La Mode

Question 1

Les vêtements et les couleurs

(clothing and colours)

vocabularie - pp - 150 - 151

Question 2

What are you wearing?

Answer 2

Qu’est-ce que vous portez/tu portes?

Question 3

What colour is……..?

it is ……….?

Answer 3

De quelle couleur est ……….?

il/elle est………..?

For example:
De quelle couleur est la voiture?
La voiture est blanche/ Elle est blanche.

Question 4

Colours as adjectives come after the noun. They agree with the noun in gender and size.

Colours that are noun themselves, such as ‘orange’ and ‘marron’, are invariable (they do not change in gender and size). ‘Rose’ is the exception to this rule.

Question 5

The adjectives beau (handsome, pretty, beautiful), vieux (old) and nouveau (new) are irregular and come BEFORE the nouns that they modify.

Question 6

Beau

Answer 6

Singular:
masc + consonant = beau i.e un beau costume
masc + vowel sound = bel i.e un bel homme
feminine = belle i.e une belle robe

Plural:
masculine = beaux i.e les beaux manteaux
feminine = belles i.e les belles chaussures

Question 7

Nouveau

Answer 7

Singular:
masc + consonant = nouveau i.e un nouveau vélo
masc + vowel = nouvel i.e un nouvel ami
feminine = nouvelle i.e une nouvelle moto

Plural:
masculine = nouveaux i.e les nouveaux pulls
feminine = nouvelles i.e. les nouvelles robes

Question 8

Vieux

Answer 8

Singular
masc + consonant = vieux i.e un vieux livre
masc + vowel = vieil i.e un vieil ami
feminine = vieille i.e une vieille dame

Plural
masculine = vieux i.e les vieux vêtements
feminine = vieilles i.e les vieilles personnes

Question 9

acheter - to buy

Answer 9

j'achète - I buy
tu achètes - you buy
il/elle/on achète - he/she/one buys
nous achetons - we buy
vous achetez - you buy
ils/elles achètent - they buy

Note: amener - to bring a person - is conjugated the same as acheter

Question 10

préférer - to prefer

Answer 10

je préfère - I prefer
tu préfères - you prefer
il/elle/on préfère - he/she one prefers
nous préférerons - we prefer
vous préférerez - you prefer
ils/ells préfèrent - they prefer

Note: célébrer (to celebrate) and répéter (to repeat) are conjugated the same

Question 11

espérer - to hope

Answer 11

j'espère - I hope
tu espères - you hope
il/elle/on espère - he/she/one hopes
nous espérons - we hope
vous espérez - you hope
ils/ elles espèrent - they hope

Note: posséder (to own) and considérer (to consider) are conjugated the same way

Question 12

amener - to bring people

apporter - to bring things

Answer 12

Examples:

J’amène une cousine au pique-nique

J’apporte des sandwichs au pique-nique

Question 13

Which one? That one!

Quel - which or what

• It is an interrogative adjective.
• It agrees with the noun it introduces in gender and size.

Ce - this, that or those

• It is a demonstrative adjective.
• It agrees with the noun it introduces in gender and size.

Answer 13

Masculine Feminine

Quel m/s Quelle f/s
Quels m/pl Quelles f/pl

Ce (‘cet’ before a vowel) m/s Cette f/s
Ces m/pl Ces f/pl

Note: to distinguish between people or things in distance use ‘-ci’ or ‘-là’ after the noun

Question 14

Questions with quel

Answer 14

quel/quelle/quels/quelles + noun + est-ce que + subject pronoun +conjugated verb

i.e. quel chemisier est-ce que tu achètes?

quel/quelle/quels/quelles + est/sont + la/le/l’/les + noun

i.e quel est le nom du magasin?

Question 15

Ça combien coûte? - How much does that cost?

Answer 15

combien coûte + le/ce/un + noun?
i.e combinen coûte ce livre? (How much is this book?)
combinen coûtent les CD? (How much are the books?)

combinen de + noun + est-ce que + subject pronounn + verb
i.e combien de bottes est-ce que elle achète?

Question 16

Numbers 60 - 100

Question 17

payer - to pay

Answer 17

je paie - I pay
tu paies - you pay
il/elle/on paie - he/she one pays
nous payons - we pay
vous payer - you pay
ils/elles paient - they pay

Note - personal financial vocab p. 170