Notes
Travel and clothing
- Travel: un billet, un aller simple (one way), un aller-retour (round trip), la gare, l'aéroport, un vol, une valise, un passeport, la douane. Use en for vehicles you ride inside: en train, en avion, en voiture.
- Clothing: une chemise, un pantalon, une jupe, une robe, un pull, un manteau, des chaussures, des chaussettes. Verbs: porter, mettre, essayer. Sizes: la taille (clothes), la pointure (shoes).
- Colors agree with the noun in gender and number (une robe verte, des chaussures noires).
Stores and shopping
- Stores: la boulangerie (bread), la boucherie (meat), la pharmacie, la librairie (books), le grand magasin, le centre commercial.
- Useful phrases: Je voudrais... / Je cherche... / Je peux l'essayer? / Je le prends. / C'est trop cher. / Il est en solde.
- Ce / cet / cette / ces (this, that, these, those): ce pull, cet anorak, cette robe, ces gants.
Numbers and prices
- 100 cent; 200 deux cents; 250 deux cent cinquante; 1 000 mille; 2 000 deux mille; 1 500 mille cinq cents; 1 000 000 un million.
- Cent takes s only when multiplied and nothing follows. Mille never takes s.
- Prices: 20 € = vingt euros; 15,50 € = quinze euros cinquante. Ask: Combien coûte...? / C'est combien? Add up with ça fait.
Topics in this unit
Each topic has its own short notes and practice.
Practice
Un aller-retour is a round-trip ticket.
Robe is feminine singular, so use cette, and the adjective agrees (jolie).
Cent takes no s when another number follows it, and there is no et.
65 - 20 = 45, so quarante-cinq euros.
The text says un billet de train à 85 €.
La boulangerie sells bread.
Free response
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Free-response question
Théo is planning a trip to Marseille and goes shopping first. Write in French.
(a) Write a sentence saying that he wants a round-trip ticket and ask how much it costs.
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Je voudrais un aller-retour pour Marseille. Ça coûte combien?
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(b) Write the price 245 € in words and the price 1 300 € in words.
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245 € = deux cent quarante-cinq euros. 1 300 € = mille trois cents euros.
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(c) Write two sentences about clothing: Théo tries on a blue jacket and decides to buy it because it is on sale.
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Il essaie une veste bleue. Elle est en solde, alors il la prend.
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