What I and others have: singular 'avoir' and nouns
Why this, why now
In this unit a dream, a story and packing a bag offer multiple contexts for learning that nouns have grammatical gender and that this determines the word for a/an. Pupils learn to use c'est, it is, with liaison, and singular forms of the verb ‘avoir’. Key sounds learnt are un, on, ch, au, u and ou.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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What I and others have: singular 'avoir' and nouns
In this unit a dream, a story and packing a bag offer multiple contexts for learning that nouns have grammatical gender and that this determines the word for a/an. Pupils learn to use c'est, it is, with liaison, and singular forms of the verb ‘avoir’. Key sounds learnt are un, on, ch, au, u and ou.
10 lessons- Story: Lulu, la tortue
- Packing a bag: singular 'avoir'
- What is it? C'est and liaison
- A strange dream: practice with key sounds
- An excursion: 'tu as' and intonation questions
- What is it? Intonation questions and 'quoi'
- What I and others have: 'j'ai' and 'il, elle a'
- Who has what? Singular 'avoir' and intonation questions
- Who has what? Singular 'avoir' and 'être'
- What is it? Naming belongings with 'un' and 'une'