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    s6urjee6 suole nes In this unit you will lean + how to say hello + greetings for different times of the day * greetings for special ‘occasions. + a few places in the town food and drinks + about gender and number | G1 Simple greetings ‘You may be starting to learn French because you would like to be able to communicate with people you meet for business or leisure when you travel to France or other parts of the world where French is spoken. It might be because you have French acquaintances visiting you or because your children are earning French at school. Communicating starts with very few words or, indeed, without words at all, for example shaking hands with someone, which French people do whether they are meeting friends or meeting people for the first time. It is usual to give close acquaintances two, three or even four kisses on the cheeks. If you watch young people at the terrace of a café, for example, you will sce how spontaneous and communicative it all ist The first few words are very important but also very simple. You will feel a great sense of satisfaction and | c achievement when you greet someone {¥ as if you have been speaking French all RW d your life. SS If you have the recording, listen to the following people saying hello and goodbye. It is day time: Bonjour! Hello! Bonjour monsieur! Hello! (to a man) Bonjour Madame Martin! Helio! (to a woman - Mrs Martin) Salut Dominique! Hil/Hello (toa friend or ‘acquaintance - Dominique) Au revoir mademoiselle! Goodbye (to @ young, unmarried woman) A bientét! A tout a ’heure!_ See you soon! Note that if you know someone’s name, for example a neighbour, you greet them with their full name. Otherwise you greet them as madame, monsicur or mademoiselle. You usually use first names for family and close friends. In addition, you need to know the correct greeting for each time of day: Bonjour! Bon aprés-midit Hello fany time in daytime)! Good afternoon! Good evening! Good night! Bonsoir! Bonne nuit! GExercise 1 Bonjour! Say the appropriate greeting to the following people: a Hello to Madame Corre b Goodbye to Marie-Claire © Good night to Paul 4 Good afternoon to a young woman at the cash desk in the supermarket € See you soon to Monsieur Jarre Raise your voice slightly at the end of each word or expression and make the last syllable linger a little. Now listen to the recording to check whether you have got it right. If you do not have the recording just look up the answer at the back of the book. 2 Comment ¢a va? How are you? Listen to the conversation between two neighbours and see whether you can tell who is feeling fine and who is feeling ‘so so!” Bonjour Monsieur Blanchard Comment Ga va? (< J tM (SIX — Ne suopeinjes oo Madame Lebrun Bonjour Monsieur Blanchard, comment ca va? Monsieur Blanchard Ga va bien merci et vous Madame Lebrun? Madame Lebrun Oh, comme ci, comme ga! Allez! Au revoir Monsieur Blanchard. BB when asking somebody Comment ga va? it is not intended that the other person should give a full health bulletin in reply. Most of the time people reply Ga va, ga val or Ga va bien mercil If someone replies Comme ci, comme ¢at it indicates that al is not well, things could be better, but the person is unlikely to disclose more unless they are asked further questions. ‘When you listen to French people talking you are very likely to hear Allez! which comes from Aller to go. Its almost impossible to translate Allez! but you are likely to hear it said before greetings, especially (but not always) when people want to indicate that they wish to terminate the conversation. It roughly ‘means Well then I'l leave you to your food or to your fishing, or to whatever the other person is doing or about to do: Allez, @ bientot! ‘Allez, bon appétit! (to someone eating or about to start a meal) Allez, bonne péchel (to someone fishing or collecting shellfish on the beach) Gexercise 2 Cherchez la bonne phrase Find the right ‘expression Listen to some more greetings on the recording. Try to match them to the correct English expressions. 1 Allez, bon voyage! a Have a good weekend! 2 Bon week-end! b Happy birthday! 3 Allez, bonne route! ¢ Have a good journey! 4 Bonnes vacances! d Happy New Year! 5 Bonne Année! © Have a safe journey! 6 Bon anniversaire! f Have a good holiday! Check your answers at the back of the book. (3 A votre santé! To your good health! French people always find a good reason to drink a toast. You will hear: A votre santé! To your (good) health! These are said to all those assembled, or individually to someone you would address formally. To yours! To your (good) health! To yours! Good health! Cheers! ‘These are said to one person you know well. CaExercise 3 Quelle est la féte? What's the celebration? Listen to the recording. You will hear three very short scenes. You have to decide what is being celebrated in each of of them: Dialogue 1 — Bonne Année! - Avotre santé! = Santé! ~ Ala vétret Are they celebrating: aagood holiday bawedding New Year? Dialogue 2 = Bon Anniversaire Frangoisel = Ala santé de Frangoise! = Ala tienne Frangoisel = Ala votre! ‘Ala votret Are they celebrating: aagood journey ba birthday ca good holiday? 5 suone;nies @ Dialogue 3 = Ala santé des mariés! ~ Ala santé d’Estelle et Paull ~ Ala votre! Are they celebrating: aa wedding ban anniversary New Year Vivent les mariés! Vive le mariét Vive ta mariée! Long ive the bride and groom! Long tive the groom! Long live the bride! 4 Buying and paying Al you need to know is the name of what you would like to buy and how to ask for the price. Saying please and thank you will help you feel confident that you can express yourself, even if you are only using a few words, Sill vous plait (S.V.P) please rei thank you Merci bien thanks a lot C'est combien? How much is it? addition s'il vous plait! The bill please! G Exercise 4 0u sont-ils? Where are they? Look at the illustrations and listen to the three short dialogues, Dialogue 1 Are the people a at home b at a grocery shop ¢ in the street? Dialogue 2 Are the people a in church b in a café ¢ at a grocery shop? Dialogue 3 Are the people a at the station b in the street ¢ at a grocery shop? Now check your answers by reading the dialogues you have just heard. Dialogue 1 ~ Taxi! Taxi! La gare du Nord s'il vous plat! = Oui madame! Dialogue 2 = Un café, une bidre et un sandwich au fromage s'il vous plat. = Oui monsieur. ~ L’addition s'il vous plait. Dialogue 3 = Une baguette, un camembert et un kilo de pommes s'il vous plait = Oui mademoiselle! = Merci bien. C'est combien? = Ging euros mademoiselle. Exercise 5 Look again at the three dialogues above and find the Frenck expressions for the following: g ‘suoneinies o> a akilo of apples b five euros € a cheese sandwich da beer € the station Now check your answers at the back of the book. 5 Dans la rue /n the street You want to find out where some places are in the village. The important thing is to know what to ask for, then people will point you in the right direction. Pardon madame, la boulangerie Excuse me, where is the s'il vous plait? baker's please? Try to guess which places are mentioned in the following examples. a Pardon monsieur, la poste s'il vous plait? b Pardon mademoiselle, Voffice du tourisme sil vous plait? © Pardon madame, le supermarché s'il vous plait? 4 Pardon madame, le garage Citroén s'il vous plait? Grammar So far you may have noticed three different ways of spel word for good: Bon voyage! Bonne année! Bonnes vacances! This is because in French, nouns (words which represent objects, people or ideas) have a gender; they can be either feminine or masculine. Un voyage a journey is masculine, une année a year is feminine, des vacances holidays is feminine but also plural. The gender of nouns does nor follow any logical pattern so you will need to be aware of the gender of every noun you learn. Bon, bonne and bons, bonnes are four forms of the same adjective (a word which describes a noun) and they have the same gender as the nouns they descrie, so we have masculine and feminine adjectives which can both be singular or plural. French adjectives are spelt differently according to their genders. Generally (but not always) an -e at the end of an adjective is for feminine, an -s is for plural. ‘More examples: If we take two other nouns un raisin grape (masc.) and une pomme apple (fem.) we have four spellings for bon: un bon raisin a good grape une bonne pomme a good apple des bons raisins good grapes des bonnes pommes good apples des = some/more than one GPronunciation * Gava—C with a cedilla (¢) sounds like an s. It is only used in front of a, o and u: ¢a [sa], ¢o [so] and cu [su]. Note that there is no cedilla in merci and that in comme ci, comme ga ~ only ga needs a cedilla. ‘* Comment - the -t at the end is silent and -en- is pronounced in a nasal fashion. ‘+ Année, santé, enchanté, présente, appétit all have an e with an acute accent. It changes the neutral e sound into one close to the first sound in ready. * Bon appétit ~ the two words are pronounced as if they were ‘one, Because the second word starts with a vowel the -n of bon is linked to the a- of appétit, making bon sound like bonne. The same happens with bon aprés-midi. Exercise 6 La liste de provisions The shopping list Make your own shopping list using all the words for food and drinks in the unit. ‘suoneines © G6 Say it! Dites-le! Explication: dites comes from the verb dire (to say) Dites-le avec des fleurs (say it with flowers) des chocolats un livre une carte Grandmother (Grand-mére) is telling the children (les enfants) what to say. Please respond as if you were the children Grand-mére _Dites bonjour a Elise. Les enfants Bonjour Elise! Grand-mére _Dites au revoir a Papa, Les enfants Au revoir Papal Grand-mére _Dites bon anniversaire & Maman, Les enfants Bon anniversaire Maman! Grand-mére _Dites bonnes vacances & Mademoiselle Lapierre Les enfants Bonnes vacances Mademoiselle Lapierre! Grand-mére _Dites bonne féte a Catherine. Les enfants Bonne féte Catherine! Surfez sur le web * To send your best wishes in French you can find cards ith greetings on the internet: http://ecartes.wanadoo.fr e|doed Bureeu $}0b]U05D si9luesd In this unit you will learn how to give and understand information about marital ‘status, family links, age and profession + numbers up to sixty-nine + four verbs: étre to be, parler to speak, s'appeler to be called, avolr to have G1 Enchanté de faire votre connaissance Pleased to meet you ‘There is a wedding in the family. People have travelled from all over the place. At the dinner table two people who have never met before find out each other’s names and where they come from. Listen to the recording. a What is the man’s name? Now read the dialogue: Homme Bonjour, je m'appelle Alain. Et vous, comment vous appelez-vous? Femme Je m'appelle Claire. Homme Enchanté de faire votre connaissance, Claire! Vous tes d'ou? Femme Je suis de Paris, Et vous? Homme Moi, jo suis de Marseille. b What is the woman’s name? ¢ Where is Claire from? d Where is Alain from? aman awoman ‘Comment vous appelez-vous? What is your nam ‘Je m’appel My name is ... Vous étes d’oi? Where are you from? moi me Find the French for: ¢ Lam from Paris f Pleased to meet you. To say where you are from you can name a town or a country: Je suis de New York Je suis du Canada Tam from Wales Lam from the United States Je suis de Bordeaux Je suis de Londres Je suis du Pays de Galles Je suis des Etats-Unis Gexercise 1 D’out étes-vous? Where are you from? You are Frangois or Frangoise, a guest at the wedding, You are from Boulogne. Fill in your part of the dialogue. Lucien Bonjour, je m’appelle Lucien. Et vous, comment vous appelez-vous? Vous a Give your name. Lucien Enchanté de faire votre connaissance. D’ou étes-vous? Vous b Say where you are from. Say ‘And you?" to ask where Lucien is from. Lucien Je suis de Bruxelles. Now do the exercise again, using your own identity. Grammar 31 Des nombres et des chiffres ‘Numbers and figures ‘The following table should allow you to work out numbers from 0 to 69. 0 2ér0 10 dix 21 vingt et un Tun 11 onze 22 vingt-deux 2 deux 12. douze 23 vingt-trois 3 trois 13 treize 30 trente 4 quatre 14 quatorze 31 trente et un 5 cing 15 quinze 32 trente-deux 6 six 16 seize 40 quarante 7 sept 17 dix-sept 50 cinquante 8 huit 18 dix-huit 60 soixante 9 neuf 19 dix-neuf 61 soixante et un 20 vingt 69 soixante-neuf Look at the numbers above, listen to how they sound, and repeat after the speaker, G Exercise 2 Le Loto Look at the KENO® grid on the next page and answer the questions which follow. a For each grid how many numbers can you tick? b How many winning numbers are drawn every day? ¢ How much does it cost if you have two draws? If you have one draw? d Listen to the recording. Write down all the numbers you hear and find out if you have any of the winning numbers. BDI you know that the French National Lottery started in 1918 to fund the war widows’ pensions, soldiers’ disability pensions and the ‘upkeep and education of the First World War orphans? In 1933 it became officially la Loterie Nationale and it existed as ‘such until 1990. The lottery is now run by a body called La Frangaise des Jeux. ‘syomjuco eioqwiosd ZS PenAQUE JOUR, 20 NUMEROS GAGNANTS Tine, SS8Pe| HERNEAE) (TARRANA) hsamaA) |pdenicbe| [esketers | [-nrsiel(oice SHG) |CNSeeBe) |>eesauK [Ldmeaes| eck la ‘ a5) | a stom uoe siowed FE Igiclalelerek| Er] 2 20 (©Tous droits réservés la Frargaise des Jeux 2 Je suis la mére d’Isabelle / am Isabelle’s mother Isabelle Lejeune and David Miller are getting married in Rouen in Normandy. David is English but works in France. Isabelle is French, At the wedding there are lots of people from both families. Listen to one of the conversations where people introduce themselves. Listen for the first time to the recording, a Who is Héléne Lejeune? b Whose aunt is Anne Thompson? Listen once more, ¢ Is Anne Thompson English? What is her husband’s name? Listen a final time. © Where does she live? Madame Lejeune Bonjour Madame, je m'appelle Héléne Lejeune. Je suis la mére d'lsabelle, Et vous comment vous appolez-vous? Anne Thompson Enchantée de faire votre connaissance. Je ‘m'appelle Anne Thompson, je suis la tante de David, Madame Lejeune Ah, vous étes anglaise? Anne Thompson Non, non, je suis francaise. Je suis mariée & Mark Thompson, I'oncle de David. J'habite en. Angleterre, Madame Lejeune Ah trés bien! Enchantée! Anne Thompson — Voici mon fils Raphaal et voil& ma file Sophie. Raphaél, Sophie, je vous présente Madame Lejeune, la maman d'isabelle, Raphaél Bonjour Madame. Sophie Bonjour. ‘Now read the written dialogue and try to find out how to say the following in Frencl f Llive in England i Myson. g David's aunt j_ My daughter fh Let me introduce you to Madame ... Check your answers at the back of the book. Grammar 2 Voici/voila This is/that is Voici is used when introducing a first person, standing next to you. Voild is for introducing a second person, possibly standing further away from you. More generally: Voici is for pointing out someone or something close by. Voi for pointing out somcone or something slightly further away from you, 8 La famille The family ‘soeju0e exoqwosd 20 sioeueo sio}werd 20 1 Voici Jacques, le frére de Monsieur Norbert. 2 Voici Gaétan, le fils des Norbert. 3 Voici Madame Norbert. 4 Voici Monsieur Norbert. 5 Et voila Joélle, la fille des Norbert. Voici ta famille Charcot (3 Tu as quel Age? How old are you? The children at the wedding are getting to know one another. Read what they say. Camille Bonjour, je m'appelle Camille ... et toi comment tu 'appelles? ‘Sophie Moi, je m'appelle Sophie. Et mon frére s'appelle Raphaal. Camille Moi je suis la sceur d'lsabelle. Je n’al pas de trere. Sophie Tu as quel age? Camille J'ai douze ans. Sophie Ah moi aussi 'ai douze ans! Mon frére, il a quatorze ans. the sister the brother la scour le frére ma soeur my sister mon frére my brother moi me tol you Note that to say my in French you must use ma in front of a feminine word and mon in front of a masculine word. Find the French for the following: a Tam twelve years old. 7 b My brother, he is fourteen. ¢ Idon't have a brother. d Me too! € How old are you? sioeu00 siojuioad GPronunciation In French, words tend to be linked together, particularly when the second of two words starts with a vowel. When saying her age Camille says: ai douze ans. These four short words are heard as two groups of sounds: [jai douzan]. 20 Sophie says of her brother Il a quatorze ans which, again, is heard as two sets of sounds: [ila quatorzan). Ic is important to know how the numbers are spelt because the last letter of the number is always linked with an(s) year. Here are some more examples: * Isabelle? Elle a vingt-cing ans. [ella vintcincan| * Danielle? Elle a trente ans. [ella trentan] Note that the e at the end of trente, quarante, etc. is not heard. * Arnaud? Il a neuf ans. [ila neuvan) (an f sounds like a v when linking two words) Gi Exercise 3 Quel age avez-vous? ‘Try saying the following in French: a Lam twenty-one years old. b He is thirty-eight, € She is sixty-nine, d He is forty, Now listen to the recording to hear the answers, G4 Vous parlez francais? Do you speak French? Still at the wedding, Héléne and Anne discuss which language is spoken in the Thompson houschold. Listen to the recording a few times and see whether you can answer the following questions a Which two languages are mentioned? b Does she speak English or French with Mark, her husband? © What does Mark teach? Hélene Lejeune Vous parlez francais avec les enfants? ‘Anne Thompson Oui, je parle frangais & la maison. Les enfants parlent couramment les deux langues. Et avec Mark? ‘Avec mon mari je parle frangals ou anglais, cola

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