Day 5

Buts:
- To identify the meaning and forms of the verb prendre
- To continue applying food/drink vocabulary and restaurant expressions

For today's warm-up we reviewed the conjugations of avoir, être, and regular -ER verbs (like parler, danser etc.). The two -ER verbs that we conjugated were commander (to order) and désirer (to want/to desire -- what a waiter would use when taking your order).

After that, I introduced the new verb prendre, which is an irregular verb and conjugated as follows:

je prends
tu prends
il/elle prend
nous prenons
vous prenez
ils/elles prennent

Prendre means "to take" BUT if you're using with foods or drinks it can mean "to have." For example...

Je prends un café. --> I have/am having a coffee.
Luc prend une omelette. --> Luc has/is having an omelet.
Elles prennent l'ascenseur. --> They (fem.) take the elevator.
Nous prenons des notes. --> We take notes.

The PowerPoint presentation that we used to work on prendre can be found here: Prendre PowerPoint

If you were absent today, make sure you study these conjugations!

Here's a great web site all about meals and restaurants in France: http://library.thinkquest.org/18783/food.html

Tonight's homework: Workbook pg. 43, study for quiz (which I postponed a day)