Difficult Words/Phrases

Question 1

Billet

Answer 1

Ticket/Pass (can mean bill)

Question 2

Début

Answer 2

Beginning/Start

Question 3

Trajet
(pronounced ‘tra-jay’)

Answer 3

Journey

Question 4

L’émission

Answer 4

Programme/show
Or
Emission (of gases)

Question 5

Mon temps libre

Answer 5

My free time

Question 6

Passionné

Answer 6

Excited

Question 7

Surtout

Answer 7

Especially

Question 8

Partout

Answer 8

Everywhere

Question 9

Quelque

Answer 9

Some

Question 10

Des

Answer 10

Some (however it’s not always the case, depends on the context- you would say ‘I have some dogs and some budgies’ but you wouldn’t say ‘it’s dangerous to play with some matches’)

Question 11

Quelquefois

Answer 11

Sometimes

Question 12

De temps en temps

Answer 12

From time to time

Question 13

Nous nous sommes bien amusés

Answer 13

We had a lot of fun

Question 14

Aprés

Answer 14

After

(used for narration- remember to narrate detailed answers!)

Question 15

Avant

Answer 15

Before

Question 16

D’abord

Answer 16

Firstly

Question 17

Pendant

Answer 17

During

Question 18

Sur

Answer 18

On (laptop, computer, phone)

Question 19

Dans

Answer 19

In/Inside

Question 20

Rapidement

Answer 20

Rapidly, Quickly

Question 21

Facilement

Answer 21

Easily

Question 22

What’s the rule when ‘que’ is next to a word starting with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)?

Answer 22

There is a vowel clash so the ‘que’ gets conjugated to ‘qu’on/qu’ils’ for example

Question 23

When saying I ‘verb’ something in the past (I bought for example) and the verb begins with a vowel, what’s the rule?

Answer 23

The ‘j’ai’ never conjugates with the verb. e.g J’ai acheté

Question 24

Je l’ai utilisé=

Answer 24

I used it

(not j’ai l’utilisé)

Question 25

Qui est=

Answer 25

Which is OR Who is