French Skill:Basics 2

Basics 2
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Basics 2 is the third (assuming read left to right) skill in the French language tree. It consists of four lessons. While Basics 1 introduced singular subjects and objects, Basics 2 introduces plurals.

Tips and Notes

Plurals

Plurals in French are exactly like plurals in English; all you have to do is add an -s. This works for adjectives as well, as outlined below.

Adjectives

Adjectives agree in number and gender with the noun they modify.

• le garçon calme, les garçons calmes
• la femme calme, les femmes calmes

Ils or Elles?

Both of these words mean "they" in English, but they are very different:

• Ils is used when one or more of the group of people or objects are masculine. *Elles is used when all of the objects or people in the group are feminine.

Lessons

Lesson 1

• calmes = quiet (plural)
• les = the
• nous sommes = we are
• les hommes = men
• ils/elles sont = are

Lesson 2

• j'écris = I write
• il/elle lit = he/she reads
• vous êtes = you are (plural/formal)
• vous avez = you have
• le livre = book
• la lettre = letter
• rouge = red

Lesson 3

• le journal = newspaper
• ils/elles écrivent = they write
• nous lisons = we read

Lesson 4

• nous avons = we have
• ils/elles lisent = they read
• ils/elles mangent = they eat
• l'enfant = child (m.)

References

Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Basics-2