I can review the whole module: say who or what is the most, the least, or the best, join two sentences with qui, que, and où, ask and advise politely, and give quantities — tout, chaque, la moitié.
What we review
What we review
Module 4 is complete. Here is all of it at a glance.
• The most and the least: le, la, or les + plus or moins + the adjective, and the group you choose from takes de. Special forms: le meilleur, le mieux, le pire.
• Two sentences into one: qui for the subject, que (qu' before a vowel) for the object, où for a place and for a day or a year.
• Politely and gently: je voudrais, j'aimerais, on pourrait, vous pourriez, tu devrais, il faudrait, ce serait bien de — the futur simple stem plus the imparfait endings; you hear -rais.
• How many: tout, toute, tous, toutes with the article, quelques and plusieurs with the plural, chaque with the singular, la plupart des, la moitié du, percentages in words.
• The poster: what, where, when, how much it costs to get in, and who gets a discount.
Now you can talk about a concert, an exhibition, or a play, rate them, and politely arrange to go out together.
Special forms: bon, bien, mauvais
“Le plus bon” and “le plus bien” aren't said: these three words have their own forms.
| Base word | Superlative | Example |
|---|---|---|
| bon (good) | le meilleur, la meilleure, les meilleurs, les meilleures | le meilleur groupe |
| bien (well) | le mieux | chanter le mieux |
| mauvais (bad) | le pire = le plus mauvais | le pire concert |
The five forms of tout
Before a noun, tout is followed by an article or a possessive; without a noun, tous is a pronoun.
| Form | Example | Note |
|---|---|---|
| tout le | tout le concert | masculine singular |
| toute la | toute la ville | feminine singular |
| tous les | tous les jours | masculine plural; the s is silent, so it sounds [tu] |
| toutes les | toutes les chansons | feminine plural |
| tous without a noun | Ils sont tous là. | here the s is pronounced, so it sounds [tus] |
Lesson notes
What we review
Module 4 is complete. Here is all of it at a glance.
• The most and the least: le, la, or les + plus or moins + the adjective, and the group you choose from takes de. Special forms: le meilleur, le mieux, le pire.
• Two sentences into one: qui for the subject, que (qu' before a vowel) for the object, où for a place and for a day or a year.
• Politely and gently: je voudrais, j'aimerais, on pourrait, vous pourriez, tu devrais, il faudrait, ce serait bien de — the futur simple stem plus the imparfait endings; you hear -rais.
• How many: tout, toute, tous, toutes with the article, quelques and plusieurs with the plural, chaque with the singular, la plupart des, la moitié du, percentages in words.
• The poster: what, where, when, how much it costs to get in, and who gets a discount.
Now you can talk about a concert, an exhibition, or a play, rate them, and politely arrange to go out together.