Lesson 20 ! Congratulations, you are already quite advanced in learning French.
Let’s sum up what we know at this point.
- You met the definite articles : le, la, l’ and les and you know now how to use them.
le |
la |
l' |
les |
with a masculine noun |
with a feminine noun |
with a masculine or a feminine noun that begins with a voyel or an unpronounced h |
with a plural noun |
le garçon, le jouet |
la fille, la poupée |
l’enfant, l’éléphant |
les voitures, les fleurs |
- You know some possessive determinants :
with a masculine and singular noun |
with a feminine and singular noun |
with a plural noun |
|
My |
Mon |
Ma |
Mes |
Your |
Ton |
Ta |
Tes |
His / Her / Its |
Son |
Sa |
Ses |
- You know how to make negative sentences using ne… pas :
Subjet + ne (or sometimes n’) + verb + pas + the end of the sentence
Je ne veux pas de bonbons.
Tu n’aimes pas le poisson.
Tu n’habites pas à Paris.
- You know the entire conjugaison of avoir in the present tense :
J’ai |
I have |
Tu as |
You have |
Il a, elle a |
He has, she has |
Nous avons |
We have |
Vous avez |
You have |
Ils ont |
They have |
- You know the imperative mood of –er verbs (only three grammatical persons and no subject pronoun) :
Regarde |
Look |
Donne |
Give |
Regardons |
Let’s look |
Donnons |
Let’s give |
Regardez |
Look |
Donnez |
Give |
- You know a few colors : jaune, rouge, noir, blanc et bleu. Here are the feminine form of these adjectives :
Masculine form |
jaune |
rouge |
noir |
blanc |
bleu |
Feminine form |
jaune |
rouge |
noire |
blanche |
bleue |
- You know some members of the family : le père (Papa), la mère (Maman), le fils, la fille, les enfants, le grand-père, la grand-mère.
- And you know an impressive list of –er verbs. Most of them are really useful. You can conjugate
all of them in the present tense or in the imperative mood.
Aimer — Entrer — Présenter — Manger — Habiter — Jouer - Manquer — Amener — Donner — Adorer — Regarder — Acheter — Chercher — Garer, se garer.
Translate in English : 1. J’ai un sac rouge. 2. Vous n’habitez pas à Lyon. 3. Ma poupée est belle. 4. Cherchons tes bonbons. 5. Elles adorent le zoo. 6. Mon doudou me manque ! 7. Papa, achète les fleurs jaunes ! 8. Grand-père n’aime pas le poisson. Translate in French : 1. He lives in Paris. He doesn’t live in Lyon. 2. Look at the monkeys ! 3. The flowers are blue. 4. Play with your black truck ! 5. The giraffes are not small. 6. He’s parking his car. 7. The gate is not white. |