ZLU1242Leçon 7

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?

• 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?

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

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)

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.

When telling name of days…• What is the difference in these sentences?• I study on Tuesday• I study on Tuesdays

• In French• J’étudie mardi.• 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

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

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

J’ai mal à la tête avec ces numéros!!!• 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

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

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

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 virguleun quatre

Deux mille neuf cent vingt et un

Deux mille onze

Mille neuf centsCinq 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-treizeSoixante-treize millions huit cent quatre-vingt-trois millehuit cent quatre-vingt-treize

Neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf milliards Neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf millionsNeuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf milleNeuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf virguleNeuf neuf neuf

How do the French say their phone numbers?• Pair them by 2• 03-32.80.51.21 FITM Admin’s number• Zéro trois trente-deux quatre-vingts cinquante et un vingt et un• 019-2.78.32.34 My Celcom number• Zéro dix-neuf deux soixante-dix-huit trente-deux trente-quatre• 017-3.58.75.85 My Maxis number• Zéro dix-sept trois cinquante-huit soixante-quinze quatre-vingt-

cinq• Can you tell me your phone number, the French way?• To ask someone’s phone number:• Quel est votre numéro de téléphone?• Quel est ton numéro de téléphone?

Back to the date… (an exercise)• Start your date-telling by “C’est le …”

• 25/11/1965 my birthdate (mon anniversaire)• 2/6/1987 my marriage anniversary (mon anniversaire 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 journée comme professeur 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?

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:• Ce stylo est beau.• Cet appartement est beau.• Cette automobile est belle.• Ces stylos sont beaux.• Ces appartements sont beaux.• Ces automobiles sont belles.• J’ai ces jeux que des amis aiment.

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

• Cet homme-ci est idiot, cet homme-là est fou.• Cette femme-ci est belle, cette femme-là est laide.• Ces maisons -ci sont vieilles, ces maisons-là sont nouvelles.

Dakar, Sénégal

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