PHBern French B2 Exam Preparation: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Exam Guidelines

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering essential grammatical concepts, idiomatic definitions, exam terminology, and specialized health vocabulary for the PHBern French B2 Niveau I examination.

Nutri-Score

A 5-level nutritional labeling system ranging from A to E and from green to red, determined by the nutritional value of a food product to guide consumers toward healthier choices and combat cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes.

Globésité

A term used by the World Health Organization (OMS) to designate the worldwide epidemic of obesity affecting both industrialized nations and developing regions.

Surcharge pondérale

A surplus or excess of body weight (surplus de poids).

Prendre en charge

An expression meaning to take care of, look after, or assume medical/operational responsibility for someone or something (s'occuper de quelqu'un ou de quelque chose).

Mettre en place

An idiomatic verbal phrase meaning to organize or establish a system, framework, or initiative (organiser ou instaurer un système).

Remettre en question

An expression meaning to dispute, challenge, or re-examine a concept, decision, or situation (contester, réexaminer).

Faire face à

A verbal phrase meaning to confront, address, or cope with a difficulty or challenge (affronter une difficulté).

Avoir recours à

An idiomatic construction meaning to make use of an aid, method, or external resource (utiliser une aide ou un moyen).

Tenir compte de

A verbal locution meaning to take into consideration or account (prendre en considération).

Le fardeau

A heavy physical or psychological load, burden, or painful encumbrance that must be borne (charge, poids, chose pénible qu'il faut supporter).

Le défi

An obstacle, test, or major problem that needs to be overcome (obstacle à surmonter).

Adverbialpronomen y

An adverbial pronoun in French used predominantly to replace the preposition à followed by a thing or idea, or to replace a locational phrase (e.g., "J'y pense", "J'y vais").

Adverbialpronomen en

An adverbial pronoun in French used to replace the preposition de followed by a thing, or to replace an expression of quantity (e.g., "J'en parle", "J'en veux trois").

Plus-que-parfait

A compound past tense used to express an action that took place prior to another event in the past (e.g., "J'avais mangé").

Futur antérieur

A compound future tense used to denote an action that will already be completed at a certain point in the future (e.g., "J'aurai mangé").

Conditionnel passé

A compound verb mood form expressing a hypothetical action that did not occur in the past (e.g., "J'aurais mangé").

Subjonctif présent

A verb mood employed after designated expressions denoting necessity, desire, doubt, or subjective feelings (e.g., "Il faut que je mange").

ne … que

A restrictive negation construction in French translating to 'only' (nur) rather than a complete negation (e.g., "Je n'ai que dix euros").

La sédentarité

A sedentary lifestyle characterized by a physical lack of movement and prolonged sitting.

Le gaspillage

The act of wasting or squandering resources, products, or food items unnecessarily.

Le lendemain

The indirect speech time-shift equivalent of the direct speech adverb "demain" when the reporting verb is in the past tense.

La veille

The indirect speech time-shift equivalent of the direct speech adverb "hier" when the reporting verb is in the past tense.

Ce jour-là

The indirect speech time-shift equivalent of the direct speech adverb "aujourd'hui" when the reporting verb is in the past tense.

CHUV

Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, the university hospital center located in Lausanne.

EPFZ

École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich (ETH Zurich).

Participle Agreement with 'avoir'

A grammatical rule stating that a past participle conjugated with the auxiliary verb 'avoir' agrees in gender and number only with a preceding direct object (e.g., "Les lettres que j'ai écrites").