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Lesson - Section 5: Le corps humain et les verbes réfléchis
SECTION 1: PRESENT TENSE VERBS
Lesson - Section 5: Le corps humain et les verbes réfléchis Hi and welcome to the Human Body and reflexive verbs! In order for you all to understand reflexive verbs properly, it is best for you to learn the parts of the human body in French first. These work very much like in English, except for the gender. This is one place where there are a lot of exceptions to the -tion -sion -son -e words are generally feminine here, so please put a lot of attention on the gender of these words. The genders are sometimes not obvious (like la dent). They have been indicated, so without further ado let us allow the shining smile of Alizée do the rest of the talking! le nez la bouche un oeil/les yeux une oreille les cheveux une dent une lèvre le coude le pied le bras le genou la tête la jambe la main Important internal organs you should know: le coeur - the heart un estomac - a stomach Important miscellania you should know: le doigt/les doigts - the finger/the fingers Alright! Let's get to the reflexive verbs now. Reflexive verbs in French carry the meaning of doing something to oneself. For example, I am brushing my teeth. However, there are two major differences in French - the word order and the word usage. In order to denote a reflexive verb, a word is added to each of the personal pronouns: Je me Tu te Il se Elle se Nous nous Vous vous Ils se Elles se hear this set of words In the dictionary, you would find that a reflexive verb written as the infinitive always begins with se or s' in case of élision; for example, se laver (to wash oneself). After adding the appropriate word to each of the personal pronouns, the verb is conjugated as usual; for example, Il se lave. Now for the second major difference between French and English reflexive verbs. Taking in to account that you have already included the me/te/se with the personal pronoun, it is no longer necessary to include the possessive with the verb. Namely, in French, it is incorrect to say I wash my hands. In French, if you want to say I wash my hands, you must say I wash the hands. Par exemple: Je me lave les mains. Let me say that again: since you have already noted the reflexive sense by adding the extra word after the personal pronoun, you shall not refer to yourself twice (as it would be redundant). Another example: Elle se lave les cheveux. Ok! That is all for today's lesson. Now for your homework: Please PM me the answers to the following questions Dictionary will be necessary for some of the following questions. 1. She is brushing her teeth (se brosser). 2. He is brushing his hair (se peigner). 3. You (formal) are washing your hands (se laver). 4. You (plural) are cutting your hair (se couper). 5. I am making myself a croissant. Je fais Tu fais Il fait Elle fait Nous faisons Vous faites Ils/Elles font 6. You (plural) get along well with Alizée (s'entendre bien avec). 7. You (singular) are phoning yourself (se téléphoner). 8. She does remember (se rapeller). 9. He gets up early (early = tôt; to get up = se lever). 10. We are getting dressed (s'habiller). 11. She is putting on makeup (se maquiller). 12. We love each other (s'aimer). 13. You (plural) meet each other (se rencontrer). 14. We agree with each other (s'accorder). 15. You (informal) sleep at 9pm (se coucher; 9 heures). 16. Name all of the body parts that you have read in this lesson. 17. Differentiate between yeux and oeil. 18. Which of the following is not a correct match? A: dent - tooth B: yeux - arm C: coude - elbow D: bras - arm 19.Which of the following is not a correct match? A: lèvre - lip B: sourire - smile C: genou - elbow D: pied - foot 20.Which of the following is not a correct match? A: estomac - stomach B: coeur - core C: oreille - ear D: cou - neck 21.Which of the following is not a correct match? A: yeux - single eye B: cheveux - hair C: nez - nose D: tête - head 22.Which of the following is not a correct match? A: joue - cheek B: main - hand C: doigt - finger D: pied - pedestal 23.Which of the following is not a correct match? A: foie - liver B: poumon - lung C: sang - blood D: bouche - goat 24.Which of the following is not a correct match? A: visage - face B: bras - arm C: oreille - face D: nez - nose 25.Unscramble the following selection: A: menton - toe B: poignet - shoulder C: orteil - chin D: épaule - wrist Last edited by garçoncanadien; 02-16-2007 at 01:57 PM.. |
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Reflexive verbs are important to learn indeed. Those weird structures might be a strange puzzle for foreigners! . First "point" to the subject (with me, te, se, etc...) then the noun is used with the definite article only (not a possessive one).
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awesome work garçoncanadien!
i love that you use Lili for the examples |
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outstanding work garcon
i appreciate the time of day you use to put that all together, and to use Alizee... |
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thank you very much garçon!!
I am in school right now which is kinda ironic the use of Ali was genious
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An excellent study aid, to be sure :-)
I'm especially glad for the genders - I forget those all the time, even if I know the word itself.
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now thats just clever. le cour de mare
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thank you all for your compliments i appreciate it.
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This lesson now has full audio.
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Manifique! Merci Beaucoup!!
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