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Leçon No 6 - Feminine Words & Quelle Porte!

la porte = door

Cou-cou, mes bons étudiants! I hope you are having a great week!
This weeks lesson is an extension of Leçon 4 (masculine nouns & "Quel")
If you have not done Leçon 4, I would go visit it first!

Today's objectives:

  • Feminine French words (Yea! Finalement!)
  • Making exclamations in French about feminine objects! Using "quelle"!
  • Adding an adjective (describing word) to your exclamations!
VOCABULAIRE:
Below are images of feminine French objects:

la vue = view

la maison = house

la chambre; la pièce = room

la chambre à coucher = bedroom (if you are trying to be specific)

la chaise = chair; les chaises = chairs

la robe = dress

la chaussure = shoe; les chaussures = shoes

la coiffure = hairdo; hairstyle

Other feminine French nouns:
la fête = party; celebration
la fleur = flower
la photo = photo
l'image = image; photo
la semaine = week
la rue = street
la vie = life
la voiture = car

Making exclamations in French about feminine objects

First here is a short review of Leçon 4-- using "quel":
To make an exclamation in French about an object, the French use a form of the word "quel" Remember with masculine nouns we use "quel"
Example = Quel magazine intéressant! (What an interesting magazine)

Formula for feminine French nouns:
Quelle + feminine noun

Examples
Quelle image! = What an image!
Quelle vie! = What a life!

Here are some additional phrases with Quelle that you may find very useful in blogging:
Quelle horreur! = How horrible!
Quelle idée! = What an idea!
Quelle misère! = What misery!
Quelle coincidence! = What a coincidence!
Quelle catastrophe! = What a disaster!

Obviously, you may want to add an adjective (describing word) with your explanation.
List of easy adjectives once again:
adorable, agréable (nice, pleasant), artistique, bête (dumb,silly, stupid),bizarre (weird, strange, odd), chic, classique, comique (funny/comical), drôle (funny), fantastique, grave (serious),
incroyable (unbelieveable), logique (logical), magnifique, populaire,rasoir (boring) ridicule, romantique, stupide, unique

Formula for adding an adjective:

Quelle + feminine noun + adjective
The formula is also the same for masucline nouns!
Quel + masculine noun + adjective

Examples
Quelle chambre romantique! = What a romantic (bed)room!
Quelle coiffure unique et bizarre! = What a unique and odd hairstyle!
Quelle maison chic! = What a stylish house!
Quelle vue magnifique! = What a magnificent view!

Roll call! For today's lesson, I am taking roll! Who is attending class? Who is playing hooky??? You must leave a comment for me to know your are attending!

For all of my over-achievers, you may leave an exclamation about the last image in this post! Soyez créatifs! (Be creative!)
Images
1. Flickr 2. Flickr 3. Flickr 4. MoulinNoir Furniture 5. Flickr 6. mynextshoes.net 7.people.com 8. Flickr 9. Flickr