Hello everyone!

This is Delphine’s first video about the object Pronouns in French.

Delphine is a French teacher at the language school alpha.b.

Hello I am Delphine, I am a teacher at the school alpha.b in Nice.

You can also find us on the platform e-alphab.com

In the lesson today we will talk about object pronouns.

There are two types of object pronouns:

• Direct object pronouns
• Indirect object pronouns

Direct Object Pronouns

Their function is to replace a ‘thing’ with the question “What?” or a person with the question “Who?”.

Looking at some concrete examples:

In the masculine singular:

“Je regarde le bus.” (I watch the bus)

“Je regarde quoi ?” (What do I watch?)

“Le bus.” (The bus)

“Je le regarde.” (I watch it)

Another example with a person:

“Je regarde Paul.” (I watch Paul)

“Je regarde qui ?” (Who do I watch?)

“Paul.” (Paul)

“Je le regarde.” (I watch him)

Another solid example, the feminine singular:

“Je regarde la television.” (I watch the television)

“Je regarde quoi ?” (What do I watch?)

“La télévision.” (The television)

“Je la regarde.” (I watch it)

For a person it is the same thing.

“Je regarde Marie.” (I watch Marie)

“Je regarde qui ?” (Who do I watch?)

“Marie ?” (Marie)

“Je la regarde.” (I watch her)

Looking at a plural example:

“Je regarde les fleurs.” (I look at the flowers)

“Je regarde quoi ?” (What do I look at?)

“Les fleurs.” (The flowers)

“Je les regarde.” (I look at them)

“Je regarde les enfants jouer.” (I watch the children play)

“Je regarde qui ?” (Who do I watch?)

“Les enfants.” (The children)

“Je les regarde.” (I watch them)

The direct pronoun varies with the person.

There are, however, variations in front of verbs starting with a vowel:

ME –> M’

TE –> T’

LE / LA –> L’

Some solid examples :

“Il m’écoute” (He listens to me)

“Il t’adore” (He loves her)

“Il t’invite à dîner.” (He invites you to dinner)

The negation of object pronouns

The negation goes before the pronoun + verb group.

“Je ne le regarde pas.” (I don’t watch it)

“Je ne les connais pas” (I dont know them)

We will move onto the exceptions.

When using the verbs “aimer” and “connaître”, you do not use the pronoun to speak about something or to respond to a question.

For example if I ask the question:

“Vous aimez le fromage?” (Do you like cheese?)

You would not say: “Oui je l’aime”

But you would say: “Oui j’aime ça ou non je n’aime pas ça” (Yes, I like it or no, I don’t like it)

Another example:

“Tu connais le Côte de Provence ?” (Do you know the Provence Coast?)

“Oui je connais” (Yes I know it)

“Non je ne connais pas.” (No, I don’t know it)

Indirect Object Pronouns:

They replace objects introduced by the preposition: “à”

They can replace people but not ‘things’.

Many verbs of communication, of contact are used with the preposition “à”.

The pronoun “lui” replaces a masculine noun or a feminine noun.

A solid example with a masculine name:

“Je téléphone à Pierre.” (I phone Pierre)

“Je téléphone à qui ?” (Who do I phone?)

“À Pierre.” (Pierre)

“Je lui téléphone.” (I phone him)

Another example with a feminine name:

“Je téléphone à Marie.” (I phone Marie)

“Je téléphone à qui ?” (Who do I phone?)

“À Marie.” (Marie)

“Je lui téléphone.” (I phone her)

We will now concentrate on the plural.

Whether it is masculine or feminine we use “leur”.

“Pierre parle à ses soeurs.” (Pierre talks to his sisters)

“Il parle à qui ?” (Who does he talk to?)

“À ses soeurs.” (To his sisters)

“Il leur parle.” (He talks to them)

Here is the construction of indirect object pronouns:

You cannot say “Paul téléphone à moi”, but “Paul me téléphone” (Paul phones me).

That is all for our new lesson on direct and indirect object pronouns.

We hope to see you again soon on screen on our YouTube channel or directly at the school alpha.b.

Aujourd’hui on se retrouve avec un article de vocabulaire en français : 10 mots français que vous ne connaissez pas !

À l’école de français alpha.b, lors de nos cours intensifs, on travaille beaucoup le vocabulaire, l’expression orale, la compréhension.

Nous allons vous proposer de découvrir 10 mots français que vous n’avez probablement jamais entendus !

Ce sont des mots tirés du « language urbain » ou « slang ».

Chaque mardi, sur nos réseaux sociaux (Facebook, Instagram) nous partageons un nouveau mot de vocabulaire, alors pour ne rien rater suivez-nous !

10 mots français urbain

1. Une bagnole

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 12 Mai 2020 à 9 :03 PDT

En langage urbain, le nom féminin « bagnole » = voiture ?.
?? Une « bagnole » is another word for a car in French. ?? Eine Kare ?? Een auto

 

2. Glander

 

Voir cette publication sur Instagram

 

Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 28 Juil. 2020 à 8 :03 PDT

Glander veut dire « ne rien faire » par exemple : « Hier j’ai glandé toute la soirée sur mon canapé à regarder Netflix »

3. Engueuler

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 21 Avril 2020 à 9 :03 PDT

En langage urbain, le verbe « engueuler » = réprimander quelqu’un ou « s’engueuler » = se disputer
??To yell at someone or to argue with someone
?? Sich anschnauzen

 

4. Paname

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 26 Sept. 2019 à 12 :27 PDT

En langage urbain, le nom propre « Paname » = Paris.

Qu’est-ce que l’on doit absolument faire quand on va à Paname pour la première fois ?

5. Frimer

 

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 19 Sept. 2019 à 3 :22 PDT

En langage urbain, le verbe « frimer » = faire l’important, jouer l’important pour épater quelqu’un, pour faire illusion.
Vous pensez que les français aiment frimer ?

6. Kiffer

 

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 22 Août 2019 à 3 :11 PDT

En langage urbain, le verbe « kiffer » = aimer.
 « Je kiffe cette chanson » ou « Je kiffe ce mec/cette fille »

7. Un kawa

 

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 18 Juil. 2019 à 4 :26 PDT

En langage urbain, le nom « kawa » = café.
C’est possible de vous parler avant le premier kawa du matin ? ☕?

8. Tchatcher

 

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 2 Mai 2019 à 1 :37 PDT

En langage urbain, le verbe « tchatcher » = parler.
Les français aiment tchatcher ! Vrai ou faux ?

8. Une meuf

 

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 9 Mai 2019 à 3 :10 PDT

En langage urbain, la « meuf » = la femme.
C’est le verlan du mot « femme ». Beaucoup de mots urbains sont construits selon cette forme qui consiste à inverser les syllabes du mot.
[FA]-[ME] —> meuf

9. Blindé

 

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 30 Mai 2019 à 11 :03 PDT

En langage urbain, l’adjectif « blindé » = riche voire très riche.

10. Barjo

 

 

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Une publication partagée par Alpha B – Cours de Francais (@alphabfrenchschool) le 15 Juil. 2020 à 9 :05 PDT

Un « barjo » ou « barjot » c’est quelqu’un de fou, qui fait des choses complétement insensées ?

Et voilà ! Combien de mots sur ces 10 tu connaissais déjà ?

Dis-le nous en commentaire

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This week, alpha.b French school in Nice is offering the third and final video on the use of pronouns in French, more specifically the relative pronoun “DONT”.

If you missed the lessons before this, you can find the first video by clicking here and the second video by clicking here.

The relative pronoun DONT

Why don’t students like this pronoun very much? Because it doesn’t really have an equivalent in other languages. It is a French speciality.

But in reality it is very simple to use.

A small reminder:

QUI replaces the subject of the verb

QUE replaces the direct object

OÙ replaces a time or a place

The relative pronoun DONT is used with all the verbs which are constructed with an object using the preposition “DE”.

Looking at a clear example:

1. Les étudiants parlent de football (The students talk about football)

2. Le football est un sport populaire (Football is a popular sport)

Which are the words that appear twice?

Le football.

We will replace this word in the first sentence.

What is the role of this word in the first sentence?

Is it the subject? No, the subject is “les étudiants”.

Is it the direct object? No.

Is it a time or a place? No, it’s not one of those either.

Look carefully at the word which is before the word “football”. It is the preposition “de”. Therefore we will use the relative pronoun “DONT”.

How do we form this sentence?

Le football, dont les étudiants parlent, est un sport populaire. (Football, which the students talk about, is a popular sport.)

We use the same logic to construct a sentence as with the other pronouns.

Which are the verbs which are constructed with DE? There are many, but we have put together a small selection of the most common for you.

When you use any of these verbs in a sentence and want to replace the DE and the object with a relative pronoun, you must use DONT.

For example:

ÊTRE + adjective + DE

1. Je suis fou de chocolat (I am crazy about chocolate)

2. Le chocolat coûte très cher (Chocolate is very expensive)

“Le chocolat, dont je suis fou, coûte très cher.” (Chocolate, which I am crazy about, is very expensive)

You can find our exercises on the relative pronoun DONT here: https://bit.ly/2MFlajd

You can post your answers in the comments.

This week, Priscilla has returned to our video French lessons online!

She is offering you a new video on pronunciation for beginners, focused on the alphabet in French. And even if you are not a beginner, it is always good to revise your alphabet because often we think we know it, but we are getting certain letters wrong.

You will also learn how to spell out a word.

Here is a transcript of the video, in English:

Hello I am Priscilla, I am a teacher at the language school alpha.b in Nice. I am, by the way, Niçoise by adoption. How do we spell Niçoise? N I Ç O I S E.

You can see that the letters of the French alphabet are not so easy.

Here is a program of two lessons that we will have together about the French alphabet.

Today I will explain to you how to spell out a word, meaning how to pronounce the letters which make up a word. And in our next lesson we will work on the particularities of the French alphabet, pronunciation and otherwise.

In French there are 26 letters.

But I have a little trick to help you both to pronounce the letters, and also to memorise them.

There are 26 letters but only 7 different pronunciations for the letters of the French alphabet.

We will work with a table made up of 7 columns.

At the top of each column, there is a phonetic symbol which represents the sound of a letter or letters.

The columns of letters are pronounced: [a] [e] [ø] [ε] [i] [o] [y]

Shall we begin?

Here is the French alphabet.

Even so, be careful with certain pronunciation problems which always crop up with students.

The sound [ø] which is not pronounced like the [e]

The possible confusion between two letters: the letter G like in Gérard and J like in “jolie” (pretty).

The letters U and Q: be careful they are not pronounced like [u] but like [y]. To have the sound [u] you must always have two letters: O+U

And the favourite of English speakers, speakers of Asian languages, and many nationalities: the R. It is a tough letter in French.

“J’ai visité BeRlin.” (I visited Berlin). Don’t worry about exaggerating it.

Another problem, when you spell out, for example, my first name: I am Priscilla. How is that spelt? P R I S C I, two Ls, A.

Careful, in French we do not say: L L, or double L, we say “deux L” (two Ls), “deux P”, “deux S”, etc.

Lastly, I will explain how to dictate an email address in French.

The French do not use the word “email” in a professional context but the word “courriel” for “courriel électronique” (electronic mail).

They are written in lowercase letters and without accents. If you would like to know everything about accents, I will see you again in another video.

But for the moment my professional address is:

pedagogie@alpha-b.fr

P E D A G O G I E arobase A L P H A tiret B point FR

(P E D A G O G I E at sign A L P H A dash B dot FR)

There are two options for the dash:

• “tiret du haut” – (dash/hyphen)
• Or “tiret du bas” _ (underscore)

There we go! See you very soon for the next video on our YouTube channel!

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