French I, Semester I; Les Couleurs

Sections:

Introduction  |   Section 1  |   Section 2  |   Section 3   |   Dictionaries

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |   Part C  |   Part D  |   Part E   |   Part F

Section One - Part E Les Couleurs Talking about things gets even more fun when we can add color to it. Observe the chart and listen to the color words in French. Be sure to repeat after the speaker. bleu noir gris vert orange rose violet rouge blanc marron/brun jaune View the presentation and learn the ways to say the colors in French.   Did you notice that there were sometimes two ways of saying the color? Some of the colors have a masculine form (that's always the neutral name for the color), but also a feminine form that is used to describe words that are feminine in gender. With some colors, you have to add -e to make it feminine even though it doesn't change the pronunciation. Listen to the example: un T-shirt bleu; une robe bleue With some colors, the -e you add to make it feminine changes the pronunciation. Listen to the example: un T-shirt vert; une robe verte Remember that if a color already ends in -e, you don't have to do anything! When a color is also the name of a fruit (orange, marron), it does not agree in number and gender. des T-shirts orange; une robe marron Practice Activity Practice the adjectives, including color words, in this activity. JigWord   Quelle est ta couleur préférée? Ma couleur préférée est le vert. Everyone has a favorite. Which color is your favorite? Write a discussion posting stating which is your favorite color and asking what someone else's favorite color is in French. Go to Discussion 1e. This assignment is worth 4 points. Au Travail! Write this exercise in your notebook. In the practice activity below, answer the question, De quelle couleur est...? in French. The first one is done for you. Click on the question to see if you have answered the questions correctly. 1. De quelle couleur est la calculatrice? La calculatrice est verte et jaune. 2. De quelle couleur est la pomme? La pomme est rouge et verte. 3. De quelle couleur est l'ange? (un ange) L'ange est blanc. 4. De quelle couleur est le soleil? Le soleil est jaune et orange. 5. De quelle couleur est l'ordinateur? (un ordinateur) L'ordinateur est gris, noir et blanc. 6. De quelle couleur est l'arbre? (un arbre) L'arbre est vert. 7. De quelle couleur est la chemise? La chemise est bleue. 8. De quelle couleur sont les chaussettes? (une chaussette) Les chaussettes sont violettes. Notice that on the last one, we use sont instead of est. Do you know why? Les chaussettes is more than one sock, so we must use the form of the verb that goes with a plural subject. If you are having problems with être, this is the time to go back and review. Writing Activity After you have practiced this new vocabulary sufficiently, compose a short paragraph talking about the items of clothing you have on. Write at least 5 sentences and be sure to give the color for each item you are wearing. Attention! The color words are adjectives, so they must "agree with" the words they are describing as you saw in the above activity and they also go after the noun, as is common with adjectives in French. Turn in your assignment at Writing 1e. This assignment is worth 16 points. Va à 1f.

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