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13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Basics-1/tips 1/3 Welcome and bienvenue! Salut! Did you know? French is an oﬃcial language in 29 diﬀerent countries! Let’s get started with the basics. Welcome and bienvenue to the French course. French sounds A lot of French sounds are similar to English ones! Let’s look at some vowels. chat, salut as in "father" a Basics 1 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Basics-1/tips 2/3 je as in "petition" nuit, pizza as in "Lisa" homme, gros as in "or" To practice the French u, round your lips (pucker up, buttercup!) and say ee. tu, salut say "ee" while puckering your lips Gender In French, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. Masculine nouns use un, and feminine nouns use une. un garçon a boy je i o u Basics 1 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Basics-1/tips 3/3 une ﬁlle a girl masculine feminine un homme a man une femme a woman un chien a dog une pizza a pizza I think, therefore... In English, we say I am but you are. In French, you do the same thing! je I suis am tu you es are il / elle he / she est is Basics 1 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Greetings/tips 1/3 Hello there! Like in English, some French greetings depend on the time of day. Bonjour ! Good morning! Good afternoon! Bonsoir ! Good evening! If you’re being casual, you can say Salut ! any time of day! Greetings 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Greetings/tips 2/3 Salut ! Hi! / Bye! How are you? Ça va can be used both to ask how someone is doing and to answer the question! Salut, ça va ? Hi, how are you? Ça va, et toi ? I’m ﬁne, and you? Accents In French, an accent mark over a letter can make a new sound. Greetings 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Greetings/tips 3/3 je as in "petition" journée similar to "bay" très as in "bet" If the last letter of a word is an e (without an accent!), it’s usually silent. femme woman bonne nuit good night je é è Greetings 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Basics-2/tips 1/2 Verbs English verbs don’t change that much. For example, we say I run, you run, he runs, and so on. But French verbs change a lot! je I parle speak tu you parles speak il / elle he / she parle speaks But don't be fooled! The s in parles is actually silent, so all these forms are pronounced the same! Gender In French, adjectives can look diﬀerent depending on the gender of what they describe. Normally, feminine adjectives end in e. Gabriel est espagnol. Gabriel is Spanish. Sarah est espagnole. Sarah is Spanish. Il est américain. He is American. Elle est américaine. She is American. Sometimes the extra e changes the sound a little, so listen carefully! Basics 2 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Basics-2/tips 2/2 Use your nose! Some French sounds are nasal, meaning the air goes through the nose! With these, the n after the vowel isn’t pronounced. It’s just there to let you know to use your nose! mange, enchanté nasal “ah” jardin, intelligent nasal “eh” non, garçon nasal "oh" un, lundi nasal "uh" an in on un Basics 2 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/People/tips 1/2 French sounds Make sure you’re Frenchifying your pronunciation! chat, chien as in "bush" ça va, garçon as in "salad" heure, homme, habite silent, as in "hour" bonjour, journée as in "measure" Often, the ﬁnal letter of a word is silent, especially if it’s an s or t. For example, suis or chat. J'habite à Paris ! chat ça heure je People 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/People/tips 2/2 French has two words for in. You’ll use à with cities but en with many countries. J’habite à Paris. I live in Paris. J’habite en France. I live in France. Je travaille à Madrid. I work in Madrid. Je travaille en Espagne. I work in Spain. Je suis à Londres. I’m in London. Je suis en Angleterre. I’m in England. Spelling Many French sounds can be spelled diﬀerent ways. Sound Spelling o as in "go" gros Paul beaucoup è as in "set" très anglais in nasal "eh" vin américain People 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Travel/tips 1/3 The, the, or the? Le goes with masculine nouns. le garçon the boy La goes with feminine ones. la femme the woman But if the word starts with a vowel or silent h, use l’ instead! l’homme the man Tu as un passeport ? Most French verbs change really predictably. But some verbs just do their own thing and don’t follow typical patterns. je vais Travel 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Travel/tips 2/3 I go tu you vas go il / elle he / she va goes If a verb begins with a vowel, be sure to change je to j’! j' I ai have tu you as have il / elle he / she a has Oh, gee! In French, g is pronounced diﬀerently if it’s followed by e, i or n. gants, Gustave, tango as in "gap" mange, girafe like a French j, as in "measure" gants mange Travel 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Travel/tips 3/3 compagne, espagnol, Espagne as in "onion" compagne Travel 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Family/tips 1/3 Ma famille ! In English we say my mother and my father. In French you’d say mon père and ma mère, because words like my and your change based on the gender of the word after them! masculine feminine mon père my father ma mère my mother ton frère your brother ta sœur your sister son ﬁls his / her son sa ﬁlle his / her daughter Fille and femme Fille can mean either girl or daughter. Femme can mean woman or wife. Just pay attention to the context to ﬁgure out which one someone means! Family 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Family/tips 2/3 une femme et une ﬁlle a woman and a girl C'est la ﬁlle de Julia. This is Julia’s daughter. Family 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Family/tips 3/3 Ma femme s'appelle Alice. My wife’s name is Alice. Whose kid is this? In English, we say Marie’s cat. But in French, you’d switch the word order and say le chat de Marie. le chat de Marie Marie’s cat Before vowels, de becomes d’. le chien d’Anna Anna’s dog Family 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Activities/tips 1/3 Using nous Remember, French verbs change form depending on who’s doing the action. With nous, most verbs end in ‑ons. nous we voulons want avons have habitons live Verbs Some verbs feature some spelling changes! je I veux want tu you veux want il / elle he / she veut wants nous we voulons want Au wow! Activities 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Activities/tips 2/3 In French, à and le are never used together. Instead, they combine into au! Tu vas au restaurant. You are going to the restaurant. Activities 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Activities/tips 3/3 Elle va au zoo. She is going to the zoo. Activities 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/People-2/tips 1/5 Plural Talking about more than one thing in French works just like in English — just add s! But in French, that plural s is usually silent. un chat one cat People 2 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/People-2/tips 2/5 deux chats two cats Also, le, la and l’ become les. les garçons the boys Take that! The verb prendre has an s ending for both the je and tu forms. People 2 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/People-2/tips 3/5 je I prends take tu you prends take il / elle he / she prend take Ils and elles Ils and elles both mean they. Use elles for groups of only women, and use ils for groups of men or mixed groups. Ils sont étudiants. They are students. People 2 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/People-2/tips 4/5 Elles sont étudiantes. They are students. Pronunciation In many French words, the ﬁnal consonant is silent. But in some situations, you need to pronounce that sound when it’s followed by a vowel or silent h! People 2 13/12/2019 Duolingo - The world's best way to learn French https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/People-2/tips 5/5 les hôtels the hotels People 2 13/12/2019 uploads/s1/ duolingo-guide.pdf