Leçon 3- Une journée de Pauline- Overview

This lesson is about day to day activities, daily routine and

French meal (food habits of French people). In this lesson
you will learn to tell the time in French and to narrate your
daily schedule, events in a logical order. In grammar section
you will learn the pronominal verbs, verbs ending in RE (3rd
group), contracted articles and partitive articles.

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 Les verbes pronominaux (pronominal /reflexive verbs)

• Remember most of the reflexive verbs end in ‘er’ and we follow the
same method which is meant for conjugating the verbs in ‘er’.
• The only difference between reflexive & non-reflexive verbs is that
reflexive verbs require reflexive pronouns- me, te, se to be placed
after the subject pronoun.
• Me, te, se are shortened to m’,t’,s’, if the reflexive begins with a
vowel ex: s’habiller, s’appeler etc.
• Few commonly used proniminal verbs are- se lever (to get up), se
laver(to wash), se reveiller(to wake up), s’appeler (to call),
• s’asseoir (to sit), s’approcher de (to approach), se brosser (to
brush), se baigner (to bath), se doucher (to take a shower), se
facher (to get angry), se peigner (to comb), se raser (to shave)
Verbes ending in ‘RE’ & Contracted Articles (to the/at the &
of the/from the)

• Verbs ending in RE are conjugated by removing the ‘re’ from the

verb and add the endings- s, s, __ __, ons, ez, ent, ent
• Verb- Répondre (to reply): Je reponds, tu reponds, il/elle repond,
nous repondons, vous repondez, ils/elles repondent.
• Few more regular RE ending verbs are- vendre, attendre, entendre,
rendre, descendre, pretendre (to pretend), ascendre (to ascend)
• Contracted articles are of two types- with preposition ‘à’ and with
preposition ‘de’.
• With ‘à the articles are- au à la, à l’, aux. In English they mean ( to
the/ at the). And with de they are- du de la del’, des. In English they
mean (of the/ from the)They all change as per the gender of the
noun.

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 Partitive Articles (some)

• A partitive article consists of the preposition ‘de’ followed by a

definite article. There are four partitive articles- du (m), de la (f), del’
(before a vowel), des (pl).
• They are frequently used before a singular noun that represents
something that can divided into smaller parts like liquids, food etc.
• The English meaning of partitive articles is- some.
• These articles usually indicates an undetermined quantity. It is use
after verbs expressing possession or consumption.
• Few verbs after which partitive articles are used are- manger, boire,
prendre, acheter, vouloir etc.
• NOTE : With verbs showing preference like – aimer, adorer,
préférer, detester, definite articles are used instead of partitive
articles.

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 Quelques examples des articles contrates et Partitifs

• Contracté: Partitif :
• Je parle au professeur Je mange du poulet
• Je parle à la dame Elle boit de la soupe
• Tu parles à l’ enfant Tu prends de l’omlette
• Elle parle aux enfants Nous achetons des sucre
• Voila le vélo du garçon
• C’est la robe de la fille
• C’est le jouet de l’enfant
• C’est l’école des élèves.

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