French 2 - weekly vocab/structures

English word - There was / There were

Personal connection - There was a dog in the lake

French word - il y avait

Personal connection - il y avait un chien sur le lac

Strategy - il y avait looks like il y a which is “there is”

This was / it was

This was the best French class

c’était

C’était le meilleur classe de français

He had

He had a dog

Il avait

Il avait un chien

He was

He was very strong

il était

Il était tres fort

He could

He could dance

il pouvait

Il pouvait danser

He wanted

He wanted a cat

il voulait

Il voulait un chat

He went to

He went to his home

Il est allé à

Il est allé à cette maison

He leaves from

He leaves from school

il est parti de

Il est parti de son l’ecole

He came from

He came from Germany

il est venu de

Il est venu de l’allemande

he did

He ate

il fait

Il fait du manger

He said

He said he loves you

il a dit

Il a dit qu’il t’aime

He saw

He saw the city of Chicago

il a vu

Il a vu le ville de Chicago

He put

He put his school supplies in his bag

il a mis

Il a mis ses fournitures scolaires dans son bagel

He took

He took a pencil from his classmate

il a pris

Il a pris un crayon à son camarade de classe

He gave

He gave his toys away

il a donne

Il a donné ses jouets

He received

He received gifts from his family

il a reçu

Il a reçu des cadeaux de sa famille

Reçu connects to rescue which is when you receive help from someone

He brought

He brought his friends

il a apporté

Il a apporté ses amis

Apporte reminds me of airport which is used to bring people places

He knew that

He knew that his friend had a dog

il savait que

Il savait que son ami avait un chien

he knew (person/place)

He knew his brothers friends

Il a connu

Il connaissait les amis de ses frères

Thé end of connu reminds me of the work knew because it sounds similar

I invited

J’ai invite

The kitchen

La cuisine

I repeated

J’ai répété

I cried

J’ai pleuré

I accompanied

j’ai accompagné

I screamed

j’ai crié

Pretty

Jolie

Of average size

I was of average size

de taille moyenne

J’étais une personne de taille moyenne

Ugly

My friends dog is ugly

moche

Le chien de mon ami était moche

Moche sounds like mush which is ugly/bad weather

Young

when i was young, i played outside

jeune

Quand j’étais jeune, j’aimais jouer dehors

jeune sounds like June and if you are born in June, you are the youngest in your class at school

Old

My dog was old

Vieux

Mon chien était vieux

The bathroom, the toilet room

The bathroom in my school was dirty

la salle de bain, le VC

La salle de bain de mon l'école était sale

The living room

The living room in my house was big

le salon/ la salle de séjour

Le salon de ma maison était grand

The dining room

I redid my dining room

la salle a manger

J’ai refait la salle a manger

The staircase

I fell down the stairs

l’escalier

Je suis tombe dans l’escalier

L’escalier sounds like escalator which is a moving staircase

Strong

Fort(e)

Weak

faible

Shy

timide

Talkative

bavard

He feels (he felt)

il se sent ( il s’est senti)

A couch

un canapé

An armchair

un fauteuil

A closet / a cupboard

un placard

A dresser

une commode

A shower

une douche

I dared

j’ai ose

I canceled

j’ai annule

I hurt

j’ai blesse

i turned on / i lit

j’ai allume

I added

J’ai ajouté

i tasted

I tasted the food

j’ai goûté

J’ai goûté sa nourriture

Connect goute with goat because goats taste grass

It cost

It cost 100

Il a coûté

Il a coûte 100

I erased

I erased the board

j’ai effacé

J’ai effacé le conseil d’administration

I taught

I taught math to my sister

j’ai enseigné

J’ai enseigné le mathématiques a ma sœur

I cleaned

I cleaned my bathroom

J’ai nettoyé

J’ai nettoyé le salle de bain

The curtains

The curtains are pink

Les rideaux

Les rideaux est rose

The sheets

les draps

A blanket

une couverture

A pillow

The pillow is silk

un oreiller

Un oreiller est soie

Oreiller is like oreille witch is ear and you put your ear on your pillow

the carpet

The carpet was ugly

un tapis

Un tapis est moche

Tapis connects to tapestry witch is like a carpet for the wall

Hard working

travailleur

lazy

paresseuse

Generous

généreux

Selfish

égoïste

their personality

sa personalité

relaxed

They relaxed on the beach

Décontracté

Ils se décontracte dans la plage

Décontracte reminds me of deconstruct

nervous

Nerveux

funny

She is very funny because she makes me laugh

Drôle

Elle était tres drôle parce qu’elle me fait rire

annoying

Pénible

their physical appearance

Son appearance physique

never

I am never mean

jamais

Je ne suis jamais méchant

sometimes

Sometimes I am mean to my sister

Parfois

Parfois, je suis méchant avec ma sœur

often

I get Starbucks often

Souvent

Je reçois souvent un starbucks

usually

I usually go to school

D’habitude

Je d’habitude va a l'école

Always

I always do my homework

Toujours

Je fais toujours mes devoirs

I can remember because jour means day and it is like saying every day

they noticed

They noticed the dog was missing

Ils ont remarqué

Ils ont remarqué que le chien avait disparu

Remarqué is a cognate for remark which means to notice

they replaced

Ils ont replacé

they visited

Ils ont visité

they wished

They wished they could go to france

Ils ont souhaité

Ils ont souhaité pouvait aller en France

they admired

They admired the pretty girl

Ils ont admiré

Ils ont admiré le jolie fille

In the past

In the past he had a dog

autrefois

Autrefois, il avait un chein

Autre fois sounds like and translates to another time

Currently

Currently he has a cat

actuellement

Actuellement il avait un chat

In the future

In the future, he wants a lot of cats and dogs

a l’avenire

A l’avenire, il veut beaucoup de chats et de chiens

All of a sudden

All of a sudden, he fell down the stairs

tout d’un coup

Tout d’un coup, il tombe dans les escaliers

Two times per week

He gets coffee two times per week

deux fois par semaine

Il prend du café deux fois par semaine

They announced

ils ont announce

They augmented/ increased

ils ont augmenté

They loaned money

They loaned money to their sister

Ils ont prêté

Ils ont prêté dans son sœur

They borrowed

They borrowed the library book

ils ont emprunte

ils ont emprunte le livre de la bibliothèque

They congratulated

They congratulated her on her graduations

Ils ont félicité

Ils l’ont félicitée pour son diplôme

He said / he said to him

il a dit / il lui a dit

He responded / he responded to him

il a répondu / il lui a répondu

There was / there were

il y avait

His / her problem was that

Son problème était que

He went

Il est allé

A fridge

un frigo

A freezer

My freezer is full

un congélateur

Mon congélateur est plein

An oven

I love baking in the oven

Un four

J’adore cuisiner au four

A toaster

un grille - pan

A dishwasher

un lave - vaisselle

They informed

ils ont informé