Revision French 1 Flashcards

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Feminine word endings (usually)

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  • ion
  • ée
  • ie
  • ure
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Masculine word endings (usually)

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  • ment
  • age
  • eau
  • isme
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Definite Articles (the)
-also used to express likes / dislikes
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Le / La / Les
-General Terms (Les éléphants)
-Geographic Names (La France)
-Concepts (Le temps, c'est l'argent)
J'aimes les pommes
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Indefinite Articles (a, an, some)

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un / une, des

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To look
To look for
To look after
To look into

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regarder
chercher
surveiller
examiner

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Regular ‘er’ conjugation

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  • e
  • es
  • e
  • ons
  • ez
  • ent
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How do you say?

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Comment dit-on?

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Regular ‘être’ conjugation

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  • suis
  • es
  • est
  • sommes
  • êtes
  • sont
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C’est identifies people and things.
Use C’est with stress / disjunctive pronouns
Is it?

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-moi
-toi
-lui / elle
-nous
-vous
-eux / elles
Est-ce?

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French adjectives…

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Agree in number and gender with the noun or pronoun they modify.

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Not enough
Quite
Very
Too Much

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Pass Assez
Assez
Trés
Trop

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C’est is used to…

Il / Elle est is used to…

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Identify (followed by a determiner un / une then noun)

Describe (usually followed by an adjective)

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‘they are’: identify

and describe

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Ce sont

Ils sont

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When does ‘des’ become ‘de’

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When adjectives precede a plural noun.
..ont des moustaches
=ont de grosses moustaches

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Conjugate avoir in the present

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  • ai
  • as
  • a
  • avons
  • avez
  • ont
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Avoir used in the negative…

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indefinite articles become ‘de’ or d’

ie. Tu as une soeur - tu n’as pas de soeur.

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There is / there are
negative
Is there?

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il y a
il n’y a pas
y a-t-il?

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to need

to want

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avoir besoin de

avoir envie de

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de + le
de + les
de + la
de + l’

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du
des
de la
de l’

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Conjugate aller in the present

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  • vais
  • vas
  • va
  • allons
  • allez
  • vont
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Allen often used with à..
à + le
à + les
à + la
à + l'
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au
aux
à la
à l’

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Prepositions for..
city
feminine country
masculine country
plural country
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à
en
au
aux
also chez (Pierre / moi / mes amis / le docteur)
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Adjectifs démonstratifs..
masculine
feminine
plural

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Point out things / people (this)
Agree in gender / number with noun
ce / cet (with vowel or h)
cette
ces
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à

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is a preposition used to indicate : 
in / to / at
• Destination (to)
• Express duration (from... to)
• To indicate location (at)
• To indicate time
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This ball is nearer, that ball is further
cette boule-ci est plus près, | cette boule-là est plus loin.
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``` Le partitif (Some / any) Le partifif article used with a verb to expresses consumption ```
du de la des (negatif 'de')
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A cup of A glass of A slice of A piece of
une tasse de un verre de une tranche de un morceau de
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Conjugate prendre in the present apprendre (to learn) comprendre (to understand)
to take / or to buy/order food - prends - prends - prend - prenons - prenez - prennent
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Conjugate boir in the present
- bois - bois - boit - buvons - buvez - boivent
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To be hungry / thirsty
Avoir faim / soif
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Cross the road
Traversez la rue
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Go as far as the post office
Allez jusqu'à la poste
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Go straight ahead
Allez tout droit
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Turn left / right
Turnez à gauche / droite
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Take the metro
Prenez la métro
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Get off at the Chatelet
Descendez au Chatalet
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``` in front behind on under between to the right of ```
``` devant derrière sur sous entre à droite du ```
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Conjugate faire in the present
to do / make - fais - fais - fait - faisons - faites - font
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Do the housework
faire le ménage
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To make my bed
je fais mon lit
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To do the dishes
faire la vaiselle
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To do the shopping
faire les courses / des achats
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To do my homework
je fais mes devoirs
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To do the cooking
faire la cuisine
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To do the laundry
faire la lessive
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To exercise
faire du sport
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To go skiing
faire du ski
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To take a trip
faire un voyage
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To go for a walk
faire une promenade
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To play music
fair de la musique
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To cycle
fair du vélo
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``` how much how where why when what who ```
``` combien comment où pourquoi quand que qui ```
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To be on time early late
être à l'heure en avance en retard
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It is early / late
Il est tôt / tard
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``` irregular past participles avoir être prendre boire faire voir ```
``` eu été pris bu fait vu ```
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already | not yet
déjà | pas encore
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Adverbs in the past are placed...
between conjugated avoir and past participle | Tu as déjà fait tes devoirs de français?
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conjugate 'ir' verbs in the present
-is -is -it -issons -issez -issent p/p: i
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conjugate irregular 'ir' | partir, sortir, dormir, sentir
sentir as exemple - sens - sens - sent - sentons - sentez - sentent
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Leave | opposite of arrive
partir
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Go out / Exit
sortir
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conjugate venir | devenir, revenir, tenir, obtenir
- viens - viens - vient - venons - venez - viennent
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le passé recent
to have just done something | venir de + infinitif
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le futur proche
'going to' / action about to take place | aller + infinitif
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le présent progressif
is ...ing / action in the process of taking place | être + en train de + infinitif
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Passé composé avec être
``` Devenir Revenir Monter Rentrer Sortir Venir Arriver Naître Descendre Entrer Retourner Tomber Rester Aller Mourir Partir * Agrees in number / gender with subject! ```
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depuis
since / for starting date / duration of action still occurring 'have been ...ing for/since...'
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pendant
for / during past action / situation / condition with specific duration - uses passé composé
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il y a (as expression of time)
ago expresses amount of time in the past - uses passé composé il y a + time + passé composé
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How long ago?
il y a combien de temps?
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dans (as expression of time)
in future action to take place in specific time uses futur proche dans + time + aller + infintif
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conjugate vouloir in the present
``` to want -veux -veux -veut -voulons -voulez -voulent p/p: voulu ```
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I would love to! | I would love a coffee, thank you.
je veux bien! | je veux bien un café, merci
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What does that mean?
Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire?
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conjugate pouvoir in the present
``` can / able to -peux -peux -peut -pouvons -pouvez -pouvent p/p: pu ```
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conjugate devoir in the present
``` must / have to / owe (if followed by a noun) -dois -dois -doit -devons -devez -doivent p/p: dû ```
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Direct objects
nouns / pronouns that receive the action of the verb, with no preposition. ie. paul voit marie (who does paul see?) marie as direct object ie. Paul achète des fleurs (what does he buy?) des fleurs as direct object
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Direct object pronouns
``` replace direct objects. agree in number / gender with noun they replace. placed before the verb of which they're the object. me te le / la nous vous les ```
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Direct object pronoun negation | and passé composé
ne + d.o.p + verb + pas Je ne te vois pas d.o.p + aux verb + past participle Paul a embrassé Marie. Il l'a embrassée!