====== Grammar FLE Course A1 ======

===== 1) The basic sentence =====
  * **Structure** Subject + Verb + Complement
    * e.g. : ''I work in Novi Sad.''
  * **Statement** simple sentence
    * e.g. : ''It's a book.''
  * **Negation (base)** : **doesn't ...**
    * I'm not Serbian: ''I am not Serbian.'' / ''He doesn't have a car.''
  * **Questions (3 forms A1)** :
    * **intonation** : ''Are you coming?''
    * **is that** : ''Are you coming?''
    * **interrogative word + is that** : ''Where do you live?''

===== 2) Subject personal pronouns =====
  * ''I, you, he, she, we, us, you, they''
  * **We** = often **we** in speech
    * e.g. : ''We go to the cinema.''

===== 3) Verbs in the present tense =====
  * **Prior verbs** : ''to be, to have, to go, to do''
  * **1st group (-ER)** to speak, to love, to live, to work...
  * **Very frequent verbs (as needed)** to come, to take, to be able, to want, to put, to say...
  * **Pronominal verbs (introduction)** : ''to call, to get up''
  * **Verb + infinitive** :
    * e.g. : ''I can come.'' / ''I want to learn.''

===== 4) Articles and genre =====
  * **Definite articles** : ''le, la, l', les''
  * **Indefinite articles** : ''un, une, des''
  * **Partitives (according to progression)** : ''du, de la, de l', des''
    * I drink coffee: ''I drink coffee.'' / ''I'm eating salad.''
  * **Gender** masculine / feminine (simple references)

===== 5) Plural and simple agreements =====
  * **Plural nouns** often ''-s''
  * **Adjective agreement (base)** :
    * ex. : ''a little boy'' / ''a little girl'' / ''some little girls''
  * Frequent agreements: nationalities, common colours

===== 6) Adjectives: place and useful forms =====
  * **Before the noun (common)** e.g.: small, big, beautiful, good, bad, young, old, new...
    * ex. : ''a big hotel''
  * **After the noun (general)** French, blue, interesting...
    * e.g. : ''a blue car''
  * **Feminine (frequent forms)** addition of ''-e'' + common cases (e.g. petite)

===== 7) Essential determiners =====
  * **Possessives** :
    * ''my/my/my'' ; ''ton/ta/tes'' ; ''son/sa/ses''
    * ''ours'' ; ''your'' ; ''theirs''
  * **Demonstratives** : ''this/that/these''
  * **Simple quantity** : ''a lot of, a little of, very''

===== 8) Prepositions and location =====
  * **City / Country** :
    * ''à'' + city : ''à Paris''
    * ''in'' + female country : ''in France''
    * ''at'' + male country : ''in Canada''
    * ''at'' + plural country : ''in the United States''
  * **Place (base)** : ''in, on, under, in front of, behind''
  * **Location** : ''next to, near, far from''
  * **At** :
    * e.g. : ''at the doctor's'' / ''at home''

===== 9) Essential expressions =====
  * **C'est / Ce sont** :
    * e.g. : ''This is a school.'' / ''These are my friends.''
  * **There are** :
    * e.g. : ''There is a problem.''
  * **Here / Here** :
    * e.g. : ''Here's my passport.''

===== 10) The imperative (functional) =====
  * Forms : **you / us / you**
    * e.g. : ''Look!'' / ''Let's go !'' / ''Take a right !''

===== 11) Near future (often end A1) =====
  * **Go + infinitive**
    * I'm going to work: ''I'm going to work.'' / ''We're going out.''

===== Checklist A1 (objective) =====
  * Introduce yourself, ask for simple information
  * Describe a person/object (age, nationality, tastes, simple appearance).
  * Talk about routine in the present tense
  * Find your bearings (place, simple directions)
  * Understand and follow short instructions