French Grammar

Paper Code: 
FRN-101
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To lay strong foundations of basic grammar of French

9.00
Unit I: 

Tu ou vous?; masculin/feminin; the numbers from 0 to 16;alphabets, some diacritical signs.
the definite articles : le,la les ; subject pronouns : je,tu,il/elle,vous ; interrogation by intonation ;
 

9.00
Unit II: 

Quel,quelle etc. (asking age,address, telephone number) ; verbs : être, avoir, habiter, s’appeler, travailler, apprendre ; adjectivs of  nationality; numbers from 17 to 69 ; language of internet, sports, professions ;

9.00
Unit III: 

c’est/il est ; possessive adjectives (1) ; partitive articles ; on =nous; negation :ne….pas; yes/no/of course.

9.00
Unit IV: 

conjugation of verbs ending in-er; numbers after 69; near future aller+verb2; imperative mood: écoute!allez!; indicators of time(1);

9.00
Unit V: 

plural of nouns; there is/are; nous,ils/elles; verbs: pouvoir vouloir, aller; months of the year; expressions with the verb avoir;  interrogation with “est-ce que”.

Essential Readings: 

1)CONNEXIONS-1.
2) Audio CD (CONNEXIONS-1).
 

References: 

1)Larousse compact dictionary : Fre->Eng./Eng.->Fre
2) Conjugaison – Le Robert & Nathan
3) Larousse grammaire francaise
4) Grammaire collection “Le Nouvel Entrainez-Vous”, level debutant.
 

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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