Pourquoi lesson (with aller and city vocab)

Pourquoi/aller lesson

Aller (conjugated forms)

• Je vais

• Tu vas

• Il, elle va

• Nous allons

• Vous allez

• Ils, elles vont

En ville (vocabulaire)

• une poste

• une bibliothèque

• un restaurant

• un cinéma

• une école

• un supermarché

• une église

Why is it important to know how to ask a question and recognize a question?

• Questions allow someone to further a conversation

• We use questions to gain and clarify information

Question review

• Qui? (who)

• Que? (what)

• Quand? (when)

• A quelle heure? (at what time)

• Où? (where)

• Comment (how)

• Combien (de) (how much/many)

What are we missing?

The question word "why"...

Multiple Choice

Which would best answer the following question:

Où est-ce que Bob va?

• Bob va à 7h00.

• Bob va au restaurant.

• Bob va lentement.

Multiple Choice

Which would best answer the following question:

Quand est-ce que Bob va?

• Bob va à 7h00.

• Bob va au restaurant.

• Bob va lentement.

Multiple Choice

Which would best answer the following question:

Comment est-ce que Bob va?

• Bob va à 7h00.

• Bob va au restaurant.

• Bob va lentement.

Multiple Choice

Which would best answer the following question:

A quelle heure est-ce que Bob va?

• Bob va à 7h00.

• Bob va au restaurant.

• Bob va lentement.

Now for the question word "why"

In French, they say "pourquoi" which comes from the French words "pour" and "quoi" ("for and "what")

Pourquoi=why

There are two ways to answer the question "pourquoi" in French!

1. you can use "because" which is "parce que"

2. you can use "to + verb" which in French uses the structure "pour + [infinitive verb]"

Examples

Pourquoi est-ce que Bob va au restaurant?

1. Bob va au restaurant parce que Bob a faim. (Bob goes to the restaurant because Bob is hungry.)

In this example we see we have our subject verb (Bob va), the rest of the question (au restaurant) BECAUSE (parce que) and then a reason (il a faim).

Why does Bob go to the restaurant?

because he's hungry (parce que...)

Examples

Pourquoi est-ce que Bob va au restaurant?

2. Bob va au restaurant pour manger. (Bob goes to the restaurant to eat.)

In this example, we still have our subject, verb, rest of the question (Bob va au restaurant) but now instead of using "because" we give pour + the infinitive verb manger (infinitive verbs in French end in either ER, RE, or IR--it's the basic form of the verb)

Why does Bob go to the restaurant?

To eat (pour manger)

Multiple Select

Which of the following correctly answer the question:

Pourquoi est-ce que Jean va au cinéma?

• Jean va au cinéma lundi.

• Jean va au cinéma à Searcy.

• Jean va au cinéma pour regarder un film.

• Jean va au cinéma parce qu'il désire manger du popcorn.