Les rapas

Question 1

Les plats - plates/dishes (of food)

Answer 1

Some vocabulary:

To say what food you like and don’t like you can use:
J’aime…….. Je n’aime pas
J’adore……. Je n’aime pas tellement
Je préfère….. Je déteste………

Les repas - meals
Petit déjeuner - breakfast Le matin - the morning
Déjeuner - lunch À midi - at midday, noon, lunch
Le dîner - dinner Le soir - evening
Le dessert - dessert
Les entrées - starters
Rôti - roasted

Question 2

L’article partiif

Sometimes we need to express quantities that cannot be counted. These things are unaccountable.

In English we say we will have ‘some’ of them, but we can also leave ‘some’ or ‘any’ out and it is implicitly understood.

For example: I would like (some) rice. I don’t want (any) sauce.

In French, this is expressed with the partitif article. It is obligatory and cannot be left out.

Question 3

Forms of the partitif article

Singular masuline = du (de+ le), de l’ (+ vowel)
examples - du fromage, du pain, de l’argent

Singular feminine = de la, de l’ (+ vowel)
examples - de la tarte, de la glace, de l’omelette

Plural = des (de + les)
examples - des oeufs, des pâtes

Answer 3

Remember - partitif articles are used to refer to an unspecified quantity of a certain amount of something

Question 4

Le partitif article examples:

Answer 4

Tu as de la courage? (You have courage)

Nous avons de l’argent (We have some money)

Michel écoute de la musique (Michel is listening to some music)

Je voudrais du melon, s’il vous plaît (I would like some melon, please)

Question 5

The difference between articles

Definite article (le, la, l’ , les)

Answer 5

• It is known already or already defined.
• Countries
• Talking about something generally (J’aime les chiens)
• The thing is evident through context (Le lit est confortable)
• Definite articles can be contracted (au, aux, du, des,)

Question 6

The difference between articles

Indefinite article (un, une, des)

Answer 6

• Exists but it is unspecified - je veux acheter une voiture
• When you want just one - je prends un croissant

Question 7

The difference between articles

Partitif article (du, de la, des)

Answer 7

• The nouns is either abstract (l’amour, la patience) or concreate and unaccountable (du riz, du pain).
• ’ Some’ - je veux des frites
• ‘Any’ - est-ce que tu veux des fraises?
• A portion of something - je prends du poulet (not un poulet)

Question 8

Some EXCEPTIONS for the partitif article

Answer 8

1. Fixed quantitative expression

J’aime beaucoup de fraises (no de la, just de after beaucoup)

Tu as peu de patience (no de la, just de after peu)

2. Negated expressions

After negative expressions like ne..pas or ne…jamais,
de la, du, de l’ des become de or d’ .

Je vais prends du riz (affirmative)
Je ne vais pas prends de riz (negative)

Note: Être does not change like this

Vous êtes des vedettes (affirmative)
Vous n’êtes pas des vedettes (negative)

Non, ce n’est du rosbif, c’est du porc

Question 9

Boire - to drink

Une boisson - a drink, beverage

Answer 9

Present tense
je bois - I drink
tu bois - you drink
il/elle/on boit - he/she/ one drinks
nous buvons - we drink
vous buvez - you drink
ils/ells boivent - they drink

Passé composé
J’ai bu - I drank

Question 10

Venir - to come

Answer 10

Present tense
je viens - I come
tu viens - you come
il/elle/on vient - he/she/one comes
nous venons - we come
vous venez - you come
ils/elles viennent - they come

Passé composé - je suis venu (e)

Note:

1. Devenir (to become) and revenir (to come back) are conjugated the same as venir
2. These three verbs are conjugated with être in the passé composé
3. Interrogative expressions include - D’où…? (from where?) D’où venez-vous? (where are you from?)

Question 11

Le passé récent avec venir de

Answer 11

For actions that have just taken place use the construction:

present tense of venir + de (d’ ) + infinitive verb

example: je viens de finir le livre
vous venez de acheter une moto