FRENCH UNIT 1A Flashcards
Vocab and using the right grammer
Making Conversation
TRUE OR FALSE?
It is polite to speak french rather than assuming your french counterpart can speak English.
True
Making Conversation
How do you properly ask a french person if they can speak English?
“Parlez-vous Anglaise?”
Making Conversation
TRUE OR FALSE?
Body language is looked down apon in french culture, you should try to remain as still as possible when speaking. Don’t use any eye contact.
False
The french use lots of body language! the more movement the merrier!
Meeting and Greeting
How should you greet a french person?
Alyways begin by using their title and surname!
ex. “Madame Chabert” or “Monsieur Agnes”
Meeting and Greeting
What title is used for young girls and unmaried women?
“Madamoiselle”
Meeting and Greeting
TRUE OR FALSE?
It is perfectly acceptable to use “tu” when speaking to an aquaintence in french.
False
“Vous” should be used when meeting someone new, it implies formailty.
Meeting and Greeting
When should you use “tu”?
When should you use your French counterparts first name?
Only when you are prolonged aquaintences or friends, this is also when you can use their first name and it should be reserved until your french counterpart uses these terms first.
Meeting and Greeting
What do you do when you are first meeting a french person?
Shake their hand (everyone in the room including children)
Sometimes the eldest person in the room will initiate this.
Meeting and Greeting
What is “Une bise”?
The touching of cheeks while kissing the air, reserved for friends, family, and familiar aquaintences.
Dining and Etiquette
DO OR DO NOT?
snap or waive at a waiter or waitress.
DO NOT
It is considered rude and arrogant.
Dining and Etiquette
DO OR DO NOT?
Catch your waiter/waitresses attention, and make a writing motion in the air.
DO
this is considered polite! good job!
Dining and Etiquette
What do you say to your waiter/waitress when youve finished your food and want to pay?
“L’addition s’il vous plait.”
Dining and Etiquette
DO OR DO NOT?
always use your utensils.
DO
Dining and Etiquette
DO OR DO NOT?
Eat with your hands.
DO NOT
always use your utensils!
DO OR DO NOT?
Bring a bottle of wine to dinner at a friends house.
DO NOT
This can imply mistrust in the hosts taste
Dining and Etiquette
DO OR DO NOT?
Send a bottle of brandy or armagnac / flowers the day after the dinner.
DO
Dining and Etiquette
DO OR DO NOT?
start eating before the host.
DO NOT
Considered impolite and eager.
Dining and Etiquette
DO OR DO NOT?
Follow the hosts lead, and wait for drinks to be served.
DO
Try to clear your plate (with a fork and a piece of bread)
Manners
Extra Credit:
what are the two french items from the “manners from around the world” article?
- Ask your host of they want you to take off your shoes when entering
- Public gum chewing is a nono.
The Issue of Gender in France
What are the french Indefinite articles
“A / An”
“words, not things or people, are gendered.”
Indefinite Articles
-Un (m.)
-Une (f.)
-Des (pl.)
The Issue of Gender in France
What are the french Definite articles
“The”
“words, not things or people, are gendered.”
Definite Articles
-Le (m.)
-La (f.)
-Les (pl.)
The Issue of Gender in France
What are the french Partitive articles
“Some”
“words, not things or people, are gendered.”
Partitive Articles
-Du (m.)
-De la (f.)
-Des (pl.)
The Issue of Gender in France
What is a good indicator of the gender of a word in french?
The end of the word!
If the word ends in (vowel)+(consonant)+-e it will likely be feminine, else it is masculine!
ex. -ine, -elle, -esse, -ette, ect.
The Issue of Gender in France
TRUE OR FALSE?
Catagories of things usually follow the same gender.
True
ex. Un mois (a month) and Le Decembre (december)
The Issue of Gender in France
What is the “derivitive rule”?
- Derivitive verbs ending in -eur are generally masculine
- Derivitive adjectives ending in -eur are generally feminine
The Issue of Gender in France
What are the nouns that go both ways?
Can you name the exceptions?
Animals, If gender is not important or unknown, we tend to use the generic masculine but otherwise it goes both ways.
exceptions:
La souris (The Mouse, f.)
Le cheval (The Horse, m.)
Jobs, generally go both ways.
exceptions:
Un professeur (m.)
Un chef (m.)
Un ecrivain (A writer, m.)
The Issue of Gender in France
What is the most commin adjestive rule in French?
ex. Amusant (fun)
masc. sing.: Amusant
fem. sing.: Amusante
masc. pl.:Amusants
fem. pl.: Amusantes
The Issue of Gender in France
If the masculine form of an adjective ends in an accented -e…
Then add -s to make plurals!:
ex. Triste (sad)
triste (m.)
triste (f.)
tristes (m. pl.)
tristes (f. pl.)
