You have added the verb venir to your vocabulary, and you’ve learned how to say where people come from. In this journal entry, you will introduce two more of your friends or cousins. If you choose, you may use the same friends you introduced in the last journal. If you want to be creative, pick a celebrity, a famous actor, or an athlete and make up where they are from.

Remember, the phrase for a friend is un ami for a male and une amie for a female. Do you remember how to say I have in French?

So, you can say J’ai une amie. Elle s’appelle… or J’ai un ami. Il s’appelle…
Then you will add where they come from. You could say the country their family comes from, the state, the city, or the neighborhood they are from for example:

J’ai un ami. Il s’appelle Justin. Il vient du Nevada.
J’ai une amie. Elle s’appelle Danielle. Elle vient de Phoenix.
J’ai un cousin. Il s’appelle Juan. Il vient du Mexique.
J’ai un ami. Il s’appelle Tom Brady. Il vient de Tampa Bay!

Journal

First, locate your file containing this module’s journal assignment. Paste the prompt below at the end of the document and label the entry with this lesson’s title. Then, type a response to the prompt.

Write down the expression used to ask someone where they come from and the two expressions to ask where someone else comes from in French.

Write two sentences telling the name of a friend or cousin and where they are from.

When you have written a complete and detailed answer to the journal prompt, save the file so that you can open it again for the next lesson with a journal assignment. (You will submit your journal to your teacher for grading later in the module.)

Felicitations! You have completed all the activities and journal assignments for this lesson. Bien fait! Continue to the next page to see if you are prepared for the lesson quiz.