LESSON NOTES

Beginner S1 #2
The Potential French Peril They
Wont Tell You About
CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Informal French
2 Informal English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight
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FRENCH
1.
Clever Robert: Quest-ce que vous faites ?
2.
Jolie milie: Je suis testeur dodeur, et vous ?
3.
Clever Robert: Je suis traducteur de braille.
ENGLISH
1.
Clever Robert: What do you do?
2.
Jolie milie: Im an odor tester, and you?
3.
Clever Robert: Im a Braille translator.
INFORMAL FRENCH
1.
Clever Robert: Quest-ce que tu fais ?
2.
Jolie milie: Je suis testeur dodeur, et toi ?
3.
Clever Robert: Je suis traducteur de braille.
INFORMAL ENGLISH
1.
Clever Robert: What do you do?
2.
Jolie milie: Im an odor tester, and you?
CONT'D OVER
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Clever Robert: Im a Braille translator.
VOCABULARY
Fr ench Engli sh Class Gender
qu'est-ce que what interrogative pronoun
odeur odor noun feminine
toi you
stressed pronoun
(pronom tonique)
corresponding to the
2nd person singular
(Tu)
un a, an indefinite article masculine
braille Braille noun masculine
traducteur translator noun masculine
faire to do, to make verb
testeur tester noun masculine
vous you (formal) personal pronoun
et and
coordinating
conjunction
SAMPLE SENTENCES
Qu'est-ce que c'est, Le Louvre ?

"What is the Louvre?"
Qu'est ce que tu as?

"What do you have?"
L'odeur nausabonde est insupportable.

"The nauseating odor is
unbearable."
L'odeur de ce parfum est agrable.

"The smell of this perfume is nice."
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Tu fais quoi, toi ?

"What do you do?"
Toi, tu viens avec moi.

"You, you are coming with me."
Un peu d'eau.

"A little water."
Le Braille est un moyen de communiquer
pour les aveugles.

"Braille is a method of
communication for the blind."
Le traducteur officiel est arriv.

"The official translator arrived."
Je fais un gteau.

"I am making a cake."
Je peux lui montrer comment le faire.

"I can show him how to do it."
Il est testeur en logiciel d'informatique.

"He is a software tester."
Vous pouvez garder vos affaires de valeur.

"You can keep your valuable
belongings."
Vous tes contre la loi.

"You are breaking the law."
Le roi et moi.

"The king and me."
GRAMMAR
The Focus of This Lesson is Asking About Another's Occupation in French
Qu'est-ce que vous faites?
What Do You Do?


To ask for a person's occupation the question we use is Qu'est-ce que vous faites?This is an
open question we use with the phrase qu'est ce que which means, "what" in English.
Qu'est-ce que
As seen in Newbie Lesson #5, qu'est-ce que has two other forms, que and quoi. Therefore,
we formulate the question, qu'est-ce vous faites? ("what do you do" in standard French) as:
1.
Formal- Que faites-vous?
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2.
Informal- Vous faites quoi? This is the most informal one of the three forms.
The word faites is a conjugated form of the infinitive faire, meaning "to do" or "to make." Faire
is the most versatile verb in French because we can use it as the verb for playing sports,
cooking, and many other situations.
CULTURAL INSIGHT
Regional and National Parks in France


Since 1967, the French government, in association with local authorities, has created seven
national parks and forty-five regional parks. Their purpose is to protect, promote, and manage
a rural environment rich in biodiversity, as well as ancient traditions, customs, and crafts. Their
goals are to maintain and develop a project that will promote a natural cultural heritage.
Ecomuseums


Each ecomuseum is a reproduction of a traditional village, and operational. They offer
demonstrations of ancient professions or crafts from the region. You can find the ecomuseums
within a regional or national park.