French I, Semester 2, L'école et La routine

Sections:

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

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |   Part C  |   Part D  |   Part E   |   Part F   |   Part G   |   Part H   |   Part I

Section One - Part H Ecrivons How well do you know your American Presidents? Let's see if you can answer these questions. If you do not know the order of the presidents, you can click here to see a list of them. Say which president they were, using an ordinal number. When you finish, click on each president's name to see the correct responses. Martin Van Buren le huitième president John Adams le deuxième president George Washington le premier président James Monroe le cinquième président James Madison le quatrième président John Tyler le dixième président Thomas Jefferson le troisième président John Quincy Adams le sixième président Andrew Jackson le septième président William Henry Harrison le neuvième président   Premier Premier is the only one of the ordinal numbers that has a variation in spelling for gender. We say "premier" for masculine singular and "première" for feminine singular. la première étudiante le premier étudiant les premières étudiantes les premiers étudiants All of the ordinal numbers do become plural if they are modifying a plural noun. Ecrivons In this practice activity, say that these items are the first of their kind. When you have finished writing the activity in your notebook, click on the picture link at the end to see the correct responses. C'est la première classe. C'est la première fille. C'est le premier garçon. C'est le premier petit déjeuner. Ce sont les premiers desserts.   Les grands bâtiments We use ordinal numbers to talk about floors in a building, right? We say "my doctor's office is on the fourth floor." Which floor in English is the first floor? Maybe you have never stopped to think about this. Generally, in English, the first floor is the ground floor. If you are in a hotel and your room number is 168, for example, you are on the first floor. If your room number is 268, you are on the second floor--the first one off of the ground. In French, the first floor of a building (office building, hotel, etc.) is called "le rez-de-chaussée" (lobby, ground floor--literally "level with the street"). The numbering begins then at the first floor above that floor. So, the second story/floor in the United States would be the first floor in a French-speaking country. They are always one floor behind us because they do not begin numbering with "premier étage " until after "le rez-de-chaussée." Avance à la Partie I.

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