Monday, February 25, 2013

La famille


Ici des liens pour practiquer le vocabulaire de la famille:

Ici des videos pour ecouter le vocabulaire de la famille:




Monday, February 4, 2013

Les groupes de verbes en français


In French, there are three verb groups. These are:

  1. Verbs that end in -ER
  2. Verbs that end in -IR
  3. Verbs that end in -RE
The verbs are divided into groups because their conjugation depends in which group they belong. For example the first group conjugated in the present indicative goes like this:

> AIMER = j'aime, tu aimes, il aime, elle aime, nous aimons, vous aimez, ils aiment, elles aiment.

Practice makes perfect!
Start by identifying which group the verbs in the picture above belong to. Then practice conjugating the first group (-ER) by following the example given. Later we will practice the other groups. Bonne chance!

Conjugaison des verbes

  Ouais! Il est très facile de conjuguer en français!

This is the trick I teach my students which works with Romance languages:

Root + Ending (according to time and person) = Conjugated Verb
  1. Take the infinitive form of the verb, example AIMER.
  2. Eliminate the ending -ER (which in this case is the infinitive ending). Example: AIMER - ER= AIM
  3. What you are left with is called the root of the verb (AIM).
  4. Add the root with the ending according to time and person. Example: AIM + ES* = AIMES 
  5. Practice until perfect!


*(-ES = second person in present de l'indicatif)
*(Tu aimes)

Verbes dans le present de l'indicatif


Monday, January 28, 2013

L'heure

Telling time is  important where ever you go. Here is a summary of time telling in French.


  • To ask for the time you say "Quelle heure est-il?"
  • To say the time you say "Il est trois heures et demie."
  • If is it in the morning you add "du matin" at the end. For example, "Il est six heures du matin."
  • If it is afternoon you add "de l'après-midi".
  • If it is dark out,  you say "du soir".
  • Remember that one heure is "un heure" and two hours is "deux heures" Dont forget to make it plural!


If you want to practice more time telling, click in the links below.
LIEN 1
LIEN 2
LIEN 3

Les nombres de 0 à 20

Ecoutez-le ici: LIEN

Jeu: LIEN

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Les accents en français


Having difficulties with the different French accents? Have you ever wonder what are the differences in their pronunciation? Well look no further! These videos will certainly help you with those confusing accents.

L'alphabet avec des animaux


In this video you will learn the pronunciation of the alphabet as well as animal names in French.

Les salutations en français


This a great summary of the salutations in French both formal and informal.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Jeu de mémoire


One of my favorite games as a kids was the memory game. This jeu de mémoire  is a great way to relate images to basic French vocabulary. Click on the link below to play, and make sure to have your speakers on!


Jeux de mots


Des jeux de mots!

A fun way to keep your brain active and thinking in French is word games, or des jeux de mots! Here is a easy word search puzzle or mots mêlés that can help you improve your vocabulary. Bonne chance! 


Monday, January 7, 2013

L'alphabet


L'alphabet!

Before learning any language you should know how to pronounce correctly each individual letter. Here are some videos where they spell each individual letter so you can perfect the French accent! Oh la la!



Les Salutations




Les salutations are the basic greetings one can use when we meet people.

We already know "bonjour" which means "good day", so how do we say "good bye"? Here you can find a link and a video where you can read a listen the proper pronunciation in French. In no time you will learn to properly greet in France! Bonne journée!

Salutations

Bonjour mes petites!

Bonjour mes petites!

Voilá un blog pour apprendre le français!

This blog is intended for my personal students and their personal assignments. If you are just passing by, you could also take benefit of this blog.

In this blog I feature links of other websites and blogs to help the learning process. Feel free to click around and play as you learn! À bientôt!