FIA Grammar Chapter 8

Question 1

How do you pronounce toutou (/u/) vs. tutu (/y/)?

Answer 1

They both have rounded, slightly protruding lips. Once the lips are rounded and extended, the /u/ sound in toutou is produced with the tongue pulled toward the back of the mouth, like when pronouncing “pool.” To get from the /u/ sound of toutou to the /y/ sound of tutu, the tongue advances toward the rounded lips and comes to rest just short of the space between the teeth.

Question 2

How do you say the following numbers?

100, 101, 102

200, 201, 202

999

1. 000, 2.000
2. 000.000, 2.000.000

Answer 2

cent, cent un, cent deux

deux cents, deux cent un, deux cent deux

neuf cent quatre-vignt-dix-neuf

mille, deux mille

un million, deux millions

Question 3

What are the two ways to say the following years?

1623

1945

Answer 3

1623: mil six cent vingt-trois or seize cent vingt-trois
1945: mil neuf cent quarante-cinq or dix-neuf cent quarante-cinq

Question 4

How do you combine definite articles (le, la, l’, les) with de to indicate an unspecified amount or quantity?

Answer 4

de le = du

de la = de la

de l’ = de l’

de les = des

Question 5

In negative expressions, what do indefinite articles become?

• Il a du temps.*
• Il a de l’argent.*
• Il a des relations.*

Answer 5

They become pas de or pas d’.

• Il n’a pas de temps.*
• Il n’a pas d’argent.*
• Il n’a pas de relations.*

Question 6

What are the first person (my), second person (your), and third person singular (his, her) possessive adjectives?

Answer 6

1st: mon, ma, mes
2nd: ton, ta, tes
3rd: son, sa, ses

Question 7

What singular possessive adjectives do you use in the case of a liaison?

My great-grandmother.

Answer 7

• Mon, ton,* or son regardless of the gender of what is possessed.
• Mon arrière grand-mère.*

Question 8

What are three ways you can ask what something is? Which is the colloquial way, which is the middle level of speech, and which is affected?

Answer 8

Colloquial - C’est quoi?

Middle level - Qu’est-ce que c’est?

Affected - Qu’est-ce?

Question 9

What are three ways you can ask who someone is? Which is the colloquial way, which is the middle level of speech, and which is refined?

Answer 9

Colloquial - C’est qui? or Qui c’est?

Middle level - Qui est-ce que c’est?

Refined - Qui est-ce?