French Vocabulary – Page 1 (Chaâba)

Vocabulary flashcards generated from the lecture notes (page 1) to aid English-speaking students in studying key French terms.

pénétrer / entrer

to go in; to enter

le maître / l’instituteur

primary-school teacher

trébucher

to stumble

fréquenter (un lieu)

to visit or go to a place regularly

la grande école (ici : l’école primaire)

primary school (in this context)

les propos

words; remarks

un oued

a small river or wadi (North Africa)

indigne

unworthy; disgraceful

s’engager (ici : commencer)

to embark on; to begin

un doigt

finger

une concordance

agreement; correspondence with something

un bidonville

shantytown; slum of makeshift huts

une baraque

shack; hut

la tôle ondulée

corrugated iron sheet

le Chaâba

name of the shantytown in the story

une armoire

wardrobe; cupboard

le linge

laundry; linen

en prendre plein la pupille

to be dazzled; to be very impressed

s’animer

to liven up; become animated