We are currently studying chapitre 3:
Pendant et après les cours
Objectifs
In this chapter you will learn to:
✔ talk about what you do in school
✔ talk about what you and your friends do after school
✔ identify and shop for school supplies
✔ talk about what you don’t do
✔ tell what you and others like and don’t like to do
✔ discuss schools in France
Les verbes réguliers en -er au présent
Talking about people’s activities
1. A word that expresses an action or a state is a verb. Parler (to speak), écouter (to listen to), and aimer (to like) are verbs in the infinitive form. They are called regular verbs because they all follow a regular pattern. Their infinitives end in -er.
2. French verbs change endings with each subject. To form the stem to which the endings are added, you drop the -er from the infinitive.
Infinitive Stem
parler parl -
ecouter ecout
aimer aim-
PARLER AIMER je parle j’ aime
tu parles tu aimes
il/elle parle il/elle aime
nous parlons nous aimons
vous parlez vous aimez
ils/elles parlent ils aiment
La négation des articles indéfinis
Talking about what you don’t do
In the negative, the indefinite articles un, une, and des change to de (or d’).
Affirmatif Négatif
Julie regarde un CD. Eric ne regarde pas de CD.
Julie regarde une vidéo. Eric ne regarde pas de vidéo.
Julie regarde des photos. Eric ne regarde pas de photos.
Verbe + infinitif
Discussing likes and dislikes
In French when the verbs aimer, adorer, and détester are followed by another verb, the second verb is in the infinitive form.
Il aime rigoler.
J’adore écouter la radio.
On déteste travailler.
In a negative sentence, the ne… pas goes around the first verb.
Vous n’aimez pas travailler?
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Les cours et les profs
Objectifs
In this chapter you will learn to:
✔ describe people and things
✔ talk about more than one person or thing
✔ tell what subjects you take in school and express some opinions about them
✔ speak to people formally and informally
✔ talk about French-speaking people in the United States
Le pluriel: articles, noms et adjectifs
Talking about more than one person or thing
1. The articles you know (un/une, le/la/l’) are singular markers. The plural forms of these articles are plural markers. Study the following.
LES ARTICLES INDÉFINIS LES ARTICLES DÉFINIS
Masculin Féminin
Singulier Pluriel Singulier Pluriel
un garçon des garçons une fille des filles
un ami des amis une amie des amies
un collège des collèges une école des écoles
2. In French, you form the plural of most nouns by adding an s. This s, however, is not pronounced. It is the article les or des that lets you know the noun is plural: un prof des profs/; la prof les profs/.
3. When a noun is plural, any adjective that describes or modifies it must also be in the plural. You form the plural of most adjectives in French by adding an s. The s is not pronounced.
Singulier Pluriel
La classe est petite. Les classes sont petites.
La prof est patiente. Les profs sont patientes.
Le lycée est grand. Les lycées sont grands.
Le prof est intéressant. Les profs sont intéressants