2. Recap What question do you ask if you want to know the time? What question do you ask if you want to know the time someone is doing something? What word do you use for Morning? Afternoon? Evening? What word do you use for 15 minutes interval? 30 minutes interval? 45 minutes interval? What term do you use for Noon? Midnight?
3. Can you count from 11 – 19? Can you tell the numbers 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60? Can you tell the numbers 21, 31, 41, 51 and 61? How do you tell the rest of the numbers?
4. Les jours de la semaine Les jours (m) - days La semaine – week lundi – Monday mardi – Tuesday mercredi – Wednesday jeudi – Thursday vendredi – Friday samedi – Saturday dimanche - Sunday
5. Les mois de l’année Les mois (m) - months L’année (f) - the year (whole) L’an (m) - the year janvier - January février - February mars - March avril - April mai - May juin - June juillet - July août - August septembre - September octobre - October novembre - November décembre - December NOTE: Name of months ALWAYS starts with small letters (miniscule)
6. Dates in French Quel date sommes-nous? What date are we? Quel est la date d’aujourd’hui? What is the date today? Nous sommes le 13 mai . C’est le 13 mai. To tell dates in French, ALWAYS have the ‘LE’ before the number, followed by the month. Notice that names of days and month are spelled with small letters.
7. When telling name of days… What is the difference in these sentences? I study on Tuesday I study on Tuesdays In French J’étudiemardi. J’étudie le mardi. When you want to say that you do something ‘every’ certain day, you add ‘le’ before the name of the day
8. More numbers to scare you to pieces! The numbers from 70 to 99 are a little tricky, but once you get the hang of it, it doesn’t look difficult at all Between 70 – 79, it’s like Sixty + eleven = soixante et onze Sixty + twelve = soixante-douze Sixty + thirteen = soixante-treize Sixty + fourteen = soixante-quatorze Sixty + fifteen = soixante-quinze Sixty + sixteen = soixante-seize Sixty + seventeen = soixante-dix-sept Sixty + eighteen = soixante-dix-huit Sixty + nineteen = soixante-dix-neuf
9. It gets ‘better’! Eighty is even weirder!!! Four x twenty = four twenties = 80 = quatre-vingts Then it is back to ‘1’ 81 = eighty one = quatre-vingt-un 82 = eighty two = quatre-vingt-deux 83 = eighty three = quatre-vingt-trois 84 = eighty four = quatre-vingt-quatre 85 = eighty five = quatre-vingt-cinq 86 = eighty six = quatre-vingt-six 87 = eighty seven = quatre-vingt-sept 88 = eighty eight = quatre-vingt-huit 89 = eighty nine = quatre-vingt-neuf
10. J’ai mal à la tête avec cesnuméros!!! What about 90? Well, you just continue with the number… 90 = ninety = eighty ten = quatre-vingt-dix 91 = ninety one = eighty eleven = quatre-vingt-onze 92 = ninety two = eighty twelve = quatre-vingt-douze 93 = ninety three = eighty thirteen = quatre-vingt-treize 94 = ninety four = eighty fourteen = quatre-vingt-quatorze 95 = ninety five = eighty fifteen = quatre-vingt-quinze 96 = ninety six = eighty sixteen = quatre-vingt-seize 97 = ninety seven = eighty seventeen = quatre-vingt-dix-sept 98 = ninety eight = eighty eighteen = quatre-vingt-dix-huit 99 = ninety nine = eighty nineteen = quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
11. And the headache stops… but then again… 100 = cent 200 = deux cents 300 = quatre cents … 800 = huit cents (wee san) BUT! 101 = cent un 201 = deux cent deux 333 = trois cent trente-trois When the 100s are exact figure, the ‘cent’ take an ‘s’, when it is not, the ‘cent’ does not take an ‘s’ at the end
12. Giving up? Nooooo… I’m not done yet! 1.000 = mille 2.000 = deux mille 3.000 = trois mille Funny thing about ‘mille’ is that, it NEVER takes an ‘s’ even if it is more than 1000 and in exact figure, unlike hundreds. Notice that between numbers in French, the ‘point’ (le point) is used, not the ‘comma’ like in English. The decimal point used in English is now is now exchanged with the ‘comma’ (le virgule) 1.000.000 = million 2.000.000 = deux millions ‘million’ ALWAYS take an ‘s’ when the figure is > 1.999.999 1.000.000.000 = billion= milliard 2.000.000.000 = deux milliards 1.000.000.000.000 = trillion = billion 1.000.000.000.000.000 = quadrillion = billiard 1.000.000.000.000.000.000 = quintillion = trillion 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 = googol = gogol
13. I’m scaring you, aren’t I? What are these numbers in French? 3.083.903,14 2.921 2.011 1.900 500.359.879 785 671.773 73.883.893 999.999.999.999,999 Trois millions quatre-vingt-trois mille neuf cent trois virgule un quatre Deux mille neuf cent vingt et un Deux mille onze Mille neuf cents Cinq cents millions trois cent cinquante-neuf mille huit cent soixante-dix-neuf Sept cent quatre-vingt-cinq Six cent soixante et onze mille sept cent soixtante-treize Soixante-treize millions huit cent quatre-vingt-trois mille huit cent quatre-vingt-treize Neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf milliards Neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf millions Neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf mille Neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf virgule Neufneufneuf
14. How do the French say their phone numbers? Pair them by 2 03-32.80.51.21 FITM Admin’s number Zérotroistrente-deuxquatre-vingtscinquante et un vingt et un 019-2.78.32.34 My Celcom number Zéro dix-neufdeuxsoixante-dix-huittrente-deuxtrente-quatre 017-3.58.75.85 My Maxis number Zéro dix-septtroiscinquante-huitsoixante-quinzequatre-vingt-cinq Can you tell me your phone number, the French way? To ask someone’s phone number: Quelestvotrenuméro de téléphone? Quelest ton numérode téléphone?
15. Back to the date… (an exercise) Start your date-telling by “C’est le …” 25/11/1965 my birthdate (monanniversaire) 2/6/1987 my marriage anniversary (monanniversaire de mariage) 31/8/1957 l’indépendence de Malaisie 26/12/2004 le tsunami en Indonésie 1/7/2005 (premier) my first day as lecturer at Unisel (ma première journéecommeprofesseur à Unisel) 9/8/1985 my first trip to Europe (mon premier voyage en Europe) What about today’s date? What about tomorrow’s date? How about your birthdate?
16. This and that, these and those Ce, cet, cette and ces can be used as ‘this or that’ in French Ce + singular masculine noun that starts with a consonant Cet + singular masculine noun that starts with a vowel Cette + singular feminine noun Ces + plural noun Examples: Cestyloest beau. Cetappartementest beau. Cette automobile est belle. Cesstylossont beaux. Cesappartementssont beaux. Ces automobiles sont belles. J’aicesjeuxque des amisaiment.
17. Comparing two objects When there are two objects of the same kind close to you and you are talking about them and at the same time pointing to them “This pencil and that pencil” Ce crayon-ci et ce crayon-là “Ci” relates to something closer to you “Là” relates to something further from you Cethomme-ci est idiot, cethomme-làestfou. Cette femme-ci est belle, cette femme-làestlaide. Cesmaisons -ci sont vieilles, ces maisons-là sont nouvelles.
