French Language Learning: Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Practice
Explore vocabulary related to schedules, days of the week, and historical campuses like Sorbonne University. Practice French pronunciation, learn about verb usage, and master dates in French. Enhance your language skills with translation exercises and pronunciation tips for the letter R.
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LESSON 2B VOCABULARY: UNE SEMAINE LA FAC Objectives In this section you will learn and practice vocabulary related to Talking about schedules The days of the week Sequencing events Historical campus of the Sorbonne, the world s second oldest university CC-BY-SA 4.0 Mbzt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon- Sorbonne_University#/media/File:P1300734_Paris_V_place_de_la_Sorbonne_rwk.jpg
Vocabulary of classes -Notice that the verb d ner (to eat) is used here with the preposition avec (with): Roselyne d ne avec Andr . -Some verbs require the preposition . This is the case for what we call verbs of movement: rentrer (to return), arriver (to arrive), assister (to attend), and aller (to go). -The verb t l phoner also requires the preposition .
More pronunciation and vocabulary -Do you know the difference between the following words?: soir/ soir e jour/ journ e matin/matin e The second word implies the whole evening, day or morning: Ex. Hier, J'ai danc toute la soir e (Yesterday, I danced the whole evening)
Dates in French -In French, for full dates you need the article LE : Le quatre juillet 1985 or le jeudi vingt-trois -By the way, days of the week and months are not capitalized in French. -Dates are written in this way: 4/7/1985 (The day first, then the month and the year) -For now, you only need to know the days of the week. Write the following dates: 1. Friday 30___________________________ 2. Saturday 12________________________ 3. Tuesday 25_________________________ 4. Wednesday 4________________________ 5. Thursday 18___________________________ Answers: 1. le vendredi trente 2. le samedi douze 3. le mardi vingt-cinq 4. Le mercredi quatre 5. le jeudi dix-huit
More practice Translate the following sentences: 1. I work in the morning_______________________________________ 2. The French class is very interesting___________________________ 3. Mr. Cassel doesn t teach this month___________________________ 4. We attend classes in the evening___________________________ 5. The philosophy class begins tomorrow________________________ 6. The last class is in the afternoon______________________________ Answers: 1. Je travaille le matin 2. La classe de fran ais est tr s int ressante 3. Monsiur Cassel n enseigne pas ce mois-ci 4. Nous attendons des classes le soir 5. La classe de philosophy commence demain 6. La derni re classe est l apr s-midi
PRONUNCIATION: THE LETTER R The letter R is quite different in many languages if you think about the differences between, let s say, English, French and Spanish. It often contributes to differentiate one language from another. You may be aware by now of the importance of the proper pronunciation of this consonant in French. Don t forget to practice the sound with the suggested link, under s secondary material CC-BY Roger Celis
