9 Ch 1 Le vocabulaire
CH 1 : le vocabulaire
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Le vocabulaire
To hear the vocabulary pronounced, click on the hyperlinked subtitle in each group. This will take you to a Google Translate screen: once there, click on the speaker button (lower left hand side) to hear the words pronounced.
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Let me introduce myself. |
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Je m’appelle… |
My name is … |
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Je suis de … |
I am from … |
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Greetings |
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Monsieur |
Sir |
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Madame |
Ma’am (Mrs.) |
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Bonjour. |
Hello, good morning / afternoon |
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Bonsoir. |
Good evening. |
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Au revoir. / Ciao. |
Goodbye. |
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Salut ! |
Hi! |
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À tout à l’heure ! |
See you in a little while. (same day) |
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À ce soir. |
See you this evening. |
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À demain. |
See you tomorrow. |
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À bientôt. |
See you soon. |
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Comment vous vous appelez ? |
What’s your name? (formal) |
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Comment tu t’appelles ? |
What’s your name? (informal) |
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Je m’appelle… |
My name is… |
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Moi c’est…et toi ? |
I’m…and you? (informal) |
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Enchanté / Enchantée ! |
Nice to meet you! |
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Comment allez-vous ? |
How are you? (formal) |
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Comment vas-tu / Comment ça va ? |
How are you? (informal) |
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Je vais (très) bien, merci. |
I am (very) well, thank you. |
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Pas mal, merci. |
Not bad, thank you. |
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Et vous ? Vous êtes d’où ? |
And you? Where are you from? (formal) |
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Et toi ? Tu es d’où ? |
And you? Where are you from? (informal) |
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Introductions |
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Je vous présente… |
I would like to introduce to you… (formal) |
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Je te présente… |
I would like to introduce to you…. (informal) |
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Voici… |
This is… |
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Qui est-ce ? |
Who is it? |
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C’est… |
It’s… |
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Ce sont… |
They are… |
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Comment s’appelle-t-il/elle/iel ? |
What’s his/her/their name? |
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Il/Elle/Iel s’appelle… |
His/Her/Their name is… |
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Il/Elle/Iel est de… |
He/She/They (sg.) is/are from… |
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Comment s’appellent-ils/elles/iels ? |
What are their names? |
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Ils/Elles/Iels s’appellent… |
Their names are… |
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Qu’est-ce qu’il/elle/iel fait ? |
What do(es) he/she/they do? |
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Qu’est-ce qu’ils/elles/iels font ? |
What do they do? |
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Il est… Elle est… Iel est… |
He is… She is… They are… |
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étudiant / étudiante |
student |
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My surroundings |
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Qu’est-ce que c’est ? |
What is it? |
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C’est quoi ? |
What is it? |
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C’est un cours (en ligne). |
It’s an (online) class. |
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C’est une salle de classe. |
It’s a classroom. |
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Dans la salle de classe, il y a… |
In the classroom, there is… |
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une porte |
a door |
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une fenêtre |
a window |
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un tableau |
a board |
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une télévision |
a television |
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un écran |
a screen |
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un ordinateur / un portable |
a computer / laptop or mobile phone |
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une tablette |
a tablet |
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une application / appli |
a phone / computer app |
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une chaise |
a chair |
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un bureau |
a desk |
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une poubelle |
a trash can |
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Sur le bureau, il y a… |
On the desk, there is … |
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un crayon |
a pencil |
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un marqueur |
a marker |
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un stylo |
a pen |
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un cahier |
a notebook |
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un livre |
a book |
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un dictionnaire / un dico |
a dictionary |
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un sac à dos |
a backpack |
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une gourde |
a water bottle |
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des devoirs (m) |
homework |
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un exercice |
an exercise |
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un examen |
a test |
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Instructions |
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Écoutez. |
Listen. |
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Écrivez. |
Write. |
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Lisez. |
Read. |
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Levez la main. |
Raise your hand. |
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Répétez. |
Repeat. |
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Ouvrez vos livres. |
Open your books. |
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Ouvrez le livre à la page… |
Turn to page… |
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Rendez le devoir. |
Hand in homework. |
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S’il te / vous plaît |
Please (informal / formal) |
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Vous comprenez ? |
Do you understand? |
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Oui, je comprends. |
Yes, I understand. |
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Non, je ne comprends pas. |
No, I don’t understand. |
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Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire… ? |
What does… mean? |
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Comment dit-on… ? |
How do you say…? |
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Voici… |
Here is … (here are…) |
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Voilà… |
Here is… (here are…) |
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Il y a… |
There is, there are… |
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Subjects |
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Le commerce |
Business |
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La comptabilité / la compta |
Accounting |
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Les langues (f) |
Languages |
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L’anglais (m) |
English |
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L’arabe (m) |
Arabic |
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Le bengali |
Bengali |
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L’espagnol (m) |
Spanish |
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Le français |
French |
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L’hindi (m) |
Hindi |
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L’indonésien (m) |
Indonesian |
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Le mandarin |
Mandarin |
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Le portugais |
Portuguese |
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Le russe |
Russian |
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La littérature |
Literature |
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L’histoire (f) |
History |
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La géographie / géo |
Geography |
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Les sciences politiques / sciences po (f) |
Political science |
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Les mathématiques / maths (f) |
Math |
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Les sciences (f) |
Sciences |
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La biologie / bio |
Biology |
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La chimie |
Chemistry |
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L’informatique (f) |
Computer science |
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La musique |
Music |
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La philosophie/ philo |
Philosophy |
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Le graphisme |
Design |
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Le cinéma / ciné |
Film |
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The date |
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Le calendrier |
The calendar |
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Le jour |
The day |
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Un jour férié |
A public holiday |
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Quels sont les jours de la semaine ? |
What are the days of the week? |
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lundi |
Monday |
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mardi |
Tuesday |
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mercredi |
Wednesday |
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jeudi |
Thursday |
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vendredi |
Friday |
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samedi |
Saturday |
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dimanche |
Sunday |
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C’est quel jour ? |
What day is it? |
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C’est lundi. |
It’s Monday. |
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Aujourd’hui |
Today |
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Demain |
Tomorrow |
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La semaine |
The week |
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La semaine prochaine |
Next week |
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La semaine dernière |
Last week |
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Quelle est la date ? |
What’s the date? |
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C’est le premier septembre. |
It’s September 1st. |
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On est le deux octobre. |
It’s October 2nd. |
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C’est le 30 août. |
It’s August 30th. |
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Quels sont les mois de l’année ? |
What are the months of the year? |
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janvier |
January |
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février mars avril mai juin juillet août septembre octobre novembre décembre |
February March April May June July August September October November December |
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Numbers |
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0 : zéro 1 : un 2 : deux 3 : trois 4 : quatre 5 : cinq 6 : six 7 : sept 8 : huit 9 : neuf |
10 : dix 11 : onze 12 : douze 13 : treize 14 : quatorze 15 : quinze 16 : seize 17 : dix-sept 18 : dix-huit 19 : dix-neuf |
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Now it’s your turn to make this vocabulary list your own. As you go through the chapter as words that are relevant to you (if you study linguistics, you might want to add
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Mon vocabulaire |
My vocabulary |
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On se familiarise avec le vocabulaire
1. On lit et on répète
Complete these steps by yourself before moving on to #2 On joue avec le vocabulaire.
A. LISTEN carefully to the pronunciation of each word or phrase in the vocabulary list.
B. REPEAT each word or phrase ALOUD as many times as necessary until you can pronounce it accurately. Make a
list of the words in this chapter that are hard to pronounce
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C. WRITE each word on the vocabulary list several times until you are sure that you can spell each correctly. Listen to the vocabulary list again and write the words as they are spoken.
D. Learn the English translation of each phrase. Cover the French column and practice giving the French equivalent for each English phrase. Next, cover the English column and give the translation of each.
2. On joue avec le vocabulaire
Here are a few activities that will make you manipulate your vocabulary items to better understand and conceptualize them.
A. Les mots difficiles à prononcer (N’oubliez pas les articles!)
Make a list of a few words / phrases that you find difficult to pronounce.
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B. Les associations (N’oubliez pas les articles!)
Choose a word or phrase from each vocabulary category. What words, both English and French or another language, do
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associate with each word or phrase on your list? Basically, what comes to mind when you see/hear this word?
Modèle :
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1. Bonjour |
Au revoir/ ciao/ hello |
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2. Répétez |
professeur/ étudiants |
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C. Cognates
Which words in the vocabulary list are cognates? Cognates are words which sound or look like English words. List as many as you can.
Modèle :
- un dentiste
- un dictionnaire
- un téléphone
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D. Chassez l’intrus
A ‘chassez l’intrus’ exercise is a list of four words, three of which are related and one which does not fit the same category.
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un stylo |
un crayon |
une gomme |
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Au revoir |
Bonjour |
À bientôt |
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E. Prononciations du monde
Click on the hyperlinked words below. You will be taken to a list of recordings that will help you hear how French is pronounced across the French-speaking world. After you click the link, be sure to click “
View all
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Listen to every pronunciation of the word. Note the geographic location of each speaker. What do you notice is different (if anything) between the pronunciations? Describe what you hear in the “Differences” column below.
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