Two musicians: singular 'être', singular adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use the verb être, the structure ne … pas and adjectives to describe people, including francophone singers.
I can identify and pronounce silent final consonant and silent final -e.
Two musicians: singular 'être', singular adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use the verb être, the structure ne … pas and adjectives to describe people, including francophone singers.
I can identify and pronounce silent final consonant and silent final -e.
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Key learning points
- Most final consonants + final letter 'e' are silent e.g. 'dans' and 'timide'. Pronounce the consonant preceding a SFC.
- Adjectives agree with the noun they describe. Add -e to most adjectives in the feminine form and learn other patterns.
- The singular pronouns in French are 'je', 'tu', and 'il/elle'. The irregular verb 'être' means to be'.
- Put ne … pas around the verb to negate it. 'Ne' becomes 'n' before a vowel/silent h.
- Languages are not fixed; they adopt new words to reflect how people live and speak.
Keywords
Silent final -e - silent letter (e) at the end of a word
Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Common misconception
Languages don't change; they have a fixed number of words in them.
Languages are not fixed; they are changing all the time, adopting new words to reflect how people live and speak.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
woman
intelligent (m)
singer (m)
music
clothes
open
community
world
ambitious (m)
beautiful (f)
quite
very
Exit quiz
4 Questions
stay the same.
change to -se.
change to -elle.
change to -enne.