SUMMARY

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IN THIS MODULE, YOU

LEARNED...

How to greet someone formally

and informally ESSENTIAL GREETINGS

How to say goodbye

Common classroom expressions
Class-related objects
Gender
The indefinite articles (a, an)
Bonjour- Hello/Hi
Salut - a colloquial way to say "Hi"
Coucou- another informal way to say
"Hi"

Bonsoir - good evening

TO GREET SOMEONE
Enchanté/Enchantée - glad to meet you
INFORMALLY

Bienvenue - welcome
Bonjour or Salut, moi, c'est + (your
name).
(Hi, I'm + your name)

Example: Salut, moi, c'est Océane. THE OTHER PERSON MAY

ANSWER:

Très bien. Et toi?

YOU MAY WANT TO ASK Bien. Et toi?

"HOW ARE YOU?"

Ça va. Et toi?
Comment ça va?
Ça va bien. Et toi?
Ça va?
Pas mal.
Comment vas-tu?
Mal.
Tu vas bien?
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TO GREET FORMALLY

Bonjour, je m'appelle + (your name)

(Hello, I call myself + (your name).

Example: Bonjour, je m'appelle YOU MAY WANT TO

Théo. FORMALLY ASK "HOW ARE

YOU?"

Comment allez-vous?

Vous allez bien?

GREETINGS TO SAY GOODBYE

Au revoir - general way to say

"bye"
SEE YOU ON A CERTAIN

Salut! - a colloquial way to say DAY

"bye"
To say "See you on Monday," you
Note that "salut" can mean "hi"
say...
and "goodbye"
"à lundi!"
Tchao! - another informal way to
You just add the preposition "à"
say "bye"
before the day of the week.

lundi - à lundi! (See you on

OTHER EXPRESSIONS TO
Monday!)
USE UPON PARTING
mardi - Tuesday
mercredi - Wednesday
à bientôt - see you soon jeudi - Thursday
vendredi - Friday
à demain - see you tomorrow samedi - Saturday
dimanche - Sunday
à la semaine prochaine - see you next
week Note that the days of the week are
not capitalized.
à plus - see you

à tout à l'heure - see you later

à tout de suite - see you in a bit

à la prochaine - till next time

 CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS

Écoutez. - Listen
THINGS STUDENTS SAY IN
Regardez. - Look
CLASS

Comment on dit ___ en Lisez. - Read

français? / en anglais?
How do you say ___ in Écrivez. - Write
French? / in English?
Parlez. - Talk
Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire?
What does that mean?

Comment ça s'écrit? THINGS TEACHERS SAY

How do you spell that? IN CLASS

C'est à quelle page? Vous comprenez?

What page is it? Do you understand?

Je peux aller aux toilettes? Répétez la phrase.

May I go to the loo? Repeat the sentence.

Vous avez des questions?

Je ne comprends pas. Do you have questions?
I do not understand.
C'est clair?
Je ne sais pas. Is it clear?
I do not know.
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
What is it?
Pardon, vous pouvez répéter,
s'il vous plaît? Parlez plus fort!
Sorry, can you repeat, Speak louder.
please?
Tournez à la page 7.
Turn to page 7.
Pas de questions.
No questions. Ouvrez vos livres.
Open your books.
C'est clair!
It is clear! Fermez vos livres.
Close your books.

Travaillez à deux.
Work in pairs.
 CLASSROOM-RELATED OBJECTS

LES ARTICLES INDÉFINIS (THE INDEFINITE ARTICLES)

In French, when indicating an unspecific, general, unidentified noun, we use

the indefinite articles un, une and des. This is where we use a or an in English.

Un - masculine (singular)
Une - feminine (singular)
Des - masculine and feminine (plural)

UN UNE

livre - book chaise - chair

cahier - notebook table - table

tableau - board calculatrice - calculator

stylo - pen règle - ruler

crayon - pencil gomme - eraser

ordinateur - laptop trousse - pencil case

sac - bag lumière - light

PLURAL OF NOUNS

In French, there is a plural form for un and une, and it is des. Although it does not
exist in English, its use in French is obligatory. Let's transform some of the
examples above into the plural.

un livre (a book) - des livres (books)

un sac (a bag) - des sacs (bags)
un ordinateur (a computer) - des ordinateurs (computers)
une chaise (a chair) - des chaises (chairs)
une table (a table) - des tables (tables)
 LE GENRE (GENDER)

THE GENDER OF NOUNS

In French, everything has gender, that is, everything is either masculine or

feminine. How do you know a word's gender? Is it by the object's
appearance? No. Is it by its function or use? No.

It's easy! It's by looking at the endings of words. A quick giveaway is that
most words ending with the letter E are feminine. Again, most. There are
exceptions just like un livre and un téléphone.

Here are some common masculine and feminine endings by which you will
be able to tell a word's gender.

MASCULINE ENDINGS FEMININE ENDINGS

-eau un bateau -ion une réunion

-al un cheval -té une université

-et un bouquet -ille une famille

- age un village -ise une friandise

-ail un détail -ette une baguette

-ement un gouvernement -ée une cheminée

-er un boucher -ie une boulangerie
-isme le socialisme
-elle une demoiselle
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