The FVV #FVV #80 PORTE-MONNAIE video shows us “Just found a treasure…???”. (Clip & feature image from “Bienvenue chez les Casagrandes – Le porte-monnaie perdu”)
In this video clip, learn how to say expressions such as “There’s nobody.“, “A hundred dollar bill” and “Thanks for having found it.“. (***Go to the VIDEO FLASHCARDS for the Expression Answers.)
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1) FVV Video #80
PORTE-MONNAIE
Canon!
Quelqu’un a (1)___ son (2)___.
Oh non! C’est (3)___!
Il n’y a personne.
À qui pourrait être?
Regarde à l'(4)___ du (2*)___.
Il y a peut-être une (5)___.
Bonne idée!
Un (6)___ de cent dollars.
Nom d’un (7)___ tout doré!
Je viens de me souvenir que…
J’ai (8)___ mon (2*)___ ici ce matin.
Merci de l’avoir (9)___ !
Bien d’essayé petit (10)___!
Note: 1) 2* is a repeat of word blank 2.
2) VIDEO QUESTION 2 is in Q&A Part 2 (word blanks 4 & 5).
Claude MONET “Impression, Soleil Levant”
2) Short Video Q&A
Q1 PART 1 (Words 1, 2, 3)
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the video.
Canon! Quelqu’un a (1)___ son (2)___.
Oh non! C’est (3)___!
Il n’y a personne. À qui pourrait être?
(a) PERDU, PORTE-MONNAIE, NUL
(b) PERDOU, PORT-MONNAIE, NOUL
(c) PERDUE, PORTE-MONNAÉ, NULLE
le CANON
A1 Answer: (a) PERDU, PORTE-MONNAIE, NUL
Canon!
Quelqu’un a PERDU son PORTE-MONNAIE.
Oh non! C’est NUL!
Il n’y a personne.
À qui pourrait être?
Translation:
Great!
Someone has lost his/her change purse.
Oh no! That’s awful!
There’s nobody.
To who (To whom) could it belong?
Vocabulary Notes:
- CANON (Cannon, barrel, hot, great; nm)
*** Here CANON is used as a slang word for “Great, gorgeous”. - PERDRE (To lose; vt -RE reg conj)
- PORTE-MONNAIE (Change purse; nm)
* PORTE-MONNAIE is a combination of two words
=PORTER (To carry; vt -ER reg conj)+ MONNAIE (Change, coin, currency; nf) - NUL (Hopeless, bad, worthless; adj-m)
- NE…PERSONNE – NE & PERSONNE is used together to mean “Nobody”
- POUVOIR (To be able to; vt -irr conj)
– POURRAIT is the il conditionnel form of POUVOIR
Q2 PART 2 (Words 4, 5)
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the video. (Notes: 2* is a repeat of word blank 2. This is also VIDEO QUESTION #2).
Regarde à l'(4)___ du (2*)___.
Il y a peut-être une (5)___.
Bonne idée!
(b) INTERIEUX, PORT-MONNAIE, PIACE DIDENT’ITÉ
(c) INTÉRIUR, PORTE-MONNAÉ, PIÈCE DÉ IDENTITHÉ
Une PIÈCE D’IDENTITÉ
A2 Answer: (a) INTÉRIEUR, PORTE-MONNAIE, PIÈCE D’IDENTITÉ
Regarde à l’INTÉRIEUR du PORTE-MONNAIE.
Il y a peut-être une PIÈCE D’IDENTITÉ.
Bonne idée!
Translation:
Look inside of the change purse.
Maybe there is a piece of id (identity).
Good idea!
Vocabulary Notes:
MONNAIE & MONET (the name of the famous French impressionist artist) are homophones (sound the same). The endings AIE & ET are pronounced the same & rhyme.
Ex) MONNAIE, MOLLET, TOURNIQUET
le MOLLET
(Calf)
le TOURNIQUET
(Revolving door)
Claude MONET “Impression, Soleil Levant”(Impression, Sunrise)
Learn the Bonus Word through Word Map association…
QWhat word means “Megaphone” and has the same start word as le PORTE-MONNAIE?
ALe PORTE-VOIX means “Megaphone” and has the same start word as le PORTE-MONNAIE.
* PORTE-VOIX is a combination of two words PORTER (To carry; vt -ER reg conj)+ VOIX (Voice; nf)
Also try FVV word…
FVV #63 RÉUSSITE
- Beat the odds to achieve…???
- New FVV video & word every Monday for beginners & novice learners!
* MONNAIE & MONET (famous French artist) are homophones (sound the same).*
Claude MONET “Impression, Soleil Levant”
CLAUDE MONET
CLAUDE MONET was a famous French artist considered to be the founder of Impressionist style of art.
* His last name MONET is pronounced the same as MONNAIE, the French word for “Coin, change”.
He is most famous for his painting of the sunrise “Impression, Soleil Levant (Impression, Sunrise)“ and his many paintings of “Nymphéa (Water Lilies)“
Claude MONET “Impression, Soleil Levant”
Claude MONET “Water Lilies (Nymphéa)”
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