Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Subject Pronouns and Verbs

Grades 6 & 7's are starting to learn subject pronouns and verbs.

Why do we need pronouns?
Pronouns take the place of nouns when we are writing or talking about something. It would be very tiresome if we had to repeat the same noun over and over again.

What are verbs? 
Verbs refer to an action (to walk, to talk, to sing) or a state of being (to be, to like).

Pronouns in French are a little different than in English:

- in English, 'they' does not distinguish if the group is masculine or feminine. In French, 'they' is indicated by 'ils' (masc) or 'elles' (fem)

-in English, we do not have a polite form. In French, the 'vous' form is used with strangers, children speaking to adults and anyone that you would to show respect to.

Tu= You  *used when speaking with a friend, family member, colleague

Vous=You

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1) AVOIR 


J'ai                                          Nous avons
Tu as                                       Vous avez
Il a                                           Ils ont
Elle a                                       Elles ont

Voila la verbe AVOIR-to have!