Exam 1 Flashcards
(150 cards)
Three ways to address someone
Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle
If a word ends with a consonant, what do you do?
You don’t pronounce it
Formal way to say how are you
Comment allez-vous?
Answer to Comment allez-vous
bien, très bien
Informal way to say how are you
Comment vas-tu?
Formal way to say how do you call yourself
Comment vous allez-vous?
Informal way to say how do you call yourself
Comment tu t’appelles?
Answer to Comment vous allez-vous
Je m’appelle…
formal you
vous
informal you
tu
ways to say goodbye
au revoir, à bientôt, à demaim, salut
Informal hello and goodbye
salut
yes
oui
no
non
If the consonant is at the end of the word and the next one starts with a vowel what do you do
you combine the words
Who is it?
Qui est-ce?
It is
C’est
They are
Ce sont
Nicolas Sarkozy
French President, le Président de la République française
I don’t know
Je ne sais pas
No it is not
Ce n’est pas
If an answer is negative how do you set up the sentence
ne…pas
If a word starts with a vowel and the one before it ends with a vowel, what do you do?
you combine the words, keep one of the vowels and put an ‘ before the vowel
They are not
ce ne sont pas