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Vocabulaire 4.2. Français I. Qu’est-ce que tu fais comme sport ?. What sports do you play?. Qu’est-ce que tu fais pour t’amuser ?. What do you do to have fun?. Je (ne) fais (pas) ( de ). I (don’t) play / do. Je (ne) joue (pas). I (don’t) play. faire. to do to play to make. jouer.
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Vocabulaire 4.2 Français I
Qu’est-ce que tu fais comme sport ? • What sports do you play?
Qu’est-ce que tu fais pour t’amuser ? • What do you do to have fun?
Je (ne) fais (pas) (de) . . . . • I (don’t) play / do. . . .
Je (ne) joue (pas). . . . • I (don’t) play. . . .
faire • to do • to play • to make
jouer • to play
Quel temps fait-il ? • What’s the weather like?
Il fait . . .It’s . . . • . . . beau. • . . . chaud. • . . . frais. • . . . froid. • . . . nice weather. • . . . hot. • . . . cool. • . . . cold.
Il pleut. • It’s raining.
Il neige. • It’s snowing.
Qu’est-ce que What do tu fais. . . you do. . . • . . . le week-end ? • . . . le soir ? • . . . en vacances ? • . . . au printemps ? • . . . en été ? • . . . en automne ? • . . . en hiver ? • . . . en __(mois)__ ? • . . . on weekends? • . . . in the evening? • . . . on vacation? • . . . in the spring? • . . . in the summer? • . . . in the fall? • . . . in winter? • . . . in (month)__?
juillet le 14 juillet 1789 la fête nationale française
août le 8 août la fête nationale de M. Herron
la date • Remember, when you’re writing the date in French: • the first day of the month = • le premier (le 1er) • all the other days = • le deux, le trois, le vingt, le trente et un, etc. • Soooo, October 1 = • le 1er octobre • Also, don’t forget that you do not capitalize the months in French.
on • we • they • you • (a person) • ‘‘one’’ (not the number)
l’automne (f.) • autumn
l’hiver (f.) • winter
Kat RuleExpanded • We’regoing to expand the Kat Rulethischapter: • du • de la • de l’ • alsobecomede / d’ in a negative sentence. • EXEMPLES: • Je ne fais pasde jogging. • Je ne fais pasd’athlétisme.
Le pronom « on » • The subject pronoun onis conjugated with the il / elle form of the verb. (In other words, it lives in box #3.) • In conversational French, on usually means ‘‘we. ’’ • Le samedi, on fait du sport. • On Saturdays, we play sports. • On can also mean they or you when it refers to people in general: • En France, on parle français. • In France, they (you / people) speak French.
Le pronom « on » • In English, sometimes the equivalent to on is ‘‘one. ’’ • One buys bread at the grocery store. • One should respect one’s elders. • You’ll have to use context (the surrounding words and phrases) to tell how a speaker is using on.
Note culturelle (p. 119) • Francophone countries, like most other countries of the world, use the metric system, so temperature is measured in degrees centigrade or Celsius rather than Fahrenheit. • This means that the freezing point of water is 0°C, and its boiling point is 100°C.
Note culturelle (p. 119) • A comfortable temperature would be 25°C (77°F). • If the temperature were more than 35°C, it would be very hot. • If the temperature were 18°C (64.4°C), you would probably need a jacket. • If the temperature were 15°C, what month might it be?
Note culturelle (p. 119) • To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, • Subract 32. • Multiply by 5/9. • To convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, • Multiply by 9/5. • Add 32. • 0°C = ? °F • 100°C = ? °F 32 212
faire = to do; to make IRREGULAR VERB
jouer = to play REGULAR –ER VERB