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Français I

Une Amie Un Ami. Français I. Une fille française. Gabrielle est française . Elle est blonde. Elle est belle. Elle est de Paris. Un garçon français. Phillippe est français . Il est blond. Il est beau. Il est de Lyon. Gabrielle Phillippe.

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Français I

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  1. Une AmieUn Ami FrançaisI

  2. Unefillefrançaise Gabrielle estfrançaise. Elle est blonde. Elle est belle. Elle est de Paris.

  3. Un garçonfrançais Phillippeestfrançais. Il est blond. Il est beau. Il est de Lyon.

  4. GabriellePhillippe Gabrielle estfrançaise.Phillippeestfrançais. Elle est blonde. Il est blond. Elle est belle. Il est beau. Elle est de Paris. Il est de Lyon. What are your observations about the words that describe Gabrielle and Phillippe?

  5. Based on the descriptions of Gabrielle and Phillippe,which adjectives below would describe a girl? Which adjectives would describe a boy? Grande amusante patient Grand amusantpatiente Petite americain timid Petit americainetimide Brunintelligenteintéressant Brune intelligent intéressante

  6. According to your observations, how does French differ from English in regard to the adjectives describing Gabrielle and Phillippe?

  7. Agreement of Nouns and Adjectives • French is a Romance language, which is a language derived from Latin. Other Romance languages are Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian. In Romance languages there is agreement between nouns and adjectives. • English , although it has adopted many words from Latin, is not a Romance language. It is a Teutonic language, like German and Dutch.

  8. What is agreement? • In French, one type of agreement is masculine and feminine. • Feminine nouns must have feminine forms of adjectives. • Masculine nouns must have masculine adjectives.

  9. Masculine and Feminine Adjectives Look at the spelling of the adjectives with masculine nouns and with feminine nouns. How are they different? La filleestgrande. Le garçonestgrand. Le garçonestamusant. La filleestamusante. How are the spellings different?

  10. Now, explain the differences in the following sentences: Gabrielle estfrançaise. Phillippeestfrançais. Elle est blonde. Il est blond. Elle est belle. Il est beau. Elle est de Paris. Il est de Lyon. How do the adjectives agree with the nouns?

  11. How do most adjectives change from the masculine to the feminine?

  12. Pronunciation • The pronunciation of most adjectives changes when the the spelling is changed from the masculine to the feminine. • Listen as your teacher pronounces the following words: • FrançaisFrançaise • AmusantAmusante • Intelligent intelligente • Grand Grande • Petit Petite

  13. How did the pronunciation change? The final consonant in the masculine form of the adjective is silent. When the e is added to make the adjective feminine, the consonant is no longer silent.

  14. Masculine or feminine? • Based on these sentences, what are the words il and elle? Which is masculine? Which is feminine? Gabrielle estfrançaise. Phillippeestfrançais. Elle est blonde. Il est blond. Elle est belle. Il est beau. Elle est de Paris. Il est de Lyon.

  15. Look at the agreement in the following sentences: 1.Gabrielle estuneamie de Phillippe. 2.Phillippe est un ami de Gabrielle.

  16. Masculine or feminine? • In the following sentences which words are masculine? • Which words are feminine? 1.Gabrielle estuneamiede Phillippe. 2.Phillippe est un ami de Gabrielle.

  17. Décriscettefille.

  18. Décriscegarçon:

  19. Décris un/uneami/amie. Pair and Share 1. You will be paired with a classmate. You are to describe that classmate in French with your new vocabulary . 2.You will use complete sentences. 3.Each of you will present your description to the class. Au boulot!

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