Monsieur McKenna

Teacher of French

La vie est une fleur dont l’amour est le miel. -Victor Hugo

“Life is a flower of which love is the honey.”

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

Unité 1

Famille et copains

Leçon 2C: Les photos d'Isabelle

OBJECTIVES

Students will be able …

• To introduce and talk about family members
• To use mon (cousin) and ma (cousine); ton (cousin) and ta (cousine)
• To compare French and American concepts of the family
• To find out how old a friend is
• To ask about how old others are
• To pronounce the nasal vowels

 

Pour communiquer

How to introduce your family:                                 

Voici mon père.                      This is my father.
Et voici ma mère.                   And this is my mother.            

La famille (Family)

Les animaux domestiques (Pets)

un chat                                                                        un chien

 

Vocabulaire supplementaire

 

NOTE Culturelle

La famille française

When you and your friends talk about your families, you usually are referring to your brothers,
sisters, and parents. In French, however, la famille refers not only to parents and children but also to grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, as well as a whole array of more distant relatives related by blood and marriage. Since the various members of a family often live in the same region, French teenagers see their grandparents and cousins fairly frequently. Even when
relatives do not live close by, the family finds many occasions to get together: for weekend
visits, during school and summer vacations, on holidays, as well as on special occasions such as
weddings and anniversaries

mon cousin, ma cousine

The French equivalents of my and your have the following forms:

MASCULINE                                                            FEMININE

mon cousin my cousin (male)                                 ma cousine my cousin (female)
mon frère my brother                                             ma soeur my sister
ton cousin your cousin (male)                                 ta cousine your cousin (female)
ton frère your brother                                             ta soeur your sister

Note that the feminine ma becomes mon and the feminine ta becomes ton before a vowel sound. Liaison is required.

une amie _                  mon_amie                   ton_amie

Pour communiquer

How to find out how old a friend is:

Quel âge as-tu?          How old are you?       —Quel âge as-tu?
J’ai … ans.                 I’m … (years old).       —J’ai quinze ans.

 How to ask about how old others are:

—Quel âge a ton père?                     How old is your father?
—Il a quarante-deux ans.                 He is 42 (years old).
—Quel âge a ta mère?                       How old is your mother?
—Elle a trente-neuf ans.                   She is 39 (years old).

Although years old may be left out in English, the word ans must be used in French when talking about someone’s age.

Il a vingt ans.                         He’s twenty. (He’s twenty years old.)

 

"Avoir" chanson

Prononciation
Les voyelles nasales

The letters “an” and “en” usually represent the nasal vowel /_ /. Be sure not to pronounce an “n” after the nasal vowel.

Répétez:          a /n / s    ta /nte              fra /nçai / s    quara /nte
tre /nte   comme /n / t    He /nri          Laure /n / t

The letters “on” represent the nasal vowel /__/. Be sure not to pronounce an “n” after the nasal
vowel.

Répétez:          no /n               bo /njour        o /ncle        garço /n

Contrastez:      a /n—o /n        ta /nte—to /n       o /nze—a /n/s
Mon_o /ncle     Fra /nçoi / s a tre /nte a /n /s.

Warm up activities

Vidéo Activités

Vidéo Activités Worksheet

Audio Activités

Audio Activités Worksheet

Les devoirs (homework)

Quizlet

Quizlet Live

QUIZ - Leçon 2C

"À votre tour"

Unité 1 - TEST (A)

Audio Script

Unité 2