Saturday, July 6, 2013

French language for beginner: DAYS OF THE WEEK / LES JOURS DE LA SEMAINE

French language for beginner: DAYS OF THE WEEK / LES JOURS DE LA SEMAINE

"To be" verb in french - "ETRE" & Present, Past and Future of 'etre"

Present Tense
Etre- to be
I am
je suis
We are
nous sommes
You are
tu es
You are
vous êtes
He is She is One is
il est elle est on est
They are They are
ils sont elles sont

Past Tense of ' etre'

I was
j'étais
We were
nous étions
You were
tu étais
You were
vous étiez
He was / She was One was
il était elle était on était
They were/They were
ils étaient elles étaient
Future tense of 'etre'

I will be
je serai
We will be
nous serons
You will be
tu seras
You will be
vous serez
He will be/ She will be/ One will be
il sera elle sera on sera
They will be They will be
ils seront elles seront

SUBJECT PRONOUNS / LES PRONOMS SUJETS

 Subject Pronouns
je
ə
I


nous
/nu/
We
tu
/ty/
You (informal)
vous
/vu/
You (formal and plural)
il elle on
/il/ ɛl /
He She One
ils elles
/il/ ɛl
They (masc.) They (fem.)

 Il and elle can also mean 'it' when they replace a noun (il replaces masculine nouns, and elle replaces feminine nouns) instead of a person's name.
Ils and elles can replace plural nouns as well in the same way. Notice there are two ways to say you. Tu is used when speaking to children, animals, or close friends and relatives. Vous is used when speaking to more than one person, or to someone you don't know or who is older. On can be translated into English as one, the people, we, they, or you.

Nouns & Demonstrative Adjectives

All nouns in French have a gender, either masculine or feminine. For the most part, you must memorize the gender, but there are some endings of words that will help you decide which gender a noun is. Nouns ending in -age and -ment are usually masculine, as are nouns ending with a consonant.

 Nouns ending in -ure, -sion, -tion, -ence, -ance, -té, and -ette are usually feminine.
For Example:-

le lit - the bed(m)
la pomme- the apple(f)
l'oiseau- the bird(bv)
les gants - the gloves(plural)

Demonstrative Adjectives (This, That, These, Those)

ce lit - this/that bed(m)
cet oiseau - this/that bird(f)
cette pomme -  this/that apple(bv)
ces gants - these/those gloves(plural)

Thursday, July 4, 2013

DAYS OF THE WEEK / LES JOURS DE LA SEMAINE

 Monday
lundi
loe i/
Tuesday
mardi
m i
Wednesday
mercredi
mɛ k ə i
Thursday
jeudi
ø i
Friday
vendredi
v ə i/
Saturday
samedi
/samdi/
Sunday
dimanche
im /
day
le jour
week
la semaine
l (ə)mɛn
today
aujourd'hui
o ɥi
yesterday
hier
ɛ
tomorrow
demain
əmɛ /
next
prochain / prochaine
p ɛ p ɛn
last
dernier / dernière
ɛ n e ɛ n ɛ
day before yesterday
avant-hier
v t ɛ /
day after tomorrow
après-demain
p ɛ mɛ /
the following day
le lendemain
lə l əm

French grammer- L' Article defini/indefini

Definite article

Here we use "Le, La, Les & L' " in place of  "the".  In french the article change according to Noun gender.
Le (masculine ), La(feminine), Les is for plural Noun & L' (devant voyelle).
For example:
le garçon (the boy)               les  garçons(the boys)
la fille (the girl)                      les filles (the girls)
l'enfant(the child)                  les enfants(the children)

Indefinite article

In french language we use Un, Une & des for a, an, and some. 'Un' is use for masculine noun and 'Une' is use for feminine noun.
For example:
Un livre-a book                             des livres- some books
Une cassette-a cassette                   des cassettes-some cassette
Un téléphone- a telephone              des téléphones


Wednesday, July 3, 2013

French Basics - saying hello / introducing yourself / saying thank you etc

Here I have described some words which are very commonly used in our daily life. like good morning, good evening, etc. in french. Read here