FINALS REVIEWER LANG 311

French Vocabulary and Grammar Flashcards for Finals Review

des or les

In French plural forms, you must use with plural nouns.

pronunciation

Adding an –s or –x to the end of a noun does not usually change this.

-s

Most French nouns form their plural by adding this to their singular form.

no further -s

If the singular noun ends in -s, -x or -z, this is added in the plural.

-aux

If the singular noun ends in -al or -ail, replace it (-al,-ail) with this.

-x

Many words ending in -u are followed by this rather than –s (nouns ending in -eau and -eu).

-s

The exceptions to the -al rule are: le bal, le cal, le carnaval, le chacal, le festival, le régal, whose plurals are formed by adding this.

Sur

on

Sous

under

Entre

between

Dans

in

Devant

in front

Derrière

behind

À côté de

beside

À

to, at, in

Avant

before

Après

after

Depuis

since/for

Chat

cat

Chien

dog

Vache

cow

Cochon

pig

Ours

bear

Renard

fox

acteur / actrice

actor / actress

écrivain(e)/auteur

writer

boulanger / boulangère

baker

pompier

fireman

infirmier/infirmière

nurse

boulangerie

bakery

boucherie

butchery

la bibliothèque

library

la librairie

bookshop

le comissariat

police station

La tomate

tomato

La laitue

lettuce

La carotte

carrot

Le bacon

bacon

Le boeuf

beef

La pomme

apple

L’orange (m)

orange

L’eau

water

Le café

coffee

Le pain

bread

Les oeufs

eggs

Le fromage

cheese