Chapter 6

Question 1

célibataire

Answer 1

single

Question 2

Use célibataire in a sentence.

Answer 2

Je suis célibataire.

Question 3

en couple

Answer 3

in a relationship

Question 4

marié/mariée

Answer 4

married

Question 5

How is marié/mariée pronounced? Which one is feminine/masculine?

Answer 5

They’re pronounced the same. Marié is to describe married men, and mariée ito describe married women.

Question 6

We use adjectives like marié and mariée with what?

Answer 6

être

Question 7

What is PACS?

Answer 7

(Pacte civil de solidarité) is s a civil partnership between two people that allow different or same sex couples to be legal romantic partners.

Question 8

What are the forms of pascé with être?

Answer 8

Il est pacsé. Ils sont pacsés.
Elle est pacsée. Elles sont pacsées.

Question 9

What does mais mean?

Answer 9

but

Question 10

What are the forms of divorcé?

Answer 10

Il est divorcé.
Elle est divorcée.
Ils est divorcès.
Elles est divorcés.

Question 11

en union libre

Answer 11

in a cohabitation agreement (an unmarried couple who live together)

Question 12

ne… pas

Answer 12

not

Question 13

How do you form a negative sentence?

Answer 13

To form a negative sentence we use the words ne and pas. We place ne before the verb and pas just after it.

Question 14

Ne or n’?

Answer 14

When the verb starts with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) ne becomes n’. However pas always stays the same.

Question 15

Change this into it’s negative form:
Elle est contente.

Answer 15

Elle n’est pas contente. (She’s not happy.)

Question 16

Regarding negatives:
Differentiate between spoken and written French.

Answer 16

In spoken French, to make a sentence negative, people tend to drop the ne and only say pas after the verb.

Je ne suis pas content. (written French, more formal) ✍

Je suis pas content. (spoken French) 🗣

Question 17

“Ce n’est pas” or “c’est pas”?

Answer 17

The negative form of “c’est…” (it is…) is “ce n’est pas…” (it is not…). However it is becoming more common to use the informal version “c’est pas…”.

Question 18

How do you say you’re not in good form at the moment?

Answer 18

Nous ne sommes pas en forme en ce moment.

Question 19

ce soir

Answer 19

tonight

Question 20

How do you say you’re not stressed?

Answer 20

Je ne suis pas stressé.

Question 21

inquiet

Answer 21

worry

Question 22

What are the accents prevalent in these words?
étudiant - student
collègue - colleague
âge - age
naïve - naive
français - French

Answer 22

´ - é - l’accent aigu (acute accent)

` - è - l’accent grave (grave accent)

ˆ - ê - l’accent circonflexe (circumflex)

¨ - ï - l’accent tréma (diacritic accent)

¸ - ç - la cédille (cedilla)

Question 23

What letter do we find l’accent aigu on?

Answer 23

e

Question 24

What is the main purpose of l’accent grave on a and u?

Answer 24

For the letters “a” and “u”, the main purpose of the accent grave is to distinguish between words that have the same spelling but mean different things e.g. ou (or) and où (where). The pronunciation is the same.

Question 25

What letters can we find l’accent circonflex?

Answer 25

Next up is the accent circonflexe (ˆ). We can find this one on the letters “a”, “e”, “i”, “o” and “u”.

Question 26

What is l’accenr circonflex used for?

Answer 26

Often, the circumflex accent indicates that an “s” used to come after the vowel e.g. forêt (forest). Sometimes, it helps us to distinguish between two words that look the same but have different meanings e.g. sur (on) and sûr (sure).