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CONTENTS

2 French

2 English2 Informal French

2 Informal English

3 Vocabulary

3 Sample Sentences

4 Grammar

5 Cultural Insight

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FRENCH

1. Clever Robert: Quest-ce que vous faites ?

2. Jolie milie: Je suis testeur dodeur, et vous ?

3. Clever Robert: Je suis traducteur de brail le.

ENGLISH

1. Clever Robert: What do you do?

2. Jolie milie: Im an odor tester, and you?

3. Clever Robert: Im a Braille translator.

INFORMAL FRENCH

1. Clever Robert: Quest-ce que tu fais ?

2. Jolie milie: Je suis testeur dodeur, et toi ?

3. Clever Robert: Je suis traducteur de brail le.

INFORMAL ENGLISH

1. Clever Robert: What do you do?

2. Jolie milie: Im an odor tester, and you?

CONT'D OVER

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3. Clever Robert: Im a Braille translator.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h E nglish C lass Ge nde r

qu'est-ce que what interrogative pronoun

odeur odor noun feminine

toi you

stressed pronoun(pronom tonique)

corresponding to the

2nd person singular(Tu)

un a, an indefinite article masculine

braille Braille noun masculine

traducteur translator noun masculine

faire to do, to make verb

testeur tester noun masculine

vous you (formal) personal pronoun

et andcoordinatingconjunction

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Qu'est-ce que c'est, Le Louvre ?

"What is the Louvre?"

Qu'est ce que tu as?

"What do you have?"

L'odeur nausabonde est insupportable.

"The nauseating odor isunbearable."

L'odeur de ce parfum est agrable.

"The smell of this perfume is nice."

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Tu fais quoi, toi ?

"What do you do?"

Toi, tu viens avec moi.

"You, you are coming with me."

Un peu d'eau.

"A little water."

Le Braille est un moyen de communiquer

pour les aveugles."Braille is a method ofcommunication for the blind."

Le traducteur officiel est arriv.

"The official translator arrived."

Je fais un gteau.

"I am making a cake."

Je peux lui montrer comment le faire.

"I can show him how to do it."

Il est testeur en logiciel d'informatique.

"He is a software tester."

Vous pouvez garder vos affaires de valeur.

"You can keep your valuablebelongings."

Vous tes contre la loi.

"You are breaking the law."

Le roi et moi.

"The king and me."

GRAMMAR

TheFocusofThisLessonisAskingAboutAnother'sOccupationinFrenchQu'est-cequevousfaites?WhatDoYouDo?

To ask for a person's occupation the question we use is Qu'est-cequevousfaites?This is anopen question we use with the phrase qu'estcequewhich means, "what" in English.

Qu'est-ceque

As seen in Newbie Lesson #5, qu'est-ce que has two other forms, que and quoi. Therefore,we formulate the question, qu'est-ce vous faites? ("what do you do" in standard French) as:

1. Formal- Que faites-vous?

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2. Informal- Vous faites quoi? This is the most informal one of the three forms.

The word faitesis a conjugated form of the infinitive faire, meaning "to do" or "to make." Faireis the most versatile verb in French because we can use it as the verb for playing sports,cooking , and many other situations.

CULTURAL INSIGHT

RegionalandNationalParksinFrance

Since 1967, the French government, in association with local authorities, has created sevennational parks and forty-five reg ional parks. Their purpose is to protect, promote, and manage

a rural environment rich in biodiversity, as well as ancient traditions, customs, and crafts. Theirgoals are to maintain and develop a project that will promote a natural cultural heritage.

Ecomuseums

Each ecomuseum is a reproduction of a traditional village, and operational. They offerdemonstrations of ancient professions or crafts from the region. You can find the ecomuseumswithin a regional or national park.