Découvrir d'autres pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous
I can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living abroad, focusing on the use of prepositions and emphatic pronouns.
Découvrir d'autres pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous
I can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living abroad, focusing on the use of prepositions and emphatic pronouns.
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Key learning points
- Nasal vowel sounds occur when one or more vowels precede a nasal consonant e.g. an, am, ain, on, en.
- The emphatic pronouns 'nous' and 'vous' are used for 'us' and 'you' (plural/formal).
- sans (without), pour (for), avant (before) and chez (at the house/place of) are all followed by emphatic pronouns.
Keywords
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Emphatic pronoun - used to emphasize a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions
Common misconception
'Nous' always means 'we' in French.
'Nous' means 'we' when used as a subject pronoun. 'Nous' means 'us' when used as an emphatic pronoun.
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pens would be useful if available.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
I
they
he
she
we
you
at the home of
before
for
with
of
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
moi
toi
lui
eux
elles
nous
wall
over there
sometimes
advice
to mean
many, numerous