French Writing

Opinions

~~~

a mon avis

in my opinion

pour moi

for me

selon/pour

according to

je trouve que

I find that

il me semble que

it seems to me that

Key structures

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c'est + adj

it is

ce n'est pas + adj

it is not

C'etait + adj

it was

ce sera + adj

it will be

il y a

there is

il y a ... depuis

there has been ...for/since

il y aura

there will be

il y aurait

there would be

il y avait

used to be

Connectives

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alors

so then

par contre

however (PC)

en revanche

on the other hand

mais

but

et

and

aussi

as well

pourtant

however (p)

toutefois

However (t)

ou

or

car

because

malheursement

unfortunately

quand

when

si

if

parce que

because

comme

like

meme si

even if

d'un côté

on one hand

de l'autre côté

on the other hand

qui

who/that/which

que

that/which

time phrases

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quelquefois

sometimes

tous les jours

everyday

chaque (lundi)

every (monday)

rarement

rarely

une/deux fois par semaine

once/twice a week

actuellement/en ce moment

at present

d'habitude

usually

de temps en temps

from time to time

maintenant

now

hier

yesterday

recemment

recently

avant

before

il y a (deux mois)

two months ago

la semaine

last week

l'annee derniere

last year

le weekend dernier

last weekend

le mois dernier

last month

apres

after

demain

tomorrow

le semaine prochaine

next week

l'annee prochaine

next year

l'avenir

in the future

Negatives

~~~

ne...pas

not

ne...plus

not anymore

ne...jamais

never

ne...rien

nothing

ne...ni...ni

neither...nor...nor

ne ...aucun(e)

nobody /no one

expressing an opinion

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sympa

nice

chouette

great (c)

rigolo

funny

agreable

pleasant

sensas

great (s)

genial

great (g)

relaxant

relaxing

formidable

great

inoubliable

unforgettable

utile

useful

nul

rubbish

agacant

irritating

casse-pieds

annoying/pain in the neck

epuisant

exhausting

decevant

disappointing

enervant

annoying

ennuyeux

boring

fatigant

tiring

degoutant

disgusting

mauvais

bad

ca me fait + INF

it makes me + verb

ca me rend + ADJ

it makes me + adj

Adjectives

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Petite

small

Grande

Big

mon, ma, mes

ton, ta, tes

son, sa, ses

notre, notre, nos

votre, votre, vos

leur, leur, leurs

my, my, my

your, your, your

his, his, his

our, our, our

your, your, your

their, their, their

Adverbs

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Rapidement

rapidly

Normalement

Normally

souvent

often

heuresement que

fortunately

malheureusement

unfortunately