LDM: Des conseils pour une alimentation saine

Des conseils pour une alimentation saine

An important part of learning a language is learning how to give advice and to express agreement and disagreement. Review the sentences below. They set the stage for a more in depth review of vocabulary used for giving advice and expressing agreement and disagreement that follows. Below the sentences you will find a more detailed presentation of the vocabulary.

beaucoup de   = a lot of
trop de = too much of
peu de   = little of
assez de = enough of

Vocabulary Examples

Vocabulary Examples
Image	French Text	Audio
	Il faut suivre un régime varié. Il faut manger beaucoup de choses différentes.
	Il faut manger beaucoup de fruits et de légumes.
	Il faut boire assez d'eau.
	Il faut bouger pour éviter de prendre du poids. Il faut faire de l'exercice physique régulièrement.

Donner des conseils

Donner des conseils

Donner des conseils
à mon avis	in my opinion	il faut	one must, is necessary
je pense que	I think that	tu dois	you must, you have to
je trouve que	I find that
je crois que	I believe that	c'est vrai	it's true
		avoir raison	to be right
par contre	on the other hand	avoir tort	to be wrong
cependant	however
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Take Another Look

Notice that in French, the expression "to be right" is expression as "to have right." A common mistake that Anglophones make when speaking French is to say: "Je suis raison." That is just wrong in French. You should say: J'ai raison. Look at the two sentences below and then listen to them. In French the verb used is avoir.