french lesson 2

2. Louis a mal

                                                    Grammaire       

1st Group verbs: ER verbs - These are the verbs with last two letters as ER. They follow the same type of conjugation.

Examples:  1) tomber –to fall down

                      2) pleurer – to cry

                       3) raconter – to recite

                       4) aimer – to like

                         5) adorer – to love

                         6) détester – to hate

                         7) danser – to dance

                          8) chanter – to sing

                           9) regarder –to see

                          10) penser – to think

                          11) écouter – to listen

There are many more. Above just a few examples. When written in above form they are called infinitives or original verbs.

Now following is called the conjugation of the verb. Here is an example.

                                         Regarder – to see

Je regarde – I see

Tu regardes – you see

Il regarde – he sees

Elle regarde – she sees

On regarde – everybody sees

Nous regardons – we see

Vous regardez – you see (plural, formal)

Ils regardent – they see

Elles regardent – they see (only fem subject)

                                     GER & CER VERBS

1. Till here it is the revision as we already had ER verbs in 6^th class. There is a small group of GER verbs. So the last 3 letters we have to see.

e.g. 1) voyager –to travel

         2) manger – to eat

         3) nager – to swim

          4) ranger – to arrange

Note that in above verbs last three letters are GER. The conjugation of these verbs is same as ER verbs except for NOUS. Let us write it.

                                Voyager – to travel

Je voyage – I travel

Tu voyages – you travel

Il voyage – he travels

Elle voyage – she travels

On voyage – everybody travels

Nous voyageons – we travel

Vous voyagez – you travel

Ils voyagent –they travel

Elles voyagent – they travel

Look at the conjugation of nous. It is different than other ER verbs. At the end it has ‘eons and other ER verbs have just ‘ons’.

2. Another small group of verbs is CER verbs. They have last three letters as cer.

e.g. 1) commencer – to start

         2) avancer – to progress

         3) placer – to place

                          Avancer – to progress

J’avance – I progress

Tu avances – you progress

Il avance – he progresses

Elle avance – she progresses

On avance – everybody progresses

Nous avançons – we progress

Vous avancez – you progress

Ils avancent – they progress

Elles  avancent – they progress

Again look at the conjugation of Nous, it has ‘ç’ instead of ‘c’.

                                     Les adjectifs possessifs

	Masc. Sing.noun	Fem.sing. noun	Masc/fem plural
my	Mon e.g. mon cahier – my notebook	Ma e.g. ma maison – my house	Mes Mes cahiers –my notebooks Mes maisons – my houses
Your (for tu/informal)	Ton e.g. ton stylo – your pen	Ta e.g. ta gomme – your eraser	Tes e.g. tes stylos – your pens tes gommes – your erasers
His/her	Son e.g. son pays – his/her country	Sa e.g. sa sœur – his/her sister	Ses e.g. ses pays – his/her countries ses sœurs – his/her sisters
our	Notre e.g. notre père – our father	Notre e.g. notre voiture – our car	Nos e.g. nos parents – our parents nos voitures – our cars
Your (for vous/formal)	Votre e.g. votre crayon – your pencil	Votre e.g. votre école – your school	Vos e.g. vos crayons – your pencils vos écoles – your schools
Their	Leur e.g. leur livre – their book	Leur e.g. leur chaise – their chair	Leurs e.g. leurs livres – their books leurs chaises – their chairs

                                            Vocabulaire

Les parties de visage- parts of the face

1)   une tête – head

2)   un front – forehead

3)   des cheveux – hair

4)   un sourcil – eyebrow

5)   un cil – eyelash

6)   un œil – eye (des yeux – eyes)

7)   une oreille – ear

8)   une joue – cheek

9)   un nez – nose

10)                      une dent –tooth

11)                      un menton – chin

12)                      une bouche – mouth

13)                      un visage – face

Les parties du corps – parts of the body

1)   un cou – neck

2)   un bras – limb

3)   un épaule – shoulder

4)   un dos – back

5)   une main – hand

6)   un doigt – finger

7)   une poitrine – chest

8)   un coude – elbow

9)   un ventre – stomach

10)          une jambe – leg

11)          un genou – knee

12)          un pied – foot

13)          in orteil –toe

Please learn all the spellings for the vocab. Also you need to learn the conjugations.