I. Vocabulary — Clothes
cap (casquette à visière) · sneakers · polo shirt · kita (pagne traditionnel CI/Ghana) · jeans · suit (costume) · bubu (boubou, porté pendant Tabaski/Ramadan) · scarf (foulard) · long/short-sleeved shirt · baggy trousers · gloves · brand (marque)
II. The passive voice — describing how things are made
Active : Designers create fashionable clothes.
Passive : Fashionable clothes are created by designers.
Active : Tailors make men's clothing from kita.
Passive : Men's clothing is made from kita by tailors.
Formation : objet de l'actif + be (au temps du verbe actif) + participe passé + by + agent.
Everybody wears jeans → Jeans are worn by everybody.
III. Past habits — used to (rappel)
In the past, people used to wear baggy clothes and Afro hairstyle.
Did Kodja use to wear torn trousers? (question → use to sans d)
Kita cloth used to be worn on formal occasions.
Opposition passé/présent : They used to wear baggy clothes. Nowadays, people wear tight clothes.
⚠️ Pièges classiques :- Passif : be + participe passé — are made / is worn / were used.
- Question avec did → use to (sans d).
- L'agent du passif s'introduit par by ; le matériau par from/of.
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