Monsieur McKenna

Teacher of French

Autres temps, autres mœurs. -French proverb

“Other times, other customs.”

Email: mckennaj@lcmrschools.com   |   Phone: (609) 884-3475

Unité 1

Bonjour!

Leçon 1B: Tu es français?

OBJECTIVES
• To say where you are from
• To talk about nationality
• To use masculine and feminine adjectives: français/française
• To use je suis and tu es
• To become more familiar with Martinique and its capital, Fort-de-France
• To understand the extent of French national territory

• To count from 10 to 20
• To recognize silent letters at the end of words

Pour communiquer

How to talk about where people are from:
Tu es de ...?                                        Are you from ...?                     -Tu es de Nice?
Je suis de …                                       I’m from …                              -Non, je suis de Paris.

How to talk about one's nationality:
Tu es ...?                                             Are you ...?           -Pierre, tu es français?
Je suis ...                                             I am ...                 -Oui, je suis français.

Other expressions
oui                          yes                                         Tu es français? Oui, je suis français.
non                         no                                          Tu es canadien ? Non, je suis américain.
et                            and                                        Je suis de Paris. Et toi ?
ou                           or                                           Tu es français ou canadien ?
aussi                      also, too                                  Moi aussi, je suis française.

La Martinique

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La statue de la Liberté

 

La tour Eiffel

Warm up activities

Vidéo Activités

Vidéo Activités Worksheet

Audio Activités

Audio Activités Worksheet

Audio Activites Script

10-20 Audio

Prononciation
Les letters muettes  (Silent letters)                                

In French, the last letter of a word is often not pronounced. 

• Final “e” is always silent.
Répétez: Célin /e Philipp /e Stéphani /e anglais /e français /e
      onz /e douz /e treiz /e quatorz /e quinz /e seiz /e

• Final “s” is almost always silent.
Répétez: Pari /s Nicola /s Jacque /s anglai /s françai /s troi /s

 • The letter “h” is always silent.
Répétez: / Hélène / Henri T /homas Nat /halie Cat /herine T /hérèse

Les devoirs (homework)

Flashcards

Quizlet

Pétanque (French pronunciation: ​[petɑ̃k]; Occitan: petanca [peˈtaŋkɔ]) is a form of boules where the goal is to toss or roll hollow steel balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (literally "piglet") or jack, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground.

Rules of the game

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