Le Lieu et le Temps (Setting)

Learning ObjectivesIdentify the place in a simple description.Identify the time in a simple description.Use words like 'dans' (in) [dahn], 'sur' (on) [soor], 'le matin' (the morning) [luh mah-TAN], and 'l'hiver' (the winter) [lee-VEHR] to describe a setting.Imagine a beaver building its house. Where is it? 🌲 Is it morning or evening? 🌙 That's the setting! Learning to describe the place and time helps us tell and understand stories better.Real-World ApplicationsTelling someone what you did over the weekend.Describing your room to a friend.Understanding where a story in a book or movie takes place.

FrenchEnglish ExplanationExampleici (here) [ee-SEE]Means 'at this place'.Mon sac à dos est ici (My backpack is here) [mohn sak ah doh eh ee-SEE].là (there) [lah]Means 'at that other place'.Le parc est là, à droite (The park is there, on the right) [luh park eh lah, ah drwaht].maintenant (now) [mant-NAHN]Means 'at this moment'.Je mange une pomme maintenant (I am eating an apple now) [zhuh mahnzh oon pohm mant-NAHN].aujourd'hui (today) [oh-zhoor-DWEE]Means 'on this day'.Aujourd'hui, il fait beau (Today, the weather is nice) [oh-zhoor-DWEE, eel feh boh]. ☀️hier (yesterday) [ee-EHR]Means 'the day before today'.Hier, j'ai joué au soccer (Yesterday, I played soccer) [ee-EHR, zhay zhoo-ay oh soccer].demain (tomorrow) [duh-MAN]Means 'the day after today'.Demain, nous allons à l'école (Tomorrow, we...

1. Prepositions of PlaceRule: To say where something is, we use little words called prepositions, like 'dans' (in) [dahn], 'sur' (on) [soor], and 'chez' (at someone's house) [shay].Example: Le crayon est dans le sac à dos (The pencil is in the backpack) [luh kray-yohn eh dahn luh sak ah doh]. Le chat est sur la chaise (The cat is on the chair) [luh shah eh soor lah shez]. Je vais chez mon ami (I am going to my friend's house) [zhuh vay shay mohn ah-mee].2. Expressions of TimeRule: To say when something happens, we use words or groups of words. We can talk about a time of day (le matin (the morning) [luh mah-TAN], le soir (the evening) [luh swahr]), a day (lundi (Monday) [lun-DEE], aujourd'hui (today) [oh-zhoor-DWEE]), or a season (l'été (the summer) [lay-TAY], l'hiver (the winter) [lee-VEH...