Articles, Quantities, Stress Pronouns (OOPS)

Question 1

Which article would you use to refer to “a whole chicken?”

Answer 1

un poulet

Question 2

What set of articles are used to refer to whole amounts of things?

Answer 2

Un or une - called the INDEFINITE articles

Question 3

Which article would you use to refer to “part of a chicken”

Answer 3

Du poulet.

Question 4

How are partitive articles used?

Answer 4

To refer to a certain quantity or a certain amount of something. While the words some or any are often omitted in English, the articles du and de la must be used in French. The partitive articles are generally used after a verb which implies consumption

Question 5

Does the article have to agree with the noun in any situation?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

What are the definite articles? When are they used?

Answer 6

Le, la, l’, les are definite articles. They are used to describe a noun in a general sense (J’aime le gâteau - (as a rule) I like cake) or a specific thing (Voici le gâteau - here is the cake (I baked))

Question 7

A box, can

Answer 7

une boîte

Question 8

un morceau

Answer 8

a piece (think a morsel)

Question 9

pack or package

Answer 9

un paquet

Question 10

jar

Answer 10

un pot

Question 11

un sac

Answer 11

bag

Question 12

bottle

Answer 12

une bouteille

Question 13

une tranche

Answer 13

a slice

Question 14

What is the sentence structure for expressing quantity?

Answer 14

Expression of quantity + de + noun

Question 15

enough

Answer 15

assez de

Question 16

a lot, much, very much a lot, many

Answer 16

beaucoup de

Question 17

trop de

Answer 17

too much too many

Question 18

peu de

Answer 18

little, not much, few, not many

Question 19

a little, a little bit of

Answer 19

un peu de

Question 20

how much? how many?

Answer 20

combien de

Question 21

Can you use any form of tout le to refer to food?

Answer 21

Yes! It will agree in gender and number with the food that it introduces, and generally means “all the” or “the whole”

Question 22

un(e) autre

Answer 22

another

Question 23

d’autres

Answer 23

other

Question 24

several

Answer 24

plusieurs

Question 25

some, a few

Answer 25

quelques

Question 26

When we talk to or about others, or about ourselves we use _________.

Answer 26

When we talk to or about others, or about ourselves we use pronouns.

Question 27

Which are the subject pronouns?

Answer 27

je (j’), tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles

Question 28

When are stress pronouns used?

Answer 28

• in sentences with no verb (qui parle français? MOI! PAS TOI!)
• after c’est and ce n’est pas
  (C’EST LUI. CE N’EST PAS MOI)
• To reinforce the subject (EUX, ILS voyagent souvent)
• Before and after et and ou (Eux et moi, nous sommes amis)
• After prepositions such as:
  *Pour (je travaille POUR LUI)
  *Avec (Vous jouez au volley avec EUX)
  *Chez - home, at home; to or at someone’s house (Tu ne vas pas CHEZ TOI. Tu vas CHEZ NOUS.

Question 29

Stress pronoun for je

Answer 29

moi

Question 30

Stress pronoun for tu

Answer 30

toi

Question 31

Stress pronoun for il

Answer 31

lui

Question 32

Stress pronoun for elle

Answer 32

elle

Question 33

Stress pronoun for nous

Answer 33

nous

Question 34

Stress pronoun for vous

Answer 34

vous

Question 35

Stress pronoun for ils

Answer 35

eux

Question 36

Stress pronoun for elles

Answer 36

elles