Leçon 3: Read and Respond

Leçon 3
Read and Respond

The French and English alphabets are identical (Hurray!) The consonants are about the same, but the vowels are a little different.  Getting the accents right is probably one of the biggest challenges right now.  So let's take a look at those again.

accent aigu (acute accent): é

accent tréma (trema/umlaut accent): ë

accent grave (grave accent):  è

accent cedilla (cedilla): ç

accent circonflex (circumflex accent):  ê

apostrophe:  m' 

Numbers

Let's take a look at some numbers in French!

zéro (0)
un (1)
deux (2)
trois (3)
quatre (4)
cinq (5)

six (6)
sept (7)
huit (8)
neuf (9)
dix (10)

Match

Match the following

• un

• deux

• trois

• cinq

• huit

1

2

3

5

8

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 8

Let's try the next set.

Take a look, numbers is greatly based on identifying patterns.
Notice 11-16 all end in -ze.
Also, do you see how they made 17-19? It is 10 - 7/8/9. But when you pronounce it, it sounds like a -z (just like 11-16).
I don't understand why but people usually misspell 14, 15, 20. Pay attention.

onze (11)
douze (12)
treize (13)
quatorze (14)
quinze (15)

seize (16)
dix-sept (17)
dix-huit (18)
dix-neuf (19)
vingt (20)

Labelling

Match the words with the corresponding numeral.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

seize

douze

quinze

dix-sept

quatorze

onze

dix-neuf

dix-huit

treize

Let's try one more set.

At this point, the pattern becomes easy: 20 - # (just like English).
Do take note that 21 has "et": 20 and 1

vingt-et-un (21)
vingt-deux (22)
vingt-trois (23)
vingt-quatre (24)
vingt-cinq (25)

vingt-six (26)
vingt-sept (27)
vingt-huit (28)
vingt-neuf (29)
trente (30)

Reorder

Reorder the following from lowest to highest.

• vingt-et-un

• vingt-trois

• vingt-cinq

• vingt-sept

• vingt-neuf

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

​Using numbers

Usually when we are counting or want to know how many of something we have, we can say  C'est combien? (How many are there?).  Answer the question with C'est #.

Example: C'est combien?   C'est huit.

​How to ask for/tell a phone number

The question is Quelle est ton numéro de téléphone?

Answer with C'est ...

Example:  C'est quatre, cinq, six, trois, trois, deux, zéro

Open Ended

Answer the question in French:

Quel est ton numéro de téléphone?

​How to ask/tell how to spell something

The question is Comment épelle-t-on...?

Answer with On épelle....

Example:  Comment épelle-t-on salut? / On épelle s a l u t.

​How to ask/tell an email

The question is Quel est ton adresse email?

Answer with C'est...arobase...point...

Example:  C'est eharrison arobase chickasaw point k12 point ms point us.

Open Ended

Answer the following question in French:

Quel est ton adresse email?

Poll

So now that you have gone through the vocabulary 2 times now, how are you feeling about it?

• 😀

  Great!

  This is easy!

• 🙂

  Pretty good.

  I probably need to practice it little more.

• 😕

  I'm still a little confused about some of this.

• 😥

  This was hard. I am going to need some help with this lesson.