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Beginner - Lesson 1
How to ask somebody a question !
Some expressions introduce automatically the
interrogative form.
1-«Est-ce que» is used before the pronoun subject
ex
: Est-ce que vous avez de la famille au Québec?
Also you can complete this interrogative form with some
interrogative words:
2-«Comment» related to the way
«Qu’(e)» related to something
«Où» related to places or destinations
«Quand» related to the period, time or moment
«Pourquoi» related to the reason
«Qui» related to someone
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Beginner-Lesson 2
The alphabet
Two (2) categories of letters complete the french
alphabet: consonants and vowels.
There are:
twenty (20) consonants
b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, z.
and,
six (6) vowels
a, e, i, o, u, y
By mixing consonants and vowels, you obtain the most part
of the words and their pronounciations.
ex:
c+a=ca
n+a=na
d+a=da
but some letters can have one (1) or more derivative(s) and
it changes the pronounciation.
ex:
e, é, è...
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Beginner-Lesson 3
The indefinite articles
There are three indefinite articles and they agree in gender
and number with the following nouns:
-un followed by a singular masculine noun
ex: un pantalon
-une followed by a singular feminine noun
ex: une chemise
-des followed by a plural(masculine or feminine) noun
ex: des souliers
des fleurs
Note 1: the english indefinite article before a profession or
an occupation name is omitted in french.
ex: je suis professeur
elle est médecin
Note 2: the indefinite articles become de or d' before vowel
or silent h in negative sentences.
ex: est-ce vous avez un(e) cousin(e) au Canada ?
non, je n'ai pas de cousin(e) au Canada.
ex: ont-ils des parents au Québec ?
non, ils n'ont pas de parents au Québec
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Beginner-Lesson 4
The partitive articles
On the whole, the partitive article is used when we are
talking about something we cannot enumerate.
There are three (3) partitive articles and they agree in
gender and number with the following nouns:
-du followed by a singular masculine noun
ex: je mange du pain
-de la followed by a singular feminine noun
ex: je bois de la bière
-des followed by a plural(masculine or feminine) noun
ex: ils cultivent des légumes
on achète des céréales
Note 1: the partitive articles du and de la become <de l'>
when the following nouns begin with a vowel or a silent h
ex: il apporte de l'ail à sa mère
elle ajoute de l'huile dans son repas.
Note 2: in negative expressions, the partitive articles are
replaced by de or d' before vowel or silent h
ex: est-ce que vous buvez du vin ?
non, je ne bois pas de vin
a-t-on de la musique contemporaine ?
non, on n'a pas de musique contemporaine
est-ce que vous avez des cheveux blancs ?
non, nous n'avons pas de cheveux blancs
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Beginner-Lesson 5
The pronoun ''en''
Used to replace ''d'(e)+noun'', the pronoun ''en'' comes
immediately
-before the main verb in case of a simple tense
-before the auxiliary verb in case of a compound tense
-between aller and the second verb in the infinitive form
in case of an immediate future
with the following partitive/indefinite articles:
singular plural
masculine du des
feminine de l'(a) des
affirmative form : Oui, ...''en'' + verb
ex:
-Aujourd'hui, elle a du travail
Oui, elle en a.
-Hier, nous avons acheté de l'eau
Oui, nous en avons
acheté .
-Demain, ils vont apporter des céréales
Oui, ils vont en apporter.
negative form : Non, ...n' ''en'' + verb + pas
ex:
-Aujourd'hui, elle n'a pas de travail
Non, elle n'en a pas.
- Hier, nous n'avons pas acheté d'eau
Non, nous n'en avons pas acheté.
-Demain, ils ne vont pas apporter de céréales
Non, ils ne vont pas en apporter.
Note 1
With the adverbs beaucoup d(e), assez d(e) and trop d(e) +
noun, the pronoun ''en'' is required and the same adverb
will
be added at the end
ex:
-A-t-elle assez d'amis ?
Oui, elle en a assez
Non, elle n'en a pas assez
Note 2
With the indefinite articles ''un'' or ''une'' + noun, the
pronoun ''en'' is used in the same way and the same
indefinite article will be added at the end but in the
affirmative form only.
ex:
-Est-ce que vous avez un téléviseur ?
Oui, nous en avons un
Non, nous n'en avons pas
Note 3
With Combien d'(e) + noun, the following process of
enumeration will be enough
ex:
-Combien de grands-parents avez-vous ?
J'en ai deux
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