Vocabulary Flashcards
A Sheet of paper
Une feuille de papier
Thirteen
Trieze
The watch (an what gender?) =
Le montre
A blackboard (and what gender?)
Un tableau
A wastebasket ~ for paper ~ (and what gender?)
Une corbeille à papier
Fifteen
(and how is it pronounced?)
Quince
(“Canz”)
Fifty
Cinquante
Twenty
(And how is it pronounced?)
Vingt
(the “I” sound here is like “want”)
A painting
Un tableau
Thirty
Trente
Nineteen
Dix neuf
Sixty
Soixante
Twenty three
Vingt-trois
Twelve
Douze
Seventeen
Dix-sept
Eleven
Onze
Fourteen
Quatorze
Sixteen
(and how is it pronounced?)
Sieze
(“Says”)
Eighteen
Dix-huit
Forty
Quarante
A clock
Une horloge
How do you ask: “What is your nationality?”
“Quelle est votre nationalité?”
How would you say: “I’m Canadian.”
“Je suis de nationalité canadienne.”
Notice that the country isn’t capitalized in French.
How would you say: “What is your heritage?” ( In this case, “You are of what origin?”)
“Tu es quelle origine?”
How would you say: “I’m of Italian heritage.”
“Je suis d’origine italienne.”
“Forty” =
“Quarante”
“Fifty” =
“Cinquante”
“Sixty” =
“Soixante”
“Eighty” =
“Quarante-vingts” (Think “four twenties”)
“Seventy” =
“Soixante-dix”
How do you say “there is” or “there are” ~ for singular or plural?
“Il y a”
How do you say: “There isn’t any of” or “There aren’t any of”?
BTW, this is for m, f, and plural
“Il n’y a pas de _______”
“A friend” =
“Un copin” (like a “buddy”)
Or
“Un ami (Une amie)
“What is your name?” =
“Comment vous appelles- vous?”
How do you say “sometimes”?
“quellque fois”
“Who’s there?”
“Qui est là?”
“A Calculator”
“Une Calculatrice”
“A watch”
“Une montre”
“A result”
“Un résultat”
“A classroom”
“Une salle de classe”
“A (male) roommate”
“A (female) roommate
“Un camarade de chambre”
“ Une camarade de chambre”
“Only the mountains never meet”
“Il n’y a que les montagnes qui ne se rencontrent pas”
“Only the mountains never meet”
“Seules les montagnes ne se rencontrent jamais”
“These are”
“Ce sont”
“Elder” (give m and f)
“Aîné”
“Aînée”
“So…”
“Alors…”
“By the way”
“Au fait”
“Brother-in-law”
“Un beau-frère”
“Kind; good”
“Bon(ne)”
“That’s my friend”
“C’est Mon ami”
“A spouse” (m and f)
“Un époux”
“Une épouse”
“Proud” (m and f)
“Fier”
“Fière”
“A grandfather”
“Un grande-père”
“The grandparents”
Also, is it m or f?
“Les grands-parents”
It’s m
“Happy” (please give both m and f)
“Heureux”
“Heureuse”
“Young”
“Jeune”
“Ugly” (please give word in both m and f form)
“Laid”
“Laide”
“A husband”
“Un mari”
“Brown”
“Marron”
“Bad”
“Mauvais(e)”
“Poor, unfortunate”
“Pauvre”
“A grandson”
“A granddaughter”
“Un petit-fils”
“Une petite-fille”
“His/hers/its”
“Son/sa/ses”
“Your” (familiar and singular)
“Ton/ta/tes”
“Old” (m and f)
“Vieux”
“Vieielle”
“A neighbor” (m and f)
“Un voisin”
“Une voisine”
How do you say “We are IN Paris”?
“Nous sommes à Paris.”
“À” means in a PLACE
How do you use “in” in the sense of “We are in trouble.”
“Nous sommes en difficulté”
When do you use “dans”, “à” and “en” when translating the English word “in”?
- “Dans”
a. Physical location inside something:
Example: Il est dans la maison. (He is in the house.)
b. Future time:
Example: Nous partirons dans une heure. (We will leave in an hour.) - “À”
a. Cities and small towns:
Example: Je suis à Paris. (I am in Paris.)
b. Specific locations or points:
Example: Elle est à l’école. (She is at school.) - “En”
a. Countries, regions, and continents (usually feminine):
Example: Je suis en France. (I am in France.)
b. Months, seasons, and years:
Example: Nous voyageons en avril. (We travel in April.)
c. Means of transportation:
Example: Voyager en train. (Travel by train.)
d. Duration of time:
Example: Il a lu le livre en une heure. (He read the book in an hour.)
e. In a certain situation, like Nous sommes en difficulté.
“I like…”
“J’ aime bien…»
“I don’t like _____ very much.”
“Je n’ aime pas tellement ____”
