| Section Two: Part A
 Les
Vêtements
One important reason to know what the weather is like is to know
what we should wear. Watch the slides here
to learn the names of some clothing items in French
Additional clothing vocabulary is in this chart. Be sure to click on each one to repeat the item and do this as many times as you wish so that you feel completely confident with the new vocabulary. We will be using it quite a bit in this unit.
Une blouse?
You most likely noticed the small words in front of the articles
of clothing. These little words, un, une, des,
are similar to the words le, la, les that we learned in Unit
2. Do you remember that we called le, la, les definite
articles? They mean "the" in English. The words you
saw in front of the articles of clothing are known as indefinite
articles and they mean a, an,
or some in English. In English, we can leave
out the articles (both definite and indefinite) at times, but in French,
they are used more frequently so we need to learn about them. Looking
at the word list below, see if you can guess what the words mean in English.
Click on each word to see what its meaning is.
Just like the definite articles, there are four forms to these articles:
| masculine singular |
un |
masculine plural |
des |
| feminine singular |
une |
feminine plural |
des |
Let's talk about gender again...
In Unit 2, you learned that all nouns in French have a gender.
They are either masculine or feminine. You can see from your new vocabulary
that these nouns are not living things, yet they still have gender. As
we said earlier, do not think of the items as either belonging to a male
or female, or having been purchased or made by one or the other. Think
of gender only in terms of the technical part of the word. Just learn
the words as they are and learn the gender along with it. How are you
going to learn the gender along with the word? Pay close attention to
the article that comes with it. If it has un or
le in front of it, it is masculine.
If it has une or la
in front of it, it is feminine.
Practice Activity Write these
questions in your notebook. Click on the noun after
you've answered each question to see sample answers.
Practice putting the definite article in front of these nouns and then
the indefinite article in front of them. Click on each noun to see if
you have done them correctly.
Do you understand the difference between la veste and
une veste? La veste is the
jacket. Une veste is a jacket.
Though it seems like a small difference, you will learn that these are
very important differences.
Bougeons!! Let's get moving...
View and do. View the presentation and do the actions that you are asked to do in it. This will help you remember the meanings of the words in the unit as research shows that when you add a physical action to an academic lesson, the level of comprehension is increased immeasurably. After you have viewed the presentation, be sure to go take the TPR 2A Quiz.
Va à 2b.
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