mon ami : __________________________________
Moi : __________________________________
Mon ami : __________________________________
Moi : __________________________________
Mon ami : Aurevoir.__________
Moi : Aurevoir.__________
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How to say "How are you" in french?
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Activity : Complete the dialogue
Rajeev : Bon jour
Yourself : ______________
Rajeev : Comment vous appelez - vous?
Yourself : ______________________ Et toi? ( and you?)
Rajeev : Je mappelle Rajeev.
Yourself : Au revoir Rajeev
Rajeev : Au revoir Monsieur / Madame _______________.
Answers
1. Bien , merci - Good thank you
2. Bon - Nice
3. Mal - Bad
4. Trs bien- Very fine thank you
5. Comme ci Comme a - So so
Answers :
1. Oui, Je comprends franais - Yes I can Understand
2. Oui, je parle - Yes I can speak
3. Oui, mais un peu - Yes a little
4. Oui , mais seulement un peu - Yes but only a little.
Answers
1. Japprends dans un institut - I learn in the institute
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Activity
Write a dialogue between you and your Friends / Colleagues.
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Activity: listen to some common greetings
Bonjour
Monsieur
Monsieur Lenoir
Bonjour Monsieur Lenoir
Bonsoir
Madame
Madame Lenoir
Bonsoir Madame Lenoir
Bonne nuit
Bonne nuit, Madame Lenoir
Comment
Allez - vous ?
Comment allez - vous ?
Mademoiselle
Mademoiselle Lenoir ?
Comment allez - vous, Mademoiselle
Lenoir ?
Salut.
Comment vas - tu ?
Comment a va ?
a va.
Trs
Bien
Trs bien
Merci
Trs bien, Merci Et
vous ?
Et toi ?
Merci, trs bien
Parlez
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Lentement
Parlez lentement Sil
vous plat
Parlez lentement, Sil vous plat
Rptez
Sil vous plat
Rptez, Sil vous plat
Merci
Beaucoup
Merci beaucoup
Je vous remercie
Je vous en remercie
Je te remercie
Je ten remercie
Je vous en prie
Je ten prie
De rien
A demain
A samedi
A lundi
A jeudi
A ce soir
A demain soir
A la semaine prochaine A
bien tt
A tout lheure
Au revoir
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Module 4 Dans la Classe
Identifiez
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Question :
Quest - ce que cest ?
Cest un /une _________
Exemple : Cest un livre
Qui est - ce ?
Cest ___________
Exemple : Cest Rajnikanth
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Grammaire
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Execice - Completez le dialogue
Leo : ____, merci. Quest - ce que cest? Fine thankyou, what is this ? Sahana
Sahana: Cest lheure! Au revoir Leo! Sahana : It stime! Good bye Leo!
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Note :
lheure ( leur) = hour
Cest lheure! = Its already late!
intressant ( entheressan) = interesting
lisez ( leesay) = read
Exemple :
un livre - des livres
une plume - des plumes
un tableau - des tableaux
Exercice
Note
For people we
Qui est-ce? ( key-a- se ) = Who is this ?
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Execice : Completez le dialogue
Sahana: Cest ____! Au revoir Leo! Sahana : Its ___! Good bye Leo
Exercice : Reliez les colonnes ( reli-ay lay colon ) { Match the columns }
un livre a book
des plumes a black board
des pupitres some pens
des panneaux some blackboards
un tableau some notice boards
Note
Est - ce un livre ? ( ay - se )
{Is this a book }
Answer : Oui, cest un livre ( ou-ie ) = yes this is a book
Non ( n-on) Ce nest pas un livre. ( se nay pasun livr) = No this is not a book
Not in English is translated into ne and pas in front of and at the back of the verb in a
sentence
Voici ( vasi) = here is /are
Voil ( wala ) = there is /are
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Exercice
A book - Est - ce un livre ?
A note book - Est - ce un livre ?
A pencil - Est - ce un crayon ?
A ball pen - Est - ce un stylo ?
A notice board - Est - ce un tableau ?
Exercice
Leo : Bonjour ____.
Clio : Salut _____.
Leo : Quest - ce que cest ?
Clio : Cest une plume.
Leo : Est - ce un cahier?
Clio : Non, ce nest pas ___ (a notebook). c___ un livre.
Leo : Donnez - moi le ____(book).
Clio : Le voici.
Leo : Merci.
Clio : Et voici la ____ ( inkpen )
Leo : Merci
Clio : Au revoir
Leo : Au revoir
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Dans la classe
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Note :
There are 8 subject pronouns in french
Je ( zhe ) =I Nous ( nou) = We
Tu ( tyu ) = you Vous ( vou) = you
Il ( eel ) = he / it Ils ( eel ) = they(m)
Elle ( el) = she / it Elles ( el ) = they ( f )
Je ne sais pas ( zhe ne say pas ) = I dont know =
un torchon ( torshon) a duster
Nous comprenons ( nou comprenon) = we understand
le franais ( le fransay ) = French
facile ( faseel ) = easy
Translation
In the Class
The prof : Good morning the class.
The class : Good morning Sir.
The prof : I call myself Jrome Vincent. I am the new teacher.
The class : Good morning Teacher.
The prof : So How do you (pl) call yourselves?
Aditya : Good morning, I call myself Aditya
Sahana : I call myself Sahana
Leo : I am Leo
The prof : Good. We start the lesson
Aditya,What is this?
Aditya : This is a book.
The prof : Sahana, What is this?
Sahana : This is a .... I dont know sir
The prof : This is a duster.
Sahana : Duster. Its masculine or feminine?
The prof : Good. This is a duster .So this is masculine
Leo : What is this? Sir
The prof : That. That is a chalk.
Sahana : And it is feminine.
The prof : Yes.
"Un" is used for masculine
"Une" is used for feminine .
Leo : We understand sir. It is easy!
The prof : The French is very easy. It is time so Good bye!
The class : Good bye thank you sir.
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1. Lampe ( f ) Lamp Light
2. Ventillateur ( m ) vaanthilatur fan
3. placard ( m ) Placar rack
4. carte ( f ) Carth map
5. calendrier ( m ) Calaandriey calendar
6. Croix ( m ) Craw cross
7. ordinateur ( m ) ordhinatur computer
8. tlvision ( f ) Teleyviseeon television
9. magntophone (f) manyetophone videoplayer
10.cassette ( f ) Casseth cassette
Grammaire
Les articles dfinis ( lay saarthicl defini)
"Le" stands for "the" for masculine objects
"La" stands for the" for feminine objects
"L " stands for the for vowel starting words
"Les" stands for some for masculine or feminine objects in plural
Note :
the vowels in french are
A,E,I,O,U + h which is silent + y
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Note : The difference between definite articles and indefinite articles
The definite articles are used only for unique nouns where as
indefinite articles are used for any common nouns. The definite articles are used only for
the nouns already introduced in a context ie ,known nouns whereas the indefinite articles
are used for introducing nouns in a particular context. Both definite and indefinite articles
are rarely omitted in French except when using with professions and nationalities and tre
verb
Nous avons ___ appartment. ___appartement a ____ fentres et deux portes. ___
fentres et ___ portes de lappartement sont grandes.
Note :
verb - tre - to be
Je suis ( zhe swi ) = I am Nous sommes ( nou som ) = We are
Tu es ( tyu a ) = You are Vous tes ( vou seth ) = you are
Il est ( eel a ) = He is Ils sont ( eels son ) = they (m)are
Elle est ( ael a ) = she is Elles sont ( ael son ) = they (f)are
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Exercice 03 : Remplissez les tirets par la forme correcte du verbe tre
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Module 5 Professions
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Presentez les personalit
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Note: Be careful: many French professions have only a masculine form.
* In Canada and parts of Switzerland, the feminine form "une professeure" exists.
Note: In France, asking about what someone does for a living is considered a personal
question. If you have to ask, be sure to preface your question with si ce n'est pas indiscret
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Learning about Nationality
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For nationalities, the proper noun and adjective are exactly the same, except the proper noun
is capitalized, while the adjective is not. The (parentheses) indicate the additional letters to
make the proper noun or adjective feminine. Note that the masculine adjective for many
countries is spelled and pronounced just like the languages. Obviously some countries have
speakers of many languages, but only the main ones are listed. Note that the names of
languages are always masculine and are not capitalized.
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Exercise
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Module 6 Nombres
Song Translation
Un, deux , trois, nous irons au bois One two three, we will go the woods
Quatre , cinq, six, cueillir des cerises Four, five, six to pluck some cherries
Sept, huit, neuf dans mon panier neuf seven, eight, nine , in my new basket
Dix, onze, douze, elles seront toute rouges! 10,11,12,they are all red
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Exercice
Sl. No.
1 2X2 = 4 deux et deux font quatre
2 3X2 = 6
3 4X2 = 8
4 5X2 = 10
5 6X2 = 12
Exercice
01 5
10 15
2 19
12 20
11 8
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Now lets learn the other numbers
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Lets learn how to ask for age
In French, We ask
Quel est votre ge? - What is your age? Or
Votre ge sil vous plait? - Your age please or Quel
ge avez - vous? - How old are you ? or Quel ge
as- tu? - How old are you ?
Answering Options :
Jai ____ans
To ask What day (of the week) is it? say Quel jour sommes-nous ? or Quel jour est-ce ?
To answer, simply use one of the three beginnings listed above + the day of the week. Nous
sommes samedi.
On est jeudi.
C'est mardi.
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Fais la liste
Mahalingam
Sandhya
17 - 8
11 - 3
Ravichander
Sreenikethan
22 - 1
17 - Aug
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Module 7 Lheure
Lhorloge
Cest une horloge
Elle est ronde
Elle a un cadran blanc
Elle a deux aiguilles
La grande aiguille est pour les minutes La
petite aiguille est pour les heures Elle a
aussi des chiffres
Elle a aussi un reveil
Elle est belle
Note
Necessary Vocabulary
cadran - pron like kadhran - dial
aiguille - pron like egg-uiye - hand
minutes - pron like minyuth - minutes
heures - pron like her - hours
reveil - pron like ray-waiye - alarm
This is a clock. It is round. It has a white dial. It has two hands. The big hand is for the
minutes and the small hand is for the hours. It has also some numbers and it also has an alarm.
It is beautiful.
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Rule no 1 : For saying round time :
We use o clock in English, but in French we say Il est
____ heures
except for
1 o clock = Il est uen heure
12am = Il est minuit ( pron like minn-oui)
12 pm = Il est midi ( pron like midhi)
Rule no 6 :And for all the other time after 40 minutes past the time we subtract it from the
next time
for example :
5 :50 Il est six heures moins dix
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Exercice:
1:10
2:15
3:30
4:45
5:50
6:56
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Module 8 La Famille
La Famille : Vocabulary
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Lets start with simple exercises
Exercice
Ecrivez la forme fminine de (Write the feminine of )
1. Grand-pre
2. Oncle
3. Pre
4. Fils
5. Frre
6. Cousin
7. Neveu
8. Beau - pre
9. Beau - frre
Exercice
Ecrivez la forme masculine de (Write the masculine of )
a. Grand-mre
b. Tante
c. Mre
d. Fille
e. Soeur
f. Cousine
g. Nice
h. Belle - mere
i. Belle - soeur
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Exercice : Dessinez larbre gniale ( Draw a family tree )
Activity
Now write a few lines on your family
Ma Famille
Vocabulaire
Mother La mre Family La famille
Father Le pre Members Les membres (f)
Son Le fils Brother Le frre
Daughter Le fille Sister La soeur
Child L enfant (m) Business man Lhomme daffaires
Parents Les parents (m) House wife La femme au foyer
Grandfather Le grand-pre Nephew Neveu
Grandmother La grand-mre Niece Nice
Uncle Oncle Father in law Beau - pre
Aunt Tante Mother in law Belle - mre
Cousin Cousin Brother in law Beau - frre
Cousin sister Cousine Sister in law Belle - soeur
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Verbes rguliers
Before we go to the verbs , lets learn some definitions
1. verb = an action word in a sentence
2. infinitve = the orignal form of the verb as found in the dictionnary
3. conjugation = to put / to change the verb ending according to the various subjects
4. subject = a person / a thing which is the actor of the sentence
5. affirmative = means the way we conjugate the verb in a positive sentence
The verb endings are the same for all the following verbs so try them
1. visiter - to visit
2. jouer - to play
3. marcher - to walk
4. habiter - to live
5. demander - to ask
6. commander - to order
7. regarder - to look
8. montrer - to show
9. monter - to climb
10.couter - to listen
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Some Examples for irregular verb have already been discussed in this book. They are tre
- to be
avoir - to have
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Guess the verb
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Module 9 Faire des courses
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Here are the French words for some staples, seasonings, and other miscellaneous foods.
la confiture jam
le croissant croissant la
farine flour
les frites (US) fries, (UK) chips
l'huile d'olive (f) olive oil
la mayonnaise mayonnaise
la moutarde mustard
un uf, des ufs egg, eggs
le pain bread
le pain grill toast
les ptes pasta
le poivre pepper
le riz rice
la sauce sauce, dressing, gravy le
sel salt
le sucre sugar le fruit fruit
Learn the French words for the most common
un abricot apricot un
fruits
ananas pineapple une
banane banana une
cerise cherry
un citron lemon
un citron vert lime
une fraise strawberry une
framboise raspberry une
mre blackberry
une myrtille blueberry
une orange orange
un pamplemousse grapefruit
une pastque watermelon une
pche peach
une poire pear
une pomme apple
une prune plum
un raisin grape
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And don't forget to eat your vegetables. un
lgume vegetable
un artichaut artichoke
les asperges (f) asparagus une
aubergine eggplant la carotte
carrot
le cleri celery
le champignon mushroom
le chou-fleur cauliflower
le concombre cucumber
les pinards (m) spinach
un haricot bean
la laitue lettuce
un oignon onion
le mas corn
les petits pois (m) peas
la pomme de terre potato le
radis radish
la tomate tomato
la viande meat Here are the French words for various kinds of meat.
l'agneau (m) lamb les
anchois anchovies le
bifteck steak
la dinde turkey
les escargots (m) snails le
jambon ham
le lapin rabbit
le poisson fish
le porc pork
le poulet chicken
le rosbif roast beef
le saucisson sausage le
veau veal
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Some Dialogues while Shopping - Au magasin ~ At the store
This dialogue is read by a man and a woman taking turns being the customer and
storekeeper.
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Module 10 La vie quotidienne
Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive verbs are verbs in french which are conjugated with the corresponding pronouns as
the subjects and the objects of them are the same.
Je for example is conjugated with me
Tu with te and so on
Example
Se laver - to wash oneself
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Sometimes "se" in such verbs is also used in reciprocal manner
Example
Nous nous rencontrons = We meet eachother
Exercice
Conjuguez les verbes en toutes personnes
1. se rveiller tot
2. se lever de bonne heure
3. se laver le visage
4. se baigner avec leau chaude
5. se raser vite
6. se disputer souvent
7. se scher au soleil
8. se dpcher pour le travail
9. se reposer un peu
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La journe de Sahana
Sahana se rveille de bonne heure. Et elle se lve aussitot sauf le dimanche o elle se lve
trs tard. Elle entre dans la salle de bains Elle se brosse les dents et elle se lave le visage
avec leau froide. Elle entre dans la cuisine. Elle dit "Bonjour" sa mre. Elle boit un grand
verre de lait.
Elle fait jogging pour se maintenir en bonne forme. Elle rentre la maison vers 7
heures.Elle se repose un peu et lit le journal cependant. Elle prend son petit djeuner avec son
petit frre Nikhil. Elle prend son cartable. Puis que son cole nest pas trs loin elle quitte la
maison avec son frre Nikhil pied.
1. Que fait Sahana dans la salle de bains ?
2. Que boit Sahana chaque matin ?
3. Quest - ce quelle fait pour se maintenir en bonne forme ?
4. Avec qui prend - t - elle le petit - djeuner ?
5. Pour quoi Sahana va - t - elle pied lcole ?
Sahana wakes up early. And she gets up soon except on Sundays when she gets up late. She
enters into the bathroom. She brushes her teeth and she washes her face with cold water. She
enters into the kitchen. She says "Good Morning" to her mother. She drinks a big glass of milk.
She does jogging to stay in good shape. She comes back to the house at 7 0clock. She relaxes a
little bit and reads the newspaper meanwhile. She takes her
breakfast with her little brother Nikhil. She takes her school bag. As her school is not very far she
quits the house with her brother Nikhil by foot.
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Module 11 Les couleurs
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Les couleurs
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. In French, the adjectives agree with the same
number and gender of the noun it stands for.
ie.,
There are four forms for each adjective in French
exemple
Bleu - blue
un livre bleu , une gomme bleue, des livres bleus and des gommes bleues To
form feminine just add an e to the masculine form
To form masculine plural just add an "s" to the masculine form
To form feminine plural just add an "s" to the feminine form
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Note
Marron and Orange stand for the fruits so when used as colours they do not change for
gender and number
The question for the colour in French is
De quelle couleur est le / la ... ?
(the kel couleur a le / la )
Of which colour is the ...?
The answer for example:
Le livre est bleu
The book is blue
Exercice :
1 De quelle couleur est le livre franais ?
2 De quelle couleur est le tableau?
3 De quelle couleur est la table ?
4 De quelle couleur est l homme ?
5 De quelle couleur est le cahier ?
Note :
You can ask whether the particular object is of a particular colour
Est - ce un livre bleu ? Is the book blue ?
Answer may be
Oui Cest un livre bleu ( ooyi = yes ) or
Non Ce nest pas un livre bleu, il est rouge (non=no)
Ne and pas is added to the front and at the back of the verb respectively to make the verb
negative and Ne becomes n before vowel starting verbs
Exercice : Rpondez
1. Est - ce un tableau noir? Oui
2. Est - ce une gomme grise?Oui
3. Est - ce un table brune? Non
4. Est - ce une horloge noire?Oui
5. Est - ce un tableau blanc?Non
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Module 12 Les Gots
Jaime Le chocolat
Japprcie Le fromage
Jadore Le pain
Jaime beaucoup
La Ngation
Je dteste
Je n aime pas
Ne pas apprcier
Jaime Le chocolat
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