1. Close the left side and translate from English.
2. Record audio or video of your translation and send it to your teacher or here, if you are studying on your own (indicate the language and lesson number) – send my homework.
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| [responsivevoice rate=”0.8″ buttonposition=”after” buttontext=”Play/Stop” voice=”French Female”]- Bonjour, Denis! Est-ce que tu veux boire du thé? – Salut, Margo. Oui, je veux du thé avec un sandwich. – Quel sandwich? Grand ou petit? – Grand, s’il te plaît. – D’accord. Pas de problème. [/responsivevoice] |
– Hello, Denis! Do you want to drink tea? – Hello, Margo. Yes, I want tea with a sandwich. – What sandwich? Big or little? – Big, please. – Okay. No problem. |
| [responsivevoice rate=”0.8″ buttonposition=”after” buttontext=”Play/Stop” voice=”French Female”]- Margo, tu as de l’argent? – Oui, j’ai cinq euros. Est-ce que tu veux acheter quelque chose? – Oui, je veux acheter de la soupe et de la salade mais je n’ai pas beaucoup d’argent. Est-ce que tu peux aider? – Oui, bien sûr. – Merci! [/responsivevoice] |
– Margo, do you have money? – Yes, I have 5 euros. Do you want to buy something? – Yes, I want to buy soup and salad but I don’t have much money. Can you help? – Yes, of course. – Thank you! |
| [responsivevoice rate=”0.8″ buttonposition=”after” buttontext=”Play/Stop” voice=”French Female”]- Denis, je veux manger. Est-ce que tu peux acheter des produits? – Bien sûr, je peux. Qu’est-ce que tu veux manger? – Hmm. Je veux des pommes de terre avec une salade, puis un sandwich au fromage. Et je veux boire quelque chose. Peut-être, du jus de fruits frais. Le jus d’orange. – Excellent! Pas de problème. – Merci beaucoup! [/responsivevoice] |
– Denis, I want to eat. Can you buy products? – Of course, I can. What do you want to eat? – Hmm…I want potatoes with salad, then a sandwich with cheese. And I want to drink something. Maybe, fresh juice. Orange juice. – Great! No problem. – Thank you very much! |
We have 3 ways to build a question:
1) Tu manges? – Do you eat?
Only add intonation. No need to change anything.
Informal question.
2) Est-ce que tu manges? – Do you eat?
Add at the beginning phrase “Est-ce que”.
This phrase means “Is it that”. But you should not worry about it. Just remember as a service phrase without translation.
Semi-formal question.
3) Manges-tu? – Do you eat?
Just put a verb before the subject and add dash “-“.
Good formal quesiton.
Sometimes we add “t” when we ask about him or her. We do it to soften a phrase.
Mange-t-il? – Does he eat?
Mange-t-elle? – Does she eat?
Also we often merge words:
1) que + il = qu’il
Est-ce qu’il mange? – Does he eat?
2) que + elle = qu’elle
Est-ce qu’elle mange? – Does she eat?
3) Que? – what?
Qu’est-ce que tu veux?
Qu’est-ce qu’elle veut?
To build a negation add “ne…pas” around a verb.
Je ne bois pas. – I don’t drink.
Elle ne boit pas. – She doesn’t drink.
– Tu manges?
– Oui, je mange.
– Non, je ne mange pas.
– Est-ce que tu manges?
– Oui, je mange.
– Non, je ne mange pas.
– Manges-tu?
– Oui, je mange.
– Non, je ne mange pas.
When we put two verbs together we do the next:
– first verb we change according to the person;
– second verb we do not change at all, take the dictionary form.
Je veux manger.
I want to eat.
Je ne veux pas manger.
I don’t want to eat.
Il veut boire.
He wants to drink.
Il ne veut pas boire.
He doesn’t want to drink.
French present tense can stand for both Present Simple and Present Continuous.
| FRENCH | ENGLISH |
| Je mange. Tu manges. Il / Elle mange. Nous mangeons. Vous mangez. Ils mangent. |
I eat / am eating. You eat / are eating. S(he) eats / is eating. We eat / are eating. You eat / are eating. They eat / are eating. |