LESSON NOTES

3-Minute French S1 #8
Talking about your age

CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 FRENCH

1. Quel âge as-tu?

2. Quel âge avez -vous?

3. J'ai 17 ans.

4. Je préfère ne pas le dire.

ENGLISH

1. How old are you? (informal)

2. How old are you? (formal)

3. I am 17.

4. I prefer not to say.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

dire tell verb

le it pronoun

ne pas not adverb

préfère prefer verb

quel what adjective masculine

âge age noun masculine

as have verb

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 tu you personal pronoun

avez have verb form

vous you pronoun neuter

j' I pronoun neuter

ai have verb form

17 17 adjective

ans years noun masculine

je I pronoun neuter

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Quel âge avez -vous? Quel âge avez -vous?

"How old are you?" "How old are you?"

T u deviner as la r éponse. T u es ét udiant .

"You will guess the answer." "You are a student."

Excusez -moi, avez -vous du pain? Vous avez une mont r e. Quelle heur e
est -il?
"Excuse me, do you have some
bread?" "You have a watch. What time is it?"

Vous êt es invit é. Quel âge avez -vous?

"You are invited." "How old are you?"

J 'ador e fair e la gr asse mat inée. J 'ai deux fr èr es.

"I love to oversleep." "I have two brothers."

J 'ai de nombr eux amis. J 'ai aussi un chien.

"I have numerous friends." "I have a dog, too."

J 'ai dix-huit ans. J e m'appelle Anne Pr oust .

"I'm 18 years old." "My name is Anne Proust."

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GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to ask someone's age and to say yours.

Regist er French English Impor t ant

Not es

Phr ase 1 infor mal Quel âge as- How old ar e

tu? you?

Word 1 quel what

Word 2 âge age

Word 3 as have conjugated

verb

Word 4 tu you

Phr ase 2 for mal Quel âge avez- How old ar e

vous? you?

Word 1 quel what

Word 2 âge age

Word 3 avez have conjugated

verb

Word 4 vous you

Phr ase 3 J'ai 17 ans. I am 17 .

Word 1 J' I

Word 2 ai have conjugated

verb

Word 3 17 17

Word 4 ans years

Phr ase 4 Je préfère ne I pr efer not

pas le dire. t o say.

Word 1 je I

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Word 2 préfère prefer conjugated
verb

Word 3 ne pas not

Word 4 le it

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Asking about someone's age is often perceived as impolite; some persons feel incomfortable
telling their age.

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