%PRESENT 1 10 1 CLOTHES CLOTHES VETEMENTS VETMOn that you explain to your mother "I took all my clothes to the VET MA". UNDERPANTS SLIP SLEEP you SLEEP in your underpants. TROUSERS PANTALON POnTALOHn your trousers are baggy PANTALOONS. SKIRT JUPE JooP spilling SOUP on your skirt. SOCK CHAUSSETTE SHOSET you buy a magnificant pair of socks - they are a SHOW SET. JACKET VESTE VEST you wear a JACKET while everybody else is wearing a smart jacket to a dance. DRESS ROBE ROB someone ROBS you of your best dress. PULLOVER PULLOVER PooLOVER taking your PULLOVER off at the top of the Eiffel Tower. SHOE CHAUSSURE SHOSooR Geoffrey CHAUCER, the author of The Canterbury Tales, trying on a shoe on his way to Canterbury. HAT CHAPEAU SHAPOH taking off your hat when you enter a CHAPEL. * %TRANSLATE_F_E 10 * %FRENGEN 10 13 a boxer putting clothes on after a fight. (N.B. This is a plural word). 11 a boxer fighting in his underpants. 11 a boxer pulling on his trousers after a fight. 14 spilling perfume on a skirt. 14 spraying perfume on your socks to kill the smell. 14 spraying your jacket with perfume to make it smell nice. 14 spilling a bottle of perfume all over a dress. 11 a boxer wearing a pullover during a fight. 14 spraying the uppers of your shoe with perfume to improve the smell. 11 a boxer having a hat knocked off his head in a fight. * %TEXT 1 ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR The French word for I is JE (pronounced Je) The French word for AM is SUIS (pronounced SWEE) Imagine I AM a SWEDE. TO SAY I AM: 0 for example, I AM THE DOG you say JE SUIS LE CHIEN 0 I AM THE DOOR is JE SUIS LA PORTE # The French word for HE is IL (pronounced EEL) Imagine HE is in an EEL. 0 So, 0 HE IS is IL EST 0 HE EATS is IL MANGE 0 HE IS TIRED is IL EST FATIGUE The French word for SHE is ELLE (pronounced EL) Imagine SHE is HELL to live with. 0 So, 0 SHE SEES is ELLE VOIT 0 SHE IS DIRTY is ELLE EST SALE # * %SENTENCES_F_E 5 HE SEES THE BLUE JACKET IL VOIT LA VESTE BLEUE I AM THE BIG CAT JE SUIS LE GRAND CHAT SHE HAS THE HEAVY PULLOVER ELLE A LE PULLOVER LOURD HE WANTS THE YELLOW SOCK IL VEUT LA CHAUSSETTE JAUNE SHE EATS THE RED SHOE ELLE MANGE LA CHAUSSURE ROUGE * %SENTENCES_E_F 5 IL VOIT LE PLAFOND ROSE HE SEES THE PINK CEILING ELLE VEUT LA JUPE SALE SHE WANTS THE DIRTY SKIRT JE SUIS L'ANIMAL NOIR I AM THE BLACK ANIMAL IL MANGE LA ROBE GRISE HE EATS THE GREY DRESS ELLE A LES VETEMENTS JAUNES SHE HAS THE YELLOW CLOTHES * %TEXT 0 PLEASE NOTE With the last translation: 0 French : ELLE A LES VETEMENTS JAUNES 0 English: SHE HAS THE YELLOW CLOTHES you add an "s" to the adjective. This will be dealt with more fully later on. # * %PRESENT 2 10 1 FAMILY WORDS FATHER PERE PER your father eating a PEAR. MOTHER MERE MER your mother mounted on a grey MARE. BROTHER FRERE FRER your brother dressed up as a holy FRIAR. SISTER SOEUR SeR your sister saying "Hello SIR". HUSBAND MARI MAREE you MARRY your husband. WIFE FEMME FAM men eating their wives in a FAMine. (N.B. FEMME is the same as the word for WOMAN). SON FILS FEES having to pay school FEES for your son. DAUGHTER FILLE FEE selling your daughter for a FEE. BOY GARÇON GARSOHn a young boy has left the GAS ON. (N.B. GARÇON is the same as the word for WAITER). GIRL JEUNE FILLE JeN FEE a girl on a YOUNG FILLY. * %TRANSLATE_F_E 10 * %TEXT 0 GENDERS The genders of family words are given by the sex of the person. # * %FRENGEN 10 21 24 21 24 21 24 21 24 21 24 * %PRESENT 3 7 0 SOME MORE USEFUL WORDS EMPTY VIDE VEED a German putting a VEED (weed) into an EMPTY jar. DEEP PROFOND PROFOHn thinking DEEP, PROFOUND thoughts. UGLY LAID LAY an UGLY duckling LAYing an egg. EXPENSIVE CHER SHER you SHARE the cost of an EXPENSIVE meal. COLD FROID FRWA you FRY a COLD sausage. HOT CHAUD SHOH you try hard not to SHOW how HOT you are. PRETTY JOLI JOLEE a JOLLY, PRETTY girl. * %TEXT 1 ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR The French for AND is ET (pronounced AY) Imagine A AND b. 0 So, 0 HOT AND COLD is CHAUD ET FROID 0 RED AND GREEN is ROUGE ET VERT # The French for BUT is MAIS (pronounced MAY) Imagine you like any month BUT MAY. 0 So, 0 PRETTY BUT EXPENSIVE is JOLI MAIS CHER 0 SMALL BUT QUIET is PETIT MAIS TRANQUILLE # The French for OR is OU (pronounced OO) Imagine people say "OOH! OR Ah!" 0 So, 0 THE DOG OR THE CAT is LE CHIEN OU LE CHAT 0 THE WALL OR THE FLOOR is LE MUR OU LE PLANCHER # * %SENTENCES_F_E 5 HE EATS THE RABBIT AND THE HEDGEHOG IL MANGE LE LAPIN ET LE HERISSON SHE WANTS THE KITCHEN OR THE GARDEN ELLE VEUT LA CUISINE OU LE JARDIN I AM SMALL BUT HEAVY JE SUIS PETIT MAIS LOURD SHE IS QUIET AND THIN, BUT PRETTY ELLE EST TRANQUILLE ET MINCE, MAIS JOLIE THE ROOM IS EMPTY AND THE KITCHEN IS BLACK LA PIECE EST VIDE ET LA CUISINE EST NOIRE * %SENTENCES_E_F 5 IL EST LE PERE ET ELLE EST LA MERE HE IS THE FATHER AND SHE IS THE MOTHER JE SUIS LE FRERE SALE, MAIS LA SOEUR EST LOURDE I AM THE DIRTY BROTHER, BUT THE SISTER IS HEAVY LA JEUNE FILLE MANGE LE GRAND FILS THE GIRL EATS THE BIG SON IL VEUT LE JOLI MARI OU LA FEMME LAIDE HE WANTS THE PRETTY HUSBAND OR THE UGLY WIFE (N.B. JOLIE normally comes before the noun). LE PERE EST LAID ET LA MERE EST GRANDE THE FATHER IS UGLY AND THE MOTHER IS BIG *