French I, Semester I; Le Jour et la Date

Sections:

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

Section Two:

Part A  |   Part B  |   Part C

Section Two: Part B More things you like to do Let's learn to talk about some other things you might like to do. Do you remember how we learned to say "I like..."? Look and listen. J'aime manger. J'aime écouter la musique. J'aime étudier. J'aime courir. Here are some more verbs to help you express what you like to do. Repeat after the speaker until you're completely comfortable with the pronunciation. Practice Click here to practice the activities you like to do. Speedword 2   Le Pain Français Everyone has eaten "French bread." When Americans think of "French bread", they usually think of the baguette, the long, slendar bread with lots of crunchy crust. While it's true that 80% of the bread eaten in France is in the form of a baguette, there are still 81 regional types of breads, ranging from the ficelle (which means "string") to the miche, which is a round bread. In the countryside, some people still trace the sign of the cross on the bottom of their bread before eating. You may remember, too, that the French Revolution was supposedly triggered by Marie Antoinette's famous declaration "Let them eat cake." when the average person didn't even have enough bread to eat! Here are some French sayings that illustrate how important bread is in French culture: Long comme un jour sans pain. - As long as a day without bread, meaning, a very sad and boring time. Bon comme le bon pain. - Good as good bread, referring to a very kind and charitable person. Avoir son pain cuit. Your bread being baked, meaning that life is good and assured to continued as such. Oter le pain de la main à quelqu'un. To take the bread out of someone's hand, meaning taking away their ability to survive. Avoir mangé son pain blanc le premier. Having eaten their white bread first, meaning that that person was happy when s/he was young, but no longer.   Homework Assignment Prepare this assignment to turn in to your teacher at Writing 2b. Write six questions to someone you know asking them in French if they like to do certain things. Use vocabulary that we have learned so far and write your questions in complete sentences. Then, pretend that you are the friend and answer these questions in complete sentences. You will end up with a total of 12 "lines" (questions/answers). This assignment is worth 12 points.   Ecoute! Do you like to talk on the phone with friends? If you meet a French-speaker, you'll need to get their phone number or numéro de téléphone. Here's another chance to practice the numbers from 1-10. Listen to these phone numbers and write them down. Listen by clicking on "écoute." You can listen as many time as you need to. Click on the sentence to see the correct answer. (Le numéro de téléphone d'Antoine est le ..."= Antoine's telephone number is...) écoute Le numéro de téléphone d'Antoine est le ...419-2256 écoute Le numéro de téléphone de Sandrine est le...827-3192   écoute Le numéro de téléphone de Bernard est le...698-7765   écoute Le numéro de téléphone de Pierrette est le...329-1316 If you had difficulties, go back and practice the activities in Part A. Once you've mastered the numbers from 1 to 10, the rest will be easy. Before we go on...let's talk Go to Discussion 2b and ask your classmates two questions in French. Ask someone if they like to do at least two different activities. Respond to someone's post there. If there are no posts to respond to yet, go back in a day or so to respond. This assignment is worth 8 points. Va à 2c.

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