LESSON NOTES

3-Minute French S1 #9
Using Adjectives

CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
4 Cultural Insight

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 FRENCH

1. Je suis Coréen.

2. Je suis Coréenne.

3. Nous sommes Américains.

4. Vous êtes Chinois.

ENGLISH

1. I am Korean. (masculine)

2. I am Korean. (feminine)

3. We are American.

4. You are Chinese.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

je I pronoun neuter

suis am verb

Coréen Korean adjective, noun masculine

Coréenne Korean adjective, noun feminine

nous we personal pronoun

sommes are verb

Américains American adjective, noun masculine

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 vous you pronoun neuter

chinois Chinese adjective, noun masculine

êtes are verb form

SAMPLE SENTENCES

J e m'appelle Anne Pr oust . Nous voulons vous donner ce cadeau

de r emer ciement .
"My name is Anne Proust."
"We want to give you this thank
you gift."

Nous voyageons ensembe. Nous appr enons le fr ançais.

"We travel together." "We learn French."

Vous êt es invit é. Quel âge avez -vous?

"You are invited." "How old are you?"

Vous ador ez la cuisine chinoise? Vous êt es le bienvenu chez nous.

"You love Chinese cuisine?" "You are welcome in our home."

Et vous, vous êt es en vacances ?

"And you, you are on vacation?"

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to use adjectives in simple sentences.

Regist er French English Impor t ant

Not es

Phr ase 1 Je suis I am Kor ean.

Coréen.

Word 1 je I

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Word 2 suis am conjugated
verb

Word 3 Coréen Korean

Phr ase 2 Je suis I am Kor ean.

Coréenne.

Word 1 je I

Word 2 suis am conjugated

verb

Word 3 Coréenne Korean

Phr ase 3 Nous sommes We ar e

Américains. Amer ican.

Word 1 nous we

Word 2 sommes are conjugated

verb

Word 3 Américains American plural

Phr ase 4 Vous êtes You ar e

Chinois. Chinese.

Word 1 vous you

Word 2 êtes are conjugated

verb

Word 3 Chinois Chinese plural

CULTURAL INSIGHT

We use a lot of adjectives in French. Be careful not to mix up the feminine and masculine
written forms! They sound the same, so it's tricky.

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