Vocabulary of September 25, 2023

Question 1

What is “à tour de rôle” in English?

Exemple: Mes collègues et moi travaillons à tour de rôle le samedi.

Answer 1

Take turns

Example: My colleagues and I take turns to work on Saturday.

Question 2

What is “Ça dépend” in English?

Exemple:
- Combien de jours par semaine est-ce que tu travailles?
- Ça dépend. Parfois je travaille 4 jours, parfois 5.

Answer 2

It depends

Example:
- How many days a week do you work?
- It depends. Sometimes I work 4 days, sometimes 5.

Question 3

What is “Ça dépend de” in English?

Exemple: Ça dépend de la température.

Answer 3

It depends on

Example: It depends on the weather.

Question 4

What is “être d’accord” in English?

Exemple:
Je suis d’accord.
Je ne suis pas d’accord.
Es-tu d’accord?

Answer 4

Agree

Example:
I agree.
I don’t agree.
Do you agree?

NOTE: “Agree” is a verb in English. That’s why we say “I agree” and not, unlike French, “I am agree”.

Question 5

What is “dépendamment de…” in English?

Answer 5

Depending on…

Exemple: Depending on where I work, I usually work aroun 8-9 hours a day.

Question 6

What is “principal” in English?

Exemple: C’est ma tâche principale.

And what is “principalement” in English?
Exemple: Je travaille principalement à Sherbrooke.

Answer 6

Main
Example: It’s my main task.

Mainly
Example: I work mainly in Sherbrooke.

Question 7

What is “beaucoup de “ for COUNTABLE nouns in English?

Exemple: Je travaille beaucoup d’heures.

Answer 7

Many
A lot of

Example:
I work many hours.
I work **a lot of **hours.

NOTE: We don’t use “much” with COUNTABLE nouns.

Question 8

What is “conduire” for a car?

For a motorcycle?

Answer 8

Drive (a car)

Ride (a motorcycle)

Question 9

What is the possessive adjective “leur” or “leurs” in English?

Exemple: Ils ont leurs propres inspecteurs.

Answer 9

their

Example: They have their own inspectors.

Question 10

How do we pronounce “percent” in English?

Answer 10

**per-CENT

NOTE: We have to put the stress on the SECOND syllable and not on the first. Otherwise, it sounds like the word “person”.

Question 11

What is “premier ministre” d’une province?

Exemple: François Legault est le premier ministre du Québec.

D’un pays?
Exemple: Justin Trudeau est le premier ministre du Canada.

Answer 11

(Province)= Premier
Example: François Legault is Quebec’s premier.

(pays) = Prime minister
Example: Justin Trudeau is Canada’s prime minister.

Question 12

What is the plural of “woman?

And how do we pronounce the singular and the plural?

Answer 12

Woman (singular)

Women (plural)

Question 13

What is “Il y a “ in Englsih?

Exemple:
Il y a une table dans la pièce.
Il y a 6 chaises autour de la table.

Answer 13

There is “singular)

There are (plural)

Examples:
There is a table in the room.
There are 6 chairs around the table.

Question 14

What is “locataire” in English and how do we pronounce it?

Answer 14

Tenant

Question 15

What is “ancien” in English?

Exemple: Mon ancien patron habite à Toronto.

Answer 15

Old

Example: My old boss lives in Toronto.

Question 16

How do we write, in numbers:

One thousand?

Seventeen thousand, two hundred and seventy five?

Two hundred thousand?

One million?

Answer 16

1,000
17,275
200,000
1,000,000

NOTE: When we write numbers of 1,000 or more, we use commas (,) to separate the numerals into groups of 3 (working from right to left).