Chapter 6 Flashcards
célibataire
single
Use célibataire in a sentence.
Je suis célibataire.
en couple
in a relationship
marié/mariée
married
How is marié/mariée pronounced? Which one is feminine/masculine?
They’re pronounced the same. Marié is to describe married men, and mariée ito describe married women.
We use adjectives like marié and mariée with what?
être
What is PACS?
(Pacte civil de solidarité) is s a civil partnership between two people that allow different or same sex couples to be legal romantic partners.
What are the forms of pascé with être?
Il est pacsé. Ils sont pacsés.
Elle est pacsée. Elles sont pacsées.
What does mais mean?
but
What are the forms of divorcé?
Il est divorcé.
Elle est divorcée.
Ils est divorcès.
Elles est divorcés.
en union libre
in a cohabitation agreement (an unmarried couple who live together)
ne… pas
not
How do you form a negative sentence?
To form a negative sentence we use the words ne and pas. We place ne before the verb and pas just after it.
Ne or n’?
When the verb starts with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) ne becomes n’. However pas always stays the same.
Change this into it’s negative form:
Elle est contente.
Elle n’est pas contente. (She’s not happy.)
Regarding negatives:
Differentiate between spoken and written French.
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) 🗣
“Ce n’est pas” or “c’est pas”?
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…”.
How do you say you’re not in good form at the moment?
Nous ne sommes pas en forme en ce moment.
ce soir
tonight
How do you say you’re not stressed?
Je ne suis pas stressé.
inquiet
worry
What are the accents prevalent in these words?
étudiant - student
collègue - colleague
âge - age
naïve - naive
français - French
´ - 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)
What letter do we find l’accent aigu on?
e
What is the main purpose of l’accent grave on a and u?
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.
What letters can we find l’accent circonflex?
Next up is the accent circonflexe (ˆ). We can find this one on the letters “a”, “e”, “i”, “o” and “u”.
What is l’accenr circonflex used for?
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).
