What do you think these sentences mean in English?
J'appelle la police.
Je m'appelle Bob.
Je lave le chien.
Je me lave.
Tu laves la voiture.
Tu te laves.
Elle lave la chemise.
Elle se lave.
Il lave ses chaussettes.
Il se lave.
Elles lavent le jean.
Elles se lavent.
What do me, te, se mean in these sentences? What happens to the word order? Is it like English or is it different?
Learn these verbs, which are mostly used with se, me, te etc. Notice how in English we wouldn't normally say 'myself' - often we use 'get' e.g. get dressed, get angry. Make a note of these verbs in French (e.g. se lever), English (to get up) and Franglais (to lever up oneself)!
What do you think these sentences mean in English?
Je t'aime!
Elle t'aime!
Elle m'aime!
Je me déteste!
Je te déteste!
Je le déteste!
Je la déteste!
Je les déteste!
Elle nous déteste!
Je les mange!
Je ne les mange pas!
Translate the following pronouns into English:
e.g. me = myself OR me
te
se
nous
vous
le
las
les
Ask for a quick lesson from your teacher - start with 'me' and 'te'
Look at the first 7 pages. This looks at me, te, se - but also nous, vous as well.
This video shows a few verbs used REFLEXIVELY (with the pronoun 'myself' or 'herself':
Create a presentation about your daily routine - don't go into TOO much detail but talk about what time you get up, what you do in the mornings, how you get to school, what you do after school. Try to include:
times
any simple opinions you can add (c'est très.....c'est un peu......., c'est trop .....)
'how often' expressions (they are on a previous page)
verbs used not just with 'je' - sometimes use 'nous' or 'il/elle/ils/elles'
This video uses some terminology, but basically it's just showing you how to say 'it' and 'them'.
Create a presentation about a perfect day or a perfect weekend.
What do you do?
What don't you do?
What do you eat?
Why do you do this (parce que c'est....)
Translate into French:
Hello! How are you? I am your new penfriend. I am called Bob. I am 14 and I live in Hong Kong with my sister and my parents. We have a white dog who is called Beyonce.
On Saturday I get up early. I play tennis with my family. We always play together and I often win. My sister always loses and then she gets angry. After the tennis, we watch a film together. We often watch comedies.
On Saturday evening we always eat together at a Chinese restaurant. My sister doesn't eat meat so we often choose vegetarian food. It is very healthy but sometimes I order a hamburger and I eat it in the car!
I go to bed quite late and I am quite tired the next day, but we enjoy ourselves a lot.