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FrenchPod101.com - Team Shot Gaming
FrenchPod101.com Learn French with FREE Podcasts Newbie Lesson S1 Mastering the French Kiss...AGAIN? 3 Formal French Formal English Informal French Informal English Vocabulary Grammar Points Cultural Insight 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 FrenchPod101.com Learn French with FREE Podcasts Formal French Julie Dupont Robert Martin Julie Dupont Robert Martin Oh Robert ! Encore vous ! Bonsoir. Comment allez-vous ? Très bien, merci. Bonne soirée. À bientôt ! Formal English Julie Dupont Robert Martin Julie Dupont Robert Martin Oh, Robert! You again! Good evening. How are you? Very good, thank you. Enjoy the party. See you soon. Informal French Julie Dupont Robert Martin Julie Dupont Robert Martin Oh Robert! Encore toi ! Salut. Comment tu vas ? Très bien, merci. À plus. À bientôt ! 2 Informal English Julie Dupont Robert Martin Julie Dupont Robert Martin Oh, Robert! You again! Hi. How is it going? Very good, thank you. Later. See you soon. Vocabulary French encore bonsoir très LC: 011_NB_S1L3_051308 English still , again. good evening very © www.FrenchPod101.com - All Rights Reserved Class adverb noun adverb 2008-05-13 Gender masculine FrenchPod101.com Learn French with FREE Podcasts aller comment toi to go how you bientôt. soirée merci bien tu soon evening, party thank you good you verb adverb stressed pronoun (pronom tonique) corresponding to the 2nd person singular (Tu) adverb of time noun interjection adjective or adverb personal pronoun feminine Vocabulary Sample Sentences 3 Il boit, mais il a encore soif. "He drinks, but he’s still thirsty." Le client est encore revenu pour se plaindre. “The customer came back again to complain.” Il est encore ici. Demain il va encore à Marseille. "He is still here. Tomorrow he is going to Marseille again." Bonsoir, Mesdames et Messieurs. "Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen." Le restaurant est très bien. "The restaurant is very good." Il parle très vite. "He speaks very fast." Très bien. "Very good." Marie va en Egypte. "Mary goes to Egypt." Comment tu t'appelles ? "What is your name?" Comment ça va ? "What's up? How are you?" Tu fais quoi, toi ? "What do you do?" Toi, tu viens avec moi. "You, you are coming with me." Au revoir, et à bientôt. "Bye, and see you soon." Bientôt, je vais au travail. "Soon, I 'm going to work." Elles se préparent pour la soirée. "They get ready for the evening." Quelle bonne soirée. /Je vais à une soirée. "What a nice evening! / I am going to a party." Merci énormément. "Thanks a lot." Mille mercis. "A thousand thanks." Ce n'est pas bien de mentir. "It's not nice to lie." Très bien. "Very good." C'est bien. "It is good." Tu devineras la réponse. "You will guess the answer." Tu es étudiant. "You are a student." LC: 011_NB_S1L3_051308 © www.FrenchPod101.com - All Rights Reserved 2008-05-13 FrenchPod101.com Learn French with FREE Podcasts Grammar Points The French Verbs aller and the question word comment Comment allez-vous ? "How Are You?" To ask "how (a person) is" in French, we use the verb aller. It literally means, "to go." Formal: 1. Comment allez-vous? "How are you?" 2. Je vais très bien. "I am very well." 3. Très bien. "Very well." Informal: 1. Comment ça va? "What's up?" 2. Comment tu vas? "How are you?" 3. Ça va? "What's up?" 4. Je vais bien. "I am fine." 5. Bien. "Fine." 4 Note 1: Word order for comment can be placed at the beginning or end of a question. For example: 1. Comment tu vas? 2. Tu vas comment? Note 2: Word order for aller: The verb aller can also change positions in the question "How are you?" For example: 1. Comment + subject + verb? Comment tu vas? LC: 011_NB_S1L3_051308 © www.FrenchPod101.com - All Rights Reserved 2008-05-13 FrenchPod101.com Learn French with FREE Podcasts - Comment + verb + subject? Comment vas-tu? - INCORRECT- Vas-tu comment? Cultural Insight Greeting With Kisses-Don't Be Surprised! For the French, kissing is a part of life and multiple kisses are normal. Paris adopted a four kiss greeting years ago and it has stuck ever since. The sequence is a kiss on each cheek, with each kiss alternating cheeks. In other regions they use a three kiss routine and in most other parts of France they employ a two kiss greeting. 5 LC: 011_NB_S1L3_051308 © www.FrenchPod101.com - All Rights Reserved 2008-05-13