LESSON NOTES

3-Minute French S1 #1
Self Introduction

CONTENTS

Dialogue - French
Main
English
Vocabulary
Sample sentences
Grammar
Cultural insight

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DIALOGUE - FRENCH
MAIN

1. Salut, je m'appelle Yasmine

2. Bonjour, je m'appelle Yasmine Morel.

3. Ravi(e) de te rencontrer.

4. Ravi(e) de vous rencontrer.

ENGLISH

1. Hi, I'm Yasmine.

2. Good day, I'm Yasmine Morel.

3. Nice to meet you. (informal)

4. Nice to meet you. (formal)

VOCABULARY

French English Class Gender

Salut Hi, or bye interjection

je I pronoun

Bonjour Good morning interjection

m'appelle am called verb

ravi(e) delighted adjective

de to preposition

te you pronon

rencontrer to meet verb

vous you pronoun neuter

enchanté(e) nice to meet you, pleased to meet you adjective feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES

J'aime prendre un café le matin et un thé l'après- Je prends le petit-déjeuner seul tous les jours.
midi.
I eat breakfast alone every day.
I like coffee in the morning and tea in the
afternoon.

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 Je suis... je suis

I am... I'm

Je suis triste. Je m'appelle Anne Proust.

I'm sad. "My name is Anne Proust."

La femme te souriait. Je rencontre des gens à mon travail.

"The woman smiled at you." "I meet people at my work."

On peut se rencontrer à la gare. J'adorerais rencontrer tes parents.

"We can meet at the station." "I would love to meet your parents."

Je rencontre des gens à mon travail. Vous êtes invité.

"I meet people at my work." "You are invited."

Quel âge avez-vous? Elle est enchantée de vous voir.

"How old are you?" "She is pleased to see you."

Il est enchanté de vous rencontrer.

"He is pleased to meet you."

GRAMMAR
In this lesson you will learn how to introduce yourself.

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 Register French English Important Notes

Phrase informal Salut, je Hi I'm

1 m'appelle
Yasmine

Word 1 Salut Hi

Word 2 je I

Word 3 m'appelle am called conjugated verb

Word 4 Yasmine person's

name

Phrase formal Bonjour, je Good day,

2 m'appelle I'm
Yasmine Yasmine
Morel. Morel.

Word 1 Bonjour Good

morning

Word 2 je I

Word 3 m'appelle am called conjugated verb

Word 4 Yasmine person's

Morel full name

Phrase informal Ravi(e) de te Nice to

3 rencontrer. meet you.

Word 1 ravi(e) delighted The pronunciation is the same but when written there
is a difference if the speaker is male or female. For a
female, we write an "e" at the end.

Word 2 de to

Word 3 te you

Word 4 rencontrer meet

Phrase formal Ravi(e) de Nice to

4 vous meet you.
rencontrer.

Word 1 ravi(e) delighted The pronunciation is the same but when written there
is a difference if the speaker is male or female. For a
female, we write an "e" at the end.

Word 2 de to

Word 3 vous you

Word 4 rencontrer meet

CULTURAL INSIGHT
When you introduce yourself, it's a good habit to shake hands in France and, if you are not sure whether
to use the formal or informal version, just say simply enchanté(e).
If you use the correct sentence with French people, they're definitely going to be impressed!

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