Family 2

Adjectives
If you’re talking about a pluralnoun, add s to the adjectivetoo!

La femme est contente.

The woman is happy.

Les femmes sont contentes.

The women are happy.

J'aime mes parents !

In English, we say my brother and my brothers. But in French, if you

have more than one brother, words like my and your change!

mon frère mes frères

ta sœur tes sœurs

sa voiture ses voitures

Introductions
Can you introduce us? Use c’est for one person, and ce sont for
more than one person.

C’est ma mère.
This is my mother.

Ce sont mes parents.

These are my parents.
Restaurant

Tu prends un thé ?
We’ve seen that Je prends un taxi means I am taking a taxi.
Prendre has other meanings, too!

Tu prends un thé ?
Are you having a tea?

Non. Je prends un café.

No. I’m having a coffee.

Je voudrais un verre d'eau!

D’oh! Remember, if a noun begins with a vowel, you use d’instead of
de. It makes the words run a little smoother!

une bouteille d’eau

a bottle of water

un fromage d’Italie
a cheese from Italy

Travel

The, the, or the?

Le
goes with masculine nouns.

le garçon
the boy
La
goes with feminine ones.

la femme
the woman

But if the word starts with a vowel or silent h, use l’ instead!

l’homme
the man

Tu as un passeport ?
Most French verbs change really predictably. But some verbs just do
their own thing and don’t follow typical patterns.

je vais
I go

tu vas
you go

il va
/ goes
 elle
he / she

If a verb begins with a vowel, be sure to change je to j’ !

j' ai
I have

tu as
you have

il
/ a
elle has
he / she

Oh, gee!
In French, g is pronounced differently if it’s followed by e, i or n.

gants
gants,
Gustave,
tango
as in "gap"

mange
mange,
girafe
like a French j, as in "measure"

compagne
com
pag
ne,
espagnol,
Espagne
as in "onion"

Family

Ma famille !
In English we say my mother and my father. In French you’d say
mon père and ma mère, because words like my and your change
based on the gender of the word after them!

masculine feminine
 mon père ma mère
my father my mother

ton frère ta sœur

your brother your sister

son fils sa fille

his / her son his / her daughter

Fille and femme

Fille can mean either girl or daughter. Femme can mean woman or
wife. Just pay attention to the context to figure out which one someone
means!

une femme et une fille

a woman and a girl

C'est la fille de Julia.

This is Julia’s daughter.

Ma femme s'appelle Alice.

My wife’s name is Alice.
Whose kid is this?
In English, we say Marie’s cat. But in French, you’d switch the word
order and say le chat de Marie.

le chat de Marie
Marie’s cat

Before vowels, de becomes d’.

le chien d’Anna
Anna’s dog