French I, Semester I; L'Heure

Sections:

Introduction  |   Section 1  |  Section 2  |   Section 3   |  Dictionaries

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |  Part C  |   Part D  |   Part E  |   Part F

Section One - Part F Small Words In composing sentences in a foreign language, we see lots of small words that seem to be insignificant. Looking at the sentences that were in Part E: Je vais à la banque parce que j'ai besoin d'argent. Le monsieur va à l'hôpital parce qu'il a besoin de voir le médecin. Les jeunes filles vont au magasin de musique parce qu'elles ont besoin d'acheter un CD. Nous allons à la poste parce que nous avons besoin d'envoyer une lettre. Tu vas à la pharmacie parce que tu as besoin d'acheter des médicaments. The little words we need to focus on now are in bold above. Remember that, generally, any of the forms of aller are followed by à, which means "at" or "to." As you can see in the examples above, sometimes à changed to au. Do we say la magasin or le magasin? You know that magasin is masculine and that we say le magasin. So, what you need to remember here is that à + le = au. The other thing to notice is that if le is in front of a noun that begins with a vowel, it becomes l'. But, you already knew that, didn't you? See if you can tell what the following should be, au, à la or à l'. Click on the word in bold to see the correct answer. Je vais à la poste. Tu vas à l' église. Nous allons au musée. Le monsieur va à la piscine. Ils vont au marché. Je vais à la pharmacie. Discussion Go to the Discussion 1f and say where you generally go on four different days of the week. You should use à la, au or à l' in your statements. Ask two questions of your classmates, inquiring where they go on different days and respond to at least one question while you are there. Use what you have learned in this course and write in complete sentences. This assignment is worth 12 points. Practice Use this practice session to become familiar with the concepts of this lesson module.  Preparation for Section Quiz! Be sure to go back through the material that you have covered in this unit to be fully prepared for the Section 1 Quiz.   Go to Section 1 Quiz now. Bon courage!

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