UNIT 5: Le monde personnel et familier People you know and things you have AND how to describe them
Review for Unit Test Vocabulary from all lessons (leçons 17 – 20) New verb: avoir (irregular) Articles Adjectives
Vocabulary Study yellow boxes in the text Study your note cards
New verb: avoir avoir (to have) J’ai Tu as Avoir = to have (Remember the Pink Panther song!) avoir (to have) J’ai Tu as Il/elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/elles ont
Ways to use “avoir:” To have or to own: J’ai une auto verte. I have a green car.
Idioms (special meanings) Avoir faim to be hungry Avoir soif to be thirsty Avoir . . . ans to be . . . years old
Articles Those little words in front of nouns English: a, an, some the
A, an, some Un (masculine) un livre Une (feminine) une pizza Des (plural) des crayons
“The” Le (masculine) La (feminine) L’ (vowel words- singular only) Les (all plural words)
Adjectives Must match noun in gender and number Masculine noun = masculine adjective Feminine noun = feminine adjective Plural noun = plural adjective
Masculine adjectives The standard form The form in the dictionary grand petit brun blond content méchant américain noir vert bleu gris
Feminine form Usually add –e to the masculine form grand>grande petit>petite noir>noire américain>américaine
Some irregular adjectives Some add more than –e: Bon>bonne canadien>canadienne Sportif>sportive blanc>blanche Some don’t change: Already have an –e: Jeune>jeune rose>rose Invariable colors: Marron>marron orange>orange
Plural adjectives Plural nouns – add -s Plural adjectives – add –s Des livres rouges Des autos vertes
Position of adjectives Opposite of English! a green car une auto verte a red book un livre rouge French adjectives come after the noun!
BAGS adjectives A few French adjectives come before the noun B (beauty) beau, belle, joli(e) A (age) jeune, vieux G (goodness) bon, mauvais S (size) grand, petit une belle jeune fille un bon petit garçon
How to know what gender a noun is: Memorize it! Look it up in a dictionary!
What doesn’t work to know what gender a noun is: Look at the ending of the word Think about what the object looks like Think about who has the object Ask the teacher Does NOT work!
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