French I, Semester 2; La Famille

Sections:

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

Section Two:

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

Section Two - Part E Notre/Votre We can talk about "my" things and "your" things and "his/her" things. Now let's talk about "our" things and "your (familiar plural) " things. Marc et moi, nous avons un frère. Notre frère s'appelle Jacques. Marc et moi, nous avons une soeur. Notre soeur s'appelle Marie. Marc et moi, nous avons des livres. Nos livres sont intéressants. Marc et moi, nous avons des calculatrices. Nos calculatrices sont nouvelles. We use " notre" or " nos" to say ours. We use " votre," or " vos" to say your (plural or formal singular). Practice here saying that these family members belong to us. les cousins Ce sont nos cousins. les grand-parents Ce sont nos grand-parents. les tantes Ce sont nos tantes. le frère C'est notre frère. la soeur C'est notre soeur. la famille C'est notre famille. les parents Ce sont nos parents. Remember that you determine the gender and number of these possessive adjectives based on the noun they describe, not on the person who has possession of the object. Now, tell your French teacher that these things belong to him or her, saying these are "your" family members. les cousins Ce sont vos cousins. les grand-parents Ce sont vos grand-parents. les tantes Ce sont vos tantes. le frère C'est votre frère. la soeur C'est votre soeur. la famille C'est votre famille. les parents Ce sont vos parents.   Leur/Leurs Now that we can talk about anybody else's things, let's talk about "theirs." Read the following sentences to see how we can talk about "their" things. Annie et Pierre ont une grand-mère. Leur grand-mère s'appelle Sophie. Paul et Jean font leurs devoirs. We use leur to say "their" when the item that follows is singular and we use leurs when the item that follows is plural. With that in mind, say that these items are "theirs" now. les cousins Ce sont leurs cousins. les grand-parents Ce sont leurs grand-parents. les tantes Ce sont leurs tantes. le frère C'est leur frère. la soeur C'est leur soeur. la famille C'est leur famille. les parents Ce sont leurs parents.   Practice avec le vocabulaire ici. Practice the possessive adjectives in this activity. WordWeb   Devoir Écrit et Oral Make a list of 3 items that you have. Write a sentence saying something about the item. An example might be: My dog is black. Now, make a list of three items that a friend has. Write a sentence about each item. An example might be: His dog is black. Now, make a list of three items that you and your family have. Write a sentence about each item. An example: Our dog is black. Do not use redundancy such as in these examples. When you have finished composing a total of 9 sentences. That is the writing part of this assignment. This assignment is worth 8 points. Record your sentences for your teacher. This is the oral part. This assignment is worth 8 points. You are now ready for the Section Quiz. When you are done, go on to Section Three.

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