La salle de classe

un pupitre (a student desk)
un bureau (a big desk)
un professeur (a professor)
une craie (chalk)
un cahier (a workbook/folder)
une brosse (an eraser)
un ordinateur (a computer)
un mur (a wall)
une table (a table)
une porte (a door)
un étudiant (a male student)
une horloge (a clock)
un tableau (a blackboard)
une étudiante (a female student)
une lumière (a light)
un stylo (a pen)
une feuille de papier (a piece of paper)
un crayon (a pencil)
un dictionnaire (a dictionary)
une fenêtre (a felt tip pen)
une chaise (a chair)
un classeur (a class)

Qui est-ce?

What if you wanted to ask: WHO IS THAT?
You would say: Qui est-ce?*
Which you would reply: C'est (insert name)

EXAMPLE...
Caleb: Qui est-ce?
Jacqueline: C'est Richard!
Caleb: Merci.

and if you wanted to ask: WHAT IS IT?
you simply say: Qu'est-ce que c'est?
which you would reply: C'est (insert item)**


*Recommend that you find audio to hear how it's said. Also est-ce just means question...
** Items will be in the next blog.

Il/Elle s'appelle...

What if you wanted to say his/her name is...
well that's easy... if you know what he's/her's is in french.... It's Il (He) Elle (She)
So...

Elle s'appelle Jacqueline.... (Her name is Jacqueline)
Il s'appelle Richard... (His name is Richard)

and what about he or she is from....
I'm going to use Edwardsville as their town.

Elle est d'Edwardsville ou Il est d'Edwardsville. (She is from Edwardsville... or... He is from Edwardsville)


REVIEW:

Caleb: Bonjour Madame. Je m'appelle Caleb Pecue. Comment allez-vous?
Jacqueline: Bien, merci. Et vous? Je m'appelle Jacqueline. Je suis de Saint Louis. Et vous?
Caleb: Je suis d'Edwardsville.
(Richard walks by but Caleb doesn't know him, so Jacqueline tell him who he is.)
Jacqueline: Il s'appelle Richard. Il est de Kansas. Il est pas sociable et timide... (he is not sociable and is timid)

I don't expect you to know those adjectives yet. But they are coming up soon.

Je m'appelle Caleb Pecue. Et toi?

Je m'appelle (Insert Name Here). - My names is (Insert Name Here).
Je m'appelle literally means: I call myself, but who says that.... So it means: My name is...

Je suis de (enter town). i.e. Je suis de Saint Louis!

Example:
Je m'appelle Caleb Pecue. Je suis d'Edwardville. Et vous? (My name is Caleb Pecue. I am from Edwardsville.)

BONJOUR!

Bonjour. Welcome to my very first French Leçon (Lesson).

Let's Get Started:

Salutations...
Okay. First things first: In french there is a Familier form and Formal from.
Familier: tu
Formal: vous
Depending who you are talking to will change it. If use "tu" only if you are very close friends or family. EVERYONE ELSE is "VOUS" because vous is respectful. If you call someone like your teacher "tu" it's very very disrespectful.

Starting with Formal:

Bonjour, Madame ou Mademoiselle ou Monsieur... Comment allez-vous? (Hello, Mrs. or Ms. or Mr. How are you?)
They will answer by one the following

Très bien, merci. Et vous? (Very good, thanks. And you?)
Bien, merci. Et vous? (Good, thanks. And you?)
Pas mal, merci. Et vous? (Not bad, thanks. And you?)
ça ne va pas du tout, merci. Et vous. (Not good at all, thanks. And you?)

And after which you will reply similarly... Don't forget Merci!

Au revoir (GoodBye)

The Familier:

Bonjour! or Salut! (Hello or Hey)
ça va? (How are you?)

They will respond in the very same way that the formal way did.

Salut. (Bye)
Ciao (Bye)
à plus (see you)
à demain (see you tomorrow)
à bientôt (see you soon)
à tout à l'heure (see you really soon)
à tout (see you soon)

As you can see there are many ways to say goodbye in the familiar way...

Next you will learn how to say your name and where you live.

FRENCH 101: 3 Weeks In

Présenter:

Bonjour! Je m'appelle Caleb Pecue. Je suis américain.
HELLO! My names is Caleb Pecue and I am American.

I attend college in southern Illinois and I've been taking French 101 for about 3 weeks.

I will post a blog about everything I learn. Starting today.