Unit 5+6: Local, national, international - YK

Question 1

What are the partitive articles?

Answer 1

The articles used in front of a noun with a not-very-specific quantity, usually translated as ‘some’ or ‘any’: du (de + le) with masc. nouns, de la with fem. nouns, des (de + les) with plural nouns

Question 2

Prepositions:

Answer 2

sur - on; sous - under; dans - in; derrière - behind; devant - in front of; entre - (in) between; à côté de - next to; à droite/gauche de - to the right/left of; au coin de - at the corner of; au bout de - at the end of; en face de - opposite; loin de - far from; près de - near

Question 3

How are comparatives formed?

Answer 3

‘plus’/’moins’/’aussi’ + adj + ‘que’ (irregular: ‘mieux que’ and ‘pire que’)

Question 4

How are superlatives formed?

Answer 4

‘le/la plus’ + adj, e.g. Ma maison est la plus petite

Question 5

What is the structure ‘en’ + present participle?

Answer 5

‘by + …ing’, e.g. j’aide ma communauté en faisant du travail bénévole - I help my community by doing charity work
Present participle: nous form of present tense verb, replace -ons ending with -ant (être - étant, avoir - ayant)

Question 6

Expressions of quantity:

Answer 6

quelques - a few; plusieurs - several / a lot of; moins - less/fewer; assez de - enough of; beaucoup de - lots of; pas mal de - quite a few of; trop de - too much/many of; un peu de - a little/few of

Question 7

How is ‘ce que’ used?

Answer 7

‘ce que’ can mean ‘what’ or ‘that’, e.g. Ce que j’adore, c’est le chocolat

Question 8

How does the negative structure change with infinitives?

Answer 8

Both parts go in front of the infinitive, e.g. Il est important de ne plus fumer