Welcome to the first French lesson on Schoolbulance!
Here, you will learn French from the basics. If you haven’t already did that, go read my guide on ”How to learn a foreign language”: it will help you in the process. Now, let’s start!
The verb ”être”: ”to be”
Present tense
je suis
tu es
il est
elle est
on est
nous sommes
vous êtes
ils sont
elle sont
The verb ”avoir”: ”to have”
Present tense
J’ai
tu as
il a
elle a
on a
nous avons
vous avez
ils ont
elles sont
So, let’s examine them. There are eight subjective pronouns:
Je = I
Tu = you
Il = he/it
On = It’s a general pronoun, it is impersonal
Elle = she
Nous = we
Vous = you (plural)
Ils = they (males)
Elles = they (females)
The first verb is like ”I am, you are…”, while the second one is like ”I have, you have….”.
Here are some examples with them:
Tu es très belle = ”You are really beautiful”
Il a dix ans = ”He is ten years old”
Nous avons un petit chien = ”We have a little dog”
On a deux yeux = ”We have two eyes”
”Couleurs”: ”colours”
”Nombres”: ”numbers”
”Salutations”: ”greetings”
Salut! = Hi! / Hello!
Bonjour! = Good morning!
Bonsoir! = Good evening!
Bonne nuit! = Good night!
Bon après-midi! = Good afternoon!
Au revoir! = Good bye! / Bye!
à bientôt! = see you soon!
à demain! = see you tomorrow!
”Comment se présenter”: ”how to introduce yourself”
Here’s an easy guide to follow:
- Je m’appelle …….. = My name is ……..
- J’ai ……….. ans = I’m …….. years old
- Je suis de …….. = I’m from (city name).
For now they’ll be enough.
”Jours, saisons, mois”: ”Days, seasons, months”
Conclusions
Sooooo…. for today it’s all. Remember to memorize all these things: you have to write them multiple times until you know them perfectly. Then you have to work on your pronounciation: I’ll list some videos that will help you, but you can also use Reverso o Google translator. If you want, you can ask some friends or relatives to help you: they would have to ask you (for example) ”Which colour is that?” and you”ll answer. Even though you’re answer isn’t correct, repeating this process a lot of times will really make you memorize all these things.
And don’t forget to be proud of yourself.