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Vocabulaire

At the end of each chapter you will find a listing of new words introduced in that chapter, grouped by traditional parts of speech, and with pertinent information, like gender. The translation given will be the meaning(s) of that word as used in the chapter (and, to the best of our control, throughout the book). This is not a complete dictionary: Each French word, like an English word, may have many meanings Only a good dictionary (like Harrap's New College French and English Dictionary) will give you a satisfactory set of meanings, with contexts and necessary explanations. Please avoid paperback dictionaries (except the paperback edition of Harrap's).

These lists will include only those words that we expect you to know for production It will not include the Expressions utiles that we expect you to memorize as fixed forms, nor will it include words that we or your instructor may introduce for comprehension only. The lists at the end of every third chapter will contain the "comprehension only" words. All words used in the book, whether for production or for comprehension only, are listed and translated in the appendix.

NOMS (Nouns)

We recommend you study nouns with the indefinite article (un, masculine; une, feminine): it will help you remember the grammatical gender).

un chien	a dog
un crayon	a pencil
un éléphant	an elephant
un étudiant	a student, m.
une étudiante	a student, f.
une fenêtre	a window
une fleur	a flower
un homme	a man
un livre	a book
un mur	a wall
un papier	a (piece of) paper
une porte	a door
un professeur	a professor
un stylo	a pen
une table	a table
un voisin	a neighbor, m.
une voisine	a neighbor, f.

VERBES (Verbs)

aller	to go
appeler	to call
s'appeler	to call oneself
compler	to count
poser	to ask (pose, place)
répéter	to repeat

ADJECTIFS (Adjectives)

absent, -e	absent
actif, -e	active
bon, bonne	good
content, -e	glad
fatigue, -e	tired
gentil, -ille	nice, pleasant
heureux, -euse	happy
malade	sick (same form, m. and f.)
paresseux, -euse	lazy
petit, -e	small, little
présent, -e	present
prêt, -e	ready
sportif, -ive	athletic
"sympa"	very nice (fam.)
triste	sad (same form, m. and f.)

ADVERBES (Adverbs)

combien	how many
comment	how

MISCELLANEA

À bientôt.	See you soon. (So long.)
Au revoir.	Good-bye.
Bonjour.	Hello. (Good morning, Good day.)
Bonsoir.	Good evening.
Salut!	Hi!
Zut!	Damn! (not very strong)