Noun "gender"
UN ordinateur
Masculine singular, feminine singular or plural?
UN = masculine singular
There is a girl.
Il y a une fille.
Two ways to say "HELLO"
Bonjour
Salut
Bonsoir
I
Je
Trois + quatre =
Trois + quatre =
Sept
UNE chaise
Masculine singular, feminine singular or plural?
UNE = feminine singular
There is a computer.
Il y a un ordinateur.
Q: What's your name?
A: My name is ...
Q: Comment tu t'appelles?
A: Je m'appelle ...
You walk up to a group of friends and ask, "What are you doing?"
TU or VOUS? Why?
VOUS
It's a group.
Neuf + onze =
Neuf + onze =
Vingt
DES bureaux
Masculine singular, feminine singular or plural?
DES = Plural
There are two girls.
Il y a deux filles.
Q: How are you?
A: So-so
Q: Comment ça va? / Comment allez-vous?
A: Comme çi, comme ça / Plus ou moins
They (99 girls and 1 man)
Ils
(any group with 1+ boys in it defaults to ILS)
(ELLES is only used with a group of girls only)
Dix-neuf - neuf =
Dix-neuf - neuf =
Dix
Il y a une carte, une table, et un tableau.
Make the sentence plural (i.e. There are some maps, some tables, and some whiteboards)
HINT: Add -x to nouns that end in -eau to make plural. Add -s to all other nouns.
Il y a des cartes, des tables, et des tableaux.
There are not maps.
Il n'y a pas de cartes.
Two ways to say "SEE YOU LATER/SOON"
À bientôt
À tout à l'heure
À plus tard
You ask your sibling or cousin, "How are you?" after school.
TU or VOUS? Why?
TU
They're on your level, a peer. It's informal.
Treize + deux =
Treize + deux =
Quinze
Based on these sentences, can you tell the gender of the NOUNs in these sentences? (F? M? can't tell?)
ex 1) Il y a des éléphants.
ex 2) Il n'y a pas de giraffes.
Can't tell.
DES = "some" for both F & M nouns
Il n'y a pas DE ... = "there aren't" both for F & M nouns
There are not windows in the classroom.
Il n'y a pas de fenêtre dans la salle de classe.
Q: What is her name?
A: Her name is ...
Q: Comment elle s'appelle?
A: Elle s'appelle ...
Two ways to say "we"
Nous (formal) and On (informal)
Dix-sept - seize =
Dix-sept - seize =
un