Do you know the name of this Disney Princess? Her name means

Do you know the name of this Disney Princess?
Her name means “beautiful” in French
If you wanted to say – Belle is beautiful in French, you would say:
Belle est Belle
Anyone with a sweet tooth knows how delicious
chocolate gateau tastes and you probably
already know how to pronounce it – gat-o
Guess what the French word for cake is? Of
course, it’s gâteau. Not to be confused with the
Spanish word gato, which means cat…
Gato is cat in
Spanish
In English we would say Chocolate Gateau – in French you would say gâteau au
chocolat. Pronounced shok-o-la. In Spanish you would not eat a gato.
If I told you I was famished, would you know what I’m talking about? Sure, it
means I’m super hungry. We get the word famished from the French word
“faim” meaning hunger. To say you are hungry in French you would say “I have
hunger”
J’ai is how you would say I have (pronounced zhay)
So, J’ai faim = I’m hungry. (or as a literal translation “I have hunger”)
Words to learn:
gâteau /cake
belle/beautiful
beau/handsome
merçi /thank you
de rien/you’re welcome
S’il vous plaît /please
je veux/I want
du/some
ça/that one/this one
by the way do you see that little squiggle under the ç that
makes the c sound like an S, sort of looks like an S too if you
think about it
Practice:
Je veux du gâteau au chocolat, s’il vous plaît .
Person 1:
Je veux du gâteau au chocolat, s’il vous plaît .
Person 2:
voilà
Person 1
Merci
Person 2
De rien.
Person 1
Au revoir
Person 2
Au revoir
1
Un
2
Deux
3
Trois
4
5
Quatre Cinq
6
Six
7
Sept
8
Huit
9
Neuf
10
Dix
The bingo caller will call out the numbers in French, write each number in number
format on any square. Then the game of bingo begins.
First person to color all numbered squares is the winner!
What can you remember
How do you say cake in French? __________________________
How do you say cat in Spanish? __________________________
How do you say cat in French (ok, you don’t know this yet – it’s chat but we don’t
pronounce the t at the end, try saying sha
So now you can answer the question
How do you say cat in French _________________________________
Just for fun!!!
Conversational
In French/German/Greek/Spanish/Russian
My name is ______________________________________
Greek
Με λένε ........................................................... may len ay
German
Ich heiße …………………………………………………….. eek highssa
Russian
Меня зовут……………………………………………….. meen ya za voot
Spanish
Me llamo…………………………………………………….may yamo
French
Je m’appelle…………………………………………………..zh ma pell
Pick which language you like the sound of and practice saying your name is…. Or if
you like them all – go for it!