Year 3 - French
What is it? Naming belongings with 'un' and 'une'
What I and others have: singular 'avoir' and nouns
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Unit Summary
In this unit a dream, a story and packing a bag offer multiple contexts for learning that nouns have grammatical gender and that this determines the word for a/an. Pupils learn to use c'est, it is, with liaison, and singular forms of the verb 'avoir'. Key sounds learnt are un, on, ch, au, u and ou.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use 'un' and 'une' to name belongings in French.
Key Notes
- The sound-symbol correspondence [un] is a nasal vowel sound; 'un' means 'a/an' and number one in French.
- All nouns have grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.
- The masculine word for 'a/an' is 'un', the feminine word is 'une'; these determiners are called indefinite articles.
Vocabulary To Learn
- [un]: sound-symbol correspondence
- indefinite articles: the two words 'un' and 'une' meaning 'a/an'
- grammatical gender: a way to categorise nouns as masculine or feminine
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as female, if it is masculine we think of it as male.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
The sound-symbol correspondence [un] is a nasal vowel sound; 'un' means 'a/an' and number one in French. All nouns have grammatical gender, masculine or feminine.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. '[un]'
sound-symbol correspondence. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: Grammatical gender is the same as biological gender. If a word is feminine we think of it as female, if it is masculine we think of it as male. Correction: Grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender. All French nouns are either masculine or feminine, whether they name people, places or things.
More Lessons In This Unit
- A strange dream: practice with key sounds Study Guide
- An excursion: 'tu as' and intonation questions Study Guide
- Packing a bag: singular 'avoir' Study Guide
- Story: Lulu, la tortue Study Guide
- What I and others have: 'j'ai' and 'il, elle a' Study Guide
- What is it? C'est and liaison Study Guide
- What is it? Intonation questions and 'quoi' Study Guide
- Who has what? Singular 'avoir' and 'être' Study Guide
- Who has what? Singular 'avoir' and intonation questions Study Guide
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