Likes: 'aimer', 'mon', 'ma' and 'ton', 'ta'
Learning outcomes
I can use the verb 'aimer' and other -er verbs in sentences.
I can recognise and pronounce the equivalent sound-symbol correspondences [è] and [ai].
- Year 4
Likes: 'aimer', 'mon', 'ma' and 'ton', 'ta'
Learning outcomes
I can use the verb 'aimer' and other -er verbs in sentences.
I can recognise and pronounce the equivalent sound-symbol correspondences [è] and [ai].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs) [è] and [ai] make the same sound.
- Possessive adjectives have masculine forms 'mon', 'ton' and feminine forms 'ma' and 'ta'.
- 'Aimer' is a regular -er verb meaning 'to like'.
- Regular -er verbs have the following endings in the singular form: (je) -e, (tu) -es, (il) -e and (elle) -e.
Keywords
[ai] - pronounced as in 'vrai'
[è] - pronounced as in 'frère'
Mon, ma - possessive adjective meaning 'my' (masculine and feminine forms)
Ton, ta - possessive adjective meaning 'your' (masculine and feminine forms)
Aimer - French -er verb meaning to like, liking
Common misconception
The sound-symbol correspondences [ai] and [è] make different sounds.
The sound-symbol correspondences [ai] and [è] in fact make the same sound as in 'paire' and 'père'.
Equipment
Bilingual dictionary (French-English)
Licence
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