Context:
Eh oui! One of my students’ favorite lessons!!! They are always very excited about this particular lesson because after just 3 days into the French program, they start learning the proper descriptive tools to talk about their best friends (and also about the new young men and women they now have as classmates, and (I’ll tell you a secret!) it is not rare to read some pretty flattering remarks they make about a certain class partner in their essays, hehe).
Well I hope that you, too, will have a lot of excitement about this lesson as you learn how to say “Elle est grande, elle est blonde”, etc (She is tall, she is blond …)
Goals:
In Lesson Three, you will learn:
Chapter 1 –> Lesson 3:
Level of difficulty: Easy
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Un homme.
A man. |
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Une femme.
A woman. |
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Un garçon.
A boy. |
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Une fille.
A girl. |
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Il est grand.
He is tall. |
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Elle est grande.
She is tall. |
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Il est petit.
He is short. |
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Elle est petite.
She is short. |
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Il est blond.
He is blond. |
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Elle est blonde.
She is blond. |
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Il est brun.
He’s got brown hair. |
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Elle est brune.
She’s got brown hair. |
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Il est beau.
He is handsome. |
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Elle est belle.
She is beautiful. |
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Il est laid.
He is ugly. |
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Elle est laide.
She is ugly. |
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Il est vieux.
He is old. |
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Elle est vieille.
She is old. |
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Il est jeune.
He is young. |
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Elle est jeune.
She is young. |
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Il est mince.
He is thin, slender. |
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Elle est mince.
She is thin, slender. |
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Il est fort.
He is heavy, plump. |
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Elle est forte.
She is heavy, plump. |
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Now, here are two examples where I describe 2 celebrities using some of the adjectives we have just learned…
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If you have listened very carefully to these 2 audio clips, I begin each description with “Regardez cette image”. I do not expect you to understand every single word of what you hear, but I do expect you to make good use of all the materials we have previously studied, and “Regardez” is one of them (lesson one).
Now, do not forget to do your homework 
For the Grammar section of this lesson, please go to these different pages to learn more about:
Merci Herman! Je pensai que je avais cette lesson bien appris mais il-y-a beaucoup de mots que je ne me souviens pas sa pronunciation.
Je pence que Frankenstein est plus beau que Clint Eastwood.
Haha! Tu penses que Frankenstein est plus beau que Clint Eastwood??? Moi, je pense que Frankenstein est un monstre hideux. Thanks for the comment, though.
thnx thnx pr. Herman ..
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i’d like to hear some french songs ..
anyone knows a good one ?
this is for suhail, the song is je ne veux pas traviller, by edith piaf, and la vie en rose also by edith piaf, I hope I have put the correct spellings, but you can learn a lot from slow songs.
hello prof.
im here again to ask regarding pronunciation…in the phrase (un homme) un is pronounce as “ahn-om” while in the phrase (un garcon) un is pronounce as “ung gar-song”…when should it be “ahn” and when should it be “ung”…sorry to ask this question, i know it’s a bit simple to others but im really having difficulty in pronunciation specially with the nasal sounds…
i also have problems with the -iAn, -ean, -ion, -ment…in general anything with the “n”…can you give me an advice to get rid of this problems… thank you!!!
Hi, you said it yourself. This difference in sound is (just like the previous one) a change of intonation or inflection while speaking in real conversation. As you get to learn French more and more, you will notice these variations across the board. Don’t let this “annoy” you.
As for the other sound, ian, ean, ion, etc, a lesson with some audio clips would be much needed in this case. I’ll let you know when. Stay tuned ! Merci!
Herman
How do you get the sound to work on the computer?
Sorry to hear you’re having some problems with the sound on your computer. Well, there can be a myriad of reasons. Normally, the sounds placed on my website are formatted as mp3s, which is a pretty standard format on most PC/Mac machines and should work by default. You may have to ask someone to look at your machine’s specs and determine the proper configuration. I hope this technical problem can be resolved very soon.
All the best,
Herman
Bonjour Prof_frenchtastic,
Sir I am unable to download any of the audio(mp3) files from your website. Can you let me know where else can i can get all the audio mp3 files from.
It appears like this:
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Sir I am unable to download any of the audio(mp3) files from your website. Can you let me know where else can i can get all the audio mp3 files from.
It appears like this:
Chapter 1 –> Lesson 1:
Level of difficulty: Easy
levez-vous! stand up! [audio:levez-vous.mp3]
I am loving this site, many thanks
Je suis grande, mince et jeune.
Et toi??????????
Je suis grand, mince et jeune
Et toi?????
Mrci