French Semester 1 & 2 Review Flashcards

Comprehensive vocabulary and grammar review covering adjective patterns, common regular/irregular verbs, prepositions for countries, the Passé Composé tense, Paris landmarks, clothing, and leisure activities.

bavard / bavarde

talkative

gourmand / gourmande

fond of food / greedy

persévérant / persévérante

persevering

autoritaire

authoritarian / bossy (same form for masculine and feminine)

égoïste

selfish

fidèle

faithful

affectueux / affectueuse

affectionate

paresseux / paresseuse

lazy

menteur / menteuse

liar

râleur / râleuse

grumpy / moaner

être

to be

avoir

to have

aller

to go

faire

to do / make

pouvoir

to be able to

vouloir

to want

savoir

to know

venir

to come

prendre

to take

en

Preposition for 'in/to' used for feminine countries (mostly ending in -e) or masculine countries starting with a vowel (e.g., en France, en Iran).

au

Preposition for 'in/to' used for masculine countries starting with a consonant (e.g., au Canada).

aux

Preposition for 'in/to' used for plural countries (e.g., aux États-Unis).

Le Passé Composé Structure

Subject + AVOIR (or ÊTRE for specific verbs) + Past Participle

DR MRS VANDERTRAMP

Acronym for verbs that use 'être' as the auxiliary in the passé composé (e.g., aller, venir, arriver, partir, entrer, sortir, monter, descendre, retourner, tomber, rester, passer, naître, mourir, devenir, revenir, rentrer).

Nôtre Dame

A beautiful famous cathedral located on the l'île de la cité in Paris.

Le Sacré-Coeur

A large white church located on a hill in Montmartre.

L'Arc de Triomphe

Monument that commemorates the victories of Napoléon.

La Tour Eiffel

A famous Paris structure standing at $320\,\text{m}$.

Le Louvre

A large famous museum in Paris that was once the palace of kings.

La Seine

The river that divides Paris into three parts: the rive gauche, the rive droite, and l’Île de la Cité.

un imperméable / impers

a raincoat

un gilet

a cardigan / vest

des baskets

runners / sneakers (feminine)

BATOS

Categories of adjectives that go BEFORE the noun: Beauté (beauty), Age, Taille (size), Ordre (order), and Sagesse (wisdom/goodness).

COD (Complément d'Objet Direct)

Direct object pronouns (le, la, l', les) used to replace a noun and placed BEFORE the verb in French.

jouer à

Used for playing a sport (e.g., jouer au basket).

jouer de

Used for playing an instrument (e.g., jouer de la flute).

faire de

Used for doing an activity (e.g., faire de la danse).