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.