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MY FRENCH ROUTINE

with audio

By Talk in French

Volume 6 : Advanced

• Introduction Contents
• Week 21, Day 1 : Expressing Likes and Dislikes
• Week 21, Day 2 : Impersonal Verbs
• Week 21, Day 3 : The Passive Voice
• Week 21, Day 4 : The Future Perfect (Anterior Future)
• Week 21, Day 5 : Modal Verbs
• WEEK 21 – RECAP
• Week 22, Day 1 : A Review of French Sentences
• Week 22, Day 2 : Double Negation
• Week 22, Day 3 : French Causative - Le Causatif
• Week 22, Day 4 : Making a Complaint & Expressing Hopes and Dreams
• Week 22, Day 5: French Faux Adjectives (Adjectifs occasionnels)
• WEEK 22 – RECAP
• Week 23, Day 1 : French Expletive Ne - Formal French
• Week 23, Day 2 : At the Museum/Exhibit
• Week 23, Day 3 : A Review of Pronouns
• Week 23, Day 4 : Idiomatic Expressions
• Week 23, Day 5 : Review of Clauses (Part 1)
• WEEK 23 – RECAP
• Week 24, Day 1 : Formal vs. Informal French Grammar
• Week 24, Day 2 : Review of Clauses (Part 2)
• Week 24, Day 3 : French Slang
• Week 24, Day 4 : French Cognates
• Week 24, Day 5 : Writing a Letter in French
• WEEK 24 – RECAP
• Conclusion

44 Introduction

Create a Learning Habit

Learning French is no walk in the park. It requires you to sustain a certain level of enthusiasm and commitment. French learners know that some days are harder than others, and some moments your motivation is so low that you feel as if you cannot go any further.

How do you remedy this? Break the tasks into small, daily doses and build a learning habit as you go along.

This is the core concept behind all of my products at www.talkinfrench.com. This book, like the rest of the Talk in French resources, builds on that idea. I believe that if you spend time everyday consis- tently following a daily lesson, you can learn so much more and progress more quickly than if you do it irregularly. This book — plus all of the previous volumes in this series — will help you with that.

So, if you are an intermediate or advanced French learner, you are looking at the book that is ideal for your level. However, if you are a complete beginner, I suggest you begin with the previous volumes and make your way from there.

After studying the lessons in this book, you should be able to:

❑ Convey your ideas very clearly and have meaningful conversations in French with native speakers ❑ Demonstrate boosted knowledge and polished skills in the French language

❑ Confidently navigate different scenarios while using the French language ❑ Pull from an arsenal of 1500 vocabulary words for use in your daily conversations

I sincerely hope you will find this book helpful.

Bonne chance, good luck!

Frédéric BIBARD

Founder, Talk in French

Week 21, day 1 :

expressIng LIkes and dIsLIkes

Bonjour! Here we are on the first day of an entire month of fun learning. Kudos to you for taking the first step toward learning French. Today, we will learn about two things:

❑ How to express likes and dislikes in French ❑ Vocabulary related to books and reading

Learning how to express what you like and what you dislike is important no matter what language you speak. In French, it’s relatively easy, but there are many ways to express likes and dislikes. Let’s take a look at the following examples:

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❑ J’aime lire. — I like / love to read. ❑ J’aime le vin. — I like / love wine.

❑ J’aime beaucoup ma mère. — I love my mother very much. ❑ Je t’aime. — I love you.

Other ways to say you like / love something:

❑ j’aime (vraiment) … — I (really) like....

❑ J’aime mieux... — I prefer... ❑ Je préfère… — I prefer…

❑ J’adore... — I adore / love

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Léa: J’aime vraiment la musique. Jean: Je préfère la peinture.

Léa: I really like music. Jean: I prefer painting.

Léa: J’adore le champagne. Jean: J’aime mieux le vin.

Léa: I love Champagne. Jean: I prefer wine.

Expressing Likes and Dislikes 7

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Je déteste les poireaux, mangeons des frites! I strongly hate leeks; eat some fries! J’ai horreur des frites, je ne veux pas de frites! I abhor fries; I don’t want some fries!

Je n’aime pas les haricots rouges. I don’t like red beans. Je ne veux pas de fruits. I don’t want fruit.

Now that you have learned how to express likes and dislikes, let’s talk about books. Books and reading always come up in conversation at some point. Whether or not you love reading, you might want to stock up on the following vocabulary:

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French English Le livre book la bibliothèque library la revue magazine la revue de mode fashion magazine le roman policier murder mystery, detective story le journal newspaper le roman novel la lecture reading le roman d’amour romantic novel le livre de science fiction science fiction story/book lire to read un rat de bibliothèque book worm le personnage character (in a play/book) le héros/l’héroïne hero / heroine le lecteur / la lectrice reader l’auteur (m) author le livre electronique e-book or electronic book imprimé print le titre title

8 Week 21, Day 1

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• • As-tu lu le dernier roman de J.K Rolling?
• • Non, en ce moment je lis un roman policier.
• • Tu as une version imprimée ou un livre électronique?
• • Je possède les deux, mais je ne me rappelle plus du titre.
• - Have you read the latest novel by Rowling J.K?
• - No, right now I’m reading a detective story.
• - Do you have a print copy or an eBook?
• - I have both, but I do not remember the title.

ExERCISE:

Make links to match the sentences with their correct vocabulary words : a. Je possède le (I have the) b. Tous les matins, je lis le (Every morning, I read the) c. C’est un livre de (It’s a book of) d. Harry Potter est le (Harry Potter is the) e. science-fiction (science-fiction) f. journal (newspaper) g. livre imprimé (print book) h. héros du livre (hero of the book)

Réponses/ AnsweRs:

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a - g / b - f / c - e / d - h

10 Week 21, Day 1

Writing Corner

Write five sentences related to books and reading.

Example:

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Je lis un roman d’amour. (I read a romantic novel.)

Je préfère lire des revues. (I prefer to read magazines.)

Je déteste les personnages de ce livre. (I hate the charaters of this book.)

Je suis une grande lectrice, j’adore lire. (I’m a great reader; I love reading.)

Je n’aime pas lire des livres électroniques. (I don’t like to read ebooks.)

Grammar Corner

Fill in the gaps using the correct “Expressing Likes and Dislikes” vocabulary:

voudrais / mieux / horreur / pas / déteste

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1. Je n’aime le chocolat. (I don’t like choccolate.)
2. J’aime manger des fruits. (I prefer to eat fruit.)
3. Je faire à manger. (I strongly hate cooking.)
4. Je un verre d’eau s’il vous plaît. (I would like a glass of water, please.)
5. J’ai du mauvais temps! (I abhor bad weather!)

Réponses/ Answers:

1. pas 2. mieux 3. déteste 4. voudrais 5. horreur

Expressing Likes and Dislikes 11

Vocabulary Corner

Make links to match the sentences with their correct vocabulary words:

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a. Hermione Granger est un (Hermione Granger is a) b. Je suis un grand (I’m a big) c. J’aime lire les (I like to read) d. Demain, je vais à (Tomorrow, I’m going to) e. personnage de livre (book’s character) f. la bibliothèque (the library) g. revues (magazines) h. lecteur de roman policier (reader of detective stories)

Réponses/ Answers:

a - e / b - h / c - g / d - f

Additional Vocabulary

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riche rich pauvre poor malade ill, sick en bonne santé healthy grand big petit small vite (adv) quickly (adv) lentement(adv) slowly (adv) rapide fast lent slow joyeux cheerful triste sad

A quICk rECAp oF THIS LESSon: Today, we discussed two topics: expressing likes and dislikes, and vocabulary related to books and reading. ❑ To express likes, you can use “J’aime… ,” “J’adore… ,” and “Je préfère..” ❑ To express hate or dislike, you can use “ne…pas” to negate a statement about liking something, or you can say “je déteste… ,” or even “J’ai horreur de…”