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Unit 5 Labo-langue Saying ‘there is’ and ‘there isn’t’

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1 Unit 5 Labo-langue Saying ‘there is’ and ‘there isn’t’
Saying ‘to the’ and ‘at the’ Using imperatives Using vouloir and pouvoir

2 Saying ‘there is’ and ‘there isn’t’
Unit 5: Labo-langue Saying ‘there is’ and ‘there isn’t’ Il y a means ‘there is’: Il y a un cinéma. There is a cinema. Il n’y a pas means ‘there isn’t’. After il n’y a pas, you use de instead of un, une, des (d’ if the word begins with a vowel or h): Il n’y a pas de piscine. There isn’t a swimming pool. Il n’y a pas d’église. There isn’t a church. © Oxford University Press 2014

3 Saying ‘to the’ and ‘at the’
Unit 5: Labo-langue Saying ‘to the’ and ‘at the’ masculine noun à + le = au le cinéma  au cinéma feminine noun à + la = à la la piscine  à la piscine noun starting with a vowel or h à + l’ = à l’ l’aire de jeu  à l’aire de jeu plural noun à + les = aux les États-Unis  aux États-Unis © Oxford University Press 2014

4 Using imperatives Unit 5: Labo-langue
Imperatives are used to give instructions: Tournez à gauche! Turn left! Tournez à droite! Turn right! Écoutez! Listen! Regardez! Watch! In French, imperatives end in -ez when you are talking to more than one person: tourner to turn tournez à droite turn right traverser to cross traversez la rue cross the road If you are talking to one person, informally, you say tourne à droite or traverse la rue. © Oxford University Press 2014

5 Using vouloir and pouvoir
Unit 5: Labo-langue Using vouloir and pouvoir vouloir to want to pouvoir to be able to je veux I want je peux I can tu veux you want tu peux you can il/elle/on veut he/she wants we want il/elle/on peut he/she/we can You can combine vouloir and pouvoir with other verbs to talk about what you want to do or what you can do: Je veux faire du skate. I want to go skateboarding. On peut aller au cinéma. We can go to the cinema. Tu veux aller au parc? Do you want to go to the park? On peut aller au cinéma. Tu veux bien? We can go to the cinema. Would you like to? © Oxford University Press 2014


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