Les Salutations
Pas mal
Not bad
l'histoire
history
un crayon
a pencil
deux
two
What does the phrase “the masculine dominates over the feminine” mean?
If there’s a group of 20 people containing just one man, the whole group is described in the masculine.
Moi aussi
Me too
la chimie
chemistry
une trousse
a pencil case
neuf
nine
When you meet someone in France, you have three options. What are they?
Comment vas-tu ?
How are you? (informal)
l'informatique
computer science
des écouteurs
headphones (earbuds)
onze
eleven
Make a comparison between greetings in Canada, France, and the U.S.
Answers will vary
-Canadians are more reserved and polite than Americans, shaking hands, kissing on the cheek and using vous
-USA can be more casual
-France : la bise, hug close friends/family, asking 'how are you' if you want to hear the answer
À bientôt
la comptabilité
accounting
un casque
headphones (over the ear)
quinze
fifteen
What’s the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
The idea that the language you speak influences how you think and view the world.
Comment s'appelle-t-elle ?
What is her name?
la publicité
advertising
un porte-monnaie
a purse
quatorze
fourteen
The Push to Make French Gender-Neutral
What were two of the points arguing against making the French language gender-neutral?
-badly complicate education, and that there’s not enough evidence that changing a language can really change social realities
-inclusive writing just isn’t worth the trouble
-additional grammatical complications of inclusive writing would lead to “a disunited language, disparate in its expression, creating a confusion that borders on illegibility.”
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