How to introduce yourself in French And an

How to introduce yourself in French And an introduction to “les verbs reflexifs”

� Introduce yourself in French to someone � Ask someone else’s name � Know whether or not to use tu or vous! � Identify a reflexive verb, and know what it is! � Correctly produce liaisons between words that end with vowels, and begin with consonants � Know how to Conjugate regular –er reflexive verbs in the imperatif (Present tense) ! Allez, viens!

http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ce_a. FZR 3 x. QA Sing along with our adorable petit sourris- ami, Ratournet! Je m’appelle [Name]. Comment t’appelles tu? Ou Je m’appelle [Name]. Comment vous appellez – vous?

� French has two ways to say the word “you!” � Vous ( Formelle) �people you don’t know, your boss, teachers! � Tu (Informelle) �friends, people your own age, family! � English had this same system until the 12 th century!

� C’est important noter que: Apeller is a verb that begins with un voyelle! [ A, E, I, O, U ] � When you have a pronoun that ends in s [Nous, Vous], the S sound becomes a Z sound next to a word that begins with a vowel, and that Z sound links them together! � This part of pronunciation is called “un liaison”, en français! The ~ mark here denotes where to make the liaison! � Comment vous~ appellez-vous? � Comment nous~appellons-nous?

�A reflexive verb [fr: verbe reflexif] is a verb that is used when the subject and direct object of a sentence are the same. � A reflexive verb uses a subject pronoun, and then an object pronoun [Subj. pronoun] + [Obj. Pronoun]+[Conjugated verb] Review: «Tu manges un pomme» � Direct Object � Subject � If your friend were an apple (which they’re probably not!) you could say «Tu te manges!»

� Singulier �Je me �Tu te �Il/Elle/On se � Pluriel �Nous nous �Vous vous �Ils/Elles se

“Appeller” is just a simple -er verb at heart! � It has a stem, and an ending, like any other -er verb! � Let’s conjugate appeller, before we make it reflexive! � J’appelle � Tu appelles � Il/Elle/On appelle � Nous appellons � Vous appellez � Ils/elles appellent �

� Madness? This is French Class! � Like in english, sometimes the French have vowels that they don’t say � When there is an unspoken vowel, we replace it with an apostrophe ( ‘ ) � English: I can’t go out tonight! �(Cannot � French �Wait = can’t) Je m’appelle Jean a minute… wasn’t there an “e” there a second ago? Yes, there was! The ‘ mark always replaces the e on the object pronoun, not the Subject pronoun!

Choose a pronoun! � Je me � Tu te � Il/elle/on se � Nous nous � Vous vous � Ils/elles se � � Match it up! � appelles � Appelle � Appellons � Appellez � appellent

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