French Lesson 1B Conversation Notes
To talk about where people are from:
- Tu es de...? (Are you from...?)
- Tu es de Paris?
- Je suis de... (I am from ...)
- Oui, je suis de Paris. (Yes, I am from Paris.)
- Non, je suis de Lehman. (No, I am from Lehman.)
- We're not going over "No, I am not from Paris." yet.)
To talk about someone's nationality:
- Tu es...? (Are you...?)
- Tu es français? (Are you French? to a boy)
- Tu es française? (Are you French? to a girl)
- Je suis... (I am...)
- Pierre (a boy) says: Oui, je suis français. (Yes, I am French.)
- Suzanne (a girl) says: Non, je suis américaine. (No, I am American.)
In French, adjectives, such as nationalities have more than one form: masculine singular, feminine singular, masculine plural, and feminine plural. For now, we are just dealing with the 2 singular forms.
You choose the masculine form if the person you are talking about is male, and the feminine form if the person you are talking about is female. It doesn't matter whether the speaker is male or female.
| Masculine Form | Feminine Form | |
|---|---|---|
| French | français | française |
| English | anglais | anglaise |
| American | américain | américaine |
| Canadian | canadien | canadienne |
Other Important Vocabulary:
- oui (yes)
- non (no)
- et (and)
- ou (or)
- aussi (also, too)
Note:
In French you don't capitalize nationalities or languages, unless they are at the beginning of the sentence.