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Lesson 01
Level: beginner.
• introducing yourself
• saying where you live
• saying what you do
Dialogue
• J’habite à Tokyo
• J’habite à Varsovie.
Saying what
Dialogue
Or a florist…
Je suis fleuriste.
Or a doctor…
Je suis docteur.
If you understood our lesson, then you should be ready for the following… ‘ils’ or ‘elles’?
Which pronoun should we use
Now it’s your turn…
for “they”?…
1. My name is Stefan.
There are two words (pronouns) for
2. I live in England. “they” in French – “ils” and “elles”.
These are the masculine and feminine
3. She lives in Berlin.
plural pronouns, respectively. When
4. They boo! [In this case, imagine you’re referring to supporters at a football match.*] we’re talking about more than 1
person, we must use the masculine
4. He is an accountant. plural pronoun if any person in
the group is male. (“Elles”, on the
5. They are engineers. [In this case, imagine you’re referring to your aunt and uncle.*]
other hand is used when talking about
6. They are teachers. [In this case, imagine you’re referring to your two sisters.*] more than 1 person, all of whom are
female.)