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Vocabulary 6
Surprise!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| faire la fete | to party |
| faire une surprise (a quelqu'un) | to surprise (someone) |
| feter | to celebrate |
| organiser une fete | to plan a party |
| une fete | party; celebration |
| un jour ferie | holiday |
| une biere | beer |
| le vin | wine |
| une amitie | friendship |
| un amour | love |
| le bonheur | happiness |
| un fiance une fiancee | fiance; fiancee |
| des jeunes maries (m.) | newly weds |
| un rendez-vous | date; appointment |
| l'adolescence (f.) | adolescence |
| l'age adulte (m.) | adulthood |
| un divorce | divorce |
| l'enfance (f.) | childhood |
| une etape | stage (of life) |
| l'etat civil (m.) | marital statis |
| la jeunesse | youth |
| un mariage | marriage; wedding |
| la mort | death |
| la naissance | birth |
| la vie | life |
| la vieillesse | old age |
| prendre sa retraite | to retire |
| tomber amoureux/ amoureuse (f.) | to fall in love |
| ensemble | together |
| les invitees (f>0 Les invites (m.) | guests |
| l'hote (m.) | host |
| la glace | ice cream |
| l'hotesse (f.) | hostess |
| le champagne | Champagne |
| le bonbons (m.) | candy |
| les biscuits (m.) | cookies |
| le gateau | cake |
| les glacons (m) | ice cubes |
| le surprise | surprise |
| le couple | couple |
| le cadeau | gift |
| Demonstrative adjectives | used to identify or point out a noun with the French equivalent of this,/these or that/those. Use ce, cet cette, ces |
| ce | ce cafe used before a consonnant (m.) |
| cet | cet eclair used before a vowel sound (m.) |
| ces | ces cafes, ces eclairs used as a plural (m.) |
| cette | cette surprise used before a consonant (f.) cette amie used before a vowel (f.) |
| ces Plural (f.) | ces surprises, ces amies |
| Ce copain organise une fete | This friend is planning a party |
| Cette glace est excellente | This ice cream is excellent. |
| Ce hopital est trop loin du centre-ville. | That hospital is too far from downtown. |
| Je prefere ces cadeaux. | I prefer those gifts. |
| Ce dessert est delicieux. | This dessert is delicious. |
| Ils vont aimer cette surprise. | They're going to like this surprise. |
| Joel prefere cet eclair. | Joel prefers that eclair. |
| Ces glacons sont pour la limonade. | Those ice cubes are for the lemon soda. |
| To make something clear when referring to near versus something far: | ad ci or la the the noun following the demonstrative adjective. |
| On prend cette glace-ci, pas cette glace-la. | We'll have this ice cream, not that ice cream. |
| J'aime ce cadeau-ci, pas cette glace-la. | I like this gift, but I prefer that gift. |
| Tu achestes ce fromage-ci ou ce fromage-la? | Are you buying this cheese or that cheese? |
| Nous achetons ces bonbons-ci et Isabelle achete ce gateau-la. | We're buying these candies, and Isabelle is buying that cake. |
| aller avec | to go with |
| un anorak | ski jacet, parka |
| une chaussette | sock |
| une chamise (a manches courtes/longues) | shirt (short-long-sleeved |
| un chemisier | blouse |
| un gant | glove |
| un jean | jeans |
| une jupe | skirt |
| un manteau | coat |
| un pantalon | pants |
| un pull | sweater |
| un sous-vetement | underwear |
| une taille | clothing size |
| un taileur | (woman's) suit; tailor |
| un tee-shirt | tee shirt |
| un vendeur/une vendeuse | salesman/saleswoman |
| des vetements (m.) | clothing |
| De quelle couleur. . . ? | In what color. . ? |
| des soldes (m.) | sales |
| chaque | each |
| large | loose; big |
| serre(e) | tight |
| un mallot de bain | bathing suit |
| cher (chere f.) | dear |
| un robe | dress |
| une ceinture | belt |
| un sac a main | purse |
| Il porte un costume | He is wearing a suit. |
| des baskets (f.) | tennis shoes sneakers |
| des chaussures (f.) | shoes |
| une cravate | necktie |
| violet (violette f.) | purple |
| vert (verte f. ) | green |
| jaune | yellow |
| orange | orange |
| rouge | red |
| bleu (bleue f.) | blue |
| marron | brown |
| blanc (blanche f.) | white |
| noire (noire f.) | black |
| gris (grise f.) | grey |
| un chapeau (un chapeaux pl.) | hat hats |
| moi Disjunctive pronoun | me |
| toi Disjunctive pronoun | you |
| lui/elle Disjunctive pronoun | him/her |
| nous Disjunctive pronoun | us |
| vous Disjunctive pronoun | to/for you |
| leur Indirect object pronoun | to /for them |
| me Indirect object pronoun | to/for me |
| te Indirect object pronoun | to/ for you |
| luiIndirect object pronoun | to/for him/her |
| nous Indirect object pronoun | to/for you |
| leur Indirect object pronoun | to/for them |
| eux/elles | them |
| moi-meme | myself |
| toi-meme | yourself |
| lui-/elle-meme | him-/herself |
| nous-memes | ourselves |
| vous-meme(s) | yourself/yourselves |
| eux/elles-memes | themselves |
| ci demonstrative adjective | here |
| la demonstrative adjective | there |