Class Words Flashcards by Lauren LoGiudice

I noticed

J’ai remarqué

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My advice

Mon conseil

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My advice

à mon avis, à mon opinion

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Light

Lumière (n. f.)

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The teeth

Les dents

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the background

L’arrière-plan, le fond

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sunset

Le lever du soleil / Le coucher de soleil

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to want to do something

J’ai envie de quelque chose

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too much
vs
too early

Trop = Too much (tres trop doesn’t exist)
Tôt = Early(tres tot)

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I’m going to/in process - and how structured? how translates to english?

en train de
between I am and a infinitive
can also mean the English -ing
ex: Je suis en train de manger en

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actually `

En fait

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I discovered

j’ai découvert

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spectator/audience member

Un spectateur/une spectatrice

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the other side

l’autre côté/un face du

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facing you (other meaning for un face de)

Un face du

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a joke

Une blague

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the spelling

l’orthographe

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to be awake

être éveillé(e)

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E before 2 s, d, f or any consonant = (t, s, l mostly) is one of two pronunciations:

é or è

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I’m afraid

J’ai peur

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to memorize

mémoriser

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how much do I owe you

Combien je vous dois?

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you owe me …

Vous me devez …

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I hope

J’espère

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stubborn

têtu

plug in

brancher

headphone

mes écouteurs

cities are masculine or feminine?

all cities are feminine

relieved

Je suis rassuré, soulagé

I just learned

Je viens (juste) d'apprendre a

to remove

Enlever (v.)

a long story

Une longue histoire

It seems to me (to be) wrong, it seems to be wrong

ça me semble faux, Il semble que ce soit faux

tree

un abre

forest

une forêt

the german forest

Une forêt allemande

about

conserner, à propos de

screenshot

Une capture d'écran

prendre/apprendre/comprendre -prendre conjugation trick:

take off d + double the n + ending

taxi driver

Le conducteur de taxi

a blow, a hit

Un coup

throw a hit of an eye/take a look

Jeter un coup d'oeil ex: je vais jeter un coup d’oeil à ton message

I am tired

Avoir un coup de barre/Être fatigué

merely/barely

à peine

peine on its own means ....

peine on it’s own means grief or pain

grand - how meaning changes before and after a noun

Grand - apres de noun = physical, avant de noun = mental

___ years ago

il y a + (nombre) + ans

It's embarrassing

C'est gênant

a dream

Un rêve

to come + conjugation

venir Je viens Tu viens Il/on vient Nous venons Vous venez Ils viennent

beginning

début

a beginner

Debutante

irritated

être énervé, agacé

going to be

Va être

you never know

On ne sait jamais

to describe

décrire

wet hair

les cheveux mouillés

neat

nets (say the t), soigné

disordered (regards to hair)

détaché/ en désordre

What I want

ce que je veux

what I love

ce que j’aime

a bit too much but in a nie way

prout prout

it’s going to be - price

ça fait ….. euros

to sing well

chanter bien

next (m/f)

suivant/suivante

no doubt

Pas de doute

neither/neither

ni ex: Je ne parle ni italien ni japonais Je ne peux ni manger ni dormir

undone

défaire

what happened

Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé?

you suck

vous êtes nuls!

I laughed

j’ai ri

cow love → love shown that way through insults

l’amour vache

to comfort them

les réconforter

fire

feu

forest fire

un feu de forêt.

smog

la fumée/smog

to scare/it scares me/I'm scared of

faire peur/ça me fait peur/J’ai peur de ….

the only time when/where…

la seule fois où

I block them/I blocked her

Je les bloque/je l’ai bloqué

I grew up

J’ai grandi

I'm sure that

je suis sûre que.. (always need que)

-ire verbs -> how make a past participle? (Ex: faire)

add a t ex: faire -> j'ai fait dire -> j'ai dit écrire -> j'ai écrit conduire -> j'ai conduit ———-

me neither

moi non plus

Past tense of etre - format

Past tense of etre - use avoir as auxiliary -> subject pronoun + avoir + été

Past tense of avoir

Past tense of avoir -> subject pronoun + avoir + eu

enormously

enormément

really different

vraitment différent

plaire - meaning and direct/indirect?

pleasing to me (indirect - technically to me, etc. )

hurry up (3 ways)

dépéche-toi

move your ass (plus literal translation)

bouge-toi or bouge tes fesses (literally: move your asscheeks)

song

chason

parked

garée

I just got out

j'en viens tout juste

what does this mean: on va toujours à la party de Marie?

We're still going?

Morning person

Une personne matinale

Whatever it is

Quel qu'il soit

Bit by bit

Au fur et à mesure

Threads (clothing)

Fringues

Scriptwriter

Scenarist (m) scenariste (f)

I’ll put my ear to the ground (literally: leave my ear out)

Je laisse trainer une oreille

I just returned from France I have returned to NY

Je viens de rentrer de France - I just returned from France Je suis de retour à New-York - I have returned to NY

A foreigner

Un étranger

past participle of dire and devoir

Dire - dit Devoir - du

I can't give up

Je ne peux pas abandonner

To confuse

Confondre (v.) = to confuse

a stool (like that used for comedy)

un tabouret

A team

Une équipe (n. f.)

the coach

Le coach, l'entraîneur

I don't know anyone (3 ways - and get shorter with every way)

Je ne connais personne -> Je connais personne -> /jco-nè/ personne

levels (ex: levels of the Fluenz french program)

Un niveau /ni-vo/

quarter final -> semi-final -> final

quart de finale ==> Demi-finale ==> Finale

It’s crazy/things are crazy/all over the place

C'est un sacré bazar ! c'est un sacré bordel !

underdog

Un outsider

cut off (electricity, internet, etc.)

coupée

A TOY

Un jouet (n. m.) = A toy

-oir or -oire — how to make past participle in passe compose? Ex: vouloir

Change to u (with mostly first letter of verb before it) Ex: vouloir -> voulu Savoir -> su Devoir -> dû Boire -> bu Avoir -> eu

-endre —- how to make past participle? (Not including the prendre group)

Add u Ex: Attendre—> attendu Rendre —> rendu Descendre—> descendue

Verbs ending in -re - how to Make past participle? (Sometimes) Plus -ire version (ex: faire)

Add u Lire-> Lu Perdre-> perdu Connaitre-> connu Vivre-> vécu Add t Faire - fait Dire - dit Conduire - conduit Ecrire - ecrit

Prendre group —> how to make a verb past participle?

prendre -> j'ai pris apprendre -> j'ai appris comprendre -> j'ai compris

I’m always running around/Sempre in giro

Je suis toujours en voyage

Stay positive

Garder la pêche (exp.), Rester positif, ne pas perdre l'énergie

Have a lot of energy/pumped up

Avoir la pêche (top form) = Avoir beaucoup d'énergie

Super positive person — how describe them (like how they see Americans)

Avoir la banane = être content, avoir le sourire

way of doing things (not moyen or maniere)

a sa facon de....

Two ways to say “things”

Un truc, une chose

Behind closed doors

à huis clos, en privé

Stupid in a nice way (4 ways)

banane, fromage, sausci, jambon

I’m sure of what I’m saying

Je suis sûr de ce que je dis

I’m sure of that

Je suis sûr de ça

vouloir/savoir/ préférer/devoir/pouvoir + noun/pronoun/verb --> do you need a preposition after it?

no.

verbs of movement (aller/partir/venir/sortir) + verbs --> do you need a preposition?

verbs of movement (aller/partir/venir/sortir) + noun --> do you need a preposition? and if so which ones?

yes -- a/de

apprendre/aider/commencer + noun/pronoun --> do you need a preposition?

apprendre/aider/commencer + verbs --> do you need a preposition? and if so which one?

yes ==> a

to play something

jouer à quelque chose

arreter/finir/essayer + noun/pronoun --> do you need a proposition?

arreter/finir/essayer/oublier + verbs --> do you need a preposition? and if so which one?

yes + de

to forget

oublier

to remember

se souvenir de

the idea is to

l'idee est de

it depends on

ça depend de

it's (adjective) to (verb)

c'est + adjective + de + verb

it's important to send

c'est important d'envoyer

it's possible to

c'est possible de

I say that

je dis que

I know that

je sais que

I see that

je vois que

I learned that

j'apprends que

I check (that)

je vérifie que

I remember that

je me souviens que

the first time that

le premiére fois que

it's true that

c'est vrai que

I'm sure that

je suis sûr que

=to hear vs. = to listen

entendre (=to hear) vs. écouter (= to listen)

les verbes pronominaux

les verbes pronominaux (=reflexive verbs)

Nickname

Le sobriquet

Network (meaning wifi network)

Réseau

ladies and gentleman

messieurs-dames

a woman

une femme

in front of

devant

the dining room

la salle à manger

smoker

fumeur

main

principal

"is it not right?/right?" --> what is the word for “it” in this phrase? How is it pronounced?

n'est-ce pas --> ce = it pronounced like "ss"

when do you use s'en aller instead of aller?

when you're talking about leaving and the fact you're going is more important than the destination

sunset can use which two prepositions in which two variations?

le lever de soleil - le coucher du soleil

he thinks that (thing he thinks about) vs he thinks about/of

il pense que ___ vs. il pense a ____

Know like the back of my hand

connaitre comme ma poche (literal meaning: know like my pocket)

ways can use entendre (4 ways) #4 ex: "Well, I fully intend to report you to the police!"

1) you hear something (the sound comes to you/you're passive), 2) to hear a rumor, 3) to understand something, (used in formal contexts - comprendre used for informal) 4) to want or having an intention/require (I Ex: "J'entends bien vous dénoncer à la police !"

moving (emotionally)

émouvant

my neighbor

mon voisin

noises

des bruits

intend

avoir l’intention

in the sense of

dans le sens de

At the end of the corridor

au fond du couloir

It looks like/its said that it’s like

On dirait que

from ___ to ____ (time period)

du ____ au ____

Asked FOR something - do you need a preposition "for"?

no! Ex: je demande une livre I asked for a book

I asked SOMEONE for SOMETHING- - do you need a preposition in there somewhere? And if so what is it and where is it?

asked always requires "a" after "demander"

Running errands

faire des courses

Even though

Même si

Anyway

toutes façons

2 ways to say “place” and what preposition do both use when saying “at/in”?

Lieu, endroit At/in - Dans ce lieu - À cet endroit

It’s better to + verb Vs It’s best to + verb

C’est mieux de + verb Vs Le mieux c’est de + verb

According to ____(pronoun or name)

Selon ____ (lui, ma mere, etc)

To fill out + present conjugation

remplir Conjugated present: Je remplis Tu remplis Il remplit Nous remplissons Vous remplissez Ils remplissent

Past participle of Venir

Vecu

The flight

Le vol

To look for (do You need a preposition?)

Chercher ____ - No preposition needed

Even though

Meme si

In town

En ville

Vivir past participle is?

Vécu