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Intonation in French

Another amusing video from parlonsfrancaisfr...

http://youtu.be/iC7daj6MrbI

j'ai pas le temps clip

http://youtu.be/ZN-b01zONuM

Great sketch on la vitesse de la vie moderne..

Adjectives that go before the noun

For a full list of adjectives that go before the noun in French, have a look here .

For a short list, try these from wikibooks:

Adjectives that precede nouns

List

Adjectives that are used frequently before nouns. These are:

• affreux (affreuse)
• autre
• beau (belle)
• bon(ne) +
• court(e) +
• dernier (dernière) +
• gentil (gentille)
• grand(e) +
• gros(se) +
• haut(e)
• jeune +
• joli(e)
• large
• long(ue)
• mauvais(e)
• méchant(e) +
• meilleur(e)
• nouveau (nouvelle)
• pauvre
• petit(e)
• vieux (vieille)
• vilain(e)

+ sometimes placed after a noun, and may change in meaning

And if you likea more academic approach, try here .

Describing a picture

http://www.tolearnfrench.com/exercises/exercise-french-2/exercise-french-81061.php

Irregular present tense verbs

So not all present tense verbs do the same thing, which makes them both interesting and frustrating!

Today I'll think about appeler and jeter

appeler does a double l variation and jeter a double t

Like this (imagine all this sung to doh a deer tune)

appeler is to call (and also s'appeler to call oneself)
j'appelle - I call
tu appelles - you call
il/elle/on appelle - he/ she / we call
nous appelons - we call
vous appelez - you call
ils/ elles appellent - they call

and  then jeter to throw

je jette - i throw
tu jettes - you throw
il/elle/on jette - he/ she throws /we throw
nous jetons - we throw
vous jetez - you throw
ils/ elles jettent - they throw

So you see, the nous and vous forms look like the infinitive and all the other parts change!

Costumes in France

Costume jpg here

Affiche

Voici une affiche de la Première Guerre Mondiale, 2/8/1914:

orders

Here is how to give orders in French (though maybe not how to control your class!)

Flowers

There are some lovely flower vocab cards at  http://a51.idata.over-blog.com/0/51/64/42/Jeu_5FamillesPlantes/Compil-5famillesFleursBulbes600.png

Ways to learn être verbs

être verbs can be tricky to remember at first. You've just mastered the avoir plus past participle and suddenly you have to remember another group.

There are a few good ways to learn these verbs:

1. the house 
source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_maison_etre.jpg


2. the castle

source: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_dm6Jtzh0pgg6OyljNVcCPYdHlRfPfLzwjvLjbyl8SUC_HGR85w_eDxZ2qFlSt8wTlTLWydptK8NrsCAmsjGoroof3-Lxb7c0cnTD_jnG7BEnYD_TehNrQyZOIu_kGhuluUvhSem5Kum/s1600/etrepic.jpg 

3. Mr and Mrs Vandertramp


source: http://tpsfrench9.wikispaces.com/file/view/Dr-And-Mrs-Vandertramp-French-Chart-N6060_XL.jpg/322083846/Dr-And-Mrs-Vandertramp-French-Chart-N6060_XL.jpg

L'infinitif

Infinitives come in three main flavours in French:

1.   -er verbs like marcher and acheter
2.   -ir verbs like finir and choisir
3.   -re verbs like vendre and rendre


-er verbs are the most common.

je marche - je marchais - j'ai marché - je marcherai
i walk - i was walking - i have walked - i will walk

Subjunctive conjunctions

In need of a list of conjunctions that trigger the subjunctive? There's a great list at
http://french.about.com/od/grammar/ss/subjunctive_6.htm