Mastering French
9/21/26
Chapter 2: Qui êtes-vous? �/ Talking about yourself
👨 David: Bonjour, je m’appelle David. Vous venez d’où?�👩 Sophie: Bonjour David. Je viens du Canada. Et vous ?�👨 David: Je suis américain, de New York.�👩 Sophie: Ah, très bien ! Vous avez quel âge?�👨 David: J’ai soixante ans. Et vous ?�👩 Sophie: J’ai cinquante ans.
Key Vocabulary
See page 162
You may also use Vous êtes d’où? or Tu es d’où? To ask where you are from.
Venez and viens mean… come… hence, where do you come from?
Useful Expressions
Vous êtes / Tu es = You are or Are you
Vocabulary Builder
Note: In spoken French est-ce que is used for questions instead of inversion. So you might see the following:
D’où est-ce que vous venez? Formal spoken.�Vous venez d’où? Less formal spoken.�Tu viens d’où? Informal spoken.�D’où venez-vous? Formal written.�
They all mean… Where are you from?
Practice Prompts
Practice Prompts
J’étais - I was / I used to be
Quick Review
✅ Can you say “I am from Canada” in French?�✅ Do you know how to ask someone’s age formally and informally?�✅ Can you introduce yourself with your nationality?
Outside of the US, when you tell someone your nationality, it’s where you were born or where you are a citizen of, not your heritage.
Here are some basic activities in French. You can find more in the appendix.
regarder la télé = to watch TV�écouter la musique = to listen to music�prendre un verre = to have a drink�lire = to read�écrire = to write�sortir avec des amis = to go out with friends�aller à un concert = to go to a concert�aller au bar = to go to the bar�chanter = to sing�danser = to dance�aller au cinéma = to go to the movies jouer à + sport/game�bavarder avec des amis = to chat with friends jouer au tennis�faire une promenade = to go for a walk jouer de + instrument�voyager = to travel jouer de la guitare�faire du vélo = to ride a bike
Qu’est-ce que tu aimes (faire)?�What do you like (to do)?
J’aime _______.
Tu veux/Vous voulez - you want
P 216
Aller + the infinitive … the near future�Aller is the verb to go and the infinitive is a whole (unconjugated) verb.�For ex: Je vais jouer au tennis. I am going to play tennis.
aller = to go
je vais I go, I do go, I am going
tu vas you go, you do go, you are going
il/elle/on va he/she goes, he/she does go, he/she is going
nous allons we go, we do go, we are going
vous allez you go, you do go, you are going (formal singular and plural)
ils/elles vont they go, they do go, they are going
ON - we, you, one
So if I want to say… I am going to retire.
Je vais prendre ma retraite.
You try… say that you are going to watch TV.
Je vais regarder la télé.
Digging Deeper
Putting The Pieces Together p 30
Notes
les États-Unis = the USA�layz ay tahz unee
des États-Unis = from the USA�dayz ay tahz unee
aux États-Unis = in/to the USA�ohz aytahz unee
est-ce que = means a question is coming�es keu
qu’est-ce que = what�kes keu
- With professions do not use an article.�Je suis prof….. not Je suis une prof.