Français I

UNE AMIEUN AMI

Une fille française

Gabrielle est française.Elle est blonde.Elle est belle.Elle est de Paris.

Un garçon français

Phillippe est français.Il est blond.Il est beau.Il est de Lyon.

Gabrielle PhillippeGabrielle est française. Phillippe

est français. Elle est blonde. Il est

blond.Elle est belle. Il est

beau.Elle est de Paris. Il est de

Lyon.What are your observations about the words that describe Gabrielle and

Phillippe?

Based on the descriptions of Gabrielle and Phillippe,which adjectives below would describe a girl? Which adjectives would describe a boy?

Grande amusante patientGrand amusant

patientePetite americain timidPetit americaine timideBrun intelligente

intéressantBrune intelligent

intéressante

According to your observations, how does French differ from English in regard to the adjectives describing Gabrielle and Phillippe?

Agreement of Nouns and Adjectives

French is a Romance language, which is a language derived from Latin. Other Romance languages are Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian. In Romance languages there is agreement between nouns and adjectives.

English , although it has adopted many words from Latin, is not a Romance language. It is a Teutonic language, like German and Dutch.

What is agreement?

In French, one type of agreement is masculine and feminine.

Feminine nouns must have feminine forms of adjectives.

Masculine nouns must have masculine adjectives.

Masculine and Feminine Adjectives

Look at the spelling of the adjectives with masculine nouns and with feminine nouns. How are they

different?La fille est grande.

Le garçon est grand.Le garçon est amusant.La fille est amusante.

How are the spellings different?

Gabrielle est française. Phillippe est français.

Elle est blonde. Il est blond.Elle est belle. Il est

beau.Elle est de Paris. Il est de

Lyon. How do the adjectives agree with the nouns?

Now, explain the differences in the following sentences:

How do most adjectives

change from the masculine

to the feminine?

Pronunciation The pronunciation of most adjectives

changes when the the spelling is changed from the masculine to the feminine.

Listen as your teacher pronounces the following words:

Français Française Amusant Amusante Intelligent intelligente Grand Grande Petit Petite

How did the pronunciation change?The final consonant in the

masculine form of the adjective is silent.

When the e is added to make the adjective feminine, the consonant is no longer silent.

Masculine or feminine? Based on these sentences, what are

the words il and elle? Which is masculine? Which is feminine?

Gabrielle est française. Phillippe est français.

Elle est blonde. Il est blond.Elle est belle. Il est

beau.Elle est de Paris. Il est de

Lyon.

Look at the agreement in the following sentences:

1.Gabrielle est une amie de Phillippe.

2.Phillippe est un ami de Gabrielle.

Masculine or feminine?

In the following sentences which words are masculine?

Which words are feminine?

1.Gabrielle est une amie de Phillippe.

2.Phillippe est un ami de Gabrielle.

Décris cette fille.

Décris ce garçon:

Pair and Share1. You will be paired with a classmate.

You are to describe that classmate in French with your new vocabulary .

2.You will use complete sentences.

3.Each of you will present your description to the class.

Au boulot!

DÉCRIS UN/UNE AMI/AMIE.