100 Most Used Words Flashcards
de
'from' and possession: • Express possession • Give the origin of something • Describe something • Express a cause
est
third person singular present form of the verb être
que
has a few different meanings. It‘s most frequently used to say ‘that’.
J‘espère que tu seras là
I hope (that) you will be there
un
means both ‘one’ and ‘a’
il
He / It (masculine words)
à
is a preposition used to indicate : • Destination (to) • Express duration (from... to) • To indicate location (at) • To indicate time
ce
is a pronoun used before male words. It translates as ‘this’, or ‘that’.
en
is a pronoun used as the object of a verb to indicate a quantity. It can also indicate location, time, means etc.
on
is an indefinite pronoun which can mean ‘one’ or ‘we’
ça
is a shortened form of the pronoun ‘cela’. It can mean ‘it’ or ‘that’.
pour
means ‘for’ when followed by a noun
qui
as an interrogative pronoun means ‘who’ or ‘whom’. It can also be used as a relative pronoun, in which case it means ‘which’, ‘who’, ‘whom’ or ‘that’.
y
is a pronoun used to refer to a place already mentioned in the conversation.
dans
is a preposition meaning ‘in’ or ‘inside’. It can also be used to say ‘within’ a period of time.
du
is the contraction of ‘de’ and ‘le’ (of the). It can also mean ‘some’.
bien
as an adverb can mean ‘well’. As a noun it means ‘good’
si
is a conjunction equivalent to ‘if’. It’s also used to deny what someone just said.
Tu ne viens pas ? Si je viens
You don’t come? I do
tout
is an adjective meaning ‘all’. As a pronoun it means ‘everything’.
plus
s an adverb used to make comparisons.
Used with the negative particle ‘ne’, it means any more.
Je ne veux plus y aller
I don‘t want to go there anymore
mon
is a singular masculine possessive adjective. It‘s used like ‘my’ in English, but only before masculine words and words starting with a vowel.
te
yourself. is an object pronoun placed just before the verb.
au
is the contraction of ‘à le’ (to the). It‘s only used before masculine words.
va
is a form of the verb ‘aller’ (to go). It can be either the third person singular present form, or the second person singular imperative.
toi
is a pronoun you use when you want to say “with you“, “for you“, “thanks to you“, “next to you“….
fait
is the third person singular present of the verb ‘faire’ (to do, to make). Used as a noun it can also mean ‘fact’.
comme
The conjunction 'comme' can mean 'like', 'how', 'as' or 'since'. C‘est comme ça It‘s like this Comme tu es belle You are so beautiful Comme tu es fatigué, je vais y aller Since you are tired, I will go there
etait
is the third person singular imperfect of the verb „être“ (to be).
Comme elle était malade, elle n‘est pas venue Since she was sick, she didn‘t come
C‘était génial
It was awesome
sur
The preposition ‘sur’ has a few different meanings ‘on’, ‘on top of’, ‘above’, ‘out of’.
quoi
means ‘what’. However, in many situations, other terms are used (‘que’ for example). You use ‘quoi’ when you ask a question but keep the normal setence word order. Or when ‘what’ is the object of a preposition.
ici
means ‘here’.
lui
is the French for ‘him’.
veux
is the first and second person singular present of the verb ‘vouloir’ (to want).
ma
is the French for ‘my’. It‘s used before feminine nouns.
là
is the French for ‘there’. However, French sometimes use ‘là’ when ‘here’ would be used in English. In fact, ‘là’ can also mean ‘around here’.
rien
is the French for ‘nothing’ and sometimes ‘anything’.
dit
is the third person singular present and past participle of ‘dire’ (to say).
votre
is one of the way to say ‘your’ in French. It‘s used in formal settings before a singular noun.
pourquoi
is the French for ‘why’.
sont
is the third person plural present of the verb ‘être’ (to be). It‘s equivalent to ‘are’ in English.
cette
is the French for ‘this’. It‘s used before feminine singular nouns.
quand
means when.
par
The preposition ‘par’ has many different meanings. Most of the time, it means ‘through’, ‘by’ or ‘per’.
son
is a singular masculine possessive adjective. It‘s only used before masculine nouns, while ‘sa’ is used before feminine nouns. It can either mean ‘his’, ‘her’ or ‘its’.
ton
means ‘your’. However it‘s only used in casual situations before a singular masculine noun.
peux
is the first person singular form of the verb ‘pouvoir’ (can).
vais
is the first person singular form of the verb ‘aller’ (to go).
dire
means ‘to say’.
alors
is a conjunction meaning ‘then’ (consequence of something) or ‘so’.
comment
means ‘how’.
avez
is the second person plural form of ‘avoir’ (to have).
bon
means ‘good’.
ou
means ‘or’.
ont
is the third person plural present of the verb ‘avoir’ (to have)
même
means ‘even’ as an adverb or ‘same’ as a noun.
jamais
means ‘never’.
chose
means ‘thing’.
tous
is the French for ‘all’ or ‘everybody’.
ces
is the French for ‘these’ and ‘those’. There is actually no distinction between ‘these’ and ‘those’ in French.
faut
is the third person singular present form of the verb ‘falloir’ (to have to).
sa
is the feminine possessive adjective. It can mean ‘his’, ‘her“’or ‘its’.
êtes
is the second person plural present form of ‘être’ (to be).
été
s the past participle of ‘être’ (to be) and also mean ‘summer’.
ta
is a feminine possessive adjective. It means ‘you’, and is only used before feminine nouns.
peut
means ‘can’, is the third person singular form of ‘pouvoir’ at the present tense.
autre
means ‘other’. It can be used as a noun or as an adjective.
encore
is an adverb with a few different meanings. It can mean ‘again’, ‘still’ or ‘another’.
peu
As an adverb, ‘peu’ means ‘little’ or ‘not much’. As a noun it means ‘few’ or ‘little’.
mes
is the plural form of ‘my’.
vraiment
means ‘really’.
temps
means ‘time’.
toujours
The adverb ‘toujours’ means ‘always’ or ‘still’.
vie
means ‘life’.
sans
The preposition ‘sans’ means ‘without’.
juste
The adjective ‘juste’ means ‘fair’, while the adverb ‘juste’ means ‘exactly’.
avait
‘Avait’ is the third person form of ‘avoir’ (to have) at the imparfait tense.
As you can see, it’s sometimes translated with ‘was’ instead of ‘had’. It’s because French people sometimes use the verb ‘avoir’ (to have) when English speakers would use ‘être’ (to be).
