UNITE 3 – Leçon B

Ordering food and

beverages

Gender of Nouns

• Unlike nouns in English, every French noun has a gender, either masculine or feminine. You will need to remember the gender of each French noun that you learn.

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Definite Articles – pg 84

• To refer to a specific person, place or thing, you use a definite article. The definite articles in French are listed below.

• They ALL mean “the”.– Le – comes before a masculine word beginning with a

consonant sound. – La – before a feminine word w/ consonant sound.– L’ – used instead of the le or la before a word that

begins with a vowel sound.– Les – the plural form of le, la and l’.

Pronunciation of Definite Articles

• Le [luh] - rhymes with “je”

• La [lah]

• Les [lay] – rhymes with day, pay, ray, say!

• In spoken French, the sound of “les” is often the only indication that the noun is plural. Always be careful to distinguish between the different sounds.

Indefinite Articles

• “Un” and “une” are indefinite articles.– They mean “a” or “an” (or “one” when using

as a number!)

• “Des” – the plural form – means “some”

• The great thing about articles in French is that they usually indicate the gender of the noun.– Je voudrais une salade et un jus d’orange.

• Salade is feminine; jus is masculine.

des boissons (f.)

• un café = a coffee• un coca = a Coke• un coca light = a Diet Coke• un jus de pomme = an apple juice• un jus d’orange = an orange juice• un jus de raisin = a grape juice • un jus de fruit = a fruit juice

• une limonade = a lemon-lime soda

• une eau minérale = a mineral water

la nourriture

• un sandwich– un sandwich au jambon– un sandwich au fromage

• un hamburger• un hot-dog• un steak-frites

– saignant = rare– à point = medium– bien cuit = well done

• une salade • une omelette • une quiche

• le fromage = cheese• le jambon = ham• la pomme = apple• l’orange (f.)• les frites (f.) = fries• les raisins (m.) = grapes

des desserts (m.)

• une crêpe• une glace au chocolat

= chocolate ice cream• une glace à la vanille

= vanilla ice cream

• le chocolat • la vanille• la fraise

Je voudrais…..

Je voudrais [voo dray] = I would like This is the POLITE way of saying “I

want”. When ordering food or drink, you would

use “un” or “une” (or another number) prior to the noun (in most cases.)

Ex. Je voudrais un steak-frites et une limonade, s’il vous plâit .

= I would like a steak and fries and a lemon-lime soda please.

Donnez-moi….

Donnez-moi = Give me When ordering you speak formally to

your “serveur”, hence the –ez (vous) ending to the verb donner, which means “to give”

Ex. Donnez-moi un jus d’orange s’il vous plâit.= Give me an orange juice please.

Enquête culturelle – p 69 - 70.

Volunteers to read? Important terms to make note

of during the reading: Le boulevard Saint-Michel La Sorbonne Steak-frites Les friteries Un diabolo menthe Un express Un café crème Les crêperies Les galettes ***These terms are in BOLD

in your textbook.

Based on picture, say in French whether you are hungry or thirsty!

Pg 71 – Exercise 2

• 1. C’est une…• 2. C’est un…• 3. C’est un…• 4. C’est un…• 5. C’est une…• 6. C’est une…• 7. C’est un…• 8. C’est un…

• crêpe• jus d’orange• sandwich au jambon• café • glace au chocolat• salade• steak• hamburger

Pg 72 – Exercise 3• If you had a choice between two items, say

which one you would order.• Begin sentence with “Donnez-moi” per the

example!

Pg 73 – Exercises 4 & 5• Exercise 4:

– For each receipt, count the number of masculine items and the number of feminine items.

– Be prepared to state how many of each there are on each receipt AND what they are!

• Exercise 5:– Name one item you could order for each of

the prices listed.

• 5 MINUTES!

HOMEWORK

Reminder – Due NEXT class: Read pages 76-78 and do Ex. 10 on page 79.

Due WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: Workbook pages 35-40. USE your textbook to do them. They must be already completed when you walk in the room otherwise they will be counted 1 day late (-30%)

• Imagine that you’re playing Scrabble in French. What food item can you spell with each set

• of letters?• 1. elinalv __________________________• 2. mopem __________________________• 3. bmnajo __________________________• 4. setirf __________________________• 5. ssaniir __________________________• 6. grenao __________________________• 7. merafgo __________________________• 8. toohlcca __________________________

• 10. Categorize the following items by putting each one in the appropriate column. Put appropriate un or une before the noun.

Limonade / jus de pomme / glace à la vanille

hot-dog / hamburger / jus d’orange

glace au chocolat / crêpe / coca

Café / jus de raisin / eau minérale

sandwich au fromage / sandwich au jambon

Boissons Sandwichs Desserts

Categorize the following items by putting each one in the appropriate column. Write un or une in

front of each item. J’AI FAIM…..

• salade• coca • café• sandwich au jambon• jus d’orange• crêpe• omelette

J’AI SOIF……

• quiche• steak-frites• jus de raisin• limonade• hot-dog• eau minérale• glace