La Cuisine Française (French Cuisine)

Learning ObjectivesIdentify common dishes from Quebec.Use partitive articles (some) like du (some) [doo], de la (some) [duh la], de l' (some) [duhl], and des (some) [day] to talk about food.Use the passé composé (past tense) [pa-say kom-poh-ZAY] with avoir (to have) [ah-VWAR] to say what you ate.Use the futur proche (near future) [foo-toor PROSH] to say what you are going to eat.Imagine you're at a sugar shack in Quebec! 🥞 The waiter comes to your table and asks what you want to eat. What will you order? In this lesson, you'll learn the words and grammar to talk about all these delicious dishes!Real-World ApplicationsOrder a meal in a French-speaking restaurant.Talk about your favorite foods with friends.Write a grocery list in French.

French TermWhat it meansExamplela poutine (poutine) [la poo-TEEN]A dish of french fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy.Je vais manger une poutine pour le souper. (I am going to eat a poutine for dinner.) [zhuh vay mahn-ZHAY oon poo-TEEN poor luh soo-PAY]le sirop d'érable (maple syrup) [luh see-RO day-RAH-bluh]Maple syrup, a sweet syrup made from maple tree sap.J'aime le sirop d'érable sur mes crêpes. 🥞 (I like maple syrup on my pancakes.) [zhem luh see-RO day-RAH-bluh soor may krep]la tourtière (meat pie) [la toor-TYAIR]A traditional French-Canadian meat pie.Ma grand-mère cuisine une tourtière pour Noël. (My grandmother cooks a meat pie for Christmas.) [ma grahn-mair kwee-ZEEN oon toor-TYAIR poor no-EL]le pâté chinois (shepherd's pie) [luh pa-TAY shee-NWAH]A layered dish simil...

1. Partitive Articles (Saying 'Some')Rule: We use partitive articles to talk about an unspecified amount of something, like saying 'some' food or 'any' water. du [doo] + masculine noun (example: du fromage (some cheese) [doo fro-MAZH])de la [duh la] + feminine noun (example: de la salade (some salad) [duh la sa-LAD])de l' [duhl] + noun starting with a vowel (example: de l'eau (some water) [doh])des [day] + plural noun (example: des carottes (some carrots) [day ka-ROT])2. The Past Tense with 'avoir' (to have)Rule: To talk about a completed action in the past, use the verb avoir (to have) [ah-VWAR] in the present tense + the past participle of the main verb. For verbs ending in -er, the past participle ends in -é.Example: J'ai mangé une pomme. (I ate an apple.) [zhay mahn-ZHAY oon pom]3. The...