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Bonjour and welcome to the Rocket French Newsletter Series!

In this lesson, you’re going to look at how to answer personal questions, like how old you are, and whether you’re married or single. You’re going to learn how to say how many siblings you have, if you have children, and what your address and phone number are.

Being able to give personal details will be very useful for filling out forms or sharing your contact details.

You’ll have to know some numbers to be able to complete this lesson. Fortunately, you can answer most questions in this chapter (with the exception of your age) with the basic numbers from one to ten.

Listen to the link below to hear the numbers from one to ten…

Audio 1 Click Play To Hear Audio

1-	Un	6-	Six
2-	Deux	7-	Sept
3-	Trois	8-	Huit
4-	Quatre	9-	Neuf
5-	Cinq	10-	Dix

Let’s go through some of the most common questions you might be asked, whether you’re filling out a registration form in a hotel or at the consulate getting a new passport. In these situations, you’ll be addressed with ”Vous” the formal form of “you.” So, though you have seen some of these questions before, all the questions below are expressed formally.

Audio 2 Click Play To Hear Audio

	What’s your name?	Quel est votre nom?
	Where are you from?	D’ou est ce que vous venez?
	What’s your nationality?	Quelle est votre nationalité?
	How old are you?	Quel âge avez-vous?
	What is your date of birth?	Quelle est la date de votre anniversaire?
	Do you have siblings?	Avez-vous des frères ou des sœurs?
	How many siblings do you have?	Combien de frères ou de sœurs avez-vous?
	Do you have children?	Avez-vous des enfants?
	How many children do you have?	Combien d’enfant avez-vous?
	Do you have a spouse?	Êtes-vous en couple?
	Are you married?	Êtes-vous marié?
	What is your address?	Quel est votre adresse?
	What is your telephone number?	Quel est votre numéro de téléphone?
	What is your cell phone number?	Quel est votre numéro de portable?
	What is your passport number?	Quel est votre numéro de passeport?
	What is your email address?	Quel est votre adresse courriel?

Answers

When you’re responding, you can follow one of the simple formats below. Just insert the appropriate information in the brackets.

Audio 3 Click Play To Hear Audio

	My name is [your name].	Mon nom est [your name]. Je m’appelle [your name].
	I’m from [country name].	J’habite en [country name].
	I’m [nationality].	Je suis [nationality].
	I am [number] years old.	J’ai [number] ans.
	My birthday is on the [day] of [month] [year].	Mon anniversaire est le [day] [month] [year].
	Yes, I have siblings / No, I have no siblings.	Oui, j’ai des frères et sœurs/ Non je n’ai pas de frères ni de sœurs. (je suis fils (fille) unique).
	I have [number] siblings.	J’ai [number] sœurs et j’ai [number] frères
	Yes, I have [number] children / No, I have no children.	Oui, J’ai [number] enfant(s) / Non, je n’ai pas d’enfant.
	I have [number] children.	J’ai [number] enfant (s).
	Yes, I have a spouse / No, I haven’t got a spouse.	Oui, j’ai un conjoint/ non je n’ai pas de conjoint.
	Yes, I’m married / No, I’m not married.	Oui je suis marié / Non je ne suis pas marié.
	My address is [your address].	Mon adresse est [your address].
	My telephone number is [your number].	Mon numéro de téléphone est [your number].
	My cell phone number is [your number].	Mon numéro de portable est [your number].
	My passport number is [your number].	Mon numéro de passeport est [your number].

Filling out Forms

If you find yourself being asked to fill out forms with your personal details, you won’t get the complete questions that you’ve studied above. Instead, you’ll get short words or phrases.

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Example
	Name	Nom	Marie-Claire Rivière
	Nationality	Nationalité	Français(e) (French)
	Gender	Sexe	Femme (Female)
	Age	Age	24
	Date of birth	Date d’anniversaire	06.07. 1982
	Address	Adresse	Rue Jolie
	Telephone number	Numéro de téléphone	0033-490 7348
	Mobile number	Numéro de portable	0033-674-4830
	Passport number	Numéro de passeport	1111111

That’s it for today’s lesson.

À très bientôt!

Marie-Claire
www.rocketlanguages.com/french

P.S.: If you’d like to practice what you’ve learned in this lesson, just read on!

Exercise 1: Pretend that you are in France checking in to the Hotel Sofitel. Write in your response in French to the questions below. (There isn’t one single right answer.)

Receptionist: Comment vous vous appelez?

You: _________________________________________________

Receptionist: D'où venez-vous?

You: _________________________________________________

Receptionist: Quelle est votre adresse?

You: _________________________________________________

Exercise 2. Read the following conversation and translate it into English below.

Host: Etes vous marié?

Guest: Oui je suis marié.

Host: Avez-vous des enfants?

Guest : Oui j’ai trois enfants.

Host: _________________________________________________

Guest: _________________________________________________

Host: _________________________________________________

Guest: _________________________________________________

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