General Flashcards
acheter
to buy
aimer
to like
aller
to go
avoir
to have
boire
to drink
chanter
to sing
choisir
to choose
commencer
to begin/commencer
connaiter
to know (someone)
courir
to run
devoir
to have to/ to “must”
dire
to say
donner
to give/donate
dormir
to sleep
ecrire
to write
entendre
to hear
entrer
to enter
envoyer
to send
eteindre
to switch off
etre
to be
etudier
to study
faire
to finish
finir
to finish
garder
to keep
jouer
to play
se laver
to wish oneself
se lever
to get up
lire
to read
manger
to eat
mettre
to put
monter
to climb
parler
to speak
partir
to leave
perdre
to lose
pouvoir
to be able to
prendre
to take
rentrer
to go back/return
savoir
to know (something)
sortir
to go out
tenir
to hold
tomber
to fall
vendre
to sell
venir
to come
voir
to see
vouloir
to want
plus
more
moins
less
plus que
more than
moins que
less than
bon/bonne
good (m/f)
meilleur/meilleure
better (m/f)
le meilleur/ la meilleure
best (m/f)
mauvais
bad
le pire
the worst
bien
well
mieux
better
le mieux
best
mal
badly
plus mal
worse
le plus mal
worst
beaucoup
lots
plus
more
le plus
the most
peu
few, little
moins
less
le moins
the least
a cause de
because of
a part
apart from
ainsi
so, therefore
alors
so, therefore, then
aussi
also
car
because
cependent
however
c’est-a-dire
that is to say
comme
as, like
d’un cote/ de l’autre cote
on the one hand/ on the other hand
donc
so. therefore
ensuite
next
evidemment
obviously
mais
nut
meme si
even if
ou
or
par contre
on the other hand
par exemple
for example
pendent que
while
pourtant
however
puis
then
puisque
seeing that, since
quand
when
sans doute
undoubtedly, without doubt
si
if
y compris
including
a
to, at
a cote de
next to
a travers
across. through
au bord de
at the side/edge of
au bout de
at the end of
au-dessous
beneath, below
au-dessus de
above, over
au fond de
at the back of, at the bottom of
au lieu de
instead of
au milieu de
in the middle of
autour de
around
contre
against
de
of, form
depuis
since, for
derriere
behind
devant
in front of
en
in, within (time)
en dehors de
outside (of)
en face de
opposite
entre
between
jusqu’a
up to, until
malgre
despite, in spite of
parmi
amoungst
pour
for, in order to
pres de
near
sans
without
selon
according to
sous
under
sur
on
vers
towards
ne….jamais
never
ne….pas
not
ne….personne
nobody, no-one
ne….plus
no more, no longer
ne….que
only, nothing but
ne….rien
nothing
ni….ni
neither….nor
pas encore
not yet
une dizaine
about 10
une douzaine
a dozen (12)
un nombre de
a number of
combien?
how much, how many?
comment?
how?
est-ce que?
expression put before a verb to make sentence
ou?
where?
pouquoi?
why?
quand?
when?
que?
what?
quel/quelle?
which?
qu’est-ce que?
what?
qu’est-ce qui?
what?
qu’est-ce que c’est?
what is it?
qui?
who?
quoi?
what?
a quelle heure?
at what time?
ca s’ecrit comment?
how is that written?
c’est combien?
how much is it?
c’est quelle date?
what is the date?
c’est quel jour?
what day is it?
de quelle couleur?
what colour?
d’ou?
from where?
pour combien de temps?
for how long?
que veut dire…?
what does…mean?
quelle heure est-il?
what time is it?
a bientot
see you soon
a demain
see you tomorrow?
a tout a l’heure
see you soon/later
amities
best wishes
au secours
help
bien sur
of course, certainly
bienvenue
welcome
bon anniversaire
happy birthday
bon appetit
enjoy your meal
bon voyage
have a good trip
bonne annee
happy new year
bonne chance
good luck
bonne idee
good idea
bonne nuit
good night
bonnes vacances
have a good holiday
bonsoir
good evening
d’accord
ok
de rein
don’t mention it
desole
sorry
excusez-moi
excuse me
felicitations
congratulations
joyeux noel
merry christmas
quel dommmage
what a pity
sante
cheers (literally health)
a mon avais
in my opinion
affruex/affreuse
awful (m/f)
agreable
pleasant
amusant/amusante
funny (m/f)
barbant/barbante
boring (m/f)
bien entendu
of course
bein sur
of course
ca depend
that depends
ca m’enerve
it gets on my nerves
ca me fait rire
it makes me laugh
ca me plait
i like it
ca m’est egal
it’s all the same to me
ca ne me dit rein
it means nothing to me
ca suffit `
thats enough
casse-pieds
annoying (pain in the neck)
certainement
certainly
cher
dear, expensive
chouette
great
comme ci comme ca
so-so
complique
complicated
content
happy
croire
to believe
desagreable
unpleasant
desirer
to want
detester
to hate
dire
to say
drole
funny
embetant
annoying
en general
in general
enchante
delighted
ennyeux
boring
esperer
to hope
etonne
atonished, amazed
facile
easy
faible
weak
formidable
great
franchement
frankly
generalement
generally
genial
great
grave
serious
habile
clever
interessant
interesting
s’interesser a
to be interested in
inutile
uselesss
incroyable
incredible
inquiet/inquiete
worried
marrant
funny
marre (en avoir)
(to be) fed up
mauvais
bad
merveilleux/merveilleuse
marvellous
mignon/mignonne
cute
moche
ugly
(moi) non plus
nor me nrither, nor do I
nouveau
new
nul
rubbish
parfait
perfect
passionant
exciting
la peine
the bother
penser
to think
peut-etre
perhaps
pratique
practical
preferer
to prefer
promettre
to promise
ridicule
ridiculous
rigolo
funny
sage
well behaved/wise
sembler
to seem
sensass
sensational
supporter
to put up with
utile
useful
vouloir
to wish, want
vraiment
really, truly
le printemps
spring
l’ete
summer
l’automne
autumn
l’hiver
winter
a la fois
at the same time
a l’avenir
in the future
a l’heure
on time
a temps partiel
part-time
l’an (m)
the year
l’annee (f)
the year
apres
after
apres-demain
the day after tomorrow
apres-midi
afternoon
aujourd’hui
today
auparavant
formerly, in the past
avant
before
avant-hier
the day before yesterday
bientot
soon
d’abord
at first, firstly
d’habitude
usually
de bonne heure
early
le debut
the start
demain
tomorrow
dernier/derniere
last
de temps de temps
from time to time
deja
already
de nouveau
again
en attendant
whilst waiting (for), meanwhile
en avance
in advance
en ce moment
at the moment
en retard
late
en train de (faire….)
(to be) doing
em meme temps
at the same time
encore une fois
once more, again
enfin
at last, finally
environ
about, approximately
la fin
the end
hier
yesterday
il y a
ago
le jour
the day
la journee
the day
le lendemain
the next day
longtemps
for a long time
maintenant
now
le matin
the morning
le mois
month
normalement
normally
la nuit
the night
parfois
sometimes
le passe
past
pendant
during
plus tard
later
presque
almost, nearly
quelquefois
sometimes
rarement
rarely
recemment
recently
la semaine
the week
suelement
only
le siecle
the century
le soir
the evening
soudain
suddenly
souvent
often
suivant
following
sur le point de (etre)
(to be) about to
tard
late
tot
early
toujours
always, still
tous les jours
every day
tout a coup
suddenly, all of a sudden
tout de suite
immediately
vite
quickly
a droite
on/to the right
a gauche
on/to the left
la banileue
the subarb
le centre-ville
the town centre
la campagne
the countryside
chez
at the house of
de chaque cote
from each side
de l’autre cote
from the other side
en bas
down(stairs)
en haut
up(stairs)
l’est (m)
east
ici
here
la
there
la-bas
over there
loin de
far from
le nord
the north
nulle part
nowhere
l’ouest (m)
the west
par
by
partou
everywhere
quelque part
somewhere
situe/situee
situated
le sud
the south
tout droit
straight ahead
tout pres
very near
toutes directions
all directions
la ville
the town
chatain
light brown
clair
light
fonce
dark
noisette
hazel
roux
ginger
assez
enough, quite
bas
low
la boite
the box, tin, can
la bouteille
the bottle
court
short
le demi
the half
encore de
more
etroit
narrow
gros
fat
haut
high
large
wide
maigre
skinny, thin
mince
slim, thin
la moitie
the half
le morceac
the piece
moyen/moyenne
medium, average
le nombre
the number
le paquet
the packet
pas mal de
lots of
peser
to weigh
plein de
full of, lots of
la pointure
the size (for shoes)
suffisamment
sufficiently
la taille
the size (for clothes)
la tranche
the slice
trop
too (much)
carre
square
rond
round
l’averse (f)
the shower
briller
to shine
le brouillard
the fog
la brume
the mist
la chaleur
the heat
le ciel
the sky
le climat
the climate
couvert
overcast
doux
mild
l’eclair (m)
the lightning
l’eclaircie (f)
the bright spell
ensoleille
sunny
faire beau
to be fine (weather)
faire mauvais
to be bad (weather)
geler
to freeze
la glace
the ice
humide
humid, wet
la meteo
the weather forecast
mouille
wet
neiger
to snow
le nuage
the cloud
nuageux
cloudy
l’ombre (m)
the shade, shadow
l’orage (m)
the storm
oraguex
stormy
pleuvoir
to rain
la pluie
the rain
sec/seche
dry
la tempete
the storm
le temps
the weather
le tonnerre
the thunder
tremper
to soak
le vent
the wind
complet/complete
full
l’entree (f)
the entry, entrance
libre
free, vacant, unoccupied
fermer
to close
interdit
forbidden, not allowed
occupe/occupee
taken, occupied, engaged
ouvert
open
ouvrir
to open
la sortie
the exit
avoir raison
to be right
avoir tort
to be wrong
corriger
to correct
l’erreur (f)
the error, mistake
la faute
the fault, mistake
faux/fausse
false
il (me) faut
you (I) must
juste
correct/fair
obligatoire
compulsory
parfait
perfect
sur
certain, sure
se tromper
to make a mistake
vrai
true
l’argent (m)
the silver
le beton
the concrete
le bois
the wood
le cuir
the leather
le fer
the iron
la laine
the wool
l’or (m)
the gold
la soie
the silk
le verre
the glass
le CDI
the resource centre
les CES
the secondary school
l’EPS
PE (physical education)
l’HLM
the council/social housing accomodation
le SAMU
the emergency medical services
le SDF
the homeless person
Le SNCF
the National Rail Service
le TGV
the high-speed train
la TVA
the VAT
le VTT
the mountain bike
