Sunday, October 23, 2016

Kwiziq



Week 1 B1: L’été prochain, j’irai passer deux semaines à Paris !
Week 1 B2: This morning, I missed my plane to Paris

Week 2 A1: I adore my family...
Week 2 A2: Dear Mom, dear Dad, I'm having a great vacation...
Week 2 B1: Dear Sir or Madame, I'm writing to you because...
Week 2 B2: This weekend is going to be very busy...
Week 2 C1: Several shots were fired in front of the Urville bakery...

Week 6 Dictée A1: Marie in France
Week 6 Dictée A2: Saturday in Paris

Week 6 A1: Hello, I'm the new ...
Week 6 A2: Can you guess who I am?
Week 6 B1: For my next holidays, I ...
Week 6 B2: Two children are chatting ...
Week 6 C1: Excerpt from Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie

Week 11 A1: I have three children...
Week 11 A2: When I was a teenager...
Week 11 B1: I've never known for sure...
Week 11 B2: What am I going to get her for our anniversary?
Week 11 C1: A thief tackled by an ex-rugbyman

Week 14 A1: Laura lives in a big house
Week 14 A2: Hi Adrien! Did you go to Thomas's party?
Week 14 B1: Next week, I'll go to Disneyland Paris with my friends
Week 14 B2: Before starting university in Italy ...
Week 14 C1: The French team only needed a final victory ...

Week 15 A1: In my family, we love animals!
Week 15 A2: What do you think of this dress?
Week 15 B1: During the current heatwave ...
Week 15 B2: Yesterday, Paula et Geoffrey moved.
Week 15 C1: No one is able to do without their cellphone.

Week 16 A1: At the hotel
Week 16 A2: A magical vacation
Week 16 B1: When I win the lottery ...
Week 16 B2: The worst vacation of my life!
Week 16 C1: La Vélo Francette

Week 17 A1: At the beach
Week 17 A2: On the road
Week 17 B1: I prefer going to the seaside
Week 17 B2: I always knew one day ...
Week 17 C1: After stopping in Caen ...

Week 20 A1: I love living in the town centre
Week 20 A2: I'm watching a French TV series
Week 20 B1: My brother and I have always loved video games
Week 20 B2: You couldn't find anyone more nervous...
Week 20 C1: After my daughter left university...

Week 21 A1: When I'm on holiday, I'm rather lazy!
Week 21 A2: At the hotel: I'm not happy at all
Week 21 B1: I've perfectly planned what I'll do on the day of the exam
Week 21 B2: I used to devour the adventures of Fantômette
Week 21 C1: Edith Piaf

Week 23 A1: Today, we're going to make a cake.
Week 23 A2: My problem is the following...
Week 23 B1: I invited my friends over for dinner tonight.
Week 23 B2: For as long I can remember...
Week 23 C1: After the doctors diagnosed my gluten allergy...

Week 25 A1: Hello, my name is Mylène Farmer
Week 25 A2: Before, I used to live in a small village
Week 25 B1: Next year, we'll go and spend our holidays in Montreal
Week 25 B2: Marina and her sister planned to meet up with their friends tonight
Week 25 C1: Talking to the police


Saturday, October 1, 2016

De & Des

 
  •  25
  •  25
  •  8
  •  7
girls' cats = des chats de (de+des = of some) filles
the girls' cats = les chats des (de+les = of the) filles

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Prepositions

'in' or 'to' + country/state/region/city

For country:

  • en + feminine countries.
  • au + masculine countries.
  • aux + plural countries.


For regions / states / counties:

  • en + feminine regions/states/counties

  • dans le (or dans l' in front of a vowel) + masculine regions/states/counties

  • au + Texas and Nouveau-Mexique

  • For city:

    • à + city
    • à la or au + city with an article


    'dans' versus 'en'

    Dans (+ article) is more precise (more physical/less general) than en.

    en classe = in class.
    dans LA classe = in THE class.


    habiter + dans la rue/l'avenue
    habiter + la rue/l'avenue
    habiter + rue/l'avenue

    All three are acceptable.

    être/vivre + dans la/le + rue/avenue/boulevard, etc
    être/vivre + rue/avenue/boulevard, etc

    "se promener + sur l'avenue" = sur is only acceptable with avenue and with se promener

    Transport:

     à + "individual" modes of transport (walking, bicycle, bike etc)
     en + "group" modes of transport (bus, coach, car, subway, etc)

    These are acceptable:
    par le + trains
    par + planes

    à vélo
    en vélo

    Compound nouns

     à = what something is designed for
    e.g. un verre à vin = a wine glass.


    de or en = what something is made of
    e.g. un sac de cuir / un sac en cuir = a leather bag.


    à la / à l’ / au / aux = what food is ‘made with’ or ‘flavoured with’
    e.g. une glace à la vanille = vanilla ice cream.





    Monday, July 11, 2016

    Amir - J'ai cherché

    I have searched for the meaning of my existence
    I have let my innocence go
    I have ended my defenseless heart
    I have searched for
    The love and the recognition
    I have paid the price of silence
    I'm hurt and restarting

    You have given me the desire to be me
    Give a sense of my why
    You have killed the fear
    who slept there, slept there
    in my arms
















    J’ai cherché un sens à mon existence
    
J’y ai laissé mon innocence

    J’ai fini le cœur sans défense
    J’ai cherché
    L’amour et la reconnaissance

    J’ai payé le prix du silence

    Je me blesse et recommence

    Tu m’as Comme donné l’envie d’être moi

    Donné un sens à mes pourquoi
    Tu as tué la peur
    Qui dormait là, qui dormait là

    Dans mes bras

    You-ou-ou-ou-ou
    
You’re the one that’s making me strong
    
I'll be looking, looking for 
You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    Like the melody of my song
    
You-ou-ou-ou-ou
    
You’re the one that’s making me strong
    
I'll be looking, looking for

    You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    Like the melody of my song


    J’ai cherché 
Un sens,
    un point de repère
    
Partagé en deux hémisphères
    
Comme une erreur de l’Univers
    
J’ai jeté 
Tellement de bouteilles à la mer
    
J’ai bu tant de liqueurs amères

    Que j’en ai les lèvres de pierre

 Tu m’as
    Comme donné l’envie d’être moi

    Donné un sens à mes pourquoi
    Tu as tué la peur
    Qui dormait là, qui dormait là
    
Dans mes bras


    
You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    You’re the one that’s making me strong
    
I'll be looking, looking for
    
You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    Like the melody of my song

    You-ou-ou-ou-ou
    
You’re the one that’s making me strong
    
I'll be looking, looking for
    
You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    Like the melody of my song


    Au gré de nos blessures

    Et de nos désinvoltures
    
C’est quand on n’y croit plus du tout
    
Qu’on trouve un Paradis perdu


    En nous-ou-ou-ou-ou

    you, you, you, you——

You-ou-ou-ou-ou
    You’re the one that’s making me strong

    I'll be looking, looking for

    You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    Like the melody of my song

    (Like the melody of my song)
    Tu m’as Comme donné l’envie d’être mo
    i
Donné un sens à mes pourquoi

    Tu as tué la peur
    Qui dormait là, qui dormait là
    Dans mes bras

    

You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    You’re the one that’s making me strong

    I'll be looking, looking for
    
You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    Like the melody of my song
    You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    You’re the one that’s making me strong

    I’ll be looking, looking looking for

    You-ou-ou-ou-ou

    Like the melody of my song
    You-ou-ou-ou-ou


    Friday, June 10, 2016

    Double Pronoun Order/Ordre de deux pronoms compléments



    https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/double-pronoun-order/


    http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/objectpronouns_4.htm

    Thursday, May 26, 2016

    Ending patterns to determine noun genders

    http://renatrafikov.com/frenchfm/


    FeminineMasculine
    -cé -tié -sé -té
     -e
    -be
    -ce -ace -ance
     -ade  -nde  -ude
     -ee -ée
    -fe

     -ie
    -ale  -ole -lle  -ule
     -mme
     -ine -nne
     -ire  -iére  -rre  -ure
     -se  -ise  -esse
     -ite
     -ue -ique






    -ion -sion -son -tion  


    -b
    -c
    -d -de


    -age -ége

    -ble -cle
    -me -isme
    -one
    -tre
    -ste


    -f
    -ing
    -i
    -k
    -l
    -m
    -n
    -o
    -p
    -r -oir -eur
    -s
    -t -et -ment
    -u
    -ou
    -eau
    -x
    These endings are 100% feminine: -ance -ise -esse -nne -tié -sion
    and these are 100% masculine: -isme -one -oir -b -d -ing -k -p -et -ou

    Hope I can remember these.

    http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/genderpatterns.htm