Les états d'esprit (States of Mind)

Question 1

comprendre

Answer 1

to understand

Question 2

croire

Answer 2

to believe

Question 3

décider (de)

Answer 3

to decide (to)

Question 4

désirer

Answer 4

to desire

Question 5

devoir

Answer 5

to have to, must

Question 6

douter

Answer 6

to doubt

Question 7

espérer

Answer 7

to hope

Question 8

oublier

Answer 8

to forget

Question 9

penser

Answer 9

to think

Question 10

réfléchir

Answer 10

to think over/to reflect
(ex: Après le petit-déjeuner, je réfléchis à la façon de commencer mon périple. –> after breakfast, I reflect on how to begin my journey)

Question 11

renoncer à

Answer 11

to give up
(ex: Dans ce cas, je renonce à comprendre. –> in this case, I give up understanding/I fail to understand)

Question 12

rêver

Answer 12

to dream

Question 13

s’analyser

Answer 13

to analyze oneself

Question 14

s’imaginer

Answer 14

to imagine
(ex: Non, tu t’imagines des trucs. –> no, you are imagining things)

Question 15

s’interroger (sur)

Answer 15

to ask oneself (about)/to wonder (about)
(ex: je m’interroge sur l’efficacité de leur démarche. –> I wonder about the profitability of their idea)

Question 16

savoir

Answer 16

to know

Question 17

se demander

Answer 17

to wonder
(ex: Alors, je me demande ce qu’attend le gouvernement. –> So, I wonder what the government is waiting for)

Question 18

se rappeler

Answer 18

to remember
(ex: Je suis persuadée qu’il se rappelle fort bien de cette journée. –> I am convinced that he very well remembers this day)

Question 19

se souvenir

Answer 19

to remember
(ex: Attends… je me souviens de ça. –> wait… I remember that)

Question 20

se tromper

Answer 20

to make a mistake/to be wrong
(ex: Dit moi que je me trompe. –> tell me I am wrong)

Question 21

songer à

Answer 21

to think about
(ex: Je suis exaspéré lorsque je songe à ce qui va se passer. –> I am exasperated when I think about what is going to happen)

Question 22

souhaiter

Answer 22

to wish

Question 23

supposer

Answer 23

to suppose
(ex: les jugements font mal car ils supposent un état statique. –> Judgements are harmful because they assume a static condition)

Question 24

tenir à ce que (+ subjonctif)

Answer 24

to want, insist on
(ex: je tiens à ce que nous menions ce débat à terme. –> I insist that we finish this debate)

Question 25

vouloir

Answer 25

to want