100 Most Used Words

Question 1

de

Answer 1

'from' and possession:
• Express possession
• Give the origin of something 
• Describe something
• Express a cause

Question 2

est

Answer 2

third person singular present form of the verb être

Question 3

que

Answer 3

has a few different meanings. It‘s most frequently used to say ‘that’.
J‘espère que tu seras là
I hope (that) you will be there

Question 4

un

Answer 4

means both ‘one’ and ‘a’

Question 5

il

Answer 5

He / It (masculine words)

Question 6

à

Answer 6

is a preposition used to indicate : 
• Destination (to)
• Express duration (from... to)
• To indicate location (at)
• To indicate time

Question 7

ce

Answer 7

is a pronoun used before male words. It translates as ‘this’, or ‘that’.

Question 8

en

Answer 8

is a pronoun used as the object of a verb to indicate a quantity. It can also indicate location, time, means etc.

Question 9

on

Answer 9

is an indefinite pronoun which can mean ‘one’ or ‘we’

Question 10

ça

Answer 10

is a shortened form of the pronoun ‘cela’. It can mean ‘it’ or ‘that’.

Question 11

pour

Answer 11

means ‘for’ when followed by a noun

Question 12

qui

Answer 12

as an interrogative pronoun means ‘who’ or ‘whom’. It can also be used as a relative pronoun, in which case it means ‘which’, ‘who’, ‘whom’ or ‘that’.

Question 13

y

Answer 13

is a pronoun used to refer to a place already mentioned in the conversation.

Question 14

dans

Answer 14

is a preposition meaning ‘in’ or ‘inside’. It can also be used to say ‘within’ a period of time.

Question 15

du

Answer 15

is the contraction of ‘de’ and ‘le’ (of the). It can also mean ‘some’.

Question 16

bien

Answer 16

as an adverb can mean ‘well’. As a noun it means ‘good’

Question 17

si

Answer 17

is a conjunction equivalent to ‘if’. It’s also used to deny what someone just said.
Tu ne viens pas ? Si je viens
You don’t come? I do

Question 18

tout

Answer 18

is an adjective meaning ‘all’. As a pronoun it means ‘everything’.

Question 19

plus

Answer 19

s an adverb used to make comparisons.
Used with the negative particle ‘ne’, it means any more.
Je ne veux plus y aller
I don‘t want to go there anymore

Question 20

mon

Answer 20

is a singular masculine possessive adjective. It‘s used like ‘my’ in English, but only before masculine words and words starting with a vowel.

Question 21

te

Answer 21

yourself. is an object pronoun placed just before the verb.

Question 22

au

Answer 22

is the contraction of ‘à le’ (to the). It‘s only used before masculine words.

Question 23

va

Answer 23

is a form of the verb ‘aller’ (to go). It can be either the third person singular present form, or the second person singular imperative.

Question 24

toi

Answer 24

is a pronoun you use when you want to say “with you“, “for you“, “thanks to you“, “next to you“….

Question 25

fait

Answer 25

is the third person singular present of the verb 'faire' (to do, to make). Used as a noun it can also mean 'fact'.

Question 26

comme

Answer 26

``` The conjunction 'comme' can mean 'like', 'how', 'as' or 'since'. C‘est comme ça It‘s like this Comme tu es belle You are so beautiful Comme tu es fatigué, je vais y aller Since you are tired, I will go there ```

Question 27

etait

Answer 27

is the third person singular imperfect of the verb „être“ (to be). Comme elle était malade, elle n‘est pas venue Since she was sick, she didn‘t come C‘était génial It was awesome

Question 28

sur

Answer 28

The preposition 'sur' has a few different meanings 'on', 'on top of', 'above', 'out of'.

Question 29

quoi

Answer 29

means 'what'. However, in many situations, other terms are used ('que' for example). You use 'quoi' when you ask a question but keep the normal setence word order. Or when 'what' is the object of a preposition.

Question 30

ici

Answer 30

means 'here'.

Question 31

lui

Answer 31

is the French for 'him'.

Question 32

veux

Answer 32

is the first and second person singular present of the verb 'vouloir' (to want).

Question 33

ma

Answer 33

is the French for 'my'. It‘s used before feminine nouns.

Question 34

là

Answer 34

is the French for 'there'. However, French sometimes use 'là' when 'here' would be used in English. In fact, 'là' can also mean 'around here'.

Question 35

rien

Answer 35

is the French for 'nothing' and sometimes 'anything'.

Question 36

dit

Answer 36

is the third person singular present and past participle of 'dire' (to say).

Question 37

votre

Answer 37

is one of the way to say 'your' in French. It‘s used in formal settings before a singular noun.

Question 38

pourquoi

Answer 38

is the French for 'why'.

Question 39

sont

Answer 39

is the third person plural present of the verb 'être' (to be). It‘s equivalent to 'are' in English.

Question 40

cette

Answer 40

is the French for 'this'. It‘s used before feminine singular nouns.

Question 41

quand

Answer 41

means when.

Question 42

par

Answer 42

The preposition 'par' has many different meanings. Most of the time, it means 'through', 'by' or 'per'.

Question 43

son

Answer 43

is a singular masculine possessive adjective. It‘s only used before masculine nouns, while 'sa' is used before feminine nouns. It can either mean 'his', 'her' or 'its'.

Question 44

ton

Answer 44

means 'your'. However it‘s only used in casual situations before a singular masculine noun.

Question 45

peux

Answer 45

is the first person singular form of the verb 'pouvoir' (can).

Question 46

vais

Answer 46

is the first person singular form of the verb 'aller' (to go).

Question 47

dire

Answer 47

means 'to say'.

Question 48

alors

Answer 48

is a conjunction meaning 'then' (consequence of something) or 'so'.

Question 49

comment

Answer 49

means 'how'.

Question 50

avez

Answer 50

is the second person plural form of 'avoir' (to have).

Question 51

bon

Answer 51

means 'good'.

Question 52

ou

Answer 52

means 'or'.

Question 53

ont

Answer 53

is the third person plural present of the verb 'avoir' (to have)

Question 54

même

Answer 54

means 'even' as an adverb or 'same' as a noun.

Question 55

jamais

Answer 55

means 'never'.

Question 56

chose

Answer 56

means 'thing'.

Question 57

tous

Answer 57

is the French for 'all' or 'everybody'.

Question 58

ces

Answer 58

is the French for 'these' and 'those'. There is actually no distinction between 'these' and 'those' in French.

Question 59

faut

Answer 59

is the third person singular present form of the verb 'falloir' (to have to).

Question 60

sa

Answer 60

is the feminine possessive adjective. It can mean 'his', 'her“'or 'its'.

Question 61

êtes

Answer 61

is the second person plural present form of 'être' (to be).

Question 62

été

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s the past participle of 'être' (to be) and also mean 'summer'.

Question 63

ta

Answer 63

is a feminine possessive adjective. It means 'you', and is only used before feminine nouns.

Question 64

peut

Answer 64

means 'can', is the third person singular form of 'pouvoir' at the present tense.

Question 65

autre

Answer 65

means 'other'. It can be used as a noun or as an adjective.

Question 66

encore

Answer 66

is an adverb with a few different meanings. It can mean 'again', 'still' or 'another'.

Question 67

peu

Answer 67

As an adverb, 'peu' means 'little' or 'not much'. As a noun it means 'few' or 'little'.

Question 68

mes

Answer 68

is the plural form of 'my'.

Question 69

vraiment

Answer 69

means 'really'.

Question 70

temps

Answer 70

means 'time'.

Question 71

toujours

Answer 71

The adverb 'toujours' means 'always' or 'still'.

Question 72

vie

Answer 72

means 'life'.

Question 73

sans

Answer 73

The preposition 'sans' means 'without'.

Question 74

juste

Answer 74

The adjective 'juste' means 'fair', while the adverb 'juste' means 'exactly'.

Question 75

avait

Answer 75

'Avait' is the third person form of 'avoir' (to have) at the imparfait tense. As you can see, it's sometimes translated with 'was' instead of 'had'. It's because French people sometimes use the verb 'avoir' (to have) when English speakers would use 'être' (to be).