Module 8: Les Métiers 08.00: Le Travail en France The French work hours per week and cannot work more than 13 hours. The minimum wage, Le SMIC, was 9.19 Euros (about $11.80) per hour in 2012. The average salary is 2,452 per month. The French cannot work more than six days in a row; usually Sunday is the day off. They get weeks of vacation a year. There are no differences anymore between salaries of men and women. The retirement age is. 08.01: Les Métiers Please spend time in the lesson practicing the professions vocabulary. In the lesson, you will be able to hear how each word or phrase is pronounced. Be sure to practice by repeating after the speaker. French English occupations a profession a job a small job un informaticien/ne un(e) comptable un(e) assistante administratif a businessman a business woman a model an engineer un(e) cinéaste un(e) architecte un(e) journaliste
a writer an artist un chercheur / une chercheuse un(e) commerçant(e) a teacher un(e) musician(ne) a painter a plumber a carpenter an electrician un steward une hôtesse de l'air un/une avocat(e) a judge a medical doctor a pharmasict a nurse a vet un pilote a waiter a postal carrier a firefighter un stagiaire un chômeur / une chômeuse to receive devoir faire la grasse matinée hair dresser
un mécanicien un acteur / une actrice chef / cook Important: When describing your profession, you do not need a determiner (un/une) after the verb être. Ma mère est infirmière = My mother is a nurse. Il est homme d affaires = He is a businessman. Je vois une serveuse = I see a server Les métiers au féminin: Masculine endings ending in -eur -ien -ier change to these feminine endings -euse (exception: professeur) -ienne -ière Some occupations do not change in the feminine form: médecin, professeur, vétérinaire, maçon. 08.02: Des Verbes Fill in the chart with the verb conjugations. RECEVOIR = to receive Past Participle = je tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles DEVOIR = must / have to Past Participle = je tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles
08.03 Leçon Qui Que Jeanne d'arc Jeanne d Arc (Joan of Arc) lived in France was born in year., France in the At the age of 13, Joan of Arc began to hear the voices of (Margaret, Catherine, and Michael). Also, in 1425, Domrémy was raided by allies of the English. In 1428, Joan asked commander of French forces if she could help, but was turned away. In 1429, Jeanne dressed in men's clothing and headed to king gave Jeanne command of a small force in April., where the king was. Eventually, the May, 14, 1430: After losing a battle in Paris, Jeanne lead troops to Compiègne, where she was captured and sold to the English. In 1431: Jeanne was tried in. The English judges told her to change her clothes, but Jeanne did not since the Saints had not told her to do so. Not listening to the judges decided her fate of being proclaimed a witch. On May 30, 1431, at the age of, Jeanne was found guilty of being a. and was In 1456, a second trial was held on behalf of Jeanne and she was found innocent. Qui/Que The relative pronouns (qui and que) are used to a clause that describes a. QUI is used as the Où est ta cousine qui danse bien? of the verb in the clause. There is no other subject after it. C'est mon frère qui conduit vite. QUE is used as the (noun or pronoun.) Que becomes Qu' before a vowel. J'ai des copains. Je les vois souvent. C'est le prof que nous aimons. of the verb in the clause. It is usually followed by a subject J'ai des copains que je vois souvent. Où est le livre que je veux acheter? Click here to visit U Texas site for extra help with the Relative Pronouns QUI and QUE.
08.04 Leçon Lequel These pronouns replace one(s) and agree with the nouns that they replace. They mean which lequel laquelle lesquels lesquelles masculine singular nouns feminine singular nouns masculine plural nouns feminine plural nouns Be aware of the contractions when using these interrogative/ relative pronouns: auquel / à laquelle / auxquels / auxquelles = at which one, to which one duquel / de laquelle / desquels / desquelles = from which one, of which one Voici 3 livres. Lequel veux-tu? Here are 3 books. Which ones do you want? Il y a 2 pizzas. Laquelle prenons-nous? There are 2 pizzas. Which one are we taking? Voilà le café à côté duquel [de lequel] il m'a retrouvé. This is the café from which he found me. Voici les amis desquels [de lesquels] je te parlais. Here are the friends of which I was talking. Click here to visit U Texas site for extra help with the Relative Pronoun LEQUEL. 08.05 Le Travail Deux L Afrique Fun Facts: There are 32 countries in Africa that speak. Africa is the largest where French is spoken. There are a lot of French colonies in Africa. The children speak French at. Students are allowed to go to France to at the universities.
08.06 Module Review for DBA To prepare for your Discussion based assessment and Module Eight exam, you should spend time with this module review. 08.00 08.01 describe work in France talk about professions in French 08.02 conjugate the verbs devoir and recevoir 08.03 explain why Jeanne d Arc is a national heroine in France use qui and que 08.04 use lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles understand simple spoken and written French 08.05 describe French-speaking Africa understand simple spoken French