INTRODUCTION |
Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine. |
Eric: And welcome to Must-Know French Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 10. Using the Verb "to have." |
Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for talking about belongings. |
PATTERN |
Eric: For example, "You have very long hair." |
Yasmine: Tu as les cheveux très longs. |
Yasmine: [slow] Tu as les cheveux très longs. |
Eric: The pattern for talking about belongings has 3 elements. First, the pronoun, in this case the informal "you." |
Yasmine: Tu. |
Eric: Second, the verb "to have," conjugated in the second person singular. |
Yasmine: as. |
Eric: Third, the complement, in this case "very long hair." |
Yasmine: les cheveux très longs. |
Eric: Altogether, we have "You have very long hair." |
Yasmine: Tu as les cheveux très longs. [slow] Tu as les cheveux très longs. [normal] Tu as les cheveux très longs. |
Eric: First you have the pronoun, then the verb "to have," conjugated according to the pronoun, and lastly the complement. |
Yasmine: Tu as les cheveux très longs. |
Eric: So remember, to talk about belongings, start with a pronoun, then the verb "to have" conjugated according to the pronoun, and then the belongings you want to talk about. |
Eric: Here's another example meaning, "You have a pretty necklace." First, the pronoun, in this case the informal "you." |
Yasmine: Tu. |
Eric: Second, the verb "to have," conjugated in the second person singular. |
Yasmine: as. |
Eric: Third, the complement, in this case "a pretty necklace." |
Yasmine: un joli collier. |
Eric: Altogether we have... |
Yasmine: Tu as un joli collier. [slow] Tu as un joli collier. [normal] Tu as un joli collier. |
Eric: "You have a pretty necklace." |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as un joli collier. |
Eric: How do you say - "You have a sense of humor." To give you a hint, "sense of humor" is... |
Yasmine: sens de l'humour. [slow] sens de l'humour. [normal] sens de l'humour. |
Eric: "You have a sense of humor." |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as le sens de l'humour. [slow] Tu as le sens de l'humour. [normal] Tu as le sens de l'humour. |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as le sens de l'humour. |
REVIEW |
Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in French. Here we go. |
Eric: "You have very long hair." |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as les cheveux très longs. |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as les cheveux très longs. |
Eric: "You have a pretty necklace." |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as un joli collier. |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as un joli collier. |
Eric: "You have a sense of humor." |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as le sens de l'humour. |
[pause] |
Yasmine: Tu as le sens de l'humour. |
Outro
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Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for talking about belongings, as in... |
Yasmine: Tu as les cheveux très longs. |
Eric: meaning "You have very long hair." |
Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on FrenchPod101.com. Thanks, everyone, see you next time! |
Yasmine: A la prochaine! |
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