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Vocabulary 4
Ou allons-nous?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dancer | to dance je dance tu dances il dance nous dancons vous dancez ils/elles dancent |
| explorer | to explore |
| frequenter | to frequent; to visit |
| inviter | to invite |
| nager | to swim |
| patiner | to skate |
| une banlieue | suburbs |
| un voite (de nuit) | nightclub |
| un bureau | office; desk |
| un centre-ville | city/town center, downtown |
| un cinema (cine) | movie theater, movies |
| un endroit | place |
| un grand magasin | department store |
| un gymnase | gym |
| un hopital | hospital |
| un lieu | place |
| un magasin | store |
| un marche | market |
| un musee | museum |
| un parc | park |
| une piscine | pool |
| un restaurant | restaurant |
| une ville | city, town |
| Elle quitte la maison The verb Quitter) | She leaves the house |
| une place | a square |
| Ou allons-nous? | Where are we going? |
| une mantagne | a moutain |
| Une maison | a house |
| Il passe chez quelqu'un Verb Passer | He goes to someone's house |
| Ils dejeunent Verb dejeuner | They have lunch |
| une terrasse de cafe | an outdoor cafe |
| Elles bavardent. Verb bavarder? | They chat. |
| Nouns that end in "al" | have an irregular plural. Replace al with aux. |
| "A\" (to or at) before le or les | a + le = au a + les = aux "A" does not contract with l' or la |
| aller | to go (an irregular verb) je vais I go tu vas you go il va he goes elle va she goes on va it goes nous allons vous allez ils vont elles vont |
| je vais | I go |
| tu vas | you go |
| il va | he goes |
| elle va | she goes |
| on va | it goes |
| nous allons | we go |
| vous allez | you go |
| ils vont | they go |
| elles vont | they go (plural) |
| To negate in le futur proche | place ne/n' before the conjugated form of aller and pas after it. Je ne vais pas oublier la date I'm not going to forget the date. |
| Je ne vais pas oublier la date | I'm not going to forget the date. |
| Le futur proche can be used with the infinitive of aller to mean | going to go (somewhere) |
| Elle va aller a la piscine | She's going to go to the pool |
| Vous allez aller au gymnase ce soir? | Are you going to go to the gym tonight? |
| The preposition "a" can be translated in various way in Englist to mean: | to, in, or at. |
| When "a" is followed by the definite article le or les, the preposition a and the definite article | contract into one word a + le = au a + les = aux |
| a + Le = | au |
| a + les = | aux |
| THe preposition does not contract with | a + la or a + l' |
| The preposition "a" often indicates | a physical location as with aller a and habiter a |
| commencer a + (infinitive_ means | to start (doing something) |
| parler a | to talk to |
| penser a | to think about |
| telephoner a | to phone (someone) |
| Elle va parler au professeur. | She's going to talk to the professor. |
| Il commence a travailler demain | He starts working tomorrow. |
| a la maison | at home |
| a paris | in Paris |
| en ville | in town |
| sur la place | in the square |
| dans la maison | inside the house |
| dans Paris | within Paris |
| dans la ville | within the town |
| a/ sur la terrasse | on the terrace |
| de | some or any It's a partitive article |
| des | some |
| In negative sentences du, de, la and de, l' | become de (meaning not any) |
| Est-ce qu'il y a du lait? Is there (any) milk? Change to a negative sentence | Non, il n'y a pas de lait. No, there isn't (any) milk. |
| Prends-tu de la soupe? Will you have (some) soup? Change to a negative sentence | Non, je ne prends pas de soupe. No, I'm not having (any) soup. |