French 17
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French 17
French I: Assignment 17 Voilà vos devoirs pour le 22 janvier : • Review the grammar and memorize the vocabulary in this assignment. • Do the exercises in this assignment. • Write at least three sentences of your new composition. If you find you need to learn new words, make a list of such words and hand them in. • Practice saying and writing the following verse (track 40). We may say it in class together. Ne savez-vous pas que vous êtes le temple de Dieu, et que l’Esprit de Dieu habite en vous ? (1 Corinthiens 3.16) Vocabulary ce, cet, cette, ces səә sɛt sɛ this, that demander dəәmɑ̃de to ask [a question] prendre prɑ̃dr to take comprendre kɔ̃prɑ̃dr to understand vendre vɑ̃dr to sell dire dir to say faire fɛr to do connaître kɔnɛtr to know, be acquainted with savoir savwar to know, know how to ‘This’ and ‘that’ The word for ‘this’ and ‘that’ used with a noun in French varies depending on the gender and number of the noun. masculine singular: ce (before consonant), cet (before vowel) feminine singular: cette plural: ces Assignment 17 1 Below are example sentences using these forms: Je n’obéis pas ce mauvais homme. Je n’obéis pas cet homme. Je n’obéis pas cette femme. Je n’obéis pas ces personnes. If a contrast between ‘this’ and ‘that’ is needed, ceci (‘this here’) and cela (‘that there’) are used. Actually, ça (as in Comment ça va ? ) is a contracted form of cela. Conjugations This week you learned a number of common verbs which have slightly irregular conjugations. Now that you are (hopefully) familiar with conjugation of verbs in -er and -ir, as well as être, avoir and aller, you should soon feel confortable with these as well. You may need to recite these conjugations to learn them well. Look carefully for the irregularities, in pronunciation and spelling. prendre je prends tu prends il prend nous prenons vous prenez ils prennent ʒəә prɑ̃ ty prɑ̃ il prɑ̃ nu prəәnɔ̃ vu prəәne il prɛn vendre je vends tu vends il vend nous vendons vous vendez ils vendent ʒəә vɑ̃ ty vɑ̃ il vɑ̃ nu vɑ̃dɔ̃ vu vɑ̃de il vɑ̃d dire je dis tu dis il dit nous disons vous dites ils disent ʒəә di ty di il di nu disɔ̃ vu dit il diz faire je fais tu fais il fait nous faisons vous faites ils font ʒəә fɛ ty fɛ il fɛ nu fəәzɔ ̃ vu fɛt il fɔ̃ connaître je connais tu connais il connaît nous connaissons vous connaissez ils connaissent ʒəә kɔnɛ ty kɔnɛ il kɔnɛ nu kɔnɛsɔ̃ vu kɔnɛse il kɔnɛs savoir je sais tu sais il sait nous savons vous savez ils savent ʒəә sɛ ty sɛ il sɛ nu savɔ̃ vu save il sav Assignment 17 2 The other ‘that’ There is another word ‘that’ in English, used to join sentences together. (It is usually pronounced [ðəәt], not [ðæt], in this situation.) Notice that has a different meaning from the pointing word ‘that’. The French word is que, which appears twice in this week’s verse. Again, que/ ‘that’ joins two sentences. It often appears after a word meaning ‘to think’ or ‘to say’. Exercises Translate the following sentences into correct French. Reflexive verbs and infinitives might be needed. Sentences 11–15 use the passé composé to express the past tense. For the past participles of words that are not -er verbs, look up the past participle forms. (They are on the vocabulary page.) 1. I hate mosquitoes. 2. There isn’t time. 3. They don’t need that cheese. 4. My eyes and ears are very attentive. 5. I blush when he is [careful with this word!] at the table with me. 6. Do you know that I am the only girl in my family? 7. Are you hungry today? 8. I like to have fun with my uncle and my aunt. 9. Do you think that that* famous person is beautiful/handsome? ‑ 10. It isn’t fun to be afraid of dogs. 11. I repeated the question for the students. 12. We didn’t find him. [Stuff goes around/before the conjugated verb, not the participle.] 13. Are your eyes green or blue? 14. I asked my sister† why she did not give her child‡ a gift for his birthday [anniversaire]. ‑ ‑ 15. My brother bought a cat yesterday. * The double ‘that’ is not a typo. Remember that ‘that’ means two different things in English. † demander une question = ‘to ask a question’; demander à une personne = ‘to ask a person’ ‡ You will need an extra preposition here! Think of another way to word this in English. Assignment 17 3