Au revoir Paris !Class 9 French Chapter 7 Notes – Maharashtra Board

Textbook: French – Standard IX (Balbharati, official free PDF) · pages 68–77

It is the Deshmukhs' last week in Paris, and Rucha and Karan look back at everything they did. You learn ways to say goodbye, the main festivals of France, and the passé composé with avoir — how to talk about finished actions in the past.

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Summary: Au revoir Paris !

7.1 The Deshmukhs will soon go back to Grenoble. Marc, Jean and Aurélie have taken Rucha and Karan almost everywhere: a film at the Rex cinema, a great day in the Jardin du Luxembourg and, with their parents, the Château de Versailles.

Rucha calls these the best holidays ever. Karan, the artist of the family, loved Montmartre with its painters and cafés; Rucha enjoyed the Luxembourg garden, the zoo and the Galeries Lafayette, and will write an article about Paris for her school in India. She noticed narrow streets, wide avenues, local shops, hypermarkets and friendly people. Marc calls Paris a city of dreams.

7.2–7.4 Saying goodbye (Je t'embrasse ! Bises ! À bientôt ! À la prochaine ! Ciao !) and French festivals: New Year, Easter, 1 May (Labour Day, lily of the valley), Mother's and Father's Day, 14 July (national day with a military parade) and Christmas.

7.5 Grammar: the passé composé = present of avoir (or être) + past participle; -er → -é, -ir → -i, -re → -u; être → été, avoir → eu; affirmative, negative (je n'ai pas fini) and question (As-tu attendu ? A-t-il attendu ?); the verb décrire.

7.6 Exercises revise the whole year — pronouns, passé composé, odd one out, matching, festivals, a crossword of opposites and the nasal sounds [ɛ̃] and [ɑ̃]; 7.7 Civilisation shows Paris as a clean, green city, and Claude Haller's poem 'Dans le regard d'un enfant' sees France through a child's eyes.

Key points to remember

  • Passé composé = completed action in the past: avoir / être (present) + past participle
  • This lesson: verbs with avoir — j'ai, tu as, il a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont + participle
  • Past participles: -er → -é (donné), -ir → -i (fini), -re → -u (vendu)
  • Irregular: être → été, avoir → eu (also vu, lu, écrit, fait, pris, bu)
  • Negative: ne / n' + avoir + pas + participle — Je n'ai pas fini
  • Question: As-tu attendu ? A-t-il attendu ? Avez-vous attendu ? Est-ce que j'ai attendu ?
  • Goodbyes: À bientôt ! À la prochaine ! Bises ! Je t'embrasse ! Ciao !
  • Festivals: 1 January New Year, 1 May Labour Day (muguet), 14 July national day, 25 December Christmas
  • décrire is conjugated like écrire: je décris, nous décrivons, ils décrivent
  • Paris works for sustainable tourism: excellent public transport, Vélib', gardens and cleanliness
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