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Read, listen and repeat the phrase "Je suis malade" (I am sick)
Write in the comments «J’ai mal à la jambe» (I have a pain in my leg)
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Parts of the Body in French need articles
When you refer to your body in English you will say things such as:
*️⃣ my hand
*️⃣ my arm
*️⃣ my head
*️⃣ my leg
*️⃣ my fingers
*️⃣ my foot
❗️However in French, this list would look a bit different.
*️⃣ la main
*️⃣ le bras
*️⃣ la tête
*️⃣ la jambe
*️⃣ les doigts
*️⃣ le pied
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Write this phrase in the comment, replace the stress pronoun TOI with LUI.
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Write this phrase in the comment, replace the stress pronoun TOI with VOUS.
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#pronoun
For French A1, you just need to know these 3 use cases.
2️⃣ Very simple sentences
➖C’est lui et elle !
It’s him and her!
➖Pas nous !
Not us!
➖Non, pas eux !
No, not them!
So, in simple sentences, where you want to put an emphasis on a person, stress pronouns will be used.
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*️⃣Stress pronouns are pronouns that put an extra emphasis on a subject or object.
➖Toi, tu dois sauter maintenant!
You, (yes) you need to jump now!
In this sentence ‘you’ needs to jump. There could be a big group of people, but the speaker wants to put an emphasis on someone.
To put it simply, if you want to emphasize someone, this is what you use.
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Subject Pronouns versus Stress Pronouns
In the left column you can see the subject pronouns that you have already learnt.
In the right column you can the new stress pronouns.
As you can see half of the subject pronouns change in the list of stress pronouns.
The changes are highlighted in blue.
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4️⃣ Adjectives that end -ien, -ion, and -on become -ienne, -ionne, and -onne in the feminine form.
➖Le monument est ancien et l’église est également ancienne.
The monument is ancient and the church is also ancient.
➖Je pense qu’Emmanuel est mignon, mais je pense aussi que Clara est mignonne.
I think Emmanuel is cute, but I also think that Clara is cute.
➖Mon père est canadien, et ma mère est australienne.
My father is Canаdian, and my mother is Australian.
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2️⃣ Adjectives that Double the Final Consonant and Add an -e
*️⃣Adjectives that end with -el, -eil, -il, -ul, -et, -s will double their final consonant and add an -e in the feminine form.
➖Paul est un homme gentil et Charlotte est une femme gentille.
Paul is a nice man and Charlotte is a nice woman.
➖Le salon est net et la chambre à coucher est nette aussi.
The living room is neat and the bedroom is neat too.
➖Le pain est bon et la confiture est bonne.
The bread is good and the jam is good.
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❗️You have to use definitive articles (le, la, and les) rather than possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes) to refer to parts of the body in French. Please have a look to see how parts of the body in French are used in sentences.
➖Je veux te serrer la main.
I want to shake your hand.
➖J’ai mal à la tête.
I have a headache.
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#pronoun
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3️⃣ Single word reply
➖Elles? Vraiment?
Them? Really?
➖Qui veut du vin ? Nous !
Who wants some wine? We!
➖Qui est votre frère. Lui.
Who is your brother. Him.
So, if you have to give a single word reply, and you have to refer to a person, then stress pronouns will be used.
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1️⃣ Extra emphasis
➖Ma mère a 55 ans. Moi, j’ai 25 ans.
My mom is 55 years old. I am 25.
➖Je veux un hamburger mais elle, elle veut une pizza.
I want a hamburger, but she wants a pizza.
➖Je vais faire mes devoirs pendant que vous, vous jouez avec le bébé.
I am going to do my homework while you play with the baby.
*️⃣Please notice that in all the sentences, the stress pronoun has been used to put an extra emphasis on a person.
Sometimes a pronoun has been repeated twice.
*️⃣Those sentences would also have been correct without the repetition in pronouns.
*️⃣So, if you want to put an extra emphasis on a person you should use stress pronouns.
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3️⃣Adjectives that end -eux become -euse in the feminine form.
➖Je suis furieux contre elle, et elle est furieuse contre moi.
I am mad at her, and she is mad at me.
➖Je trouve Jean ennuyeux et je trouve aussi Pauline ennuyeuse.
I find Jean boring and I also find Pauline boring.
➖Gabriel est un homme curieux, et Bernadette est une femme curieuse.
Gabriel is a curious man, and Bernadette is a curious woman.
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1️⃣ Adjectives that end with -er become -ère in the feminine form.
➖Elle a un téléphone cher et une jupe chère.
She has an expensive phone and an expensive skirt.
➖Cher Jean, chère Alexandra, comment vont les choses en France ?
Dear Jean, dear Alexandra, how is everything in France?
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How to Use Colours in French
Adjectives of simple colours must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
Generally speaking the following rules apply:
*️⃣in the feminine singular form an –e is added,
*️⃣in the masculine plural form an –s is added,
*️⃣in the feminine plural form an –es is added.
The colours yellow (jaune), orange, pink (rose), and red (rouge) remain the same in the feminine singular form, because they end with a mute -e.
The colours brown (marron) and orange don’t change.
➖J’ai un placard blanc et une chaise blanche.
I have a white closet and a white chair.
➖J’ai une voiture bleue et deux vélos bleus.
I have a blue car and two blue bicycles.
➖J’ai un téléphone noir et deux guitares noires.
I have a black phone and two black guitars.
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