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RealPlayer is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc.RENCH FOR BEGINNERS Angela Wilkes Illustrated by John Shackell Designed by Roger Priddy Language consultant: Francoise Holmes CONTENTS 2 About this book 26 Telling the time 4 Saying hello 28 Arranging things 6 What is your name? 30 Asking where places are 8 Naming things 32 Finding your way around 10 Where do youcome from? 34 Going shopping, 12 More about you 36 Shopping and going to a café 14 Your family 38 The months and seasons 16 Your home 40 Colours and numbers 18 Looking for things 41 Pronunciation guide 20 What do you like eating? 42 Grammar 22 Table talk 44 Answers to puzzles 24 Your hobbies 46 Glossary Handlettering by Jack PotterAbout this book Going abroad is much more fun if youcan _ isa lot easier than you might think. It speak a little of the language. This book teaches you the French you will find useful shows you that learning another language _in everyday situations. You can find out how to . . . i talk about yourself, and'ask for what you want in say what you like, Tind your way around shops. $ How you learn at a a 2@: C'est 7 - ? £4~ J Bonjour! ae Picture strips like this show yourself, then look up any The book starts with really you what to say in each words you do not know. easy things to say and gets situation. Read the speech Words and phrases are more difficult towards the bubbles and see how much _repeated again and again, to __end. you can understand by help you remember them. 2New words Allthe new words you come across are listed on each double page, so you can look them up as you go along. If you forget any words you can look them up in the glossary on pages 46-48. *If you see an asterisk by a word, it means that there is a note about it at the bottom of the page. Internet links* At the top of each double page you will find descriptions of useful websites for learning French. For links to these sites, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com and enter the keywords french for beginners. Write all the new words you learn in a notebook and try to learn a few every day. Keep going over them and you will soon remember them. Aska friend to keep testing you on your French. Even better, ask someone to learn French with you so that you can practise on each other. Grammar Boxes like this around words show where new grammar is explained. You will find French easier if you learn some of its grammar, or rules, but don’t worry if you don’t understand itall straightaway. You can look up any of the grammar used in the book on pages 42-43. Throughout this book there are puzzles and quizzes to solve (see answers on pages 44-45). You can also find picture puzzles to print out on the Usborne Quicklinks Website at www.usborne-quicklinks.com Je. voudrais... Try to go to France for your holidays, and speak as much French as you can. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. No one will mind. * For more information on using the Internet, see inside the front cover. 3Saying hello Here you can find out the different French greetings for different times of the day. salut hi, hello, bye bonjour hello, good morning goodbye good evening bonne nuit goodnight A bientét see you soon When you greet someone in Frerich, itis polite to add one of these words: monsieur (Sir, Mr.), madame (Madam, Mrs.) or mademoiselle (Miss) Saying hello { Gonjour. | —— Bonjour, (Same, ) | Be [ Madame. te ——— f Bonjour, eae Va This is how you say “hello” to This is how you greet someone This is how you say “good your friends. you don’t know well. evening” to someone. ee ene —~, Saying goodnight af reibir! A Nae! . (sate? “Salut! a [ Bonye Gi XC _ nuit. Salut can mean “bye” as well Au revoir means “goodbye” and You only say bonne nuit last as “hello” or “hi”. a bientét means “see you soon”. thing at night. 4Internet links For links to websites where you can listen to lots of French greetings, ‘g0 to wwwusborne-quicklinks.com Au revoir, Pierre! \ Fas trés ¢a va? bien! Gaya | ( Bonjour. ( | | This is how you ask someone . how they are, saying: “I'm fine, thank you"... he is not very well. Ca va? (How are you?) This list gives you the French words you need to talk about how people are. ¢a va? how are you? ga va bien I'mfine merci thank you trés bien very well bien well assez quite well pastrés bien not very well Which two of the people on the (AS right are saying ga vabien?®* = “<=3NE “Remember, answers to puzzles are on pages 44-45, 3What is your name? Here you can find out how to ask someone their name and tell them yours, and | how to introduce your friends. Read the picture strip and see how much you can understand. Then try doing the puzzles on the page opposite. (— Bonjour, i bein | [re [re V4 @ Je mappelle | Comment tu | Monique. & _tappels? New words je 1 tu you il he elle she they (male) Ah elles they (female) Crest mon comment what are — “amie. Elle tut'appelles? you called? Sappelle commentil/elle whatis he ‘Marie s‘appelle? ——/shecalled? . what are they sfappellent? called? jem'appelle — amcalled ils'appelle. —_heiscalled elles‘appelle sheiscalled ilsielles they are s‘appellent called quicest? whois that? cest thatis monami my friend (male) monamie my friend : ) (female) | ( , ettoi? and you? | Comment ils, || Ils s'appellent nt) out faa L_Sappelnt? )\ Paul ean non no —=| —__J Ils and elles There are two words for “they” in French: ils and elles. When you are talking about boys or men, yousay ils and when you are talking about girls orwomen, you say elles. If you are talking about boys and girls together, you say ils.Internet links For links to websites where you can watch videos and listen to ‘people introducing themselves, go to www. What are they called? &§ Gam you answer these questions in French? Comment il sappelle? Who is who? A Comment elle. sappelle, monamie? icklinks.com ( Comment tu | Cappelles ? Comment ils Sappellent? Can you answer the questions below the na Crest Anne? |. a ( Gaya va bien, | | Au revoir, Nicolas. i merci. co} Oui, i otest L ¢ vappalees 2 Who is talking to = Who is talking to Pascale? iat % iy Can you remember? How would you ask someone their name? How would you tell them your name? Who is called Michel? Whois talking to him? Who is called Anne? Who is going home? You have a friend called Pascale. How would you introduce her to someone? How would you tell someone your friend is called Daniel?ding out what things are called. Everything on this picture has its name on _ bottom of the opposite page. You can find it. See if you can learn the names for outwhatle, laandI’ mean at the bottom of everything, then trythe memory testatthe the page. SON ay AP thar le soleil la cheminée SS He chat Le and la words All French nouns are either masculine or feminine (f) ones and’ before those which feminine. The word you use for “the” shows __ start with a vowel. Itis best to learn which what gender the noun is. The word for “the” _ word to use with each noun. “A” or “an” is un is le before masculine (m) nouns, la before before le words and une before la words. lesoleil sun lenid nest lafenétre window Varbre(m) tree Voiseau(m) bird laporte door lechat cat lamaison house lavoiture car ) lechien dog lacheminée chimney labarrigre fence letoit roof le garage garage lafleur flower |: Internet link For a link to a website with ots of French words with pictures and sound files to help you learn them, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Asking what things are called Don'tworryifyoudon'tknow [ Gu'est- ce que what something is called in Gest? French, To find out wha itis, / 7 just ask someone qu’ (/ Cest une que cest? Look at the list of \ fleur. Useful phrases below, then read the picture strip to see how to use them. Crest aussi Une fleur? qu'est-ce que crest? whatis that? cest... thats... . aussi also enfrangais_ in French enanglais in English { Qwest-ce | { Cestune | { Etquest-ce Qui t- ce | que cest en porte. | [ que cest? See que cest en | francais? 4 ‘anglais? | & 40g! a Cest un Lo chien. ‘over up the opposite page and see if you can name all of z these things in French. Don’t i forget to say whether they are | | | le or la words. LWhere do you come from? Here you can find outhow Where do you come from? to ask people where they come from. You can also find out how to ask if they speak French. New words J'habite tuviensd’ou? where doyou ¢ Londres. come from? jeviensde* .. 1 come from tuhabites ou? where do you live? jhabite.. —Ilivein. . tuparles..2 doyou speak. . ? jeparle.. I speak. . unpetitpeu alittle francais French —, ial . Moi, je viens Mon amie voi thisis Tu viens |) 'alfemagne. vient de nous we France. Elle vous you (plural) habite Faris. Countries ique(f) Africa VAllemagne() Germany VAngleterre(f) England la France France VInde(f) India VEcosse() Scotland VAutriche(f) Austria VEspagne Spain laHongrie Hungary Do you speak French? Oui, je parle frangais et un petit peu anglais. Tu parles trangais, Fifi? Tu parles Oui, un frangais ? Petit peu. Heinz parle allemand, anglais et francais. 10 “Demeans “from”. Beforea word beginning with a vowel, it changes tod’: je viens d’Angleterre (come from England)Internet links For links to websites with exercises, videos and sound clips of people talking about where they come from, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Who comes from where? These are the contestants for an international anyone comes from. Read about the dancing competition. They have come from all contestants then see if you can tell him what he over the world. The compere does not speak —_ wants to know. His questions are beneath the any French and does not understand where _ picture. Angus Voici Marie et Hari_et Yuri vient de vient Pierre. tls viennent Indira viennent Hongrie. Il d'Ecosse. de France. d'Ind habite Budapest. Ca Where do they all come from ? Franz vient Voici Lolita. d'Autriche. Elle vient Espagne. Where does Franz come from? Is there a Scottish contestant? What are the French contestants called? Where do Marie and Pierre come from? Is Lolita Italian or Spanish? Who lives in Budapest? Where is Budapest? to speak venir tocome Verbs (action words) French verbs change according to who is doing the action. Verbs ending in er follow the same pattern and have the same endings as parler. You will have to learn venir by itself.* jeviens I come tuviens you come iellevient he/she comes nousvenons we come vousvenez —_ youcome ils/elles viennent — theycome je parle I speak tuparles _-youspeak ielleparle he/she speaks nous parlons we speak vousparlez — youspeak ils/elles parlent _theyspeak Can you remember? Can you say where you come from? How would you ask someone where they How do you say that you speak French? come from? How would you ask someone if they can? *You can find out more about verbs on page 43. 1More about you Here you can find out how to count up to 20, say how old you are and say how many brothers and sisters you have. To say how old you are in French, you say how many years you have. So if you are ten, you say J’ai dix ans (Ihave ten years). New words quelageas —_ howoldare tu? you? faicingans —tamfive years old as-tu..? haveyou . .? i Ihave jen’aipasde —|haveno des some, any lefrére brother lasoeur sister almost nor but Plural words Most French nouns add an s” in the plural (when you are talking about more than one person or thing), but you don’t pronounce it. There are some exceptions which you can see in the glossary. The word for “the” isles before all plural nouns. Numbers* un/une 11. onze deux 12 douze trois 13 treize quatre 14 quatorze cing six sept huit neuf dix Seaenveuswens S How old are you? > y on Jaionze 0) ans. Jai douze ans, et toi? \ Tu as des fréres Oui, jai un frére et des soeurs ? et une soeur. Mon frére Je n'ai pas a dix ans et de fréres ni de Ma soeur a Soeurs. veut ans. iho will fied acompieie Mit of cursbers on ce aInternet link For a link to a website with helpful exercises on numbers, dates ank How old are they? family members, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com} Read what these children are saying, then see if you can say how old they all are. Nous avons |{ gale a onze aus. quinze ans. 4 Michel Diane et Sylvie Guy How many brothers and sisters? Below you can read how many brothers and sisters the children have. Can you work out who has which brothers and sisters? Diane et Sylvie ont un frére et deux soeurs. Odile a trois soeurs et deux freres. Michel a cing soeurs, mais pas de fréres. Luca un frére, mais pas de soeurs. Guy n‘a pas de fréres ni de soeurs, mais il a un chien. Useful verbs avoir to have jai Ihave tuas you have ivellea he/she/it has nous avons we have us avez youhave elles ont they have Miche) J, ‘ai cing ans. Guatorse: | | Ila neut ans. ans. Odile luc Colette étre* tobe jesuis lam tues youare iVelle est he/sheiit is nous sommes we are ‘vous étes youare ils/elles sont theyare “Etre is used on the next page, so it may help you to learn it now. BTalking about your family On these two pages you will learn lots of your family. You will also find out how to words which will help you to talk about say “my” and “your” and describe people. mon 2 mon mon mon Voici ma grand-pére pere ma oncle chat famille. a Soeur mon chien Ug ma ma rand-mére mere Who's who? g Oui, elle D Oui, s'appelle sont mes Cast ton) | crest mon Nathalie. grands, New words la famille family latante aunt thin legrand-pére grandfather _ les grands-parents_ grandparents old lagrand-mére grandmother _ les parents Parents jeune young lepere father grand/e tall blond/e blonde lamére mother small brun/e dark-haired Voncle(m) uncle fat affectueux/se friendly How to say “my” and “your” The word you use for “my” or “your” depends on whether Tewords you are talking about ale, la lawords or plural word.* plurals 14 "You use mon or ton before words beginning with a vowel. You can find out more about this on pages 42-43,Internet link For a link to a website with interactive lessons on talking about your family ‘go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Describing your family Mou oncle est Mou pére est Ma were est gros et ma tante grand eva mere grande et mon pére| est mince. est petite. est petit. Mon chien est Mon grand - pére b aftfectueux. est trés vieux.* Je suis jeune. Ma soeur est blonde. Mon frére est brun. Describing words French adjectives change their endings depending on whether they are descri le or la word. In the word list the masculine form is shown, along with the letters you add to make it feminine. The “x” on the end of affectueux changes to “se”.* Can you describe each of these people in French, starting lest . . orElle est . *You can find out more about adjectives on pages 42-43. The feminine of vieux is viele 15Your home Here you can find outhow Where do you live? to say what sort of home you live in and Ta habites ~~) whereabouts it is. You can anelina contour also learn what all the 2 rooms are called. appartement ? ( J'habite une YR | Maison. New words ou or laatson) house uN: i Vappartement(m) flat ip le chateau castle - enville inthe town f alacampagne inthe country auborddela mer bythe sea papa Dad maman Mum " pépé Grandad) J'habite un mémé Granny appartement. lefantéme ghost ou étes-vous? where are you? lasallede bains bathroom lasallea manger dining room lachambre bedroom lesaton living room kitchen hall upstairs Town or country? aaa Wd J habite a la J habite au campagne. bord de la mer.Internet links For links to websites where you can learn essential vocabulary about homes, with online activities and sound clips, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Where is everyone? Papa comes home and wants toknow where _ dans le salon. Then see if you can answer the everyoneis. Look atthe pictures andseeifyou questions below the little pictures. can tell him where everyone is, e.g. Mémé est Je suis en haut ! Je suis dans la chambre d' Isabelle. Je suis dans la Salle de bains Je suis dans le salon. Simon le fantome Quiestdans la sallea manger? Qui est dans la cuisine? Qui est dans la salle de bains? Quiest dans la chambre? Je suis dans la cuisine Je suis dans la Salle 4 manger. Ou est méme? Qu est le fantome? Ouest le chien? Ou est Pierre? Ou est papa? (Look at the word list) 2 ¥) Can you remember? wae) How do you ask someone Can you remember howto How would you tell someone where they live? say “in the country”? you were upstairs? How do you ask whether Can you remember how to. How would you tell them you they live in a house ora flat? say “in the town”? were in the kitchen? v7Looking for things Here you can find outhow The missing hamster to ask someone what they are looking for and tell them where thingsare. You can also learn lots of words for things around the house. Tu cherches quelque Je cherche mon Mose? hamster. Je ne le New words chercher to look for quelque chose something le hamster hamster trouver tofind hinvit on under behind in front of between nextto Il west pas le placard cupboard u Sous le Varmoire(f) wardrobe canapé. lefauteuil armchair > lerideau curtain laplante plant lerayon shelf table carpet sofa latélévision television letéléphone _ telephone levase vase lev there itis! Hor elle? There isn't a special word for it” in French. You useil or elle (“he” or “she”) depending on whether the word you are replacing is masculine or feminine. You use il to replace masculine words and elle to replace feminine ones. Il est derriére Le voila! Entre les le rideau? plantes ! Ouest le hamster? Mest sur la table. Ouest la tortue? Elle est sur la table. 8Internet links For links to websites with online exercises and quizzes, and a virtual visit to a French z00, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com In, on or under? Try to learn these words by heart. A coté de changes toa cote du when you put it before a le word, e.g. a c6té du fauteuil (next to the armchair.) d ST a > ” TE dans derriére devant Where are they hiding? Monsieur Hulot's six pets are hiding somewhere in the room, but he cannot find a coté de sur them. Can you tell him where they are in French, using the words above?What do you like eating? Here you can findouthow — What do you like? to say what you like and don't like. Tu aimes la Salade? New words fe tolike do you like? i like jen’aimepas* I don’tlike qu’est-ceque.. what. .? adorer tolikea lot pas du tout notatall ’ mee me Now pas beaucoup very much leplus the most préférer toprefer surtout best ofall lasalade salad Quest-ce : lepoisson fish que tu aimes, Et j'adore les les pommes. alors? gateaux ! frites chips z le gateau cake lasaucisse sausage lebifteck steak les spaghetti (m pl) spaghetti manger toeat lapizza pizza lehamburger hamburger leriz rice we ; Jaime les le pain bread ° lefromage cheese pommes irites. moi aussi metoo What do you like best? 7 Da «Mais je .. Et jaime Ciast ce que ye ni 3} te ie préfére Ye surtout les i ? SAicieash bifteck. Spaghetti ! 20 "You can read more about negatives on pages 42-43,Internet links For links to websites where you can listen to a conversation in a restaurant and try quizzes on food words, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com What are they eating? Elle mange des frites. I mange du pain {Qu’est-ce que J et du fromage. { /é mange tu manges ? he pika. ‘ Who likes what? Who likes cheese? Who doesn’t like ham? Who prefers grapes to bananas? Can you say in French which things you like and which you don’t like? Moi aussi, mais je Df N'aime pas le jambon Jaime surtout la tarte aux fruits une fart = = aux Heute le jus d'orange Du, de la, del’ and des These mean “some” andare often used when there is nothing in English, e.g. il mange du words, de la before la words, de I’ before words beginning with a vowel and des before pain (he is eating bread). Youusedubeforele _ plural words.Table talk Here you can learn all sorts of useful things to say if you are having a meal with French friends or eating out in a French restaurant. Dinner is ready New words Atables‘il come to the it table please © I'mhungry moiaussi me too help yourself servez-vous lp yourselves bon appétit enjoy your meal i sii tupewrme ——canyoupass | SS Us Bon |) Bon passer. . me... 5 appétit! || appetit! Veau water le pain bread leverre glass +voulez-vous* . . ? would you like encorede.. somemore . . laviande meat oui, silte plait yes please non, merci no, thank you, Vaiassez "ve had mangé enough cestbon? isit good? i Cestdélicieux _it’sdelicious Please will you pass me . . . Tu peux me passer eau, sil te plait ? PASSEr UN verre, Sil te. plait [ Tu peux me eset, | Tu peux me pain, stil te plait?Internet links For links to websites with quizzes and spelling games, and recipes and facts about French food, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Would you like some more? Youlez-vous encore Voulez-Vous encore de la viande? des frites? Oui, c'est délicieux | Non, merci. Jai assez mange. \. \, 7 { e Ay! | = Pe He + Hi ~ae ey, eta] Fee +o ees py = + a e's ‘ ON 0 e Who is saying what? These little pictures show you different page and see if you know what everyone would mealtime situations. Cover up the rest of the sayin French. Isabelle is saying Pierre wants someone The chef wants you to pass him a glass. hungry. to enjoy your meal. | “Help yoursel{”. Maman is offering Then he says “No Simon more chips. _| and that he likes chips.| thanks”, he’s had enough. De De often comes beforele, la orlesin French, as de+l'=del’ in encore de . . ? (some more . . 2). Beforele de + les = des and les it changes, as follows: BYour hobbies These people are talking : A Quiest-ce que Jaime, «mais je about their hobbies. tu aime’ faire dela naime pas New words faire? Peinture... peta ah todo topaint tocook lepasse-temps hobby bricoler tomake things danser todance toread towatch TV tricoter toknit nager toswim jouer toplay aa 7 lesport sport Tuas des Oui, je et j'aime le football — passe- temps? bricole... danser! music tolisten to Vinstrument (m) instrument » leviolon violin piano inthe evening Ido you do iWellefait _he/she/it does. nousfaisons we do vousfaites youdo ils/elles font they do Ou je regarde la télé et je tricote. Quiest-ce que Je lis des tu fais le soir? i jouer a and jouer de livres... When you talk about playing a sport, you say jouer a, ther the name of the sport. A + le becomes au, e.g. je joue au football (I play football). To talk about playing an instrument, you say jouer de, Remember that de + le becomes du, e.g. je joue du piano (1 play the piano).Internet links For links to websites where you can listen to more hobby words and find exercises on talking about your hobbies, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com The sporty type Je Jouve au et je joue au football. tennis. Vous avez Oui. nous aimous Vous jouez des, Et, moi, je joue des passe-|| écouter de la instruments ? du piano. temps? musique. Oui, moi, je joue du violon. c Cover up the rest of the page and see if you French, e.g. IIjoue au football. can say what all these people are doingin Can you say in French what your hobbies are? 25Telling the time Here you can find outhow — What is the time? to tell the time in French. You can look up any Quelle heure Quelle heure numbers you don’t know o on page 40. There is no word for “past” in French; you just add the number of minutes to the hour: il est neuf heures cinq (itis five past nine). To say “five to” you say moins cing (less five): il est neuf heures moins cing (itis five Here is how to ask what the time is. tonine). The time is ... New words quelleheure — whatis the estil? time? ilestune itisone heure o'clock ilestdeux _itistwo heures o'clock lestneufheures Ilestneufheures __ Il est neuf heures moins cing _fiveto cing et quart. et demie. et quart quarter past moinslequart quarter to et demie* half past 0 f 2) midi midday 9 3) minui midnight 8 ” dum: in the morning 765 oan ne evenin8 Lest dixheures _Ilest dix heures selever togetup moins le quart moins cing. Hest midi/minuit son his/her - le petit What time of day? déjeuner breakfast ledéjeuner lunch lediner supper, dinner ilva he goes alécole toschool aulit tobed aller (to go) je vais Igo tu vas you go. il/elle va he/she goes nousallons we go vousallez —_ yougo(pl) ils/ellesvont they go est six heures du matin. _ Vest six heures du soir. 26 “To say “half past twelve” you say midi/minuit et demi.Internet links For links to websites where you can practise telling the time in French, with online quizzes and games, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Marc’s day Read what Marc does throughout the day, right picture. You can find out what the then see if you can match each clock with the answers are on pages 44-45. eb 4. c ¥ 2 1 Ns £2) FOS Le Marcse lave asept | Il mange son petit ins | Il mange son déjeuner: heures etdemie.* | déjeuner a huit heures,| le quart, il va a l’école.| a midi et demi. T iG ‘Adeux heures dix il | Acinq heures et quart | A six heures il mange | Il va au lita huit joue au football. son diner. heures et demie. What time is it? Can you say in French what times these clocks show? “Some verbs are formed from two parts. You can read about these on pages 42-43. 27Arranging things Here is how to arrange Tennis things with your friends. On va jouer ei Oui, d accord. New words au tennis? ? A mardi. onva..? _ shallwego quand: when? mardi onTuesday lematin in the morning Vaprés-midi__ inthe afternoon lesoi in the evening lapiscine swimming pool vers atabout mardi until Tuesday aujourd'hui today ademain—_untiltomorrow ce soir this evening d’accord .K. jenepeuxpas Ican’t pas possible that’sno good it’sapity! ‘ D'accord. aed toga la piscine, || Laprés-midi? —_ lecinéma cinema mercredi ? Bon, tres ame fa a \_mercredi. Days of the week dimanche Sunday lundi Monday mardi Tuesday mercredi Wednesday jeudi Thursday vendredi Friday samedi Saturday Going to the cinema Et demain? Vers huit __ heures ? On. va Non, je ne au cinémaInternet link For a link to a website where you can watch and listen to people| Going to a party Crest Tu viens a ma quand? Partie? liary for the week Here is your diary, showing you what you are doing for a week. Read it, then see if you can Your es ures. Tennis. it Mates. Piano. a 0 Piscine. ‘edi r Mees: Jennis. 45 Cinema. al Qu’est-ce que tu fais vendredi? Quand joues-tu au tennis? Tu vas quand au cinéma? Tu joues du piano jeudi? Qu’est-ce que tu fais dimanche? A quelle heure est la partie samedi? * You can find out more about this on pages 42-43. arranging a day out, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com| Samedi Je vais danser. answer the questions at the bottom of the page in French. Dawser avec venared! 8 poures- Boris. atle When a comes before le, you say au instead: on vaau cinema? (shall we go to the cinema?)* 29Asking where places are Here and onthe nexttwo _ Being polite pages you can find out how to ask your way around. Pardon: Monsieur. In French there are two words for “you” - tu and vous". You say tu to. friends, but it is more polite to say vous when you talk to adults you don’t know well. New words near on on is is how to say “Excuse en people thank you, it is fevousenprie fotatall” Te. Alwaysaddmonsieur or polite fo answer“Je vous en fe} = madame. prie”. la-bas over there , laposte postoffice Whereis... ? q- bas, surlaplace _inthemarket Purdon, ob ext sur la place du dumarché place Bees é Vhétel hotel la poste? marché puis then turn. isthere...? nearby road, street juste just Cestloin? —_isitfar? Acinqminutes five minutes away apied on foot le supermarché supermarket enfacede opposite acétéede next to labanque bank eer . tapenade cherdet’s Ouest I'Hétel de la, Toyrneza gauche gare, s'il vous plait? Ici, puisalez tout droit im) Directions tout droit a droite a gauche 30 *See pages 42-43,Internet link For a link to a website where you can watch a video on asking directions then test your knowledge with a quiz, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Istherea.. . nearby? Pardon, ilya un caté pres aici ? Oui, juste d gauche dans la rue Racine. Non, a cin minutes a pied. Pardon, ilya Ouj. la- bas Etilyaune || Juste a cote du UA Supermarchée en face dela Pharmacie prés supermarché, pres d'ici ? d'ici? Other useful places to ask for la gare une static the station petrol station | toilets a letter box une cabine un camping i l'aéroport telépho \ PI e ; —_— a telephone box @ campsite the hospital airport 31Finding your way around Here you can find out how to ask your way _ have read everything, try the map puzzle around and follow directions. When you _on the opposite page. Prenez la premiére.& droite, puis la deuxieme gauche. Pardon, pour aller a la gare, S'il vous plait ? La gare est a droite. Pour aller a |auberge Allez tout droit Puis. prenez le jeunesse, sil i 4 la troisiéme rue a Yous plait? Jusqu'a la gare... 4 droite. |= 3 | — s I ‘a 1 | Pour aller au En voiture? Puis prenez | Syndicat d'initiative, Continuez tout la premiére rue a S'il vous plait ? droit... gauche. yi e------\ 32 *Sillvous plait is the polite way to say “please”.Internet links For links to websites with quizzes and online activites on finding your way around, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com New words pouraller a? how do I get to? jusqu’a as faras prenez .. take. . envoiture by car continuez . . carryon . . lapremiérerue _thefirst street Vaubergede ladeuxiémerue the secondstreet jeunesse() ——_-youthhostel latroisiemerue the third street di VHotel de Ville town hall touristoffice Veglise(p, church totake | nousprenons —_wetake When people are telling you } | jeprends Itake vous prenez you take where to go, they use the tuprends youtake ilsprennent —_theytake(m) vous part of the verb,e.g. | felleprend _—he/shetakes _ellesprennent —theytake(f)_Prenez la premiere rue . . . la gate & petite Ais ea le marchey How would you ask Can you tell the person in Where would these someone the way to the the yellow car how to getto_ directions take the yellow market place? How would _the church? car? you ask them if there is a Can you direct someone Prenez la deuxiéme rue a cafénearby? Ask howfaritis. fromthe hoteltothe market? _gauche et c'est a droite.Going shopping Here and on the next two Madame Delon goes shopping pages you can find out how to say what you want when you go shopping. When you go into a French shop you should say “Bonjour, madame” (or monsieur). If there are lots of people in there you say “Bonjour, messieurs, mesdames”. Spending money There are 100 centimes in a i euro. On price labels, the , ew symbol € is used after the Madame Delon fait des Elle achete du* pain ala price. For example, deux euros Courses. boulangerie. is written as 2€, and deux euros vingt as 2,20€. To Ala boulangerie understand prices you must know the numbers in French. They are listed on page 40. Je voudrais quatre jour, ff Font petits pains. Madame. New words “4 faire des courses togo shopping acheter tobuy laboulangerie baker's Vépicerie() —_grocer’s laboucherie butcher's lelait milk Voeufim) egg. = le fruit pieceoffruit \ . = lelégume vegetable ~ee —. 5 laviande meat aa TrlsTauiDaNe lepetitpain bread roll Oui, bien sur. vous plait. lapomme apple Cest tout? latomate tomato vousdésirez?__ can help ih you? jevoudrais | wouldlike oui,bien sar — withpleasure Cesttout? is that all? etavec ca? anythingelse? / sa fait how much is that? there youare , fl fe Oui ee. akilo ates une livre halfa kilo gombien? alors so, well then 34 *You can read about du, de la and de I’ on page 21.Internet links For links to websites where you can find lots of interactive lessons on going shopping, go to wwwcusborne-quicklinks.com Elle achéte des fruits et des Elle achéte de la viande a la legumes au marché. boucherie. Elle achéte du lait et des oeuts al’épicerie. Ft avec ¢a, Six oeufs,s ‘il “Madante? vous plart. Vous désirez? Ga fait deux euros vingt. Bonjour, Madame. Yous désirez? Alors, ¢a fait quatre . euros. U1) pasaMore shopping and going to a café Here you can find out how toask how much things cost Asking how much things cost and how to order things ina Combien coitte cette Combien cote café. carte postale? le raisin? New words Soixante Deux euros centimes. trente le kilo. couiter tocost how much is ¥ /coatent? Jare? lacarte postcard 2. akilo seach rose give meseven coffee ieee Combien Trois Alors, donne - Br ii c men sept, $'i Vorange(f) orange conten te les ore ae la vous plait. labanane banana i P Vananas(m) pineapple lecitron lemon peach lalimonade lemonade lecoca-cola_cocacola lethe tea aulait with milk au citron with lemon lechocolat_ hot chocolate unverrede —_aglass of unegiace icecream Going to a café Un café, s'il vous plait. ‘addition. s‘il vous plat | Ga fait trois euros.Buying fruit Everything on the fruit stall is marked with its Look at the picture, then see if you can name and price. answer the questions below it. Vous désirez? | ‘ How do you tell the stallholder you would like Qu’est-ce qui cotite deux euros la piéce? four lemons, a kilo of bananas and a Quiest-ce qui codte deux euros dix le kilo? | pineapple? How much do each of these Quiest-ce qui codte deux euros trente le kilo? things cost? Qu'est-ce qui coate quarante centimes? | = -! Things to order Here are some things you | might want to orderin a café. | = : un thé by | au lait (Ge vou he un UM verre chocolat de lait une glace | 37 un jus d'otangeThe months and seasons Here you can learn what The seasons the seasons and months are called and find out how to say what the date is. New words le mois month Vannée year quelle est whatis the date? today rsaire(m) birthday The seasons leprintemps spring Veté(m) summer Yautomne(m) — autumn Vhiver(m) winter The months January February March April May June July aoat August septembre September octobre October novembre November décembre December septembre, octobre, novembre... Uhiver décembre, Janvier, tévrier First, second, third . . . Janvier est le premier mois For “first” you say premier de |'‘année. for le words and premiere for la words. For “second” and so on you add ime to the number, e.g. deuxiéme. If the number ends in “e” you leave the “e” out, e.g. quatrieme (fourth).* With dates you say le premier for “the first”, but for all the other dates you just say le plus the number. 38 — * Neuf (9) becomes neuvieme (9th). Févrierest le. b deuxiéme mois | | le douziéme mois de l'année. Décembre est. de l'année Can you say where the rest of the months come in the year?Internet links For links to websites where you can find interactive exercises on the months and seasons, and send a French ecard, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com What is the date? Writing the date Quelle est la date aujourd ‘hui? Aujourd'hui cest le trois mai. Here you can see how a date is written. You put le, the number and the month. For “the first” you novembre. est le douze février. putle ter. When is your birthday? Cest quand Cest le i fr Lanniversaire ix Mon anniversaire | p, ae nena huitjuin. z [ ton anniversaire + When are their birthdays? The dates of the children’s birthdays are French when they are, e.g. L’anniversaire de written below their pictures. Can you say in Nicole est le deux avril Nicole le 2avrilInternet links For links to websites with lots Colours and numbers of online games on colours and numbers, go to wwm.usborne-quicklinks.com Colours are describing words, so you add _ they end in ‘e’, Marron does not change “e” when they referto alaword, unless _and blanc becomes blanche EES rouge bleu(e) jaune verte) orange rose —moir(e) blanc(he) gris(e) marron What colour is it? Cover the picture above and see if you can say what colour everything is in the painting. You should know all the words you need.* Numbers You count the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 80s in the _ soixante (60) and for 90-99 you add 10-19 to. same way as 20-29. For 70-79 you add 10-19 to quatre-vingts (80). 1 oun 11 onze 21 vingt et un 40 quarante 2 deux 12 douze 22. vingt-deux 50. cinquante 3 trois 1B treize 23 vingt-trois 60 soixante 4 quatre 14 quatorze 24 vingt-quatre 70 soixante- 5 cing 15 quinze 25 vingt- 71 soixante et onze 6 six 16 seize 26 vingt-six 80 quatre-vingts 7 sept 17 dix-sept 27 vingt-sept 81 quatre-vingt-un 8 huit 18 dix-huit 28 vingt-huit 90 quatre-vingt-dix 9 neuf 19 dix-neuf 29 vingt-neuf 91 quatre-vingt-onze 10 dix 20 vingt 30 trente 100. cent 40 **The sky" iste celPronunciation Guide In French many letters are pronounced differently from in English. The best way to learn to speak French is to listen carefully to French people and copy what they say, but here are some general points to help you. Belowisalist of letters, with a guide to how to pronounce each one. For each French sound we have shown an English word, or part of aword, which sounds like it. Read it out loud in a normal way to find out how to pronounce the French sound, then practise saying the examples shown beneath. Often like the “a” sound in “cat”: a aris, chat, mari Like the “a” sound in “above”: e le, petit, regarder . Like the “ay” sound in “late”: e été, café, thé A Like the “a” sound in “care”: é méme, vous étes A Like the “i” in “machine”: i il, dix, police, ville Like the “o” in “holiday”: oO fromage, pomme Round your lipsas if to say “00”, u then try to say “ee du, une, plus, musique Like the “oa” sound in “toast”: €au, au eau, beau, gauche, chateau Like the “u” sound in “fur”: eu deux, bleu, cheveux Like the “oo” sound in “food” : ou u, tout, beaucoup . Like the “wa” sound in “whack”: oi poisson, bi Internet links For links to websites where you can listen to examples of French pronunciation and try some French tongue-twisters, go to wwwusborne-quicklinks.com Like “ong” without the “g” ON, aN, soundatthe end: dans, bonjour, francais, Avignon Like the “u” sound in “sun” un You donot pronounce the “n” un, chacun ty ain _ Like the “an” soundin “rang” IN, AN, Withoutthe “g" atthe end: im vin, prince, impossible, trai Before “i” or “e” it sounds like Cc the “s" in “sun”: merci, France, certain Before other lettersit sounds like the “c" in “cat”: café, coton, crabe Like the “s” in “sun”: ¢ gargon, frangais Like the “sh” sound in “shirt”: ch cochon, vache, chanter, Charles Before “i” or “e” it sounds like g the “s” sound in “measure”: gendarme, girafe, age Before other lettersitis like the “g"in “get”: grand, gare, guitare Like the “ni” sound in “onion”: gn campagne, montagne Like the soft “g” in girafe above: bonjour, jeune Like the “t” in “top” th thé, théatre Like the “k” sound in “kettle”: question, musique qu This is not pronounced: h histoire, hépital, hétel A consonant at the end of a French word is not usually pronounced: francais, petit, les, tout. 41Grammar Grammar is like a set of rules about how you put words together and it is different for every language. You will find French easier if you learn some of its grammar, but le, la, I In French every noun is masculine (m) or feminine (f). The word you use for “the” shows whether the noun is masculine or feminine and whether singular or plural. The word for “the” is le before masculine nouns, la before feminine nouns and’ before nouns beginning with a vowel: Internet links For links to websites where you can conjugate French verbs online and find an online guide to French grammar, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com don’tworry if you don’t understand all of it straightaway. Just read a little about it at a time. This is a summary of the grammar used in this book. les When you are talking about more than one thing the word for “the” is always les: les livres the books les maisons the houses les arbres the trees You add “s” to most nouns to make the plural, lelivre the book but you don’t pronounce it. Some plurals are lamaison the house formed differently and they are shown in Varbre (m) thetree brackets in the glossary on page 46. au, aux du, des If le comes after a, they join together and become au: Mest au cinéma He is at the cinema. a+ les becomes aux: la tarte aux fruits fruit tart Ifle comes after de, they join together and become du le prix du pain the price of the bread de + les becomes des: le prix des oeufs the price of the eggs un, une The word for “a” or “an” is un before masculine nouns and une before feminine nouns: some, any The word for “some” or “any” is du before le words, de la before la words, de I’ before nouns beginning with a vowel and des before plurals. The French often say “some” where unlivre abook there is nothing in English: une maison ahouse unarbre atree mange du pain. He is eating bread. Adjectives An adjective is a describing word. French ilest petit heis small adjectives change their endings depending on _ elle est petite she is small whether they are describing a masculine or feminine word, and whether the wor: singular or plural. In the word lists the masculine singular adjective is shown. You usually add “e” to this to make it feminine, unless it already ends in “e”’ 42 You usually add “s” to an adjective to make it plural: ils sont petits they (m) are small elles sont petites they (f) are smallMy, your The word for “my” or “your” depends on whether the word that follows it is masculine or feminine, singular or plural: montton livre my/your book ma/tamaison my/your house mesites fréres my/your brothers Pronouns There are two words for “you” in French: tu and vous. You say tu to friends and vous when you want to be polite, or when you are talking to someone you don’t know well, or more than one person. There are two words for “it”: il for le words and elle for la words. There are also two words for “they”: ils for boys, men and le words and elles for girls, women anda words. For masculine and feminine things together, you say ils. I je he/it(m) il we nous they(m) ils you ty shefit(f) elle you vous | they(f) elles Verbs French verbs (doing words) change according towho is doing the action. Most of them follow | anger focat regular patterns and have the same endings. oman Teat The main type of verb used in thisbookendsin | tumanges voice er, like manger (to eat). You can see what the _| il/elle mange helsherit eats different endings are on the right. There are nour mangeors weeat some verbs in this book which do not follow | vous mangez youeat this pattern, e.g. avoir, étre and aller. Itis best _| jfs/elles mangent they eat to learn them as you go along. Ne... pas To make a verb negative in French, e.g. to say “Idonot . . .", "he doesnot . . .”etc., you put ne immediately before the verb and pas immediately after it. Ne becomes n’ if the verb begins with a vowel: Je ne parle pas francais. Ido not speak French. I n’aime pas le jambon. He does not like ham. Reflexive verbs These are verbs which always have a special pronoun in front of them. Where in English we say “I get up”, the French say “I get myself up”. The pronoun changes according to who is doing the action, but me always goes with je and te with tuetc., as you can see on the right. Me becomes m’ and te becomes t’ if the verb begins with a vowel: je m’appelle (I am called), tu tappelles (you are called). selever to getup jemeléve Iget up tuteléves you get up elle se lve he/she/it gets up we get up you get up they get up nous nous levons vous vous levez elles se levent 43Answers to puzzles ps How are you? The two people on the far right. p.7 What are they called? Il s’appelle Pierre. Elle s’appelle Marie. Ils s‘appellent Paul et Jean. Je m’appelle (your name). Who is who? Michel is talking to Jean. Anne is talking to Pascale Michel is next to the seal. Jean is talking to him Anne is in the bottom left-hand corner. The man talking to Nicolas is going home. Can you remember? Comment tu t’appelles? Je m‘appelle . . C’est mon amie. Elle s‘appelle Pascale. Mon ami s’appelle Daniel. pd Can you remember? la/une fleur, le/un chat, I’/un arbre, le/un nid, V’/un oiseau, le/un toit, le soleil, la/une fenétre, la/une voiture, le/un chien pt Who comes from where? Franz comes from Austri. They are called Hari and Indira. Lolita is Spanish. Yes, Angus comes from Scotland. Marie and Pierre come from France. Yuri lives in Budapest. Budapest is in Hungary. Can you remember? Tu viens d’ou? Je parle francais Je viens de Tu parles francais? p.13 How old are they? Michel is 13. Diane and Sylvie are 15. Guy is 12. Odile is 11. Lucis 9. Colette is 5. How many brothers and sisters? Luc. C = Michel. A= Diane et Sylvie. B D = Guy. E = Odile. p.17 Where is everyone? Simon est dans la cuisine. Pépé est dans la salle a manger. Maman est dans la chambre. Pierre est dans la salle de bains. Isabelle est en haut. Le fantome est dans la chambre d'Isabelle. Mémé est dans le salon. Pépé. Simon. Pierre. Maman. Dans le salon. Dans la chambre d’Isabelle. Dans la salle a manger. Dans la salle de bains. Can you remember? Tu habites ot? Tu habites une maison ou un appartement? a la campagne en ville Je suis en haut. Je suis dans la cuisine. p.19 Where are they hiding? Le hamster est dans le vase. Le petit chat est derriére la télévision. Le petit chien est dans le placard. La perruche est sur le rayon. Le serpent est derriére le canapé. La tortue est a cOté du téléphone.p.2t Who likes what? 1. Boris. 2. Jean. 3. Pépé. p.23 Whois saying what? “Jai faim.” “Bon appétit.” “Sers-toi.” “Peux-tu me passer un verre?” “Veux-tu encore des pommes frites?” “Oui, merci. J’aime les pommes frites.” “Non, merci. J’ai assez mangé.” “C'est délicieux.” p.25 What are they doing? Al fait la cuisine. B Il nage. C Ils dansent. D Elle joue du violon. E II fait de la peinture. pz Marc’s day 1b, 2e, 3f, 4a, Sh, 6g, 7d, 8c. What time is it? Il est trois heures cing. Il est onze heures cing. Il est neuf heures moins dix. Il est quatre heures moins le quart. I est trois heures vingt-cing. Il est sept heures et demie. Il est trois heures. Il est quatre heures. Il est neuf heures. lest une heure et demie, Il est sept heures cing. Il est dix heures et demie. M Ilest six heures. N llest quatre heures moins vingt-cing. O Ilest deux heures moins cing. PAO -TOTMONe> p.29 Vendredi soir je vais danser avec Boris. Je joue au tennis lundi, mercredi et dimanche. Je vais au cinéma mercredi soir. Non, je joue du piano mardi. Dimanche aprés-midi je joue au tennis. Elle est a sept heures. p.33 Pour aller ala place du marché, sil vous plait? Pardon, ily a un café pres d'ici? Crest loin? Prenez la troisiéme a gauche, puis allez tout droit. Prenez la troisi¢me a droite, puis allez tout droit. Le marché est a gauche. To the school. p37 Je voudrais quatre citrons, un kilo de bananes et un ananas. Quatre citrons cotitent un euro soixante. Un kilo de bananes coiite un euro soixante-dix. Un ananas cotite deux euros. un ananas. les péches. le raisin. un citron. p.39 Lanniversaire de Bertrand est le vingt et un juin. Vanniversaire d’Hélene est le dix-huit octobre. Uanniversaire de Claire est le trente et un aout. Uanniversaire de Claude est le trois mars. Uanniversaire de Roger est le sept septembre. p.40 La rue est grise. Le soleil est jaune. Le toit est orange. Le ciel est bleu. Les fleurs sont roses. Le chien est marron. Voiseau est noir. La voiture est rouge. Les arbres sont verts. La maison est blanche. 45Glossary Adjectives are shown in their masculine singular form, You just add “e” to make them feminine. 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Irregular plurals are shown in brackets next to the letters “pl”. bonne nuit bonsoir laboucherie laboulangerie bricoler brun lacabine téléphonique lecafé ‘camping Tecanapé lacarte postale gavat ce, cette le chateau (pl.chateaux) lachambre lechat lacheminée chercher lechien lechocolat lecoca-cola ‘combien? ‘comment tu t’appelles? codter lacuisine d’accord dans danser décembre ledéjeuner del'aprés-midi demain deuxigme devant dimanche lediner dommage! dout dumati dusoi Yeau( récole () VEcosse (f) écouter de encorede.. . enfacede cen francais enhaut entre enville Good Night Good Evening butcher's baker's tomake things dark-haired telephone box cate campsite sofa postcard howare you? this, that castle bedroom cat chimney tolook or dog chocolate sky cinema lemon coca-cola how much? whatis your name? tocost kitchen OK. todance December lunch inthe afternoon tomorrow behind second in frontof Sunday supper, dinner i’sapity! fromwhere? inthe morning in the evening water school Scotland tolisten to more opposite in French upstairs between inthe townenvoiture Pepicerie(f FEspagne () et Fete cm etre faire faire dela peinture faire cuisine lafamille lefantéme le fauteuil lafenétre fevrier lafleur le football lefranc francais laFrance lefrere le fromage le fruit le garage lagare legateau (pl.giteaux) laglace grand lagrand-mére les grands-parents legrand-pére ris Bros, grosse habiter lehamburger Iehamster Vhiver (m) laHongrie hotel (m) i Vinde() iln’ya pas de quoi ilya jeune jevousenprie jouer juillet is lejusd’orange jusqu’a lekilo bycar grocer's Spain and summer tobe tomake, do topaint to goshopping tocook family ghost armchair window February flower football franc French France brother cheese fruit garage station cake ice-cream tall grandmother grandparents grandfather Brey fat tolive hamburger hamster winter Hungary hotel here India notatall there is, thereare ham January yellow Thursday young Son't mention it tophy July June orangejuice astaras kilo Internet link For a link to a website with an online French dictionary, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com la lacbas le lelait lelégume lemieux lalimonade lire lelit lelitre lalivre lelivee loin lundi madame mademoiselle minuit laminute ‘mon, ma, mes ‘monsieur ager lenid non novembre octobre Voeuf(m) Vronele (m) Voiseau (m) (pl.oiseaux) orange Vorange ou oat lepain papa the over there the milk vegetable best lemonade toread bed litre halfa kilo book far Monday Mrs. Miss May but house badly Mum: toeat market Tuesday brown March morning Granny thank you Wednesday mother midday, noon better thin midnight minute me less month my Mr. sit toswim nest black no November October ees uncle bird orange orange (fruit) or where? yes bread Dad 47pardon kes parents parler pasdutout pas possible Tepasse-temps lapeche pepe epare laperruche petit lepetit chat lepetit chien lepetit déjeuner lepetit pain lapharmacie lepiano lapiece lapizza leplacard laplace du marché laplante lepoisson lapomme les pommes frites laporte laposte premier, premiére endre presd’ici quand? quel, quelle quelque chose quit laquiche leraisin lerayon regarder lerideau leriz rose larose rouge larue lasalade lasalle manger lasalle de bains lesalon Salut! excuseme parents tospeak notatall that’s no good hobby peach Grandad father budgie small kitten puppy breakfast bread roll chemist’s piano each (one) pizza cupboard marketplace plant fish apple chips door postoffice first totake nearby almost spring then when? what something who? quiche grape bookshelf towatch curtain rice rose red street salad dining room bathroom living room lasaucisse selever leserpent te plait silvous lait soeur lesoleil lesoir son, $a, ses sous les spaghetti (m. pl. lesport lastation service lesupermarché sur lesyndicat d’initiative latable latante letapis latarte aux fruits letéléphone latélévision letennis lethe letoit latoilette latomate ton, ta, tes, toujours tourner tout droit latortue tres tricoter troisiéme trouver levase vendre vendredi venirde leverre vert levestibule veuxctu...? laviande viewx, vieille Saturday sausage togetup snake please please (polite) sister evening his, her, its under spaghetti sport petrol station supermarket ontopof touristoffice table aunt carpet fruittart telephone television tennis tea roof toilet tomato your sing.) always toturn tofind aan vase tosell Friday tocome from Blass Breen hall wouldyoulike ... ? meat old violin hereis .. thereis 1 car First published in 1986 by Usborne Publishing Lt, 83-85 Safron Hill, London ECIN BRT, England. www.usborne.com Copyright © 2001, 1986 Usborne Publishing Lid. 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