Vocabulaire 3.2
Français II
mood
A
mood is a set of verb forms used
to indicate the speaker’s attitude
toward the factuality or likelihood of
the action or condition expressed.
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mood (cont.)
 English
and French are similar in
that they share the following moods:
 indicative (le présent and le passé composé)
used for factual statements
 imperative
expresses a command
 subjunctive (We’ll learn this in French III / IV.)
indicates doubt or unlikelihood
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le conditionnel
 English
and French are different in
that the French consider the
conditionnel a mood.
 Le conditionnel présent is often
used in French to express
politeness.
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le conditionnel présent
form le conditionnel présent,
use the infinitive of regular verbs.
 Add the endings from the
imparfait. (You’ll learn more about
this past tense later in French II.)
 To
-ais
-ais
-ait
-ions
-iez
-aient
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skier au cond. présent
the regular verb skier
conjugated in the conditionnel
 Here’s
présent:
skierais
skierions
I would ski
we would ski
skierais
skieriez
you would ski
you would ski
skierait
skieraient
(s)he would ski
they would ski
You pronounce the -er-.
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Prononciation
the endings, -ais, -ait, and –
aient are all pronounced like the
“ey” in “hey.”
 Pronounce –ions: [ee ohn] and
–iez [ee ay].
 Here, skier- is pronounced
[skee air].
 For
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vouloir au cond. présent
 One
verb that is used often in the
conditionnel présent to express
politeness is the verb vouloir:
voudrais
voudrions
I would like
we would like
voudrais
voudriez
you would like
you would like
voudrait
voudraient
(s)he would like
they would like
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FYI
To use irregular verbs in the condionnel
présent, most of the time you have to
. . . GASP! . . . memorize irregular
stems. ARGH!
 The irregular stem for vouloir is voudr-.
 The cool thing, though, is that these
irregular stems work in both the
conditionnel and in the futur tenses.

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Je pourrais avoir ___ ,
s’il vous plaît.
 May
I have ___, please.
 Insert the following in the blank in the
French sentence above:
une
banane
de la tarte
du beurre
des oranges
pourr- is the irregular stem
for the verb pouvoir in
the cond. présent
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Vous pourriez me passer ___?
 Could
(would) you pass me ___?
 formal
/ plural
 Here, me is an indirect object
pronoun.

You could pass ___ to whom?
 Whatever
you are passing the
person is the direct object.

You could pass what to me?
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Tu pourrais me passer ___?
 Could
(would) you pass me ___?
 familiar
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Vous voulez ___?
 Do
you want ___?
 formal
/ plural
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Tu veux ___?
 Do
you want ___?
 familiar
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Encore ___?
 Some
more ___?
 Remember to include a partitive
article after encore if you are
asking someone if (s)he would like
a portion more of what you are
offering.
 Encore du rôti de bœuf ?
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Voilà.
 Here
it is.
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Tenez.
 Here
you are.
 formal
/ plural
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Tiens.
 Here
you are.
 familiar
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Oui, je veux bien.
 Yes,
I would.
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Merci, ça va.
 No
thank you. I’ve had enough.
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Je n’ai plus faim / soif.
 I’m
not hungry / thirsty any more.
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C’est vraiment bon.
 This
is really good!
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C’était délicieux!
 That
was delicious!
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Ce n’est pas grand-chose.
 It’s
nothing special.
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Merci, c’est gentil!
 Thanks,
that’s nice of you!
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la tartine
 bread,
butter, jam
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le café au lait
 coffee
with milk
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les céréales (f.)
 cereal
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le chocolat chaud
 hot
chocolate
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l’entrée (f.)
 first
course
 Faites
attention! This is what we
call the main dish in the United
States. Notice, though, that this
noun comes from the verb entrer
(to enter). Hmmm!
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le plat principal
 main
course
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le dessert
 dessert
 Pronounce:
[day ssehr]
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vouloir = to wish; to want
 Révisons!
 au
(Let’s review.)
présent
veux
veux
voulons
voulez
veut
veulent
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pouvoir = to be able; can
 Révisons!
 au
(Let’s review.)
présent
peux
peux
pouvons
pouvez
peut
peuvent
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les articles partitifs
 Révisons!
(Let’s review.)
 some
 Watch
out for “Kat rule”!
M
F
S
du (de l’)
de la (de l’)
P
des
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les articles indéfinis
 Révisons!
(Let’s review.)
 a, an, some (refers to whole items)
 Watch out for “Kat rule”  d(e)!
M
F
S
un
une
P
des
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p. 71
 Pay
special attention to the blue
Vocabulaire box on p. 71 to note
differences between French and
American meals.
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Meal differences

French meals are planned to facilitate
digestion.
 entrée = wakes up palate
 plat principal = main part of the meal
 salade = the acidic dressing helps digest the
meat
 fromages
et fruits = follow the meal and
contain enzymes that also aid digestion
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