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FR2/Révision de Fran?ais I, La GrammaireNOUNS - people, places, or thingsIn French, all nouns have a gender: masculine or feminine. You must learn a noun’s gender when you learn its meaning. Gender and number are marked by articles. There are indefinite (a, an, some) and definite (the) articles.Indefinite Articles: Means a, an, or someMasculine SingularFeminine SingularPluralun styloun gar?onune chaiseune filledes fenêtresdes élèvesDefinite Articles: Means theMasculine SingularFeminine SingularSingular Vowel SoundPluralle stylole gar?onla chaisela fillel’élèvel’horlogeles fenêtresles élèvesWhat can we learn by looking at the following articles? Are the nouns singular or plural? Masculine or feminine? SingularPluralMasculineFeminineun bureaula salle de classeune portele professeurune carteun tableauun drapeaudes postersles crayonsl’ordinateurADJECTIVES – words that describe nounsIn French, all adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe. Normally, an “e” is added to the masculine form of an adjective to make it feminine.Le gar?on est petit.Marc est grand.La fille est petite.?lodie est grande.Normally, an “s” is added to the singular form of an adjective to make it plural.Le gar?on est grand.La fille est grande.Les gar?ons sont grands.Les filles sont grandes.Chose the correct form of the adjective to describe the people / things below.Mon père est ________.a) blondb) blondec) blondsd) blondesMa mère est ___________.a) brunb) brunec) brunsd) brunesMes frères sont ____________.a) gentilb) gentilsc) gentilled) gentilesMes soeurs sont _______________.a) créatifb) créativec) créatifsd) créativesVERBS – action wordsIn French 1, you learned to conjugate verbs. When you conjugate a verb, you are changing the form of the verb to match its subject. Here are the subject pronouns:Je = INous = weTu = youVous = you (formal or plural)Il = heIls = they (all boys, or group of boys and girls)Elle = sheElles = they (all girls)On = people in general, weIn French, there are two types of verbs: regular and irregular. Regular verb conjugations follow a pattern, whereas irregular verb conjugations must be memorized.REGULAR VERBS: There are 3 groups of regular verbs: er, re, and ir. ER verb endingsjeenousonstuesvous ezil / elle / oneils / ellesentChanter – to singje chanteI singnous chantonswe singtu chanteyou singvous chantezyou (all) singil chantehe singsils chantentthey singelle chanteshe singselles chantentthey singon chantepeople / we singRE verb endingsjesnousonstusvous ezil / elle / onils / ellesentPerdre – to loseje perdsI losenous perdonswe losetu perdsyou losevous perdezyou (all) loseil perdhe losesils perdentthey loseelle perdshe loseselles perdentthey loseon perdpeople / we loseIR verb endings (some French 1 classes did not get to this)jeisnousissonstuisvous issezil / elle / onitils / ellesissentChoisir – to chooseje choisisI choosenous choisissonswe choosetu choisisyou choosevous choisissezyou (all) chooseil choisithe choosesils choisissentthey chooseelle choisitshe chooseselles choisissentthey chooseon choisitpeople / we chooseIRREGULAR VERBS: There are many irregular verbs in French. The “Big 4” from French 1 are very must be MEMORIZED.Avoir – to havej’ainous avonstuasvous avezil / elle / on ails / elles ont?tre – to bejesuisnous sommestuesvous êtesil / elle / on estils / elles sontAller – to gojevaisnous allonstuvasvous allezil / elle / on vails / elles vontFaire – to do, to makejefaisnous faisonstufaisvous faitesil / elle / on faitils / elles font ................
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