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French from Arabic – Le français d’aujourd’hui

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French has borrowed words from other cultures throughout the centuries. Here is a list of 10 common French words taken from Arabic. Listen to them, repeat them and send me your sentences with them.

Le français a emprunté des mots d’autres cultures à travers les siècles. Voici une liste de 10 mots français courants qui viennent de l’arabe. Écoutez-les, répétez-les et envoyez-moi vos phrases.

* un algèbre …. algebra

* un almanach …. almanac

* un artichaut …. artichoke

* une aubergine …. eggplant

* un bled (fam.) …. village

* du café …. coffee

* une guitare …. guitar

* un hasard …. chance

* la smala (fam.) …. family

* un toubib (fam.) …. doctor

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Slap and Spanking – French dictation – Today’s French

Gifle et Fessée – Dictée – Le français d’aujourd’hui

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L’année dernière, un maire a été condamné à 1 000 euros d’amende pour avoir giflé un adolescent qui lui avait manqué de respect et qui l’avait menacé. En France, il est toujours légal de gifler et de donner la fessée à ses enfants.

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La journée d’action de grâce – Dictée – Le français d’aujourd’hui

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La journée d’action de grâce

Je voudrais que tu ailles faire les courses pour la journée d’action de grâce. Je préfère que tu prennes la voiture pour…

 

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Demain, premier jour de novembre, c’est la Toussaint. Nous descendrons en Lozère, chez nous. Nous achèterons trois pots de chrysanthèmes pour les déposer sur les trois tombes de nos grands-parents. Ensuite, nous nous …

 

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La maison de France et Henri

France and Henri’s House

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La maison de France et Henri

France et Henri Durand habitent à Louret. Louret est une petite ville de 8 000 habitants. Ils ont une maison en banlieue. Leur maison a deux étages. Au rez-de-chaussée, il y a une cuisine, une pièce de vie, un salon et un cabinet de toilettes pour les invités. Il n’y a pas de salle à manger. Au premier étage, il y a trois chambres, une terrasse, deux salles de bains, un bureau et un débarras. France et Henri n’ont pas de bibliothèque au premier. Au sous-sol, il y a un garage pour deux voitures et une cave. France et Henri y habitent depuis 10 ans.

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France and Henri’s House

France and Henri Durand live in Louret. Louret is a small town of 8,000 people. They have a house in the suburbs. Their house has two floors. On the ground floor, there is a kitchen, a living room, a lounge and a half-bath for guests. There isn’t any dining room. On the first floor, there are three bedrooms, a porch, two bathrooms, an office and a storage room. France and Henri don’t have a library on the first floor. In the basement, there is a 2-car garage and a basement. France and Henri have lived there for 10 years.

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Vocabulaire sur Halloween

Part of Courses About the Holidays | Halloween and La Toussaint

Short list – 20 French words about Halloween 

* bad  … m.f …  mauvais.e

* bad omen … m … mauvais présage

* bald  … m.f …  chauve

* bat  … f …  chauve- souris

* black … m.f … noir.e

* blood  … m …  sang

* bloody, gory  … m.f …  sanglant.e

* bone  … m …  os

* brains  … m.f …  cerveau, cervelle

* broom … m … balai

* Canada … m … le Canada

* candle … f … bougie

* candy … m … bonbon

* cemetery  … m …  cimetière

* child … m … enfant

* cobweb  … f …  toile d’araignée

* coffin  … m …  cercueil

* cold … m.f … froid.e

* costume  … m …  déguisement

* crooked  … m.f …  tordu.e

 

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French Articles

Part of Definite and Indefinite Articles | Masculine and Feminine in French

Saying THE and A or AN. THE has 4 translations in French: LE, LA, L’, LES. A/AN has 3 translations in French: UN, UNE, DES.

French words have a gender.  For instance, a cheese is masculine and a baguette is feminine. The gender shows up in the article, but also in the adjective, so it’s important to know them:

* the fresh baguette and the fresh cheese –> la baguette fraîche et le fromage frais

Sometimes, the gender is obvious (a man, a woman); sometimes, there is no logic to it. Therefore, it is necessary to memorize the gender with every new noun you are learning.

Exercice sur les articles définis

Fill in the blanks with LE, LA, UN or UNE. Review the gender of the noun on the first lesson “French Alphabet”. The answers are in the last column.

the kilo

___ kilo

le kilo

a check

___ addition

une addition

the strawberry

___ fraise

la fraise

a hotel

___ hôtel

un hôtel

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Listes de participes passés

Memorizing past participles is a long journey.

* Good news: past participles don’t change with the conjugation.

* Other good news: past participles are used in many French tenses, not just the passé composé.

* Slight damper: past participles past participles are all over the place, there is no logic to how they are organized, and they have to be memorized.

Let’s start with only 12 verbs

* accueillir …. accueilli …. to welcome …. avoir

* aimer …. aimé …. to like, to love …. avoir

* apprendre …. appris …. to learn …. avoir

* avoir …. eu …. to have …. avoir

* être …. été …. to be …. avoir

* faire …. fait …. to make, to do …. avoir

* mettre …. mis …. to put, to put on …. avoir

* partir …. parti …. to leave …. être

* prendre …. pris …. to take …. avoir

* sortir …. sorti …. to go out, to exit

* voir …. vu …. to see …. avoir

* vouloir …. voulu …. to want …. avoir

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How do you pronounce the French sound AILLE. What are words with AIL in it? How are they different from EUIL? Practice with Anne at FrenchHour.com

Donne-moi les détails de la pagaille au travail.

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* aïl …. garlic

* caille …. quail

* faille …. fault, have to

* vaille …. be worth

Compare these two sounds

* aïe …. œil …. eye

* caille …. cueille …. pick

* faille …. feuille …. sheet, leaf

* vaille …. veuille …. want

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Donne-moi les détails de la pagaille au travail.

Give me the details on the mess at work.

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Commander dans un café

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You’re just about to Order a cup of coffee in a café in France. How exciting! Here is a little dialog to help you with that. When you’re done, study the extra vocabulary.

Petit dialogue

* S.Bonjour madame.

* F.Bonjour monsieur. Je vais prendre un petit noir.

* S.Voilà madame.

* F.L’addition s’il vous plait.

* S.Bien, voilà Madame. Cela fait 9,40 €.

* F.Vous prenez la carte ?

* S.Oui, bien sûr.

* F.Voilà !

* S.Bien, merci Madame. Au revoir. Bonne journée !

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