BellePage Tutorial

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So, listen and repeat until you know every word
Again do not pronounce letters which are underlined.

Prononciations

• 1st Step: Go to Pronunciation Page, listen and repeat after me so do not forget to use the pause button.
• 2nd Step: check the Vocabulary Page here or on the left of the page
  

Conversation

1. Je suis marié(e) et j'ai deux fils/filles ... et ... Mon mari/ma femme s'appelle ...
2. Avez-vous des enfants ?
3. Oui, une fille ... et un garçon ... .
4. Ma fille a trois ans mon fils a six ans.
5. Mon oncle ... et ma tante ... habitent à ... en ....
6. Le grand-père de ... est très gentil. Sa femme est vieille.
7. Ses grands-parents sont vieux.
8. Quel âge a votre fille ? Elle a cinq ans.
9. Vos enfants sont jeunes et leurs parents aussi.
10. Voici mon ami ... et mon copain ...; ... est mon amie et ... est une bonne copine.

Répétitions

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• 4th Step: Read each sentence aloud
• 5th Step: Record each sentence and compare with the audio above




Grammaire

Definite Articles Le, la, les, l'

Generally, the gender of an article is related to the meaning of the word as in le père and la mère.
However and unlike in English with the article it, in French, things are either masculine or feminine and nothing can explain why one is masculine while the other is feminine. We may for instance think that because we say le couteau (the knife), we should say le fourchette (the fork), NON, NON, NON, this is not the case; you must say la fourchette.
Furthermore, when words start with a vowel or a mute h, the article is always l'.
While most of the words in plural end with s, singular words ending with eau finish with x and singular words ending in al and ail change to aux.
Finally, there are also the irregular words such as le hibou (the owl), le chou (the cabbage or the puff), le genou (the knee), le pou (the tick) which always take an x in plural. Here are some examples:

la flûte les flûtes : the flute/s
le violon les violons: the violin/s
le bureau les bureaux: the office/s
l' étudiant les étudiants: the student
le travail les travaux: the work/s
le journal les journaux: the newspaper
le hibou les hiboux: the owl/s
l' homme les hommes : the man/men

Preposition à with Le

With the article Le, the preposition à becomes au simply because à le hurts the ear. Here are some examples:

Je vais à la piscine.
Je vais au (le) cinéma.

Preposition de with Le

For the same reason de le becomes du. See the examples

Je joue de la flûte.
Nous joueons du piano.

Indefinite Articles Un, une, des

The indefinite articles follow the same rules as the definite article:

un piano des pianos: a piano/s
une vendeuse des vendeuses : a shop assistant/s
un bateau des bateaux: a boat/s
un enfant des enfants: a child/children
un travail des travaux: a work/s
un journal des journaux: a newspaper
un hibou des hiboux: an owl/s
un homme des hommes : a man/men

Devoirs-Homework

• 6th step: Learn the vocabulary, the conjugaison, and the grammar
  
  
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