LESSON NOTES

3-Minute French S1 #17

Asking why

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

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 FRENCH

1. Pourquoi êtes-vous en retard?

2. J'ai raté le train.

3. Pourquoi partez -vous si tôt?

4. Pour ne pas rater le train.

ENGLISH

1. Why are you late?

2. I missed the train.

3. Why do you leave so early?

4. Not to miss the train.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

pourquoi why adverb

êtes are verb form

vous you pronoun neuter

expression, adverb,
en retard late phrase

j' I pronoun neuter

ai have verb form

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 raté missed verb

le the article masculine

train train noun masculine

partez leave verb

aussi so adverb

tôt early adverb

pour in order to preposition

ne pas not adverb

rater miss verb

Pourquoi pas? Why not? expression

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Pour quoi es-t u t r ist e? Vous êt es le bienvenu chez nous.

"Why are you sad?" "You are welcome in our home."

Et vous, vous êt es en vacances ? Vous êt es invit é.

"And you, you are on vacation?" "You are invited."

Quel âge avez -vous? Il est t oujour s en r et ar d aux cour s.

"How old are you?" "He is always late for class."

T u es t oujour s en r et ar d pour le J e suis en r et ar d aujour d'hui.

t r avail.
"I'm late today."
"You are always late for work."

J 'ador e fair e la gr asse mat inée. J 'ai deux fr èr es.

"I love to oversleep." "I have two brothers."

J 'ai de nombr eux amis. J 'ai aussi un chien.

"I have numerous friends." "I have a dog, too."

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C'est le 2 2 Août . Le pr ochain t r ain pour Londr es va
ar r iver dans 3 0 minut es.
"It's August 22nd."
"T he next train to London will arrive
in thirty minutes."

J e me lève t ôt , je me couche t ar d, je 7 heur es du mat in, c'est t ôt .

suis fat iguée.
"Seven in the morning, it's early."
"I get up early, I go to bed late, I
am tired."

Il est t r op t ôt pour vous donner une r éponse.

"It's too early to give you an answer."

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to ask why.

Regist er French English Impor t ant

Not es

Pourquoi êtes- Why ar e you

vous en lat e?
Phr ase 1 for mal
retard?

Word 1 Pourquoi why

Word 2 êtes are conjugated

verb

Word 3 vous you

Word 4 en retard late

Phr ase 2 J'ai raté le I missed t he

train. t r ain.

Word 1 j' I

Word 2 ai have conjugated

verb

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Word 3 raté missed conjugated
verb

Word 4 le the

Word 5 train train

Pourquoi Why do you

partez-vous si leave so
Phr ase 3 for mal
tôt? ear ly?

Word 1 pourquoi why

Word 2 partez leave conjugated

verb

Word 3 vous you

Word 4 aussi so

Word 5 tôt early

Phr ase 4 Pour ne pas Not t o miss

rater le train. t he t r ain.

Word 1 pour in order to

Word 2 ne pas not

Word 3 rater miss

Word 4 le the

CULTURAL INSIGHT

In French you can reply "pourquoi pas?" (Why not?) It's used the same way as in English.

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