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Lessons 11-20 Flashcards

1
Q

Pronunciation of the following:

  • E
  • é
  • ê
A
  • E = soft sounding ‘eh’ like in Le or Je
  • é = harder sounding Eh sound almost like an eah sound (présenter, réserver)
  • ê = almost middle hardness of an E (think of the word BET in English
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2
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She wants it

A

= Elle le veux

The general word for ‘IT’ is always masculine unless it refers to a feminine object (ie she wants it when referring to a baguette would be ‘Elle la veux’)

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3
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The party

A

la fête

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4
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When is á used in French?

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á is used for ‘to’ or ‘at’

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5
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She wants to invite her to the party

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= Elle veux l’inviter á la fête

You have to remember that the la becomes contracted as it is proceeds a vowel (La inviter = l’inviter)

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6
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She wants to invite me to the party

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Elle veux m’inviter á la fête

You have to remember that the ‘me’ becomes contracted as it is proceeds a vowel (me inviter = m’inviter)

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7
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The birthday party

A

La fête d’anniversaire (dani - verse - air)

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8
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She wants to invite him to the birthday party

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Elle veux l’inviter á la fête d’anniversaire

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9
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mobile

A

portable (pronounced por-tarb-leh)

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10
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He wants the mobile

A

il veux le portable

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11
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She wants the black mobile

A

Elle veux le portable noir

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12
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What is the difference between Tu and Te in French

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Tu = its the one you use when ‘You’ does the action.

Tu me connais bien. = You know me well.

Te = The one you use when ‘You’ is the object or receiving the action

Je te connais bien. = I know you well.

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13
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I have to prepare you

A

Je dois te preparer

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14
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You have to get ready

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Tu dois te preparer

This means “you have to prepare yourself” in French

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15
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I have to get ready

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Je dois me preparer

  • You have to remember that the translation is “I have to prepare myself” essentially
  • You cannot forget the ‘me’ in the sentence
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16
Q

Translate the following

  • I want to invite you
  • He wants to invite you
  • Do you want to invite him?
A
  • je veux t’inviter
  • il veux t’inviter
  • veux tu l’inviter?
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17
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You have to relax

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tu dois te relaxer

You have to relax becomes “you have to relax yourself” in French

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18
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What happens to words ending in ‘-able’
* Portable
* Drinkable
* Adorable

A

Words ending in ‘-able’ have the same sound which is ‘-ableh’ in French. This is another one that has a lot of words that have the same ending sound, and sound roughly the same in English as they do in French.
* So probable is pronounced prob-ableh
* Portableh
* Drinkableh
* Adorableh

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19
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She must adore you

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Elle doit t’adorer

So “to adore” = ado-reh

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20
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To carry around

A

Porter

But it also means to wear (which is very literal)

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21
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What often happens to words ending in ‘-able’ when it becomes a verb.

A

‘-able’ replaced with ‘-er’.

Portable = porter
Adorable = adorer

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22
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I want to wear black trousers

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Je veux porter un pantalon noir

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23
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I want to grow a beard

A

Je Veux porter la barbe

In French - you wear your beard = porte la barbe
- Its a feminine verb for whatever reason

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24
Q

Porter
Avant
Voquer

Are all what?

A

Base words that can make other words:

Porter (to carry)
- importer
- transporter

Avant (Before)
- Avantage

Voquer (to use voice)
- révoquer
- invoquer

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25
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Well

A

bien

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26
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I have to behave myself

A

Je dois bien me comporter

  • In French, grammatically the sentence runs like ‘I have to well myself comport’
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27
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Words ending in ‘-ity’ become what in French

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Words ending in ‘-ity’ become ‘-ité’ in French. These words are also feminine words so starts with La

  • The Opportunity = la opportunité
  • Possibility = possibilité
  • Probability = Probabilité
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28
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Seize

A

saisier

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29
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You have to seize the opportunity

And

He has to seize the opportunity

A

Tu dois saisier l’opportunité

et

il dois saisier l’opportunité

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30
Q

When spelling veux, peux and dois when talking about ‘He’ and ‘She’ are spelt different tow when talking about ‘I’ and ‘you’

How do you spell them?

A
  • Veux = veut
  • Peux = peut
  • Dois = doit
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31
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Everybody

A

tout le monde

  • This directly translates to = all the world
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32
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To see

33
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Everybody wants to see it

A

tout le monde veut le voir

34
Q

What is my friend in French?

A

Mon ami
Mon amie

  • In French - consonants are only pronounced when a vowel is in front of it. This is true across words as well
    • Mon = is pronounced Moh.
    • But Mon ami = is pronounced Mon Ami
35
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Can you see my mobile?

A

peut tu voir mon portabler?

36
Q

My friend wants it

A

Mon Ami le veut

36
Q

My friend wants to invite you

A

Mon Ami veut t’inviter

37
Q

Your friend has to carry it

A

ton ami dois le porter

38
Q

Does your friend want to carry it?

A

Ton ami veux le porter

39
Q

She wants to see you

A

Elle veut te voir

40
Q

What is ‘them’ in French

A

Them in French is ‘les’. Essentially it is the plural for ‘le’

  • Prounounce LES with a hard E and LE with a soft E
41
Q

I must see them

A

Je dois les voir

42
Q

To finish

43
Q

To wait

44
Q

Everybody wants to finish it later

A

tout le monde veut le finir plus tard

45
Q

I want to wait for him

And

I want to wait for them

A

Je veut l’attendre

et

Je veux les attendre

46
Q

What is ‘Can I’ in French

47
Q

Can I wait for you?

A

puis-je t’attendre

48
Q

What is the ‘liaison’ rule in French grammar

A

Liaison = The grammatical rule in French when the consonant is pronounced due to the vowel before it (like with LES)

49
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The train station

50
Q

To go

51
Q

I have to go to the station

A

Je dois aller á la gare

52
Q

The City

53
Q

The Husband

A

le marri (like from the word mariage)

54
Q

I want to see my husband

A

je vuex voir mon marri

55
Q

To send

56
Q

I have to send you the message

A

Je dois t’enjoyer le message

57
Q

To show

58
Q

I must show you the messages

A

je dois te montrer les message

59
Q

Passing by

A

de passage

60
Q

Im just passing by

A

je suit juste de passage

61
Q

I don’t want

You don’t want

I am not

A

Je ne veux pas

Tu ne veux pas

je ne suis pas

62
Q

To eat

63
Q

What are used to get the negative ‘Do not’ ‘can not’ ‘must not’

A

Ne and Pas are often used to get a negative meaning from words (sometimes Ne isn’t pronounced but Pas is always used).

  • I don’t want = Je ne veux pas
  • I can’t = Je ne peux pas
  • I must not = Je ne dois pas
64
Q

What are used to get the negative ‘nothing’ ‘not anything’

A

But there are also different words to infer negative meaning for example Ne and Rien. This is used when having the negative of ‘anything’ basically meaning ‘nothing’. Rein goes where Pas usually goes
- Ne ___ Pas = not
- Ne ___ rein = nothing

65
Q

I want to eat

And

I dont want to eat

A

je veux manger

et

Je ne veux pas manger

66
Q

I want to show you it

And

I don’t want to show you it

A

je veux te le montrer

et

je ne veux pas te le montrer

67
Q

I can’t send it

And

I can’t send you it

A

je ne peux pas l’envonyer

et

je ne peux pas te l’envoyer

68
Q

She wants to go to the station

A

Elle veut aller á la gare

  • Á = almost like a ’TO’ in French
69
Q

To park

A

Garer

Like gare from the train station

70
Q

I must park the car

And

I can’t park the car

A

je dois garer la voiture

et

je ne peux pas garer la voiture

71
Q

To find

72
Q

I can’t find it

A

je ne peux pas le trouver

73
Q

He can’t find the keys

A

il ne peut pas trouver les clé

74
Q

He can’t find them

A

il ne peut pas les trouver

75
Q

My husband can’t find the house keys

A

mon marri ne peut pas trouver les clé de maison

76
Q

The house

77
Q

I can’t find them

A

Je ne peut pas les trouver

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