Le 3? Oui, pourquoi pas?

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1 > Le 3? Oui, pourquoi pas? The 3? Yes, why not? oi pronunciation practice pouvoir et vouloir to be able and to want savoir to know compter jusqu'à 20 counting to 20 la formation des adverbes forming adverbs Listen to the following text. Pay particular attention to the sounds oi as in: savoir and the sound oin as in: loin

2 Je peux vous demander un renseignement? Can I ask you for some information? Bien sûr, vous voulez savoir quoi? Of course, what do you want to know? Je veux aller dans le centre. Où sont les bus? Vous ne savez pas où sont les bus? I want to go to the centre. Where are the buses? You wouldn't know where the buses are? Si, je sais. Vous avez de la chance. L'arrêt de bus est sur la petite place, à droite, sur la petite place, juste là. Yes, I know. You are in luck. The bus stop is on the little square, to the right, on the little square, just there. Et... le centre ville? C'est loin d'ici? And... the town centre? Is it far from here? Oui, malheureusement, c'est très loin d'ici. Vous ne pouvez pas y* aller rapidement. C'est pas possible. C'est très loin. Yes, unfortunately, it's very far from here. You can't get there rapidly. It's not possible. It's very far. Oh, c'est pas un problème pour moi. J'ai le temps. Je suis en vacances. Je ne travaille pas. Je me promène juste. Je visite. Je fais du tourisme. C'est pour le plaisir. J'ai le temps, vous savez. Et le numéro du bus pour le centre, c'est quoi? Oh, that's not a problem for me. I have the time. I'm on holiday. I'm not working. I'm just out for a walk. I'm visiting. I'm doing some sightseeing. It's for the pleasure. I have the time, you know. And the number of the bus for the centre, what is it? C'est le 1. Le 1, ça c'est sûr... mais vous avez aussi le 3... Oui, c'est bien ça. Et vous savez, le 3 est même plus rapide. It's the 1. The 1, that's certain... but you also have the 3. Yes that's it. And you know, the 3 is quicker even. Très bien, alors le 3, oui, pourquoi pas, si c'est plus rapide? Merci beaucoup. Ah! Voilà déjà un 3 justement. Merci encore! Very well, so the 3, yes, why not, if it's quicker? Thank you! Ah! Here's a 3 already as it happens. Thanks again!

3 De rien. Not at all. *y means there. We will deal with it in more detail later, but keep it in mind. You have seen y in il y a....en quatre points The lesson in four points 1) Pouvoir et vouloir Pouvoir and vouloir are two verbs that are very similar. It's important not to confuse them. Learn them together in order to benefit from the similarities and also in order to get the differences clear. First, some help to distinguish the meanings. pouvoir to be able Remember the p like the p in power, a word with the same origins as pouvoir. vouloir to want Remember the v like the v in voluntary, a word with the same origins as vouloir. Here are the conjugations of the two verbs: pouvoir et vouloir

4 pouvoir to be able je peux, tu peux, il peut I can, you can, he can nous pouvons, vous pouvez we can, you can ils peuvent they can vouloir to want je veux, tu veux, il veut I want, you want, he wants nous voulons, vous voulez we want, you want ils veulent they want You don't need a preposition after these verbs - they are followed directly with an infinitive: Je veux demander un renseignement. I want to ask for some information. Je peux demander un renseignement. I can ask for some information. Elle veut aller dans le centre en bus. She wants to go to the centre by bus. Elle peut aller dans le centre en bus. She can go to the centre by bus. 2) Le verbe «savoir» - to know Savoir is another verb which is followed directly by a second verb in the infinitive, for example in the expression: Here is the conjugation of savoir: savoir faire to know how to Je sais où est l'arrêt de bus. I know where the bus stop is.

5 3) Learning to count Tu sais parler français? Do you know how to speak French? Il sait comment aller dans le centre. He knows how to go into the centre. Elle ne sait pas lire. She doesn't know how to read. Nous savons bien faire la cuisine. We know how to cook well. Vous savez où est la cathédrale? Do you know where the cathedral is? Ils savent parler arabe. They know how to speak Arabic. Est-ce qu'elles savent compter? Do they know how to count? The verb 'to count' is compter: Je compte bien. I count well. Tu comptes vite. You count quickly. Il compte mal. He counts badly. Elle compte en français. She counts in French. Nous comptons les jours avant les vacances. We are counting the days before the holidays. ( = we can't wait until the holidays ) Vous comptez les invités. You count the guests. Ils comptent la recette du jour. They count the day's receipts. Elles comptent très lentement. They count very slowly. The number 'one' has two forms. The masculine: un one un jour one day

6 and the feminine: une one une heure one hour The rest of the numbers are the same whether they refer to masculine or feminine objects. Here are the first twenty: 1 un jour 7 sept poires 14 quatorze invités une heure 8 huit oranges 15 quinze personnes 2 deux soeurs 9 neuf bananes 16 seize roses rouges 3 trois frères 10 dix pommes 17 dix-sept petites filles 4 quatre maisons 11 onze abricots 18 dix-huit appartements 5 cinq enfants 12 douze arbres 19 dix-neuf euros 6 six voitures 13 treize places 20 vingt ans! 4) Les adverbes terminés en -ment Adverbs ending in -ment Malheureusement is the adverb meaning 'unfortunately'. We're going to look closely now at its structure in order to learn how to form adverbs. Heureux is the masculine form of the adjective meaning 'fortunate' or 'happy'. It's the same in the singular and the plural: Tu es un homme heureux. You are a fortunate man. Mes amis sont très heureux.

7 My friends are very happy. The opposite of heureux is malheureux: Tu es malheureux. You are unhappy. Ils sont très malheureux. They are very unhappy. But to construct an adverb, we generally use the feminine form of the adjective for the root. The feminine of heureux is heureuse and the feminine of malheureux is malheureuse: Adverbs more often than not end in: Ma fille n'est pas très heureuse. My daughter is not very fortunate. Elle est même malheureuse. She is even unfortunate. -ment It's the French equivalent of the English ending -ly. So heureusement et malheureusement fortunately and unfortunately are the adverbs that correspond to the adjectives heureux and malheureux. or Il y a des bus pour aller dans le centre, heureusement. J'ai le temps et je marche tranquillement. Le 3 arrive justement. There are some buses to go into the centre, fortunately. I have the time and I walk calmly. As it happens, the number 3 arrives. Malheureusement, le centre est loin d'ici. Unfortunately the centre is far from here. Here are some other adverbs formed in the same way:

8 la formation des adverbes adjective (masculine) adjective (feminine) adverb doux gentle lent slow rapide rapid dernier last / latest prochain next amical friend cordial cordial cruel cruel douce gentle lente slow rapide rapid dernière last / latest prochaine next amicale friend cordiale cordial cruelle cruel doucement gently lentement slowly rapidement rapidly dernièrement lately / recently prochainement soon amicalement friendly cordialement cordially cruellement cruelly