Décrire Les Personnes

We will use être a lot to describe people, but there are some instances where we will use a new verb we haven't learned yet, avoir, to tell how old someone is. For example, I wouldn't say, "Tu es quel âge?", like I would in English. Instead, I have to say, "Tu as quel âge?". Literally, I'm saying, "You have what age?". I know it doesn't make sense (those twisted French!).

Also, it's time we really start learning our nouns with their articles (definite, or indefinite) It doesn't matter because both types of articles have to show the gender. At least it's not as bad as German where they have three genders (how did that happen?).

Tip: sometimes it is better to learn the noun (if it begins with a vowel) with its indefinite article because you won't have that contraction thing confusing you (that is where you have to replace the e or a of le or la with l'). With un and une it will always be the same for all nouns (whether starting with consonant or vowel).

eg. It is l'église and une église. Which article gives you the gender? Une.

HOMEWORK

- Workbook p. 88 (due Wed. 1/28/09)

- Continue working on Vocab Card rings for Unit 4 (due Tue. 1/27/09)

- Study Vocab from pp. 138, 140, 142, 144, 147 (Quiz Wed. 1/28/09)