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Chapitre 1:
Personal
Pronouns:
1st person | I = | Je | 2nd person | You = | Tu (Informal—speaking to 1 person); singular | 3rd person | He = | Il
(Jean) | 3rd person | She
= | Elle (Hélène) | 1st person plural | We = | Nous | 2nd person plural | You= | Vous (Formal—speaking
to 1 person); (speaking to 2+) | 3rd person plural | They = | Ils, pluriel masculin
(Paul et Jean) or (Paul, Jean et Anne) | 3rd person plural | They= | Elles, pluriel féminin
(Anne, Stéphanie, Jeanne, et Pauline) |
Note Culturelle:
In France, girls kiss both girls and boys on the cheek when they meet or
say goodbye. The number of kisses varies from two to four depending on the region. Boys shake hands with one another.
Teenagers may kss adults who are family members or friends of the family, but they shake hands when they greet other adults.
To address adults, who aren't family members, teenagers generally use the titles Madame, Mademoiselle
or Monsieur. Mme, Mlle and M. are the written abbreviations of these titles.
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Gestures are an important part of communication. They often speak louder than
words. Can you match the gestures with these expressions?
a. Super!
b. Comme ci comme ça.
c. Pas terrible!
d. Bof!
When you say super, use a thumbs-up gesture. When you say
comme ci comme ça, hold your hands in front of you, palm down, and rock it from side to side.
When you say pas terrible or Bof, shrug your shoulders and frown.
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In gerneral, French-speaking teenagers enjoy the same kinds of activities you do. However, some
activities do tend to be espeicially popular in certain areas, such as badminton and hockey in Canada, dancing and soccer
in West Africa, and soccer and cycling in France. In many Francophone countries, students have a great deal of homework,
so they do not have very much leisure time after school. Of course, people are individuals, so their tastes vary.
In French, you might say Chacun ses goûts! (To each his own!).
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