Crépieux, G. Massé, O. Rousse, J. (2013) Interactions 1: Méthode De Français (Course material for Français langue étrangère at Lycée d’Adultes, Paris)
Capital letters
French uses capital letters in exactly the same way as English does with capitals (majuscules) used at the,
- Beginning of phrases
- Beginning of names
And minusclules used everywhere else.
Conjugations of the verb Avoir (to have)
Avoir is an irregular verb which means that it doesn’t follow the usual rules for I, you, he, she, we, or they (je, tu, il, elle, nous, ils). Instead it uses,
| Avoir | To have | |
| Je | J’ai | I have |
| Tu | Tu as | You have |
| Il/Elle/On | Il a | He has |
| Nous | Nous avons | We have |
| Vous | Vous avez | You have |
| Ills/Elles | Ils ont | They have |
It is pronounced as ay (as in gay) in ‘j’ai’ but then changes to the the sound a (as in car) afterwards as in ‘tu as’.
Filling out someone’s Carte de Visite
To fill out a visiting card you are going to have to ask some basic questions of the person.
| Object | Question |
| Nom | Quel est votre nom ? |
| Prénom | Quel est votre prénom ? |
| Adresse | Quel est votre adresse ? |
| Téléphonique | Quel est votre numéro de téléphone ? |
| Message électronique | Quel est votre message électronique ? |
If the person is female then you would use the female version of quel which is quelle.
These notes are from Interactions 1 Méthode de Française A1.1 and where copyrighted work is used it is done so under the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994.