Please Spend Time in the Lesson Reading About the French and Their Animals

Module 3: Le Passé

Lesson 03.00 Allons au Zoo

Please spend time in the lesson reading about the French and their animals.

Lesson 03.01 Les Animaux

Please spend time in the lesson practicing the vocabulary. Be sure to listen to how

each word or phrase is pronounced and repeat after the speaker.

Lesson 03.02 Ma Routine

Vocabulaire:

Please spend time in the lesson practicing the body part vocabulary. Be sure to listen to how each word or phrase is pronounced and repeat after the speaker.

Le Verbe Réflexif

Reflexive verbs represent things that you do to .

You will recognize a reflexive verb by the that will precede the verb in the infinitive form.

Many verbs that have to do with the are reflexive.

Ex: se laver

se brosser

If a verb is reflexive, the is doing the action to him/herself.

An example of a reflexive verb you learned in French 1 is .

Helpful Hint:

If you were to translate the expression literally, it would say “I call myself…”

Reflexive Pronouns

All subjects (je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles, etc) have a reflexive pronoun.

Subject Pronoun / Reflexive Pronoun / Subject Pronoun / Reflexive Pronoun
JE / me / NOUS / nous
TU / te / VOUS / vous
IL/ELLE / se / ILS/ELLES / se

Let’s look at some examples:

se laver = to wash oneself

je me lave / nous nous lavons
tu te laves / vous vous lavez
il/elle se lave / ils/elles se lavent

se lever = to get up

je me lève / nous nous lavons
tu te lèves / vous vous lavez
il/elle se lève / ils/elles se lèvent

Did you notice the accent mark in the je, tu, il/elle, and ils/elles forms?

s’habiller = to get dressed

je m’habille / nous nous habillons
tu t’habilles / vous vous habillez
il/elle s’habille / ils/elles s’habillent

Did you notice that the ‘e’ in me, te and se was replaced by an apostrophe because the ‘h’ in habiller is silent (the first sound you hear is a vowel sound – a).

Lesson 03.03 J'ai Mal à

In French, to say where something hurts, we use the expression , then add the body part.

Remember to conjugate the verb ‘avoir’.

Let’s Review!!

Fill in the blanks with the verb conjugations for avoir:

j’______ / nous ______
tu ______/ vous avez
il/elle ______ / ils/elles ______

Some examples:

J'ai mal au ventre. = I have a stomachache.

Il a mal aux oreilles. = His ears hurt.

Vous avez mal à la tête. = You have a headache.

Let’s Review!!

The contractions of à with le, la and les.

à + le = au

à + la =

à + l’ = à l’

à + les =

Lesson 03.04 Canada

Fun Facts:

Montréal is:

-the largest French-speaking city in the world and is completely .

-the largest city in the province of .

-also known as in English and is well-known for being a very cosmopolitan and cultural city.

Québec:

- is a Canadian province.

- has Château as a visual icon. It was opened in 1893 as a for the Canadian Pacific Railway. It sits high on a hill overlooking the River.

- is on the side of Canada and is one of the two cities in North America.

Lesson 03.05 Des Verbes Irréguliers

In French, there are several verbs that have irregular conjugations, which means they don’t follow the regular verb patterns. Be sure to practice them regularly so you remember how to conjugate them.

Acheter

Some verbs, like acheter, are called change verbs. You’ll notice that acheter follows the regular –er verb pattern, but the is an accent mark in some of the forms.

Type in the missing accent mark below:

j’achete / nous achetons
tu achetes / vous achetez
il/elle achete / ils/elles achetent

Note: the accent mark is the only irregularity for this verb. No actual spelling changes occur.

Some other verbs that are like acheter:

· préférer

· espérer

· amener

Mettre

Mettre is another irregular verb. It means .

You can also use this verb to say what you are .

Fill in the blanks with the missing forms of mettre:

je ______/ nous ______
tu mets / vous ______
il/elle ______/ ils/elles mettent

Other verbs that are similar to mettre are:

· remettre

· promettre

· permettre

Faire

Faire is another irregular verb that means .

Faire can also be used to talk about weather and is used with .

*Idioms are expressions in language that do not represent the words in the expression's literal meaning.

(ex: faire to shopping means to go shopping)

Fill in the blanks with the missing forms of faire:

je ______/ nous ______
tu ______/ vous ______
il/elle fait / ils/elles ______

3 More Verbs

Fill in the blanks with the forms of the verb given:

Souffrir means