Monday, 14th October 2013

lundi, le quatorze octobre deux mille treize

You can pronounce the date as

lan dee, lih kat orz oct ob rih dih meel trez



Aujourd'hui  today

We like coffee.

Nous aimons le café.

nooz emm on lih kaff ay

FRENCH FOR FUN FOR ALL

Today's lesson 13/10/13
Lesson 1

Things can be masculine or feminine in French. This means you say

le café                                  the coffee

but

la bière                                the beer


You pronounce them as lih kaff ay
and                               lah bee err


J'aime le café et la bière.

 I like coffee and beer           (though not together, I should add)
You pronounce this as:         shem lih kaff ay ay lah bee er


It could also mean 'I like the coffee and the beer' if you are looking at two cups on a table. The first translation ' I like coffee and beer' is because French uses the word 'the' to generalise about ideas.

Try saying the sentence aloud. There'll be more tomorrow!