Girlfriend boyfriend, friend, buddy penpal
Mon ami s’appelle David.
Ma amie s’appelle Rachel Instead of using the femine of the possessive adjective which would usually be right. They return to the masculine even though the word being described (friend female) is feminine. They do it to stop the two vowels coming together.
Mon ami my friend masculine
Mon amie my friend feminine
Ton ami
Ton amie
Son ami
Son amie
Mon copain – means my buddy (can also mean boyfriend)
Ma copine means my buddy female (it can also mean girlfriend)
Ami / amie and copain / copine can link with petit / petite to always mean boy/girlfriend
Mon petit ami mon petit copain – this always mean boyfriend
Ma petite amie / ma petite copine this always means girlfriend
A correspondent in English is someone you write to – penpal
Mon correspondant – my penfriend who is a bloke
Ma correspondante – my penfriend who is a girl
Learning your prepositions
What's a preposition?
It's a word that places an object.
Neil is ON the table.
Jennifer is UNDER the table.
Kevin (the walkin' dude) is BETWEEN heaven and earth.
We simply have to learn them. (THEY ARE ON PAGES 114 and 115)
derrière - behind.
Voici un homme derrière l'école.
Il y a - there is.
Il y a un homme derrière l'école
Il y a un homme devant l'école. (C'est le walkin' Dude)
Il y a un homme à côté de l'école. (THERE'S a MAN NEXT TO THE SCHOOL)
Après l'école je regarde la télé. (After school I watch telly)
Me voici, au bord de la mer. (Here I am beside the sea.)
Bailey est avec Amber. aaaaaaaw. (Bailey is with Amber)
Ma mère est chez moi. (My mother is home)
Je suis dans la cuisine. (I am in the kitchen)
Je suis de Carrigaline. (I am from Carrigaline. Poor me)
L'école est en face du parking (the school is facing the car park)
Je suis entre l'école et le parking. (I am between the school and the car park)
je suis loin de l'école grâce à dieu. (I am far from school thanks be to God)
J'entre la maison par la fenêtre. (I enter the house through the window)
J'ai un chien pour toi. (I've a dog for you.)
L'homme est près de l'école. (The man is near the school)
Kevin est sous la table. (Kevin is under the table)
Cormac est sur la maison. (Cormac is on the house. ) Weird I know.
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HOMEWORK.
Learn the preps
Put each of them in a sentence using mine as examples
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