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Chapter 5
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Language - French
Undergraduate 1
10/20/2010
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Term
le petit-enfant
 Definition
grandchild
Term
la petite-fille
 Definition
granddaughter
Term
le petit-fils
 Definition
grandson
Term
le cousin
la cousine
 Definition
cousin
Term
le neveu
 Definition
nephew
Term
la nièce
 Definition
niece
Term
l'oncle m.
 Definition
uncle
Term
la tante
 Definition
aunt
Term
le beau-frère
 Definition
brother-in-law
Term
la belle-soeur
 Definition
siste-in-law
Term
le demi-frère
 Definition
half brother or stepbrother
Term
la demi-soeur
 Definition
half sister
stepsister
Term
le beau-père
 Definition
father-in-law
stepfather
Term
la belle-mère
 Definition
mother-in-law
stepmother
Term
le gendre
 Definition
son-in-law
Term
la bru
 Definition
daughter in law
Term
le parent
 Definition
parent
relative
Term
les arrière-grands-parents
m. pl.
 Definition
great-grandparents
Term
célibataire
 Definition
single
Term
divorcé(e)
 Definition
divorced
Term
marié(e)
 Definition
married
Term
pacsé(e)
 Definition
joined legally by PACS
The pacte civil de solidarité
a civil union option voited into french law in 1999
Term
chez
 Definition
at his place/home/place of work
Term
le bureau
 Definition
study
office
Term
la clé
 Definition
key
Term
l'escalier
m.
 Definition
stairway
Term
le rez-de-chaussée
 Definition
ground floor
Term
le premier (duxième) ètage
 Definition
second (third) floor in North America
Term
le sous-sol
 Definition
basement
Term
possessive adjectives
masculine
my,
your-informal
his her its one's
your-formal and plural
their
 Definition
mon
ton
son
notre
votre
leur
Term
possessive adjectives
Feminine
my,
your-informal
his her its one's
your-formal and plural
their
 Definition
ma
ta
sa
notre
votre
leur
Term
possessive adjectives
mas. & fem Plural
my,
your-informal
his her its one's
your-formal and plural
their
 Definition
mes
tes
ses
nos
vos
leurs
Term
conjugate aller
 Definition
je vais nous allons
tu vas vous allez
i/e/on va ils/elles vont
Term
conjugate faire
to do/to make
 Definition
je fais nous faisons
tu fais vous faites
i/e/o fait ils/elles font
Term
faire attention à
 Definition
to pay attention to
to watch out for
Term
faire la connaissance de
 Definition
to meet (for the first time)
make the acquaintance of
Term
faire les courses
 Definition
to do errands
Term
faire ses devoirs
 Definition
to do one's homework
Term
faire la lessive
 Definition
to do the laundry
Term
faire le marché
 Definition
to do the shopping
to go to the market
Term
faire le ménage
 Definition
to do the housework
Term
faire une promenade
 Definition
to take a walk
Term
faire la queue
 Definition
to stand in line
Term
faire un tour (en voiture)
 Definition
to take a walk (a ride)
Term
faire la vaisselle
 Definition
to do the dishes
Term
faire un voyage
 Definition
to take a trip
Term
conjugate vendre**
to sell


**several others share this conjugation
 Definition
je vends nous vendons
tu vends vous vendez
i/e/o vend ils/elles vendent
Term
attendre **
 Definition
to wait (for)
Term
descendre **
 Definition
to go down
to get off
Term
entendre **
 Definition
to hear
Term
perdre **
 Definition
to lose
to waste
Term
rendre **
 Definition
to give back
return
Term
rendre visite à **
 Definition
to visit (someone)
Term
répondre à **
 Definition
to answer
Term
malgré
 Definition
in spite of
Term
les amants
 Definition
lovers
Term
une pitchoune
 Definition
in s. france
term of endearment for a baby
Term
une belette
 Definition
weasel
Term
plume les alouettes
 Definition
pluck the feathers of larks
(from a fr. song for children)
Term
amoureuse de l'instant
 Definition
in love with the current moment
Term
l'âme
 Definition
soul
Term
la peau
 Definition
skin
Term
tourne le dos au temps
 Definition
turn my back on time
Term
au vent
 Definition
in the wind
Term
le jardin
 Definition
garden
Term
l'arbre m.
 Definition
tree
Term
l'autobus m.
 Definition
(city)bus
Term
le bruit
 Definition
noise
Term
la famille
 Definition
family
Term
la météo
 Definition
weather forecast
Term
les projets m. pl.
 Definition
plans
Term
le temps
 Definition
time
weather
Term
les vacances f. p.
 Definition
vacation
Term
rester
 Definition
to stay
to remain
Term
préparer
 Definition
to prepare
Term
aller mal
 Definition
to feel bad / ill
Term
au printemps m.
 Definition
in spring...
Term
en automne m.
 Definition
in fall
Term
en été m.
 Definition
in summer
Term
en hiver m.
 Definition
in winter
Term
l'année prochaine
 Definition
next year
Term
après
 Definition
after
afterward
Term
Bientôt
 Definition
soon
Term
ce week-end
 Definition
this weekend
Term
cet après-midi
 Definition
this afternoon
Term
ce matin
 Definition
this morning
Term
ce soir
 Definition
this evening
Term
dans quatre jours
 Definition
in four days (from now)
Term
chez
 Definition
at the home/establishment of
Term
demain
 Definition
tomorrow
Term
d'habitude
 Definition
usually
Term
une fois par semaine
 Definition
once a week
Term
le lundi
 Definition
on mondays
Term
le vendredi soir
 Definition
on friday evenings
Term
peut-être
 Definition
maybe
Term
la semaine prochaine
 Definition
next week
Term
tous les jours
 Definition
every day
Term
tout à l'heure
 Definition
in a while
Term
tout de suite
 Definition
immediately
Term
le week-end
 Definition
on weekends
Term
il pleut
 Definition
it's raining
Term
le temps est nuageux
 Definition
it's cloudy
Term
le temps est orageux
 Definition
it's stormy
Term
il fait beau
 Definition
it's nice (out)
Term
quel temps fait-il?
 Definition
how's the weather?
Term
il fait beau
 Definition
it's hot
Term
il fait chaud
 Definition
it's hot
Term
il fait (du) soleil
 Definition
it's sunny
Term
il fait du vent
il vente. il y a du vent.
 Definition
it's windy
Term
il fait frais
 Definition
it's cool
Term
il fait froid
 Definition
it's cold
Term
il fait mauvais
 Definition
it's bad (out)
Term
il neige
 Definition
it's snowing
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