Year 10 - French
Chez moi, chez toi : prepositions and emphatic pronouns 'moi', 'toi' ...
My neighbourhood: Là où j'habite
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Unit Summary
This unit develops knowledge of the imperfect tense by focusing on the irregular verbs avoir, être and faire. The prepositions sans, pour and avant are also revisited, along with the use of emphatic pronouns (such as moi, toi, lui) after prepositions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a range of prepositions and emphatic pronouns to contrast where you and other people live.
Key Notes
- Emphatic pronouns are often used after prepositions.
- Emphatic pronouns include 'moi' ('me') and 'toi' ('you'). They apply only to people, not things.
- 'Sans' (without), 'pour' (for), 'avant' (before) and 'chez' (at the house/place of) are followed by emphatic pronouns.
- [an] sounds like 'enfant' and [oi] sounds like 'voir'.
Vocabulary To Learn
- preposition: a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
- emphatic pronoun: used to emphasise a person, or when the pronoun stands alone, or after certain prepositions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The letter combinations [en] and [an] are pronounced differently in French.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Emphatic pronouns are often used after prepositions. Emphatic pronouns include 'moi' ('me') and 'toi' ('you'). They apply only to people, not things.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'preposition'
a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The letter combinations [en] and [an] are pronounced differently in French. Correction: The letter combinations [en] and [an] make the same sound in French, as can be heard in the word 'enfant'.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Découvrir d'autres pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns 'nous' and 'vous' Study Guide
- Découvrir de grandes villes : prepositions and emphatic pronouns nous and vous Study Guide
- La transformation des villes : imperfect of être, avoir and faire Study Guide
- La vie en ville : extended writing and speaking, photo description Study Guide
- La vie quotidienne ici et ailleurs : extended speaking and writing Study Guide
- Ma ville avant : imperfect of 'être', 'avoir' and 'faire' Study Guide
- Ma ville, mon pays : prepositions and emphatic pronouns lui, elle, eux, elles Study Guide
- Où habiter : extended writing Study Guide
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