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LEARN
FRENCHBY PODCASTAUDIO PODCASTS
FOR LEARNERSOF FRENCHAS A FOREIGNLANGUAGE
Introducing yourself
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Stress on thefinal syllable
mute h
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Lesson 01: Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
Level:beginner. introducing yourself saying where you live
saying what you do
Dialogue Verbs
sappeler [to be called]Je mappelle .............My name istu tappelles .............your name isil sappelle ................his name iselle sappelle.............her name isnous nous appelons ..our name is
vous vous appelez .....your name isils sappellent ...........their name iselles sappellent ........their name is
habiter [to live]Jhabite.....................I livetu habites .................you liveil habite ....................he liveselle habite ................she livesnous habitons ...........we livevous habitez .............you liveils habitent ...............they liveelles habitent ...........they live
tre [to be]
Je suis .......................I amtu es .........................you areil est..........................he iselle est ......................she isnous sommes ...........we arevous tes ..................you areils sont ......................they areelles sont ..................they are
Hello, and welcome to our series of French classes entitledLearn French by Podcast. My name is Hugh Nagle andhere with me is Amlie Verdier. Bonjour, Amlie!
Bonjour!
This first podcast is a very simple one. Amlie is going tointroduce herself very briefly. In general, well hear whatAmlie has to say 3 times. Then well come back and lookmore closely at some key points. Ok, Amlie, were ready!
Je mappelle Amlie. Jhabite Paris. Je suisprofesseur danglais.
Ok. And the 2nd timeJe mappelle Amlie []
And the 3rd timeJe mappelle Amlie []
Ok. Lets look at the first thing you said: Je mappelleAmlie. Many people will already know this expression.Lets make just one point about pronunciation and this
applies generally in French we have je mappelle. That is,theres a slight stress on the finalsyllable.Ok. Now remember that if you are not sure about theverb appeler or any other vocabulary in these podcasts youll find it all in our accompanying PDF Guides,downloadable from our website at learnfrenchbypodcast.com.Ok. Then, Amlie, you told us where you live. You said:
Jhabite Paris.
Jhabite. Thats the verb habiter
This verb verb starts with the letter h. h-a-b-i-t-e-r.
Listen to the pronunciation of these next examples: Annelives in Sidney.
Anne habite Sidney.
Paul lives in Bangkok.Paul habite Bangkok.
We cannot hear that h. Remember: if a French wordbegins with h, it will be absolutely silent. This h isknown as a mute h. Some other words which begin withthis mute h are the the word owl
un hibou
the verb to chop
hacher
The verbe to boohuer
Remember!
mute h
The hat the start of words like
en hiver [winter] La Hongrie [Hungary] lhomopathie [homeopathy] honnte [honest]
is described as mutebecause it isnot pronounced.
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Saying whereyou live
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Dialogue
Lesson 01: Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
Level:beginner. introducing yourself saying where you live
saying what you do
Remember!
To say you live in a city
Simply put the preposition beforethe city name, e.g. Jhabite Munich.
To say you live in a country,
there are variations. For now,remember the following:
Jhabite | enFrance | enEspagne | enItalie | enAngleterre
but
Jhabite | auxEtats-Unis
Huer thats an interesting verb. Now, just to see thatverb in action, so to speak, how would we say The crowdis booing?
La foule hue.
One more time?La foule hue.
Ok. So lets remember not to pronounce that h muet the silent h.
Now theres another point: once again, when you told uswhere you live, you said:
Jhabite Paris.
If you lived in Toronto, you would sayJhabite Toronto.
And, in the case of Shanghai, it would beJhabite Shanghai.
We can see that, in the case of city names, we simply put
in front. Jhabite Londres
Jhabite Tokyo
Jhabite Varsovie.
In the case of countries, things are a little bit morecomplicated. Amlie, which country do you live in?
Jhabite enFrance.
How about your uncle?Il habite enAllemagne.
And your friend, Maria?Elle est Espagnole; elle habite enEspagne.
How about George Bush?!Le Prsident amricain?! Bien sr, il habite auxEtats-Unis.
Lets hear that once more George Bush, o habite-il?Il habite auxEtats-Unis.
You can see that in has several versions in French:enFrance, enAllemagne, enEspagne but auxEtats-Unis. For now, lets just remember these countries.
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Saying whatyou do
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Lesson 01: Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
Level:beginner. introducing yourself saying where you live
saying what you do
Dialogue Now, finally, you told us about your job. You saidJe suis professeur danglais.
An English teacher. If you were an engineer, you wouldsay
Je suis ingnieur.
Or a floristJe suis fleuriste.
Or a doctorJe suis docteur.
In English, we say I am ateacher, He is anengineer, andso on. In French, though, there is no indefinite article.Its just simply, Je suis , followed by the profession. Jesuis mcanicien, je suis comptable, and so on.
Amlie, weve covered quite a few points in this firstlesson. Until next time!
A la prochaine!
Remember!
When talking about professions,trades, etc, there is noindefinite article (un, une):
Je suis architecte [= I am an architect.]
If you understood our lesson, then you should be ready for the following
1. My name is Stefan.
2. I live in England.
3. She lives in Berlin.
4. They boo! [In this case, imagine youre referring to supporters at a football match.*]
4. He is an accountant.
5. They are engineers. [In this case, imagine youre referring to your aunt and uncle.*]
6. They are teachers. [In this case, imagine youre referring to your two sisters.*]
(*see Ils or elles? on the right)
See the answers at http://www.learnfrenchbypodcast.com/FTEW_pages/answers.htm
Vocab extra!
la prochaine! .......Until next time! Allemagne .............Germany Angleterre .............England Bien sr! ................ Certainly! comptable .............( an) accountant Espagne.................Spain espagnol [adj.] ......Spanish
foule (f) ................. crowd mcanicien ............ (a) mechanic Varsovie.................Warsaw
ils or elles?
Which pronoun should we usefor they?
There are two words (pronouns) fortheyi n French ils and elles.These are the masculine and feminineplural pronouns, respectively. Whenwere talking about more than 1
person, we must use the masculineplural pronoun if any person in
the group is male. (Elles, on theother hand is used when talking aboutmore than 1 person, all of whom arefemale.)
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