French 7
Preliminary Chapter AND Chapter 1 Vocabulary Sheet
List #1 – La salle de classe
- Écoutez!
– Listen!
- Répétez!
– Repeat!
- Levez-vous!
– Stand up!
- Levez
la main! – Raise your hand!
- Asseyez-vous!
– Sit down!
- Ouvrez
vos livres! – Open your books!
- Fermez
la porte! – Close the door!
- Sortez
une feuille de papier! – Take out a sheet of paper!
- Allez
au tableau! – Go to the chalkboard!
- Regardez!
– Look!
- le tableau – the chalkboard
- le livre – the textbook
- le magnétoscope – the VCR
- la télévision – the television
- la fenêtre – the window
- le professeur – the teacher
- la chaise – the chair
- les feuilles de papier – the sheets
of paper
- le cahier – the notebook
- la porte – the door
- le stylo – the pen
- le crayon – the pencil
- l’étudiant – the male student
- l’étudiante – the female student
List #2 – Greetings, Expressions of courtesy
- Bonjour
– hello
- Salut
– hi
- Au
revoir – good-bye
- À tout
à l’heure – until later
- À
bientôt – see you soon
- À
demain – see you tomorrow
- Tchao
– bye
- Madame
(Mme) – Mrs.
- Mademoiselle
(Mlle) – Miss, Ms.
- Monsieur
(M) – Mr.
- Comment
ça va? – How are things?
- Ça va.
– Things are okay.
- Très
bien – Very well.
- Comme
ci, comme ça. – Pretty good, okay.
- Bof. –
Eh…
- Pas
mal. – Not bad.
- Pas
terrible. – Not terrible.
- Et
toi? – And you?
List #3 – Personal identification
- Tu
t’appelles comment? – What’s your name?
- Je
m’appelle … -- My name is…
- Il
s’appelle comment? – What’s his name?
- Elle
s’appelle comment? – What’s her name?
- Il
s’appelle… – His name is …
- Elle
s’appelle… – Her name is …
- Tu as
quel âge? – How old are you?
- J’ai …
ans. – I’m … years old.
- douze
– 12
- treize
– 13
- quatorze
– 14
- quinze
– 15
- seize
– 16
- dix-sept
– 17
- dix-huit
– 18
- Moi,
j’aime… – Me, I like …
- Je
n’aime pas… – I don’t like
…
- J’aime
mieux… – I like best (the most)
…
- Je
préfère… – I prefer …
- J’adore…
– I adore …
- Tu
aimes…? – Do you like …?
- aussi
– too, also
- surtout
– especially
List #4 –
Nouns
- les
amis – the friends
- l’anglais
– English
- le
chocolat – the chocolate
- le
cinema – the movie theater
- les
concerts – the concerts
- l’école
– the school
- les
escargots – the snails
- les
examens – the tests, exams
- le
football – soccer
- le
français – French
- les
frites – the French fries
- la
glace – the ice cream
- les
magasins – the stores
- la
plage – the beach
- les
vacances – the vacation(s)
- le
vélo – the bicycle
- et – and
- mais –
but
- non – no
- oui – yes
- ou – or
List #5 – Verbs
- aimer
– to like
- danser
– to dance
- dormer
– to sleep
- écouter
de la musique – to listen to music
- étudier
– to study
- faire
de l’équitation – to go horseback riding
- faire
les magasins – to go shopping
- faire
le ménage – to do housework
- faire
du sport – to play sports
- lire –
to read
- nager
– to swim
- parler
au telephone – to talk on the phone
- regarder
la télé – to watch television
- sortir
avec les copains – to go out with friends
- voyager
– to travel