Lesson 2 - General Flashcards by Katie Reith

Name the accents:
Ç
É
È
Ê
Ë

Ç = cédille
É = aigu [eh-goo]
È = grave
Ê = circonflexe
Ë = tréma

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Who

Qui

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How much / how many

Combien

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Where

Où

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When

Quand

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How

Comment

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Why

Pourquoi

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What
If asking about a specific thing

Quel / quelle / quelles (m/f/pl)

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What (formal/standard)
If asking open questions or questions followed by a verb

Que

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What (informal)
If asking open questions or questions followed by a verb

Quoi

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3 ways of asking a question

Note: the exception is ‘quel + être’ which can only be formed as…
quel(le)(s) + est/sont + le/la/les + noun

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20
21
22
30
40
50
60
70

Vingt [va]
Vingt-et-un [vant]
Vingt deux
Trente
Quarante
Cinquante
Soixante [sswass-ant]
Soixante-dix

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71
77
80
81
90
93
100
102

Soixante-et-onze
Soixante-dix-sept
Quatre-vingts (add s)
Quatre-vingt-un (drop the s)
Quatre-vingt-dix (no s)
Quatre-vingt-treize
Cent
Cent-deux

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122
200
320
1000
1200
1710
4000
1,000,000
3,000,000

Cent-vingt-deux
Deux cents (add s if a whole hundred)
Trois cent-vingt
Mille
Mille deux-cents
Mille sept-cent-dix
Quatre mille
Un million
Trois millions (add s if a whole million)

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Pronouncing adjectives ending in x:
“ss”, “zz” or silent?
- il y a vingt-six
- dix étudients
- il y a six livres

il y a vingt-six: “ss” at the end of a sentence
dix étudients: “zz” before a vowel
il y a six livres: silent before a consonant

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Hexagon

Hexagone (m)

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Side

Côté (m)

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Coast/coastline

Côte (f)

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Neighbour

Voisin(e)

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Sea

Mer (f)

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Ocean

Océan (m)

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Mountain range

Chaînes montagneuses (f)

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Region

Région (f)

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Overseas French territories

Drom-com

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Overseas

Outre-mer

Language

Langue (f)

Official

Officiel(le)

Currency

Monnaie (f)

Money

Argent (m)

Average

Moyen(ne)

City

Ville (f)

Village

Village (m)

Town

Petite ville (f)

Squared

Carré

Youth

Jeune (m)

Old person

Personne âges Note: sometimes vieux/vielle is used which is also the adjective old but this is derogatory when used as a noun.

Median

Médian

Anyways

Bref

Tired

Fatigué(e)

Exhausted

Épuisé(e)

Shattered (informal)

Crevé(e)

No need

Pas besoin

I need to…

J’ai besoin de…

Current

Actuel(le)

During

Pendent

Between

Entre

Today

Aujourd’hui

Tomorrow

Demain

Yesterday

Hier

Day before yesterday

Avant-hier

Day after tomorrow

Après demain

Last

Dernier/ère

First

Premier/ère

Prochain(e)

Both Both (additional emphasis)

Les deux Tout les deux

Majority

Majorité

More and more

Plus en plus

In the same way

De la même manière

There is…

Il y a…

There is no…

Il n’y a pas…

There isn’t any.

Il n’y en a pas [eel-nee-yon-a-pah] Note: the “en” is referring back to the noun which the question asked about.

Can I ask…?

Est-ce que je peux demander…?

Becomes

Devient

Year

An(née)

Singular

Singulier (m)

Plural

Pluriel (m)