1. How to introduce yourself in French
And an introduction to
“les verbs reflexifs”

2.  Introduce yourself in French to someone
 Ask someone else’s name
 Know whether or not to use tu or vous!
 Identify a reflexive verb, and know what it is!
 Correctly produce liaisons between words that end
with vowels, and begin with consonants
 Know how to Conjugate regular –er reflexive
verbs in the imperatif (Present tense) !
Allez, viens!

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce_aFZR3xQA
Sing along with our adorable petit sourris- ami,
Ratournet!
Je m’appelle [Name]. Comment t’appelles tu?
Ou
Je m’appelle [Name] . Comment vous appellez –
vous?

4.  French has two ways
to say the word
“you!”
 Vous ( Formelle)
 people you don’t know,
your boss, teachers!
 Tu (Informelle)
 friends, people your
own age, family!
 English had this
same system until the
12th century!

5.  C’est important noter que: 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 français! The ~ mark here denotes where to
make the liaison!
 Comment vous~ appellez-vous?
 Comment nous~appellons-nous?

6.  A reflexive verb [fr: verbe reflexif] is a verb that is
used when the subject and direct object of a sentence
are the same.
 A reflexive verb uses a subject pronoun, and then an
object pronoun
[Subj. pronoun] + [Obj. Pronoun]+[Conjugated verb]
Review: «Tu manges un pomme»
 Direct Object
 Subject
 If your friend were an apple (which they’re probably
not!) you could say «Tu te manges!»

7.  Singulier
 Je me
 Tu te
 Il/Elle/On se
 Pluriel
 Nous nous
 Vous vous
 Ils/Elles se

8.  “Appeller” is just
a simple -er verb
at heart!
 It has a stem, and
an ending, like
any other -er verb!
 Let’s conjugate
appeller, before
we make it
reflexive!
 J’appelle
 Tu appelles
 Il/Elle/On appelle
 Nous appellons
 Vous appellez
 Ils/elles appellent

9.  Madness? This is French Class!
 Like in english, sometimes the French have
vowels that they don’t say
 When there is an unspoken vowel, we
replace it with an apostrophe ( ‘ )
 English: I can’t go out tonight!
 (Cannot = can’t)
 French Je m’appelle Jean
 Wait a minute… wasn’t 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.  Choose a pronoun!
 Je me
 Tu te
 Il/elle/on se
 Nous nous
 Vous vous
 Ils/elles se
 Match it up!
 appelle
 appelles
 Appelle
 Appellons
 Appellez
 appellent

11. Thanks for tuning in!