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Tunde French 2 Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

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This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Subject Pronounds

French subject pronouns
English subject pronouns
Je
I
Tu
You
Il
He/it (masc)
elle
She/it (fem)
On
one
nous
we
vous
you
ils
they (masc)
elles
they (fem)

Etre Conjug­ation

French
English
Je suis
I am
Tu es
you are
Il/elle est
he/she/it is
on est
one is
nous sommes
we are
vous etes
you are
ils/elles sont
they are

avoir conjug­ation

French
English
J'ai
I have
Tu as
You have
Il a
he has
elle a
she has
nous avons
we have
vous avez
you have
ils ont
they have
elles ont
they have

Food vocab

French
English
avoir faim
to be hungry
avoir soif
to be thirsty
manager quelques chose
to eat something
une baguette
baguette
le beurre
butter
un croissant
croissant
un eclair
eclair (pastry with creme)
des frites (f)
French fries
un fromage
cheese
le jambon
ham
un pain (de campgagne)
(country style bread)
un sandwich
sandwich
une soupe
soup
le sucre
sugar
une boisson
(soft/­car­bonated drink/­bev­erage
un cafe
coffee
un Chocolat (chaud)
(hot) chocolate
une eau
(mineral) water
un jus (d'orange, de pomme, etc)
(orange, apple, etc) juice
le lait
milk
une limonade
lemon soda
un the (glace)
(iced) tea
boire
drink
mange
eat
je prends un croissant
I'll take one croissant

Important ER verbs

French
English
adorer
to love/to adore
arriver
to arrive
oublier
to forget
partager
to share
travailler
to work
voyager
to travel
chercher
to look for
commencer
to start / to begin
Conjug­ation Je - parle ; tu - parles ; il/elle - parle ; nous - parlons ; vous - parlez ; ils/elles - parlent

Yes/No questions

french
English
Est-ce que tu travai­lles?
Do you work?
Tu dois travailler ce matin, n'est-ce pas ?
you have work this morning, don't you?
Parle-­t-elle anglais ?
Does she speak English?
Pourquoi est-il si stresé aujour­d'hui ?
why is he so stressed today?
comment
how?
Pourqoi
why?
combien
how many?
qui
who?
Examples include using est-ce before a sentence, using n'est pa, inversion, and finally just plain question words

Expres­sions of frequency

French
English
une/deux frois
one/two times
par jour, Semaine, moins, an, etc
per day,week, month, year, etc
deja
already
encore
again, still
jamais
never
longtemps
a long time
maintenant
now
parfois
sometimes
rarement
rarely
souvent
often

Irregular descri­ptive adjectives

French
English
beau/belle
beauti­ful­/ha­ndsome
bon(ne)
kind/good
chatain
brown (hair)
curieu­x/c­urieuse
curious
fire/fiere
proud
gros(se)
fat
intell­ect­ual(le)
intell­ectual
long(ue)
long
(mal)h­eur­eux­/(mal) heureuse
(un)happy
marron
brown (non hair)
naif/naive
naive
nerveu­x/n­erveuse
nervous
nouvea­u/n­ouvelle
new
roux/r­ousse
red-haired
serieu­x/s­erieuse
serious
vieux/­vieille
old
in french most adjectives come after the noun they are describing instead of before like in English must also know if it isfeminine or plural.

Les questions

French
English
a quelle heure
at what time?
a qui
to whom?
avec qui
with whom?
combien (de)
how many (how much)?
comment
how, what?
ou
where?
parce que
because
pour qui
for whom?
pourquoi
why?
quand
when?
quelle­(le)(s)
which?, what?
que/qu
what?
qui
who/whom?
quoi
what?

IR verbs regular and conjug­ation

French
English
abolir
to abolish
agir
to act
avertir
to warn
batir
to build
choisir
to chose
etablir
to establsh
etourdir
to stun, deafen, make dizzy
the song, Is, Is, It, Issons, Issez, issent
  

Conjug­ations

none

Numbers

Numbers French
Numbers English
un
one
deux
two
trois
three
quatre
four
cinq
five
six
self explan­atory
sept
seven
huit
eight
neuf
nine
dix
ten
onze
eleven
douze
twelve
treize
thirteen
quatorze
fourteen
quinze
fifteen
seize
sixteen
dix-sept
seventeen
dix-huit
eighteen
dix-neuf
nineteen
vingt
twenty
trente
thirty
quarante
forty
cinquante
fifty
soixante
sixty
soixan­te-dix
seventy
soixante et onze
senety one
quatre­-vingts
eighty
quatre­-vi­ngt-dix
ninety
cent
one hundred
mille
a thousand
some numbers life seventy go big sixty (soixante) then the increment of ten they are like onze or treize this rule applied to 90's as well.

DIrect­ional

none

Weather

French
English
Il fait 18 degres
it is 18 degrees
il fait mauvais
the weather is bad
il fait (du) soleil
it is sunny
il fait du vent
it is windy
il fait frais
it is cool
il fait froid
it is cold
quel temps fait-il
what is the weather like
quelle temper­ature fait-il
what is the temper­ature
il pleut (pleuvoir)
it is raining
il neige (neiger)
it is snowing (to snow)

Irregular IR verbs

French
English
courir
to run
dormir
to sleep
partir
to leave
sentir
to feel to smell to sense
servir
to serve
sortir
to go out, to leave
je (s), tu (s), il/elle/on (t), nous (ons), vous (ez), ils (ent)

Faire conjug­ation

French
English
faire
to do to make
faire attention (a)
to pay attention (to)
faire du camping
to go camping
faire du cheval
to go horseback riding
faire la cuisine
to cook
faire de la gym
to work out
faire du sport
to play sports

Prepos­itions of place

French
English
a cote de
next to
a droite de
to the right of
a gauche de
to the left of
dans
in
derriere
behind
devant
in front of
en
in
en face de
facing, across from
entre
between
loin de
far from
par
by
pres de
close to, near
sous
under
sur
on
(INSERT PHOTOS LATER OF LOCATI­ON!!)

Immediate family vocab

French
English
aime(e)
older
cadet(te)
younger
un beau-frere
brothe­r-i­n-law
un beau-pere
father­-in-law
une belle-mere
mother­-in-law
une belle-­soeur
sister­-in-law
un(e) cousin(e)
cousin
un demi-frere
half brother/ step brother
une demi-soeur
half sis/ step sis
les enfants
children
un epoux/une epouse
husban­d/wife
une familie
family
une femme
wife/woman
une fille
daught­er/girl
un fils
son
un frere
brother
une grand-mere
grandma
un grand-pere
grandpa
un mari
husband
une mere
mother
un neveu
nephew
une niece
niece
un poisson
fish
un oiseau
bird

Avoir phases

French
English
avoir
to have
avoir _ ans
to be _ years old
avoir besoin (de)
to need
avoir chaud
to be hot
avoir de la chance
to be lucky
avoir envie (de)
to feel like
avoir froid
to be cold
avoir honte (de)
to be ashamed of
avoir l'air
to look like, to seem
avoir peur (de)
to be afraid (of)
avoir raison
to be right
avoir sommeil
to be sleepy
avoir tort
to be wrong
J'ai sommeil, J'ai chaud, Tu as chaud, nous avons raison
  

Aller conjug­ation with future proche tense

French
English
je vais
I go
tu vas
you go
il/elle/on va
he/she/one goes
nous
allons
vous
allez
ils/elles vont
they go
conjugate aller in the present tense according to the subject, then follow it with the infinitive of the action verb

Expres­sions of quantity

French
English
(pas) assez (de)
(not) enough (of)
beaucoop (de)
a lot (of)
d-autres
others
une bouteille (de)
bottle (of)
un Moreau (de)
piece, bit (of)
un peu (plus/­moins) (de)
little (more/­less) (of)
plusieurs
several
quelque chose
something, anything
quelques
some
une tasse (de)
cup (of)
tous (m, pl)
all
tout (m, sing)
all
tout (tous) le/les (m)
all the
toute(s) la/les (f)
all the
trop (de)
to many/much of
un verre (de)
glass (of)

Possessive pronouns

French
English
Mon/ma/mes
my
ton/ta/tes
your (fam, and sing)
son/sa/ses
his/he­r/its
notre/­not­re/nos
our
votre/­vot­re/vos
your (form, or pl)
leur leur leurs
their
je prends des cours de français
I am taking French class
taking
prends

Descri­ptive Adjectives

French
English
Bleu(e)
blue
blond(e)
blond
brun(e)
dark (hair)
court(e)
short
frise(e)
curly
grand(e)
big/tall
jeune
young
joli(e)
pretty
laid(e)
ugly
mauvais(e)
bad
noir(e)
black
pauvre
poor/u­nfo­rtunate
petit(e)
small/­short
raide
straight (hair)
vert(e)
green
vrai(e)
true/real
de taille moyenne
medium sized
mes yeux sont verts
my eyes are green
yeux
eyes
brun
brown
bleu clair
light blue

months and seasons

French
English
une saison
season
l'automne (m) a l/automne
fall/ in the fall
l'ete (m)/en ete
summer/ in the summer
l'hiver (m) / en hiver
winter/ in the winter
le printemps (m) / au printemps
spring/ in the spring
janvier
january
fevrier
february
mars
march
avril
april
mai
may
juin
june
juillet
july
aout
august
septembre
september
octobre
october
novembre
november
decembre
december
quelle est la date?
what is the date
c'est le 1er (premier) octobre
It's the first of october
C'est quant votre/ton annive­rsaire
when is your birthday
C'est le 2 mai
It's the second of may
un annive­rsaire
birthday

Time

French
English
il est _ heures
it is _ o'clock
une heure
one o'clock
et quart
fifteen minutes past the hour
et demie
thirty minutes past the hour
moins dix
ten minutes before the hour
moins le quart
fifteen minutes before the hour
de l'apre­s-midi
in the afternoon
du matin
in the morning
du soir
in the evening
en avance
early
en retard
late
midi
noon
minuit
midnight
presque
almost
quelle heure est-il?
what time is it?

Descri­ptive adjectives

French
English
Brilli­ant(e)
Brilliant
amusant(e)
fun
sympat­hique
nice
impati­ent(e)
impatient
egoiste
selfish
charma­nt(e)
charming
desagr­eable
unpleasant
elegant(e)
elegant
occupe(e)
busy
They change to agree with the femini­ne/­mas­culine as well as the amount of people. The one's that have feminine counte­rparts have an (e) on the end where they should be added.

Descri­ptive adjectives

French
English
Brilli­ant(e)
Brilliant
amusant(e)
fun
sympat­hique
nice
impati­ent(e)
impatient
egoiste
selfish
charma­nt(e)
charming
desagr­eable
unpleasant
elegant(e)
elegant
occupe(e)
busy
They change to agree with the femini­ne/­mas­culine as well as the amount of people. The one's that have feminine counte­rparts have an (e) on the end where they should be added.