6.5: Vocabulaire
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Vocabulaire
NOMS
| un an | year (as in counting years) |
| une année | year (the duration, the period) |
| une assiette | plate |
| un bistrot | bar, café, bistrot |
| une chaîne | chain |
| une (chaîne) stéréo | stereo (set of components) |
| un couteau | knife (table knife) |
| une cuillère | spoon |
| une décision | decision |
| l'est (final -t is pronounced) | east |
| une fourchette | fork |
| gens, m. | people (indefinite group) |
| des jeunes gens | young people, youth |
| le monde | world |
| l'ouest (final -t is pronounced) | west |
| un pécheur | sinner |
| un pêcheur | fisherman |
| un tour (cf. une tour) | tour |
| le travail | work |
VERBES
| boire | to drink |
| choisir | to choose |
| convertir | to convert |
| dépenser | to spend |
| entrer | to enter |
| expliquer | to explain |
| finir | to finish |
| gagner | to win |
| interroger (s'interroger) | to interrogate, ask, interview |
| manger | to eat |
| obéir (à) | to obey |
| partir | to leave |
| se passer | to take place, happen |
| plaire (past participle: plu) | to please |
| renoncer (à) | to give up |
| voir3 | to see |
3 Voir is given only in the infinitive form here. It will be taken up in Chapter Ten.
ADJECTIFS4
| différent | different (pl. = various) |
| entier, -ère | entire, whole |
| seul | alone |
4 We do not give the feminine form of the adjective when it is simply a question of adding an -e ending. If there is some other change, we indicate how to form the feminine.
ADVERBES
| bientôt | soon |
| évidemment | obviously |
| moins | less, least |
| au moins | at least |
| de moins en moins | less and less |
| partout | everywhere |
| surtout | especially |
PREPOSITIONS
| avant | before (temporal) |
| devant | before, in front of (spatial) |
| pendant | during, for (with a time period) |
MISCELLANEA
| (c'est) dommage | (it's) too bad, unfortunate |
| faire semblant (de) | make believe (for comprehension) |
| il y a + time unit + past tense | ago |
| il y a deux ans | two years ago |
| il vient de finir | he just finished |