Les jours de la semaine Sunday – dimancheMonday – lundiTuesday – mardiWednesday – mercrediThursday – jeudiFriday – vendrediSaturday – samedi Notice that the days of the week are not capitalized in French as they are in English. Take the days of the week quiz. Visit Nallenart for more! Sponsored by Nallenart. For more information about … Read more
Maybe you have heard this French folk song. Au clair de la lune,mon ami Pierrot,prête-moi ta plumepour écrire un mot.Ma chandell’ est morte;je n’ai plus de feu.Ouvre-moi ta portepour l’amour de Dieu. By the light of the moon, the singer asks his friend Pierrot to lend him a pen so that he can write. He … Read more
In French the colour words come after the nouns that they describe. For example:une pomme rouge = a red apple (an apple, red) See if you can translate the following phrases: une tomate rougeun chien brunune banane jauneune carotte orangele céleri vert Try our Colour Wordsearch and Colour Crossword Puzzles. Visit our sponsor Nallenart for … Read more
Instead of having a separate pronoun such as it to refer to things, French uses il (he, it) to replace masculine nouns and elle (she, it) to replace feminine nouns. The book is black. It is black.Le livre est noir. Il est noir. The tomato is red. It is red.La tomate est rouge. Elle est … Read more
To ask what colour something is, use the phrase “De quelle couleur…?” What colour is the book?De quelle couleur est le livre? The book is red.Le livre est rouge. What colour is the cat?De quelle couleur est le chat? The cat is black.Le chat est noir. Try our Colour Wordsearch and Colour Crossword Puzzles. Visit … Read more
Most French nouns form the plural by adding “s” at the end, just like in English. Because this final “s” is not usually pronounced in French, The plural must also be indicated by the accompanying article. le or la becomes les (the) un or une becomes des (often translated as some) For example: le chien … Read more
Paris (pa-REE) is the capital city of France and home to many famous French landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral and the renowned art museum, the Louvre. These attractions and its many lovely gardens and historic buildings combine to make the city of Paris one of the most popular tourist destinations in the … Read more
Another way to ask a question is to use one of these words or phrases: Qui = whoQu’est-ce que = whatOù = whereCombien de = how much, how manyQuand = whenComment = howPourquoi = why Visit Nallenart for more! http://www.nallenart.com Sponsored by Nallenart. For more information about L’Art de lire and other products, visit our … Read more
The third way to ask a question in French is by using inversion, or switching the verb and the subject. Manges-tu des bonbons? = Are you eating some candies?Parlez-vous français? = Do you speak French? When you use inversion with il or elle, you must add “t” between your verb and the subject pronoun if … Read more
Another way to ask a question is by placing est-ce que at the beginning of a declarative sentence. Tu manges des bonbons. = You are eating some candies.Est-ce que tu manges des bonbons? = Are you eating some candies? Elle mange des bonbons = She is eating some candies.Est-ce qu’elle mange des bonbons? = Is … Read more