Weather and impersonal verbs Flashcards
What is the weather like?
Quel temps fait-il?
It is beautiful
Il fait beau
It is hot
Il fait chaud
It is foggy (2)
Il fait du brouillard
Il y a du brouillard
It is sunny
Il fait du soleil
It is windy
Il fait du vent
It is cool
Il fait frais
It is cold
Il fait froid
It is bad
Il fait mauvais
It is cloudy (2)
Il y a des nuages
C’est nuageux
There are storms
Il y a des orages
It is stormy
Il y a de l’orage
It is raining
Il pleut
It is snowing
Il neige
It’s sleeting
Il grêle
It is freezing
Il gèle
It’s drizzling
Il bruine
To be a question of, to have to do with
S’agir de
It has to do with money
Il s’agit d’argent
To act, behave
Agir
To happen, to be a possibility
Arriver
There’s been an accident
Il est arrivé un accident
To arrive
Arriver
To be advisable, to be agreed
Convenir
Caution is advised
It is advisable to be cautious
Il convient d’être prudent
To suit
Convenir
To be necessary
Falloir
It has to be done
Il faut le faire
To matter, to be important
Importer
It is important to do it
Il importe de la faire
To import
Importer
To happen
Se passer
What is happening?
Qu’est-ce qui de passe?
To pass, to spend (time)
Passer
To be possible
Se pouvoir
Is it possible that Luc will finish?
Se peut-il que Luc finesse?
Can, to be able
Pouvoir
To seem
Sembler
It seems impossible
Il semble impossible
To suffice, to be enough
Suffire
It’s enough if you do it tomorrow
Il suffit que tu le fasses demain
That’s enough!
Ça suffit!
To depend on
Tenir à
To be, to happen to be
Se trouver
It happens to be me
Il se trouve que c’est moi
To find
Trouver
To be better
Valoir mieux
It is better for you to do it (yourself)
Il vaut mieux le faire toi-même
Il vaut mieux que tu le fasses
To be worth
Valoir
To come
Venir
A lot of people are coming
Il vient beaucoup de monde
There comes a time when
Il vient un moment où …
There is sun (it is sunny)
Il y a du soleil
Umbrella
Parapluie
Spring
Le printemps
Summer
L’été
Autumn
I’automne
Winter
L’hiver
Lightening
L’éclair
Thunder
Le tonnerre
Ice
La glace
Snowman
Le bonhomme de neige
Thermometer
Le thermomètre
Rainbow
L’arc-en-ciel (m)
Raincoat
L’imperméable
It is 10 degrees
Il fait 10 degrés
It is humid
Il fait humide
It is dry
Il fait sec
