Republic of the Philippines

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Province of Laguna

Foreign Language 1

(HPC 5)

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Province of Laguna

The French Language
French is spoken as a native language in more than two dozen
countries on five continents. Depending on your sources, French is either
11th or the 13th most common native language in the world, with 72-79
million native speakers and another 190 million secondary speakers. French
is the second most commonly taught second language in the world (after
English), making it a real possibility that speaking French will come in
handy practically anywhere you travel.
French Business
The United States was France’s leading investor, accounting for
25% of the new jobs created in France from foreign investment. There are
2,400 US companies in France generating 240,000 jobs. American
companies with offices in France include IBM, Microsoft, Mattel, Dow
Chemical, SaraLee, Ford, Coca-Cola, AT&T, Motorola, Johnson &
Johnson, Ford, and Hewlett Packard.
French World
 French is an official working language in dozens of international
organizations, including the United Nations, International Olympic
Committee, and International Red Cross.
 French is the lingua franca of culture, including art, cuisine, dance,
and fashion. France has won more Nobel prizes for literature than
any other country in the world and is one of the top producers of
international films.
 French is the second most frequently used language on the internet.
 French is ranked the 2nd most influential language in the world.
About French Language
 French is a Romance language, deriving from Latin and closely
related to Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian.
 It is native tongue of over 87 million people and has an additional 68
million non-native speakers.
 In medieval times and until the 19th century. It was often the
language used in diplomacy, culture, administration, royal courts
across Europe and also in trade, thus appropriately becoming the
lingua franca of its time.
 French-speaking people have made incursions upon the British Isles
many times in the past, most noticeably in the Norman Invasion of
1066. for this reason, although English is a Germanic language, at
least a third of the English lexicon is derived from French.
 In the United Nations, the Olympic Games, and the European
Union, its official language of 29 countries and is spoken in:
France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal,
Haiti, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, the Congo, Algeria, Niger, Mali, Burkina
Faso, Togo, Gabon, the Seychelles, Burundi, Chad, Rwanda, Djibouti,
Cameroon, Mauritius, and Canada (mostly in the province of Quebec,
where it is the primary language, but it is also used in other parts of the
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country- notably New Brunswick, which is the only bilingual province. All v = vee
consumer product packages in Canada are required by law to have both and w = dooble vay
English and French labels. x = eeks
y = eeee grec
The French Alphabet Z = zed

a = ahh Final Consonants

b = bey
c = see Final consonants are usually silent: Paris (pa-ree).
d = dee
e = euh However, the consonants C, R, F & L are usually pronounced at the end of
f = eff words.
g = jeeh
h = ash
i = eeeee
j = zjee Common exceptions where the last letter can be heard include
k = kya Août (August)
l = ell Cinq (five)
m = em Sept (seven)
n = en Huit (eight)
o = oh Neuf (nine)
p = pee
q = kuh
r = err
s = ess
t = tay
u=w
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Symbol French English Pronunciation le dièse

pound sign, luh dee-ehz
n # le carré (French
. le point period luh pwah number sign luh kah-ray
Canadian term)
, la virgule comma lah vehr-gool € le symbole euro euro sign luh sam-bohl uh-roh
n
: les/le deux-points colon lay/luh duh-pwah le signe du dollar luh seen doo doh-lahr
$ dollar sign
; le point-virgule semicolon n
luh pwah -vehr-gool le dollar luh doh-lahr

' l'apostrophe (f) apostrophe lah-poh-strohf le signe de pour-cent luh seen duh poor-sahn
% percent sign
le pour-cent luh poor-sahn
exclamation luh pwahn dehks-klah-
! le point d'exclamation + le signe plus plus sign luh seen ploos
point mah-see-ohn
le point luh pwahn dan-tehr-oh- = le signe égal equal sign luh seen ay-gahl
? question mark
d'interrogation gah-see-ohn la barre oblique lah bahr oh-bleek
/ forward slash
«» les guillemets (m) quotation marks lay gee-uh-may le slash luh slahsh

() les parentèses (f) parentheses lay pah-rahn-tehz la barre oblique lah bahr oh-bleek an-
\ inverse backslash vehrs
les points de lay pwahn duh soos- l'anti-slash (m) lahn-tee slahsh
… ellipsis
suspension (m) pahn-see-ohn
lah-roh-bahz
le trait d'union dash, hyphen luh tray doo-nee-ohn l'arobase (f)
- @ at sign luh ah koh-mehr-see-
le moins minus sign luh mwahn le a commercial
ahl
— le tiret em dash luh tee-ray
* l'astérisque (m) asterisk lahs-tay-reesk

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Accents Où -where

Some but not all accents can change the sound of the letter and or the Mix of accent aigu and accent grave
meaning of a word. The main ones are:
É accent aigu Hélène - Helen
È accent grave élève - pupil
Ê accent circonflexe éphémère - ephemeral
Ë trema légère - light
Ç cedilla déjà - already
décès - death
É Accent Aigu or Acute Accent
Activity
Le bébé- the baby
L’ été - the summer En été le père du bébé boit
Le café - the coffee Du café avec de la crème légère
L’ épaule- the shoulder Avec son élève nommée Hélène.
Poésie - poetry lls écrivent des poèmes.
Créé -created
In summer the baby’s father drinks
È accent grave or grave accent Coffee with light cream with his
Pupil called Helen
Le frère - the brother They write poems.
Le père - the father
La mère - the mother Ê Accent circonflexe
Très - very
Crème -cream Forêt
à -at or to Mât
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Pâte
Fête
Hôtel Ç Accent cedille or la cédille
Hôpital ço…. çu… ça…
Maître
La leçon - the lesson
Ë trema accent Le reçu - the receipt
Français - french
Maïs - sweetcorn Le garçon - the boy
Mais - but Le caleçon - the boxer shorts
Naïve - naive La façade - the wall
Noël - Christmas Ça va - ok
Haïr - to hate
Laïque - secular
Faïence - earthenware
Canoë - canoe/canoeing

Accent Trema in a sentence

Anaïs mange du
Maïs à noël
Sur son canoë

Anais is eating some

sweetcorn at Christmas
on her canoe.

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THE FRENCH SUBJECT PRONOUNS WISHES

Je = I „³ 1st per. sing. A bientôt = see you soon

Tu = you „³ 2nd per. sing. A demain = see you tomorrow
Il = he/it 3rd per. sing A plus tard = see you later
Elle = she/it A la prochaine = until we meet next
Nous = we „³ 1st per. plu. Bonne anniversaire = happy birthday
Vous = you „³ 2nd per. plu. Bonne chance = good luck
Ils = they 3rd per. Plu., Bon voyage = happy journey
Elles= they Bon année = happy new year
Bonne route = have a safe journey
Bonne nouvelle année = happy new year
FRENCH GREETINGS Joyeux Noël = merry Christmas

SALUTATIONS/GREETINGS & EXPRESSIONS PEOPLE VOCABOLARY

Bonjour = good morning /good day/hello Monsieur = mister/sir

Bonne journée = have a nice day Madame = madam
Bonsoir = good evening Mademoiselle = miss
Bonne soirée = have a nice evening Homme = man
Bon après midi = good after noon Femme = woman / wife
Bonne nuit = good night Dame = lady
Salut = hi / bye Garçon = boy
au revoir = Bye, bye Fille = girl
Adieu = good bye / farewell

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INTRODUCTION
(INFORMAL/FORMAL)
• Comment allez-vous ? (formal)
• Comment ça va ? = how are you ?
• Comment vas-tu ?
• Je vais bien, merci
• Ça va bien, merci =I am fine, thank you
• Comment vous appelez-vous? (formal)
• Comment t’appelles-tu ?
• Comment tu t’appelles ?= what is your name?
• Je m’appelle ……….. = My name is………

MORE INTRODUCTORY EXPRESSIONS

Quel âge avez-vous?

Quel âge as-tu ? how old are you?
J’ai dix ans = I am ten years old
Où habitez-vous?
Où habites-tu ? where do you live?
J’habite à ……… = I live in ………..
Merci = thank you
De rien = no mention
S’il vous plait = please

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