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Class Notes

Class: VI

Topic: Chapter 1

Bonjour la France !

Subject: French

Textual questions like fill ups, match the following or one word questions can be solved in the text book. (To be written in French note copy)

Facts About French Around the World

1. French is one of the Romance languages. A member of the Romance branch of the

Indo-European family.

2. French is the official language of 29 countries e.i. France, Belgium, Switzerland,

3. The countries where French is as an official language are called francophone

countries.

4. French spoken across the entire globe and all 5 continents with over 300 million

speakers.

5. French is the 6th most spoken language in the world.

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Protects the Language.

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7. French is an Official Diplomatic Language. The United Nations works in six

different languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish, and French.

8. But French is also the official working language of other international institutions

too such as UNESCO, WHO, NATO, UNHCR, UNCTAD, ECOSOC, RED CROSS, UNICEF, EEC, International Olympic committee and FIFA.

9. Around 30% of English words are of French origin, presently, roughly 50.000

10. French has more than a million words and 20,000 new ones are created every

year.

11. France has won 12 Nobel Prizes for literature, more than any other country.

Basic rules of pronunciation :

1. Pronunciation changes all around France. French pronunciation as splitting into

three main groups: European French, Canadian French and African French. Even within France, not all French dialects are alike!

2. and in French language. So T

and and respectively.

3. is always silent and are called as

4. most of the time.

5. In most of the cases last consonant of the words is silent except few exceptions.

Chapter -1(from Pages 1 to 7):

Notes on monuments, national symbols, foods, history and culture :

1. French flag

(bleu), white (blanc) and red (rouge). It is also one the national symbol of France.

2. Le Coq Gaulois

the symbol of pride.

3. La Fête Nationale: 14th July 1789 is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14 July

1789, a turning point of the French Revolution. National Festival of France is celebrated every

year on 14 th

4. Le Tour de France: Le Tour de France is a very famous annual cycle race held in France in

the month of July. It was first started to in 1903 to increase the sales of news paper.

5. La Tour Eiffel : La Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower) is tallest structure in France. It took 2 years 2

months and 5 days to complete. It was built in 1889 and on his name only Eiffel tower got its name. It is 324 m high.

6. La musée de Louvre and are two very famous and most visited museums

and art gallery of France most renowed artwork Mona Lisa is kept here in La musée de Louvre. 7.

Leonardo da Vinci.

8. honours those who fought and died for France

in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

9. La Cathédrale de Notre-Dame: Notre-Dame de Paris, also called Notre-Dame Cathedral,

cathedral church in Paris. It is the most famous of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages and is distinguished for its size, antiquity, and architectural interest. Constructed between the

12th and 14th centuries.

10. The capital Paris is also called as

11. Another names of france are and

12. France is also very famous for its cheese, breads, fashion, perfume and grapeyards.

13. cheeses of France.

14. Baguette is a French loaf which is 50 -60 cm long and very popular in France.

15. Euro is the currency of France.

16. Jean Castex is the current Prime minister and Emmanuel Macron is the current President of

France.

17. Mountains of France : Les Alpes and Les Pyrénées are two famous mountain ranges of

France.

18. La Seine is the main river of France which flows through Paris.

19. Coco Chanel is one the very famous brand of France.

20. Marseille, Bourgone, Nice, Bordeaux and Lyon are the big cities of France apart from Paris.

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