Mon Pays : la France Chapter Notes | French for Class 6 PDF Download

• Mon pays: la France
  (mohn pay-ee: la frahns)
  My country: France

• Voici la carte de mon pays : la France.
  (vwah-see la kart duh mohn pay-ee: la frahns)
  Here is the map of my country: France.

• Paris est la capitale de la France.
  (pah-ree ay la ka-pee-tal duh la frahns)
  Paris is the capital of France.

• Il y a cinq fleuves importants en France : la Seine, la Loire, la Garonne, le Rhône et le Rhin.
  (eel ee ah sank fluhv ahm-por-tahn ahn frahns: la sen, la lwahr, la ga-ron, luh ron ay luh ran)
  There are five important rivers in France: the Seine, the Loire, the Garonne, the Rhône, and the Rhine.

• La Seine traverse la ville de Paris.
  (la sen trah-vehrs la veel duh pah-ree)
  The Seine runs through the city of Paris.

• Les montagnes principales de la France sont : les Pyrénées dans le sud-ouest, les Alpes dans le sud-est.
  (ley mon-tahn prahn-see-pal duh la frahns sohn: ley pee-ray-nay dah luh sood-oo-est, ley alp dah luh sood-est)
  The main mountains of France are: the Pyrenees in the southwest, and the Alps in the southeast.

• Les pays voisins de la France sont : l'Espagne au sud, l'Italie et la Suisse à l'est, l'Allemagne et la Belgique au nord-est, et la Grande-Bretagne au nord-ouest, séparés par La Manche.
  (ley pay vwah-zahn duh la frahns sohn: les-pan-yuh oh sood, lee-tah-lee ay la sweess ah lest, lah-le-man-yuh ay la bel-zheek oh nord-est, ay la grahnd-bre-tahn oh nord-oo-est, say-pah-ray par la manch)
  The neighboring countries of France are: Spain to the south, Italy and Switzerland to the east, Germany and Belgium to the northeast, and Great Britain to the northwest, separated by the English Channel.

• Les pays voisins de la France sont: au nord - la Belgique et l’Angleterre; à l’est - l’Allemagne, la Suisse et l’Italie; au sud – l’Espagne. À l’ouest, il y a l’océan Atlantique. La Manche sépare la France de l’Angleterre.
  (ley pay vwah-zahn duh la frahns sohn: oh nohr - la bel-zheek ay lan-gle-tehr; ah lest - la-le-man-yuh, la sweess ay lee-tah-lee; oh sood – les-pan-yuh. ah loo-est, eel ee ah loh-se-an at-lahn-teek. La manch say-par la frahns duh lan-gle-tehr.)
  The neighboring countries of France are: to the north - Belgium and England; to the east - Germany, Switzerland, and Italy; to the south - Spain. To the west, there is the Atlantic Ocean. The English Channel separates France from England.

• La France est connue pour ses fromages (le camembert, le brie, le roquefort), sa cuisine et ses parfums (Chanel, Christian Dior, Pacco Rabane etc.)
  (la frahns ay kon-new poor say froh-mahzh (luh ka-man-bear, luh bree, luh rok-for), sa kwee-zeen ay say par-fum (shah-nel, krees-tyan dee-or, pah-ko ra-ban et-set-er-ah))
  France is known for its cheeses (Camembert, Brie, Roquefort), its cuisine, and its perfumes (Chanel, Christian Dior, Paco Rabanne, etc.).

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Accord des adjectifs (Agreement of adjectives)

• Generally, an "e" is added to the masculine form in order to make an adjective feminine.

  • grand + e → grande
    (grahn + uh → grahnd)
    tall (masc.) + e → tall (fem.)

  • haut + e → haute
    (oh + uh → oht)
    high (masc.) + e → high (fem.)

  • court + e → courte
    (koor + uh → koort)
    short (masc.) + e → short (fem.)

• If the masculine form of the adjective ends with an "e", it remains the same in the feminine form.

  • jeune → jeune
    (zheuhn → zheuhn)
    young (masc.) → young (fem.)

  • rouge → rouge
    (roozh → roozh)
    red (masc.) → red (fem.)

• The feminine of certain adjectives is formed by doubling the final consonant of the masculine form and then adding "e".

  • gros + se → grosse
    (gro + suh → gros)
    fat (masc.) + e → fat (fem.)

  • bon + ne → bonne
    (bon + nuh → bon)
    good (masc.) + e → good (fem.)

• Adjectives ending with "eau" in the masculine form change to "elle" to get their feminine form.

  • beau → belle
    (bo → bell)
    handsome (masc.) → beautiful (fem.)

Making an adjective plural

In most cases, an adjective is made plural by adding 's' to its singular form.

• grand (grahn) - large → grands (grahn)
• large (larzh) - wide → larges (larzh)
• haut (oh) - high → hauts (oh)
• joli (zho-lee) - pretty → jolis (zho-lee)
• noir (nwar) - black → noirs (nwar)

If an adjective already ends with 's' in its masculine singular form, there is no change in the plural form.

• gros (groh) - fat → gros (groh)
• épais (ay-pay) - thick → épais (ay-pay)
• gris (gree) - grey → gris (gree)

An adjective ending in 'eau' in the singular form is made plural by adding an 'x'.

• beau (boh) - beautiful → beaux (boh)
• nouveau (noo-vo) - new → nouveaux (noo-vo)

The feminine plural of adjectives is formed by adding 's' to the feminine singular form.

• grande (grahnd) - tall → grandes (grahnd)
• belle (bell) - beautiful → belles (bell)
• grise (greez) - grey → grises (greez)

Il y a, Voici, Voilà

• Il y a (eel ee ah) - there is, there are
  This phrase is used to indicate the existence or presence of something.

• Voici (vwah-see) - here is, here are
  This phrase is typically used to present something or someone.

• Voilà (vwah-lah) - there is, there are
  Similar to 'voici', it is used to present something or someone but can also indicate that something is a bit further away or has been found.