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Vocabulary Booklet GCSE French

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Vocabulary Booklet GCSE French

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DAYS OF THE WEEK / MONTHS OF THE YEARDAYS OF THE WEEK

Monday lundi (luhn-DEE)Tuesday mardi (mahr-DEE)

Wednesday mercredi (mehr-kruh-DEE)Thursday jeudi (juh-DEE)

Friday vendredi (vahn-druh-DEE)Saturday samedi (sahm-DEE)Sunday dimanche (dee-MAHNSH)

today aujourd'hui (aw-zhoor-DWEE)yesterday hier (YEHR)tomorrow demain (duh-MANG)this week cette semaine (set SMEN)last week la semaine dernière (lah SMEN dehr-NYEHR)next week la semaine prochaine (lah SMEN proh-SHEN)

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

January janvier (zhahng-VYAY)February février (fay-VRYAY)

March mars (mahrs)April avril (ah-VREEL)May mai (meh)June juin (zhwang)July juillet (zhwee-YAY)

August août (oot)September septembre (set-TAHMBR)

October octobre (ock-TOHBR)November novembre (noh-VAHMBR)December décembre (day-SAHMBR)

Names of Animals

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Ant - la fourmi (lah foor-mee) Bee - l'abeille (lah-bay-uh) Butterfly - le papillon (luh pah-pee-yohn) Cockroach - le cafard (luh cah-fahr) Snail - l'escargot (les-car-go) Spider - l'araignée (lah-rayn-yay)

Chicken - le poulet (luh poo-lay) Cow - la vache (lah vahsh) Donkey - l'âne (lahn) Duck - le canard (luh cah-nar) Goat - la chèvre lah sheh-vruh) Goose - l'oie (lwah) Horse - le cheval (luh shuh-vall) Mouse - la souris (lah soo-ree) Mule - la mule (lah mool) Pig - le cochon (luh coo-shohn) Sheep - le mouton (luh moo-tohn)

Cat - le chat (luh shah) Dog - le chien (luh shee-ehn) Ferrett - le furet (luh fyoo-ray) Goldfish - le poisson rouge (luh pwah-ssohn-rooge) **the 'g' is

soft as in the second 'g' in garage. Gerbil - la gerbille (lah jhair-bee-yuh) Hamster - le hamster (luh am-stair) Llama - le lama (luh lah-mah) Parrot - le perroquet (luh pair-rho-kay)

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DirectionsOù se trouve... / Où est... ? Where is the...?

la banque bankle W.C. bathrooml'église (f) churchl'épicerie (f) grocery storel'hôpital (m) hospitall'hôtel hotelle musée museumle bureau de change money exchangele cinéma movie theatrele parc parkle commissariat police stationla poste post officele restaurant restaurantl'école (f) schoolle théâtre theatre

C'est... / Il est... It's...à gauche to/on the leftà droite to/on the righttout droit straight (ahead)à côté de next todevant in front ofderrière in back of, behinden haut upen bas downprès (de) near (to)loin (de) far (from)au nord to the northau sud to the southà l'est to the eastà l'ouest to the west

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Places and buildingsMonuments and culture

la cathédrale la katedʁal the cathedralune église yn egliz a churchun jardin public æ̃ ʒaʁdæ̃ pyblik a parkla mairie la meʁi the town hall, city hallun musée æ̃ myze a museumun musée d'art æ̃ myze daʁ an art galleryle palais lə pale the palaceun parc æ̃ paʁk a parkla statue de ... la staty də the statue of ...

un bar æ̃ baʁ a barun café æ̃ kafe a barune brasserie yn bʁasʁi =a pub, barun restaurant æ̃ ʁɛstoʁɑ̃ a restaurantun bistro(t) æ̃ bistʁo a bistro, restaurant

Shops/stores

une librairie - a bookshop, bookstorela zone commerciale la zon kɔmɛʁsjal the shopping precinctun centre commercial

æ̃ sɑ̃tʁə kɔmɛʁsjal

a shopping centre, shopping mall

un grand magasin æ̃ gʁɑ̃ magazæ̃ a large store, a department store

le centre-ville lə sɑ̃tʁəvil the town centre, the city centreles magasins le magazæ̃ the shopsun magasin de... æ̃ magazæ̃ də a shop/store that sells...un magasin-photo æ̃ magazæ̃ foto a camera shopun supermarché æ̃ sypeʁmaʁʃe a supermarket

Entertainment

le casino lə kazino the casinole cinéma lə sinema the cinemala patinoire la patinwaʁ the ice rinkla piscine la pisin the swimming bathsle théâtre lə teatʁ the theatre

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Utility buildings

l'auberge de jeunesse lobɛʁʒ də jønɛs the youth hostelune banque yn bɑ̃k a bankl'office de tourisme lofiz də tuʁism the tourist information officeun bureau de change æ̃ byʁo tʃɑ̃ʒ a bureau de changela gare la gaʁ the train stationla gare d'autobus la gaʁ dotobys the bus stationla gare routière la gaʁ ʁutjɛʁ the coach stationun hôtel æ̃ notɛl a hotel

School Vocabularyune école - school (in general), primary schoolun écolier, une écolière - primary school student

un collège - secondary school, junior highun collégien, une collégienne - secondary school student

un lycée - high schoolun lycéen, une lycéenne - high school student

une université - college, universityun étudiant, une étudiante - college student

un professeur, un/e prof (informal)* - teacher*In France, the word professeur is always masculine, even if the teacher is a woman.

un cours – course / a lesson

une salle de classe - classroom

un bureau - desk

un pupitre - student desk

un cahier - notebook

une calculatrice - calculator

une carte - map

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un classeur - binder

une craie - chalk

un crayon - pencil

des devoirs (m) - homework

un dictionnaire - dictionary

un examen - test

une gomme - eraser

un livre - book

le papier – paperune feuille de papier - piece of paperrecto verso - front and back, both sides

un sac à dos - backpack

un stylo - pen

un tableau - chalkboard

French Adjectives That Describe Physical Appearance

attractive - attrayant(e) - ah-tray-ahn/ah-tray-ahnt bald - chauve - shov Note the 'o' is long' as in show

beautiful - beau/belle - boe/bell big - grand(e) - grahn/grahnd bloody - sanglant(e) - song-glahn/song-glahnt blonde - blond(e) - blohn/blohnd bony - osseux/osseuse - oh-suh/oh-suz

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brunette - brunette - broo-net chubby - pôtelé(e) - poe - tuh-lay - Note the 'o' is long as in

show

curly - bouclé(e) - boo-klay cute/pretty - jolie - jho-lee - Note that the 'j' is soft and sounds

similar to the 'su' combo in measure; the 'o' is long as in show

fat - gras(se) - grhah/grahss tall - grand(e) - grahn/grahnd short - petit(e), court(e) (hair) - puhtee/puteet, coohr/coohrt slender - mince - mahns ugly - laid(e) - lay/led

French Adjectives Describing a Person's Personality

academic - intellectuel(le) - ahn-tuh-lec-twel active - actif/active - ahk teef/ahk-teev affectionate - affectueux/affectueuse ah-fec-too-uh/ah-fec-too-

uhz aggressive - agressif/agressive - ah gress eef/ah-gress-eeve agreeable - agréable - ah-gray-ah-bluh aloof - distant(e) - dee stahn/dee-stahnt amicable - amical(e) - ah-mee-cal

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approachable - abordable - ah-bohr-dah-bluh bad - méchant(e) - may-shan/may-shant bitter -amer/amère - ah-mehr/ah-mair blunt - brusque - broosk bossy - autoritaire - oh-tohr-ee-tair brave - courageux/courageuse - coor-ah-geuh/coor-ah-geuz

Note that the 'g' is soft like the second 'g' in garage.

candid - franc/franche - frahn/franc carefree - insouciant(e) - ehn-soo-see-ahn/ehn-soo-see-ahnt careless - négligent(e) - nay-glee-gohn/nay-glee-gohnt Note the

second 'g' is soft like the second 'g' in garage.

chatty - bavard(e) - bah-vahr/bah vahrd cocky- trop sûr de soi - tro-soor-duh-swah - Note that the 'o' in

'trop' is long like the 'o' in show.

competent or capable - compétant(e) - cohm-pay-tahn/cohm-pay-tahnt Note that the 'o' is long as in 'show' and the 'a' sounds like the 'a' in 'father.'

conceited - vaniteux/vaniteuse - vahn-ee-tuh/vahn-ee-tuhz despicable - méprisable - may - pree-sah-bluh dumb - bête - bet fashionable - à la mode - ah-lah-mohd funny - drôle - drol - Note that the 'o' is long as in 'show'.

generous - généreux/généreuse - gay-nay-ruh/gay-nay-ruhz Note that the 'g' is soft like the second 'g' in 'garage.'

gentle - doux/douce - goo/doos impolite - impoli(e) - ahm-poe-lee loving - affectueux/affecteuse - ah-fect-uh/ah-fect-uhz mean - méchant(e) - may-shahnt merciful - miséricordieux/miséricordieuse - mee-sair-ee-cohr-

dee-uh/mee-sair-ee-cohr-dee-uhz nice - sympathique - sam-pah-teek

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Connectives - Linking words

obnoxious - odieux/odieuse - oh-dee-uh/oh-dee-uhz obstinate - obstiné(e) - ohb-stee-nay - Note that the 'o' is long

as in 'show.'

petty - mesquin(e) - mes-kehn/mes-keen quiet - tranquille - trohn-kee-yuh sensitive - sensible - sohn-see-bluh sporty - sportif/sportive - spohr-teef/spohr-teev stodgy - lourd(e) - loor/loord strong - fort(e) - fohr/fort

et anden plus in additionaussi alsoen outre in addition

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cependant howevertoutefois however

pourtant howevermais butpar contre on the other handd’autre part on the other

handcela dit having said that

d’abord firstlypremièrementfirstlypour commencer to begin with

ensuite thenpuis thenaprès ça after that

en conclusion in conclusionen somme all in all

dans l’ensemble altogetherpour finir to finish

finalement finally

à mon avis in my opinion je pense que I think that selon moi according to me d’après moi according to me

à mon sens according to me personnellement personally

l’aspect que j’aime the aspect I like

ce que je préfère what I prefer

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j’ai horreur de I have a horror ofje me passionne pour I’m passionate about

La FamilleLearn French vocabulary related to members of the family.

English French English Frenchfather un père mother une mère

brother un frère sister une sœurson un fils daughter une fille

husband un mari wife une femmegrandfather un grand-père grandmother une grand-mèregrandson un petit-fils granddaughter une petite-fille

cousin - male un cousin cousin - female une cousineuncle un oncle aunt une tante

nephew un neveu niece une nièce

The parts of the bodyLearn how to say the parts of the body in French, and click the links to hear each word pronounced. le corps body

les cheveux hair

la tête head

le visage face

un œilles yeux

eyeeyes

le nez nose

la joue cheek

la bouche mouth

la lèvre lip

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la dent tooth

une oreille ear

le cou neck

la poitrine chest

un estomac stomach

le bras arm

une épaule shoulder

le coude elbow

le poignet wrist

la main hand

le doigt finger

un ongle fingernail

le pouce thumb

le dos back

la jambe leg

le genou knee

la cheville ankle

le pied foot

un orteil toe

COLORS- LESCOULEURSColors | Quiz

Learn the French words for colors.

masc sing.

fem sing. masc plural

fem plural

purple violet violette violets violettesblue bleu bleue bleus bleues

green vert verte verts vertesyellow jaune jaune jaunes jaunesorange orange orange orange orange

red rouge rouge rouges rougesblack noir noire noirs noires

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white blanc blanche blancs blanches

grey gris grise gris grisesbrown marron marron marron marronpink rose rose roses roseslight blue

bleu clair bleu clair bleu clair bleu clair

dark blue

bleu foncé bleu foncé

bleu foncé bleu foncé

The plurals of French colors are pronounced exactly like the singular ones. The sound files include the pronunciation of the masculine singular/plural adjective followed by the feminine singular/plural adjective. If there is only one word pronounced, it is because that color is pronounced exactly the same whether it is masculine or feminine, singular or plural.

Note that using the modifiers light (clair) or dark (foncé) makes the color invariable - it does not change to agree in gender or number: une chemise vert clair - light green shirt

OPINIONS

heureusement… (fortunately)c’est intéressant (it’s interesting) c’est passionnant (it’s exciting) c’est marrant (it’s fun) c’est utile (it’s useful) c’est facile (it’s easy)c’est créatif (it’s creative)

J’adore (I love)J’aime beaucoup (I like a lot)J’aime assez (I quite like)J’aime (I like)

malheureusement…(unfortunately)c’est ennuyeux (it’s boring) c’est nul (it’s rubbish) ce n’est pas marrant (it’s not fun) c’est inutile (it’s not useful) c’est difficile (it’s difficult)

Je déteste (I hate)Je n’aime pas du tout (I absolutely dislike)Je n’aime pas beaucoup (I don’t like much)Je n’aime pas (I don’t like)

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FOODle petit déjeuner - breakfast

le déjeuner - lunch

le dîner - dinner

J'ai faim! - I'm hungry!

Ton frère a faim. - Your brother's hungry.

la nourriture - food

Je voudrais à manger! - I want to eat!

Je mange ... - I eat ...

le poisson - fish

le chocolat - chocolate

les bonbons - sweets

les frites - chips

un gâteau - a cake

une pizza - a pizza

un yaourt - a yoghurt

un sandwich - a sandwich

une glace - an icecream

In French, the flavour / filling comes AFTER the thing its filling/flavouring:

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une glace à la vanille - a vanilla ice-cream

une glace à la fraise - a strawberry ice-cream

BUT:

une glace au chocolat - a chocolate ice-cream

When you have à and le together, they become au. (And when you have à and les together they

become aux.)

un sandwich au fromage - a cheese sandwich

un sandwich au jambon - a ham sandwich (ham not jam!)

Bon appétit! - Enjoy your food!

Delicious, eh? In French you could say:

Miam miam! - Yum!

If you don't like the taste though, you might say:

Berk! - Yuck!

Rather than saying 'yum' or 'yuck', you might want to say you like or don't like a certain type of food.

To do that you use the phrases j'aime or je n'aime pas.

J'aime... - I like...

Je n'aime pas... - I don't like...

You use beaucoup (a lot) and un peu (a bit) to add more information.

beaucoup - a lot

un peu - a bit

J'aime beaucoup les gâteaux. - I like cakes a lot.

J'aime un peu les légumes. - I like vegetables a little bit.

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You could also say:

Je préfère - I prefer

Je préfère les sandwichs au fromage. - I prefer cheese sandwiches.

Professions

actor un acteuractress une actrice

artist un(e) artiste

baker un boulanger, une boulangère

butcher un boucher

carpenter un charpentier

cashier un caissier, une caissière

civil servant un(e) fonctionnaire

cook un chef

dentist un(e) dentiste

doctor un médecin

electrician un électricien

employee un(e) employé(e)

engineer un ingénieur

fireman un pompier

lawyer (barrister) un avocat, une avocate

maid une femme de chambre

manager un gérant

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mechanic un mécanicien

nurse un infirmier, une infirmière

painter un peintre

pharmacist un pharmacien, une pharmacienne

plumber un plombier

police officer un policier

receptionist un(e) réceptionniste

secretary un(e) secrétaire

student un étudiant, une étudiante

teacher un professeur*

waiter un serveurwaitress une serveuse

writer un écrivain

THE GENDERS IN FRENCH

French masculine and feminineIn French all nouns will be either masculine or feminine and there is no neutral.

There are no real rules or logic to help you decide which article to use, statistically there are more masculine than feminine nouns. Basically you will have to learn the gender by heart.

ArticlesIn English there is only one article for nouns, for example "The house". However in French the article (Le, La, Les) will depend on the gender of the noun in question. All the nouns are masculine or feminine.

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For masculine nouns "The" is Le, whilst for feminine nouns "The" is La. If the noun is plural then "The" becomes Les.

For example :

1. The boy = Le garçon2. The girl = La fille3. The houses = Les masions

Indefinate ArticlesThe article (un, une, des) which comes before the noun will depend on the gender of the noun in question.

For masculine nouns "A" is Un, whilst for feminine nouns "A" is Une. If the noun is plural then "Some" becomes Des.

For example :

1. A boy = Un garçon2. A girl = Une fille3. Some houses = Des masions

CommentsIf the noun begins with a vowel or the letter "H", then the article drops the letter e or a, this

For example :

1. A bird = L'oiseau2. An elephant= L'éléphant3. A hedgehog = L'hérisson