French/Lessons/Health

G: Simple Future of Irregular Verbs
The simple future of irregular verbs, like the passé composé of many irregular verbs, must be memorized. What makes this somewhat easy is that verbs with similar endings normally have similar future stems.

For example, the future stem of the verb venir is viendr-. Verbs like venir (devenir, revenir) have a very similar stem (deviendr-, reviendr-).

G: Issuing Commands in French - l'impératif

 * The nous form commands are used to say "Let's...".
 * The subject is not used when giving a command.

Formation
Take away the ending and add on the following shown in the table.

Negative
The negative imperative is formed by placing the imperative between "ne" and "pas/jamais/rien/etcetera."

Ne parle pas! (Don't speak!)

Ne regarde jamais le soleil! (Never look at the sun!)

G: Adverbs
French adverbs, like their English counterparts, are used to modify adjectives, other adverbs, and verbs or clauses. They do not display any inflection; that is, their form does not change to reflect their precise role, nor any characteristics of what they modify.

Formation
In French, as in English, most adverbs are derived from adjectives. In most cases, this is done by adding the suffix -ment ("-ly") to the adjective's feminine singular form. For example, the feminine singular form of lent ("slow") is lente, so the corresponding adverb is lentement ("slowly"); similarly, heureux → heureusement ("happy" → "happily").

As in English, however, the adjective stem is sometimes modified to accommodate the suffix: Audio : [[Media:French-Health2.ogg|Native French Speaker]]
 * If the adjective ends in an i, then -ment is added to the masculine singular (default) form, rather than to the feminine singular form:
 * vrai → vraiment ("real" → "really")
 * poli → poliment ("polite" → "politely")
 * If the adjective ends in -ant or -ent, then the corresponding adverb ends in -amment or -emment, respectively:
 * constant → constamment ("constant" → "constantly")
 * récent → récemment ("recent" → "recently")
 * Some adjectives make other changes:
 * précis → précisément ("precise" → "precisely")
 * gentil → gentiment ("nice" → "nicely")

Some adverbs are derived from adjectives in completely irregular fashions, not even using the suffix -ment:
 * bon → bien ("good" → "well")
 * mauvais → mal ("bad" → "badly")
 * meilleur → mieux ("better"-adjective → "better"-adverb)
 * pire → pis ("worse"-adjective → "worse"-adverb)

And, as in English, many common adverbs are not derived from adjectives at all:
 * ainsi ("thus" or "thusly")

Placement
The placement of French adverbs is almost the same as the placement of English adverbs. Audio : [[Media:French-Health3.ogg|Native French Speaker]] An adverb that modifies an adjective or adverb comes before that adjective or adverb: An adverb that modifies an Infinitive (verbal noun) generally comes after the infinitive: But negative adverbs, such as pas ("not"), plus ("not any more"), and jamais come before the infinitive:
 *  complètement vrai ("completely true")
 *  pas possible ("not possible")
 *  tellement discrètement ("so discreetly")
 * marcher lentement  ("to walk slowly")
 * ne pas marcher ("not to walk")

An adverb that modifies a main verb or clause comes either after the verb, or before the clause: Note that, unlike in English, this is true even of negative adverbs:
 *  Lentement il commença à marcher or Il commença lentement à marcher ("Slowly, he began to walk" or "He began slowly to walk").
 *  Jamais je n'ai fait cela or Je n'ai jamais fait cela ("Never have I done that" or "I've never done that")

V: Visiting the Doctor
Audio : [[Media:French-Health4.ogg|Native French Speaker]] Le patient :  Le docteur 
 * Je suis malade. (I am ill).
 * J'ai mal à la tête. (I have a headache).
 * J'ai de la fièvre. (I am fevrish)
 * J'ai mal au ventre.
 * Je vomis. (I vomit)
 * Je tousse. (I cough)
 * Comment allez-vous ?
 * Prenez de l'aspirine.
 * Je vais vous prescrire un médicament.
 * Prenez une cuillère de sirop matin, midi et soir
 * Il faut passer un "scanner"
 * Il faut passer des radios.
 * Il faut vous opérer.

V: Visiting the Dentist
Audio : [[Media:French-Health5.ogg|Native French Speaker]]
 * J'ai mal aux dents.
 * Vous avez une carie.
 * Je dois procéder à une extraction. (Il va enlever la dent)
 * J'ai un appareil dentaire.
 * Je vais utiliser la roulette.
 * Ahhhhhhhhhh !

V: Emergencies
Audio : [[Media:French-Health6.ogg|Native French Speaker]]
 * Je vais à l'hôpital.
 * C'est grave !
 * Je vais aux urgences.
 * J'ai eu un accident de voiture.
 * SAMU=Service Ambulancier Médical d'Urgence
 * En cas d'accident grave, il faut téléphoner au SAMU (15) ou aux pompiers (18) ou au 112.

V: Body parts
Here is the vocabulary to speak about body parts : Audio : [[Media:French-Health7.ogg|Native French Speaker]] Audio : [[Media:French-Health8.ogg|Native French Speaker]]

V: Body position
And here is the vocabulary for body positions :

V: Common sentences
When you 'catch a cold' you 'attrapes un rhume'. When you're sick, tu es malade. When you wish to say that parts of your body are sore, you say "J'ai mal au/à la/à l'/aux [body part] ...". Example: J'ai mal à la tete. (I have a headache); J'ai mal aux dents (My teeth hurt).

E: 3.03 1 - Body Parts - Visual Memorization

 * Point to different parts of the body and recite its name in French par cœur.