1. Unité 3 L’école

2. Subjects/Pronouns  je/j’ = I  tu = you (singular AND informal)  il = he (it)  elle = she (it)  on= one/we/people  nous = we  vous= you (formal OR plural)  ils = they (masculine)  elles = they (feminine )

3. Which pronoun would you use for the person or people in the pictures? il, elle, ils, elles

4. Pronouns are also used for things  il is used to replace a masculine noun  le livre - il  elle is used to replace a feminine noun  la chaise - elle  ils is used to replace a group of masculine nouns  les écouteurs - ils  elles is used to replace a group of feminine nouns  les gommes - elles

5. Use il, elle, ils, or elles for the pictures you see

7. tu vs. vous  Use tu with :  a friend  a peer  a family member  a pet  a child  Use vous with :  a teacher  an adult you don’t know  two or more friends  a group of people

8. Tu or Vous?

9. Verbs  Verbs are action words.  In French, new verbs are given in the infinitive.  The infinitive is the base form of the verb  It has the word “to” in the definition

10. Present tense  What is happening right now  What happens  What does happen on a regular basis

11. 3 categories of verbs  -er verbs  -re verbs  -ir verbs

12. White board activity

13. - er verbs you know étudier = to study adorer = to adore regarder = to watch nager = to swim préférer = to prefer détester = to hate jouer = to play danser = to dance skier = to ski parler = to speak manger = to eat écouter = to listen to téléphoner = to talk on the phone/to call envoyer = to send aimer= to like/to love

15. conjugate  To change the verb to match the subject  We do this in English, but not as much as we do in French  I speak  You speak  He speaks

16. 2 types of verbs  Regular verbs  Follow a specific pattern to conjugate  Irregular verbs  There’s no real pattern to conjugate

17. To conjugate regular –er verbs in the present tense  1. Take off the infinitive ending (-er) danser  2. Find the stem (whatever is left after taking off the infinitive ending) danser  3. Add the correct ending to match the subject je – e tu – es il/elle/on – e nous – ons vous – ez ils/elles -ent

18.  The only endings that are pronounced are –ons and –ez.  The other endings are silent.

19. un exemple je danse tu danses il danse elle danse on danse nous dansons vous dansez ils dansent elles dansent

20. Entrée le 31 octobre: Conjugate the following verbs with all of the subjects  jouer  regarder  chanter  parler

23. Other –er verbs  habiter – to live  changer – to change  payer = to pay  dîner – to have dinner  trouver – to find  porter- to wear  passer – to show (a movie)  visiter – to visit  penser – to think  dessiner – to draw  entrer – to enter  donner – to give  travailler – to work  voyager- to travel

24. Verbs that end in -ger  Keep the ‘e’ on before adding the –ons ONLY for nous  Nous nageons.  Nous mangeons.

25. Verbs that end in -yer  Change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ in everything but nous and vous  je paie  tu paies  il / elle / on paie  nous payons  vous payez  ils / elles paient

26. To make a sentence negative  Add ne before the conjugated verb and pas after  Je ne danse pas.  Tu ne chantes pas bien.  Nous ne parlons pas espagnol.

27.  Change ne to n’ before a vowel  Je n’aime pas chanter.  Claire n’étudie pas beaucoup.  Vous n’écoutez pas le jazz?

28.  Je vais au…= I go to…..  Je suis de …= I am in …… grade.

29. Entrée le 10 novembre  Translate the following sentences into French.  1. I play tennis.  2. We are not watching a movie.  3. Marc likes to sing.  4. Do you (familiar) eat pizza?  5. Claire and Paul do not dance.

30.  Je n’ai pas  Il n’y a pas

31. Indefinite articles in the negative When a sentence becomes negative, replace the indefinite articles with de or d’. J’ai un stylo. Je n’ai pas de stylo. Tu as un ordinateur? Non, je n’ai pas d’ordinateur.

32.  Tu as des crayons?  Non, je n’ai pas de crayons.