1. Comment tutappelles?
How to introduce yourself in French
And an introduction to
les verbs reflexifs

2. After today, you will be able to:
Introduce yourself in French to someone
Ask someone elses name
Know whether or not to usetuor vous!
Identify a reflexive verb, and know what it is!
Correctly produce liaisons between words that end with vowels,andbegin with consonants
Know how to Conjugate regular er reflexive verbs in the imperatif(Present tense) !
Allez, viens!
3. Chantons nous!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce_aFZR3xQA
Sing along with our adorablepetit sourris- ami, Ratournet!
Je mappelle [Name]. Comment tappellestu?
Ou
Je mappelle [Name] . Comment vousappellez vous?
4. Formalities, Formalities!
French has two ways to say the word you!
Vous ( Formelle)
people you dont know,your boss, teachers!
Tu (Informelle)
friends, people your own age, family!
English had this same system until the 12th century!
5. Prononcation withnous and vous!
Cest important noterque: Apeller is a verb that begins with un voyelle! [ A, E, I, O, U ]
When you have a pronoun that ends in s [Nous,Vous], the S sound becomes a Z sound next to a word that begins with a vowel, and that Z sound links them together!
This part of pronunciation is called un liaison,en franais! The ~ mark here denotes where to make the liaison!
Comment vous~ appellez-vous?
Comment nous~appellons-nous?
6. What is a Reflexive Verb?
A reflexive verb [fr: verbereflexif] is a verb that is used when the subject and direct object ofa sentence are the same.
A reflexive verb uses a subject pronoun, and then an object pronoun
[Subj. pronoun] + [Obj. Pronoun]+[Conjugated verb]
Review: Tumangesun pomme
Direct Object
Subject
If your friend were an apple (which theyre probably not!) you could sayTutemanges!
7. Object Pronouns or, how to talk to apples.
Singulier
Je me
Tute
Il/Elle/On se
Pluriel
Nous nous
Vousvous
Ils/Ellesse
8. You can already conjugate this!
Appeller is just a simple -erverb at heart!
It has a stem, and an ending, like any other -erverb!
Lets conjugate appeller, before we make it reflexive!
Jappelle
Tuappelles
Il/Elle/On appelle
Nous appellons
Vousappellez
Ils/ellesappellent
9. Two vowels? This is madness!
Madness? This is French Class!
Like in english, sometimes the French have vowels that they dont say
When there is an unspoken vowel, we replace it with an apostrophe ( )
English: I cant go out tonight!
(Cannot = cant)
French Jemappelle Jean
Wait a minute wasnt there an e there a second ago?Yes, there was! The mark always replaces the e on the object pronoun, not the Subject pronoun!
10. Putting it all together!
Choose a pronoun!
Je me
Tute
Il/elle/on se
Nous nous
Vousvous
Ils/elles se
Match it up!
appelle
appelles
Appelle
Appellons
Appellez
appellent
11. Coming Soon:Verb Inversions
Thanks for tuning in!