Chapter 4: This is not a pipe Flashcards by K P

Ce + être = c’est

ce = this
être = is
c’est = this is

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This is

C’est

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These are

Ce sont

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This is a book

C’est un livre

Say tuh(n) leev(e)

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These are books

Ce sont des livres

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It’s me

C’est moi

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It’s easy

C’est facile

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It’s soon

C’est bientôt

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This is a bag
These are bags

C’est un sac
Ce sont des sacs

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This is a photo
These are photos

C’est une photo
Ce sont des photos

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Definite articles

“the” in English - point to a specific noun

C’est un livre
It’s a book

le
la
les
l’

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Indefinite articles

“a” or “an” in English - point to an unspecific noun

C’est le livre que j’adore
It’s the book I love

un
une
des

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Masculine indefinite article

un stylo
a pen

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Masculine definite article

le livre
the book

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Feminine indefinite article

une

une banane
a banana

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Feminine definite article

la femme
the woman

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Plural indefinite article

des

des cahiers
notebooks

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Plural definite article

les

les plantes
the plants

(plahnt)

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e/a vowel, or h
definite article

l’

l’étudiant (the student)
l’homme (the man)

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A notebook

un cahier

(cah-yeh)

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A pencil

un crayon

(cray-oh(n))

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A book

un livre

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A computer

un ordinateur

(or-deen-ah-teur)

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A laptop

un ordinateur portable

(por-tahbl)

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A mobile phone

un téléphone portable

A bag

un sac

A backpack

un sac à dos (sahk ah doh)

A pen

un stylo (steelo)

A chair

une chaise (chez)

A table

une table (tah-bluh)

It's delicious! This is delicious!

C'est délicieux de-lees-yioo

It's difficult

C'est difficile

It's a black pen

C'est un stylo noir

It's a kind woman

C'est une femme gentille (say-toon)

It's a small house

C'est une petite maison

beautiful

m = beau f = belle

White

m = blanc f = blanche

Cheap

m/f = bon marché

Expensive

m = cher f = chère

Short

m = court (coooor) f = courte (cooort)

Difficult

m/f = difficile

Easy

m/f = facile

Weak

m/f = faible (fay-bleh)

Strong

m = fort (foR) f = forte (foRt)

Kind

m = gentil (zhahn-tee) f = gentille (zhahn-tee-y)

Big

m = grand (grahn) f = grande (grahnd)

Happy

m = heureux (euh- ~reuh) f = heureuse (euh- ~reuhz)

Ugly

m = laid (laih) f = laide (lehd)

Light

m = léger (leh-geh) f = légère (leh-zhehr)

Long

m = long (lohn(g)) f = longue (lohn-guh)

Heavy

m = lourd (loo-ohr) f = lourde (loo-ohrd)

Small

m = petit (petee) f = petite

Sad

m/f = triste (treest)

Mean

m = méchant (meh-shahn) f = méchante (meh-shahnt)

Black

m = noir f = noire

In french, adjectives are generally after the noun

Except short nouns (beau, bon, long, petit)

It's a difficult test

C'est un test difficile

It's a white blouse

C'est une chemise blanche

It's a small house

C'est une petite maison

It's a long road

C'est un long chemin

Nouns ending in ___ are often feminine

-e -ion

Nouns ending in ___ are often masculine

-age -ege -é -isme