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CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Infromal French
2 Informal English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight

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 FRENCH

1. Julie Martin: Bonjour Monsieur.

2. Robert DuPont: Bonjour Madame.

3. Julie Martin: Comment vous vous appelez?

4. Robert DuPont: Je m'appelle Robert.

ENGLISH

1. Julie Martin: Hello, Sir.

2. Robert DuPont: Hello, ma’am.

3. Julie Martin: What is your name?

4. Robert DuPont: I’m Robert.

INFROMAL FRENCH

1. Julie Martin: Salut.

2. Robert DuPont: Salut.

3. Julie Martin: Comment tu t'appelles?

4. Robert DuPont: Je m'appelle Robert.

INFORMAL ENGLISH

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1. Julie Martin: Hi

2. Robert DuPont: Hi.

3. Julie Martin: What's your name?

4. Robert DuPont: I’m Robert.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

madame ma'am, Mrs. noun feminine

You (formal) are

vous vous appelez called pronominal verb form

je / j' I personal pronoun

(I) am called ,I am
named, I am + first pronominal verb /
je m'appelle
name reflexive of appeler

tu you (informal) personal pronoun

You (Informal) are

called, are named, pronominal verb
tu t'appelles
are + first name form of s'appeler

Bonjour. Hello. (formal) expression masculine

salut hi, bye (informal) noun masculine

vous you (formal) pronoun neuter

monsieur sir, Mr. noun masculine

Mademoiselle Miss noun feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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Bonjour Madame. Vous vous appelez Jean Reno.

"Hello, ma'am." "Your name is Jean Reno."

Je vais bien. Je m'appelle Nicolas.

"I am well." "My name is Nicolas."

Tu as 20 ans. Tu vas au travail.

"You are twenty years old." "You go to work."

Comment tu t'appelles ? Tu t'appelles Jane.

"What is your name?" "You're (named) Jane."

Bonjour Monsieur. Salut Pierre!

"Hello, sir." "Hi, Peter!"

Salut, Estelle. Vous êtes ici.

"Bye, Estelle." "You are here."

Vous vous appelez David. Monsieur Smith est invité à la conférence.

"You are called David." "Mr. Smith is invited to the

conference."

Monsieur Moulin est le président de Mademoiselle et Madame.

l'association.
"Miss and Mrs."
"Mr. Moulin is the president of the
association."

Mademoiselle, vous avez de la monnaie ?

"Miss, do you have change?"

GRAMMAR

Taking Names in French

Comment vous vous appelez?

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"What is your name?"

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To ask or say the name of a person in French, use the verb s'appeler. The literal translation is
"to be named," or "to be called," or "to call oneself." For example, je m'appelle Marie translates
in English to "I am Mary" (literally, "I'm named Mary").

The verb s'appeler

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A look at s'appeler reveals the following:

1. The infinitive form is identical to the infinitive in English of "to be called." Once
you conjugate the verb with the subject, we commonly refer to it as a verb form or a
conjugation.

2. It is a regular verb ending in -er

3. It is part of the first verb group

There are three verb groups in French. The first group includes regular verbs ending in -er in
their infinitive form.

As you can see, there is an -s and an apostrophe in s'appeler.

This tells you that the verb is a reflexive verb, or in French, un verbe pronominal.
We use the pronominal verb s'appeler, as we do many others, to reflect information back to a
person or thing.

In other words, the action (main verb of a sentence) is performed on the subject itself.

Language Expansion:

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To ask someone's name, use in a

Informal situation

French "English"

Comment tu t'appelles ? "What is your name ?"

Formal situation

French "English"

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Comment vous vous t'appelez ? "What is your name ?"

CULTURAL INSIGHT

French Language

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French is a Romance language that originates from Latin (the language of the Roman Empire).
It was originally spoken in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.

Today about 300 million people around the world-in at least fifty-four countries and regions-
speak French as a native or second language. It is an official language in twenty-nine
countries, most of which form what we call La Francophonie in French, or "the community of
French-speaking nations." It is an official language of all United Nations Agencies.

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