SRM-RMP FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS

  Mettez les phrases suivantes au négatif (change to negative)  In French “ ne…pas ” is used to make an affirmative sentence negative. ‘ne’ is placed before the verb and ‘pas’ after the verb . Subject Verb   Meaning Je ne suis pas dans la cuisine I am not in the kitchen   Nous ne travaillons pas dur We do not work hard Ils ne parlent pas Italien They do not speak Italian Important points to remember while using ne…pas: 1.     ‘ne’ must be changed to n’ when the verb starts with a vowel.     Il aime le chou (He likes cabbage)  Negative sentence : Il n’aime pas le chou (He does not like cabbage) 2.     When indefinite articles (un, une, des) are used, they must be changed to ‘de’ or d’ (if the noun begins with a vowel) in a negative sentence. J’ai un j

  LES ADJECTIFS POSSESSIFS (possessive adjectives) For the Subject Pronouns Before Masculine Singular nouns Before Feminine singular  nouns beginning with a vowel or silent ‘h’ Before Feminine singular  nouns beginning with a consonant Before Masculine or feminine  plural nouns Meaning in English Je mon mon ma mes my Tu ton ton ta tes your Il/elle son son sa ses his/her Nous notre notre notre nos our Vous votre votre votre vos your Ils/elles leur leur leur leurs their Important note : all possessive adjectives are placed before a noun. A possessive adjective is chosen depe

Demonstrative adjectives are words used in place of articles to indicate a specific noun. In French, they must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. There are four demonstrative adjectives: Ce , Cet , Cette (this, that) and Ces (these, those)                                     Ce is used before a masculine singular noun starting with a consonant (all other alphabets other than vowels a, e, i, o, u): Ex.:    Ce professeur parle trop. - This (That) teacher talks too much.           J'aime ce livre. - I like this (that) book. Cet is used in front of a masculine noun that begins with a vowel or silent h (learn more): Ex.:    Cet homme est sympa. - This (That) man is nice.            Je connais cet endroit. - I know this (that) place. Cette is used before a feminine singular noun:    Ex.:   Cette idée est intéressante. - This (That) idea is interesting.             Je veux parler à cette fille. - I want to talk to this (that) girl. Ces is used before a masculine

  Les Expressions de quantité (expressions of quantity)   Une grappe de raisins – a bunch of grapes Un litre de lait – a liter of milk Un kilo de bananes – a kilo of bananas Un panier de fraises – a basket of strawberries Un verre de jus – a glass of juice Une tasse de thé – a cup of tea Un bol de céréales – a bowl of cereals Une assiette de spaghetti – a plate of spaghetti Une douzaine de biscuits – a dozen biscuits Un morceau de gâteau – a piece of cake Une barre de chocolat – a bar of chocolate Une tranche de pain grillé – a loaf of sliced bread Une miche de pain – a slice of bread Un paquet de farine – a packet of flour Une bouteille de jus d’orange – a bottle of orange juice Une canette de soda – a can of soda Une boîte de sardines – a tin of sardines Un pot de confiture – a pot of jam Une tablette de chocolat – a slab of chocolate Un kilo de pommes – a kilo of apples Un litre d’eau – a liter of water Une tasse de café – a cup of coffe