RIGOLO 1 Unité 1 (unit 1) : Bonjour! VOCABULAIRE (vocabulary

RIGOLO 1
Unité 1 (unit 1) : Bonjour!
VOCABULAIRE (vocabulary*)
Leçon 1 (lesson 1) – SAYING HELLO AND GOODBYE
Bonjour
Hello
Bonsoir
Good evening
Au revoir
Goodbye
À bientôt
See you soon
Bonne nuit
Salut
Ø
Goodnight
Monsieur
Mr, Sir
Madame
Mrs, Madam
Hi, Bye
Practise saying ‘hello’, ‘hi’ and ‘goodbye’ to teachers at school, your
family and your friends.
v Remember: you say Bonjour (Madame or Monsieur) to an adult or
someone you don’t know well. You can say Bonjour or Salut to your
family and friends. You say Bonne nuit last thing at night.
- Bonjour Monsieur Mills !
- Salut Jake !
- Bonsoir Madame Moulin !
- Salut Didier !
- Au revoir Monsieur Mills, à bientôt.
- Au revoir Jake.
- Bonne nuit Madame Moulin.
- Salut Didier, à bientôt !
*based on Rigolo 1 language content; some lessons include vocab not taught in Rigolo units.
RIGOLO 1
Unité 1 (unit 1) : Bonjour!
VOCABULAIRE (vocabulary*)
Pronunciation tips:
on: in bonjour sounds like {ong}, without saying the ‘g’. Try and say
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the English word ‘song’ stopping short before the ‘g’. Then try
bonjour.
u: in tu and salut. Round your lips as if to say {oo} but say {ee}
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instead without moving your lips.
Monsieur is pronounced {muhssiuh}
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Leçon 2 – ASKING AND SAYING YOUR NAME
What’s your name?
Comment tu t’appelles ?
-Note: you can also say: Comment t’appelles-tu ?
My name is Polly.
Je m’appelle Polly.
Practise the question with your friends and family:
Ø
- Comment tu t’appelles ? or Comment t’appelles-tu ?
…and the answer:
- Je m’appelle ………………… (add your name).
Leçon 3 – ASKING AND SAYING HOW YOU ARE
Ça va ?
How are you?
Oui, ça va bien.
Yes, I’m well.
Merci.
Thank you.
Pas très bien.
Not very well.
Non, ça ne va pas.
No, I’m not doing well.
Comme ci, comme ça.
So-so.
Et toi ?
And you?
*based on Rigolo 1 language content; some lessons include vocab not taught in Rigolo units.
RIGOLO 1
Unité 1 (unit 1) : Bonjour!
VOCABULAIRE (vocabulary*)
Practise the question with your friends and family:
Ø
- Ça va ?
…and answer with one of the options in the box above.
v Remember: ç is pronounced {ss}
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Now, you can try to make your own conversation and practise
with a friend or people in your family using the vocabulary, questions
and answers from the boxes on pages 1 and 2. You can model the
example below.
Jake:
- Bonjour Madame Moulin.
Madame Moulin:
- Bonjour Jake.
Jake:
- Ça va ?
Madame Moulin:
- Oui, ça va bien, merci, et toi ?
Jake:
- Pas très bien. Au revoir.
Madame Moulin:
- Au revoir Jake, à bientôt !
Leçon 4 – LES INSTRUMENTS DE MUSIQUE (musical
instruments)
une trompette
un tambour
a drum
une flûte à bec
un piano
a trumpet
a recorder
a piano
une guitare
a guitar
*based on Rigolo 1 language content; some lessons include vocab not taught in Rigolo units.
RIGOLO 1
Unité 1 (unit 1) : Bonjour!
VOCABULAIRE (vocabulary*)
Tambour, piano, trompette, flûte à bec and guitare are nouns. Note that
the English article ‘a’ is either un -for masculine nouns or une -for
feminine nouns. When you learn a new noun, you also need to learn its
gender, masculine or feminine!
Other nouns in this lesson:
un garçon
a boy
une fille
un dragon
a girl
a dragon
Here are some ideas to learn these nouns:
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Repeat the words in two groups: those with un first, then those
with une.
Ø
Cover the French words and try to remember them by looking at
the pictures or the English words.
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Get someone to test you! For example, by asking you: “Un garcon,
is it a boy or a dragon?”
*based on Rigolo 1 language content; some lessons include vocab not taught in Rigolo units.
RIGOLO 1
Unité 1 (unit 1) : Bonjour!
VOCABULAIRE (vocabulary*)
Leçon 5 – LES NOMBRES (numbers) 1 – 10
Sounds like
1
un
{ang}
2
deux
{duh} note the silent ‘x’
3
trois
{trwah} note the silent ‘s’
4
quatre
{katr}
5
cinq
{sank}
6
six
{seece}
7
sept
{set} note the silent ‘p’
8
huit
{weet}
9
neuf
{neuf}
10
dix
{deece}
Here are some ideas to practise numbers:
Ø
Count to ten, count backwards, count items on a shopping list, in
your pencil case, etc. Say sports results.
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Get someone to test you by calling out numbers between one and
ten in random order!
Ø
Play Loto (Bingo) with your friends.
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Do Maths calculations!
*based on Rigolo 1 language content; some lessons include vocab not taught in Rigolo units.