French Study: Vocabulary, Grammar, and Conversational Phrases

Vocabulary flashcards covering core French determiners, pronouns, conversation connectors, greetings, places, descriptive adjectives, and essential verbs based on the lecture notes.

du

some/of the

y

there/to it

en

some/of it/from there

pourtant

yet/however

en fait

actually/in fact

bref

anyway/in short

enchanté

nice to meet you

à tout à l’heure

see you later (meaning later that day)

prends soin de toi

take care of you

fais de beaux rêves

sweet dreams

quel âge as-tu

how old are you

tu viens d’où

where are you from

un hameau

a hamlet

un banlieue

a suburb

une épicerie

a grocery store

un mairie

a town hall

une caserne

a station/barracks

un fleuve

a river that flows into the sea

la périphérie

the outskirts

nulle part

nowhere

en face de

opposite

être

to be

avoir

to have

faire

to do/make

aller

to go

vouloir

to want

il fait chaud

it’s hot (example of using faire for the weather)

Je vais manger

I’m going to eat (example of using aller for the near future)

enneyeux/enneyeuse

boring

paresseux/paresseuse

lazy

inquiet/inquiète

worried

roux/rousse

red-haired

propre

clean

sale

dirty

bruyant/bruyante

noisy