6002 Exam Flashcards
A public
Un public
In relation to
Par rapport à
Opportunity
Occasion
A type
Un type
The program
La programme
They can meet each other
Ils peuvent se rencontrer
And even more so
Et plus encore
A privileged public
Un public privilégié
A hub
Un moyeu
In competition with one another
En concurrence
Has decided this battle
A décidé de cette bataille
I didn’t notice we were standing next to one another
Je n’avais pas remarqué que nous étions l’un à côté de l’autre
They are loath to give up
Ils répugnent à abandonner les anciennes fonctionnalités
A challenge
Un défi
A large floor
Un grand étage
A function
Une fonction
Of our century
De notre siècle
An enlargement
Un agrandissement
A cycle
Un cycle
Lots of images
Beaucoup d’images - expressions of quantity followed by de, not des
Beloved by his students
Aimé de ses étudiants
What are the common masculine endings?
The following endings are typically masculine: -age, -ège, -ème, -aume, -ôme, -om(m)e, -isme, -cide.
The ending -eur tends to be masculine if it refers to people or technology, but feminine if it refers to abstract concepts.
(EDIT: verb-noun compounds are typically masculine: une bouteille, un ouvre-bouteille)
What are the common feminine endings?
-e words other than age, -ège, -ème, -aume, -ôme, -om(m)e, -isme, -cide are typically feminine. Words ending with -iste are both.
The following endings are typically feminine: -té, -sion, -tion
The ending -eur if it refers to abstract concepts.
