To greet friends/classmates and teachers/other adults appropriately
To ask people how they feel
To express feelings of frustration and appreciation
To say goodbye
To use expressions with ça va
To learn when to pronounce final consonants
To be aware of formal and casual greetings used in French
To become familiar with the use of monsieur, madame, and mademoiselle and their abbreviations
To count from 10 to 20
To learn when to pronounce final consonants
To introduce oneself and spell one’s name
To talk about telephone numbers using 0-10
To recognize spelling marks and accents
Pour communiquer
How to greet a friend or classmate: Salut! Hi!
How to greet a teacher or another adult: Bonjour! Hello! Bonjour, monsieur. Bonjour, madame. Bonjour, mademoiselle.
How to say good-bye: Au revoir! Good-bye! Au revoir, Philippe. Au revoir, monsieur.
In written French, the following abbreviations are commonly used: M. Masson Monsieur Masson Mme Chollet Madame Chollet Mlle Lacour Mademoiselle Lacour
Young people often use Salut! to say good-bye to each other.
Pour communiquer
How to ask people how they feel: —Ça va? How are you? How are things going? How’s everything? —Ça va! (I’m) fine. (I’m) okay. Everything’s all right.
Ça va … très bien bien comme ci, comme ça mal très mal
How to express one’s feelings of frustration and appreciation: Zut! Darn! Zut! Ça va mal! Merci! Thanks! Ça va, merci.
_ Ça va? (How are you?) is an informal greeting that corresponds to the following
expressions: Comment vas-tu? (when addressing a friend) Bonjour, Paul. Comment vas-tu? Comment allez-vous? (when addressing an adult) Bonjour, madame. Comment allez-vous?
Les nombres de 20 à 60
20 vingt
vingt et un
vingt-deux
vingt-trois
…
vingt-neuf
30 trente
trente et un
trente-deux
trente-trois
…
trente-neuf
40 quarante
quarante et un
quarante-deux
quarante-trois
…
quarante-neuf
50 cinquante
cinquante et un
cinquante-deux
cinquante-trois
…
cinquante-neuf
