Cours du 12 mars 2025

Question 1

What is “fiscalité” in English?

Example: I’m doing master’s in ………………next September.

Answer 1

taxation

Example: I’m doing a master’s in taxation next September.

Question 2

Traduire:

Es-tu le seul comptable dans l’entreprise?

Answer 2

Are you the only accountant in the company?

Question 3

What is “se coucher” in English?

Example: I usually …………… at around 10 o’clock.

Answer 3

go to bed

Example: I usually go to bed at around 10 o’clock.

Question 4

Translate:

Ça fonctionne!

Ça ne fonctionne pas!

Est-ce que ça fonctionne?

Answer 4

Ça fonctionne! = It’s working!

Ça ne fonctionne pas! = It’s not working!

Est-ce que ça fonctionne? = Is it working?

Question 5

How do we pronounce these words:

• student
• study

Answer 5

• student = STOO-dent
• study = STÂ-dee

Question 6

What is “architecture” in English?

Example: I have a diploma in ……………………

Answer 6

architecture

Example: I have a diploma in architecture.

Question 7

Traduire: Ça me prend 20 minutes à aller au travail.

Answer 7

It takes me 20 minutes to go to work.

Question 8

What is “logiciel” in English?

Example: The accounting ……….. I use at work is Quickbooks.

Answer 8

software

Example: The accounting software I use at work is Quickbooks.

Question 9

What is “convivial” in English?

Example: Quickbooks is very ………………..

Answer 9

user-friendly

Example: Quickbooks is very user-friendly.

Question 10

What is “tenue de livres” in English?

Example: I do a little bit of …………… in my job.

Answer 10

bookkeeping

Example: I do a little bit of bookkeeping in my job.

Question 11

What is “analyse” in English?

Example: I do a lot of …………… in my job.

Answer 11

analysis

Example: I do a lot of analysis in my job.

Question 12

What is “comparer” in English?

Example: In my job, I ………………. the results of a year with previous years.

Answer 12

compare

Example: In my job, I compare the results of a year with previous years.

Question 13

What is “ventes” in English and “vendre”?

Example:
Our …………… this month are very good.
We …………… to a lot of business people in Sherbrooke.

Answer 13

Vendre = sell

Ventes = sales

Example:
Our sales this month are very good.
We sell to a lot of business people in Sherbrooke.

Question 14

What is “inventer” in English?

Example: I like to ………….. stories.

Answer 14

invent

create

Example:
I like to invent stories.
I like to create stories.

Question 15

What is “personnage” in English?

Example: I wrote a book and the main ……….. is my dad.

Answer 15

character

Example: I wrote a book and the main character is my dad.

Question 16

What is “température” in English?

Example: What I do on the weekend depends on the ………………….

Answer 16

weather

Example: What I do on the weekend depends on the weather.

Question 17

What is “se lever” in English?

Example: I usually ……………. at 6 o’clock.

Answer 17

get up

Example: I usually get up at 6 o’clock.

Question 18

What is “aller chercher” in English?

Example: Parents …………. their kids at school at the end of the day.

Answer 18

pick up

Example: Parents pick up their kids at school at the end of the day.

Question 19

What is “aller porter” in English?

Example: Parents …………. their kids at school at the beggining of the day.

Answer 19

drop off

Example: Parents drop off their kids at school at the beggining of the day.

Question 20

What is “faire l’épicerie” in English?

Example: I usually ………….. on Saturday.

Answer 20

do the grocery shopping

Example: I usually do the grocery shopping on Saturday.