Key learning points

1. The sound-symbol correspondence [oi] sounds like the ‘oi’ in 'trois', 'three'.
2. To make nouns plural French often adds ‘s’.
3. Numbers 1-12 go before nouns to indicate how many there are; numbers don’t change their spelling for gender or number.
4. ‘Il y a’ means there is, there are.

Keywords

• [oi] - pronounced as in 'trois'

• Plural noun - a word that refers to more than one person, place or thing

• Il y a - irregular verb phrase meaning ‘there is’ or ‘there are’

Common misconception