About Me

French Instructor at the U of Minnesota,

French PhD candidate

A.A.S in Paralegal Studies

B.A. in English

Freelance Translator & Web-Designer

Full-time daddy/husband

Strong believer in the integration of technology in education.

Writing Activity in French

Let’s polish our writing skills in French. For this activity, I would like you to find 1 or 2 people living with you, preferably a male and a female and describe what they are wearing in a short essay.

For example, you may choose to describe your sister/brother, or your partner etc. Begin your essay like this:
(Name of person) porte …(piece of clothes #1, #2, etc). To avoid repeating their name in your essay, you can use the subject pronouns il (he) or elle (she).

Here is a brief example of what you could write

Ma femme (My wife) s’appelle Sachiko. Elle porte un jean et des chaussures. Elle porte aussi (also) un chemisier…

You may also choose to list clothes YOU are wearing. In this case, you will begin your essay with Je porte…

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7 comments to Clothing

  • anna

    Je m’appelee Anna. Je porte un chemisier blanc et un short vert. Je porte des lunettes. Je ne porte jamais de boucle d’oreilles. Mon mari s’appelle Somsak. Il porte un short bleu. Il met une chemise. Il aussi port des lunettes. Quand nous sommes notre maison, mon mari et moi ne port jamais de chaussures.

    • prof_frenchtastic

      Merci, Anna. This was a nice little essay. Just a few things I would like you to pay attention to:
      1. The spelling of “m’appelee”
      2. The spelling in “Il port” and make sure “aussi” goes after the verb, not before.
      3. Quand nous sommes (add “dans”) notre maison….
      4. Mon mari et moi (my husband and I = we), so make sure the verb “porter” agrees with the subject NOUS.

      Feel free to look at these four points and post another comment with the corrections if you want. :) Nice job overall, and thanks for your interest.

  • mllejaky

    Je suis Joyce. Je porte une chemise verte et une robe noire. Je porte aussi des lunettes.
    En vacances ou le weekend, j’aime mettre un jean et des baskets parce que il est tres simple et sympa.

  • Bonjour Katie,

    c'est une très bonne dissertation :-) …but can I make a few quick comments? you should make sure to place the colors AFTER the nouns, i.e., you should say 'une chemise grise' instead of 'grise chemise'.
    - Also 'Des' (indefinite plural article) should be used in front of a noun in the plural, so 'pink shoes' = DES CHAUSSURES ROSES. (notice how ROSES still goes AFTER the noun CHAUSSURES and takes an S because of the plural agreement). Colors will agree in number and gender with the nouns they accompany. I hope this helps, merci

  • chongmihyon

    Je m’appelle Mihyon. Je porte pantalon tous les jours mais je porte ni le joup ni le robe. Mon mari aime bien porter la chemisier et un cravat. Et it porte des gants tout le temps en hiver. Mon fils n’aime pas porter Lourds vêtements Même par temps froid. Je ne porte jamais accessoires mais mon mari aime bien porter les bagues, bracelet, etc. J’ai achete beacoup d’accessoires pour lui.

  • Juancho1600

    Je m´appelle Juan.Je porte une chemise blanche, cravate bleue, une paire de chaussures marron et un costume marron clair

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