French Unit 3 Study Guide

CONJUGATIONS IN LINKS*

$Terms:$

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$ADVERBS$

• $Tôt$ - early
• $Tard$ - late
• $Bien$ - good
• $Mal$ - bad
• $Souvent$ - often
• $Beaucoup$ - a lot
• $Trop$ - too
• $Assez$ - rather

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$Verbs for PAST TENSE$

• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-monter.html">Monter</a>$ (REGULAR) - to take or carry something up (avoir)   * to go up (être)
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-descendre.html">Descendre</a>$ (REGULAR) - to take or carry something down (avoir)   * to go down (être)
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-sortir.html">Sortir</a>$ (REGULAR - RS/RT) - to take something out (avoir)   * to go out (être)
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-passer.html">Passer</a>$ (REGULAR) - to spend [time] (avoir)   * to pass by (être)

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$Les Vacances: Plaisirs et Problèmes$

• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-eviter.html">Éviter</a>$ (REGULAR) - to avoid
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-nager.html">Nager</a>$ (REGULAR) - to swim
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-baigner.html">Se Baigner</a>$ (REGULAR) - to go swimming
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-noyer.html">Se Noyer</a>$ (CHANGING) - to drown
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-bronzer.html">Bronzer</a>$ (REGULAR) - to get tan
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-attraper.html">Attraper</a>$ (REGULAR) - to catch, get
• $Bain de soleil$ - sunbath
• $Un coup de soleil$ - sunburn
• $Un bateau$ - a boat
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-perdre.html">Perdre</a>$ (REGULAR) - to lose   * (se) to get lost
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-tomber.html">Tomber</a>$ (REGULAR) - to fall
• $Les champs$ - fields
• $La forêt$ - the forest
• $Les bois$ - woods
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-piquer.html">Piquer</a>$ (REGULAR) - to sting
• $Un pique-nique$ - a picnic
• $Les moustiques$ - mosquitoes
• $Le feu$ - the fire
• $Un serpent$ - a snake
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-glisser.html">Glisser</a>$ (REGULAR) - to slip
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-blesser.html">Se blesser</a>$ (REGULAR) - to injure oneself
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-blesser.html">Se casser</a>$ (REGULAR) - to break (a leg)
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-respecter.html">Respecter</a>$ (REGULAR) - to respect
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-prot$ (CHANGING) - to protect
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-polluer.html">Polluer</a>$ (REGULAR) - to pollute
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-laisser.html">Laisser</a>$ (REGULAR) - to leave
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-jeter.html">Jeter</a>$ (CHANGING) - to throw
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-d$ (IRREGULAR) - to destroy
• $Casser$ (REGULAR) - to break
• $La nature$ - nature
• $L’environnement$ - the environment
• $Des vieux papiers$ - old paper
• $Des déchets$- refuse

$Quoi de Neuf$

• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-deviner.html">Deviner</a>$ (REGULAR) - to guess
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-arriver.html">Arriver</a>$ (REGULAR) - to happen
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-passer.html">Se passer</a>$ (REGULAR) - to happen
• $Avoir lieu$ (IRREGULAR) - to take place
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-assister.html">Assister à</a>$ (REGULAR) - to be present at; to see
• $Être témoin de$ (IRREGULAR) - to witness
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-voir.html">Voir</a>$ (IRREGULAR) - to see
• $Hier$ - yesterday
• $Hier soir$ - yesterday evening
• $Avant-hier$ - day before yesterday
• $Dernier(ère)$ - last
• $Dehors$ - outside
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-trouver.html">Se trouver</a>$ (REGULAR) - to be
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-raconter.html">Raconter</a>$ (REGULAR) - to tell (what happened)
• $D’abord$ - first
• $Puis$ - then
• $Ensuite$ - next
• $Après$ - after
• $Enfin$ - at last
• $Finalement$ - finally
• $Un accident$ - a accident
• $Un incendie$ - a fire
• $Un cambriolage$ - a burglary
• $Un événement$ - an event
• $Un fait$ - a fact
• $Un fait divers$ - a minor news item

$Weather$

• $La météo$ - weather forecast
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-pr$ (REGULAR - IS/IT/IS) - to predict
• $Du beau temps$ - beautiful temperature
• $Le soleil$ - the sun
• $Le ciel$ - the sky
• $Des nuages$ - clouds
• $De la brume$ - mist
• $De brouillard$ - fog
• $Du mauvais temps$ - bad temperature
• $De la pluie$ - rain
• $Du vent$ - wind
• $Un orage$ - a thunderstorm
• $Une tempête$ - a storm
• $Un ouragan$ - a hurricane
• $De la neige$ - snow
• $Une tempête de neige$ - snow storm
• $Du verglas$ - sheet ice
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-briller.html">Briller</a>$ (REGULAR) - to shine
• $Couvert$ - overcast
• $<a href="https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-souffler.html">Souffler</a>$ (REGULAR) - to blow
• $Des éclairs$ - lightning
• $Le tonnerre$ - thunder
• $La lune$ - the moon
• $Les étoiles$ - the stars
• $De la glace$ - ice
• $Gelé$ - frozen

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^^Expressions:^^

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• ^^Déjà^^ - ever (used with avoir)   * yet, already (used with avoir)
• ^^Ne…jamais^^ - never (used with avoir)
• ^^Ne…pas encore^^ - not yet (used with avoir)
• ^^Pendant^^ - during
• ^^Pendant que^^ - while
• ^^Lorsque^^ - when
• ^^Au moment où^^ - just as

^^Vacances^^

• ^^Attraper un coup de soleil^^ - to get a sunburn
• ^^Prendre un bain de soleil^^ - to take a sunbath
• ^^Faire une promenade en bateau^^ - to go on a boat ride
• ^^Avoir le mal de mer^^ - to be seasick
• ^^Perdre l’équilibre^^ - to lose one’s balance
• ^^Tomber dans l’eau^^ - to fall in the water
• ^^Faire de la planche à voile^^ - to windsurf
• ^^Faire de la plongée sous-marine^^ - to go scuba diving
• ^^Faire un tour^^ - to walk
• ^^Faire un pique-nique sur l’herbe^^ - to have a picnic in the bushes
• ^^Faire du camping^^ - to go camping
• ^^Observer les animaux^^ - to look at animals
• ^^Mettre le feu^^ - to set a fire
• ^^Marcher sur^^ - to step on
• ^^Être piqué par des moustiques^^ - to be stung by mosquitoes
• ^^Faire de l’escalade^^ - to go rock climbing
• ^^Faire de l’alpinisme^^ - to go mountain climbing
• ^^Aller à la pêche^^ - to go fishing
• ^^Se faire mal^^ - to get hurt
• ^^Faire peur à^^- to scare

^^Quoi de Neuf^^

• ^^Quoi de neuf^^ - what’s new?
• ^^Devine!^^ - guess
• ^^Qu’est-ce qui est arrivé^^ - what happened?
• ^^Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé^^ - what happened?
• ^^Qu’est-ce qui a eu lieu^^ - what took place?
• ^^Qu’est-ce qu’il y a eu^^ - what happened?
• ^^Qu’est-ce qu’il y a^^ - what’s happening?
• ^^C’est arrivé^^ - It happened
• ^^Ça s’est passé^^ - It happened
• ^^Ça a eu lieu^^ - it happened
• ^^Il y a deux heures^^ - 2 hours ago
• ^^Il y a dix jours^^ - ten days ago
• ^^Ou étais-tu^^ - where were you
• ^^Je me trouvais^^ - I could be found…
• ^^Vraiment?^^ - really?
• ^^Pas possible^^ - not possible!
• ^^C’est incroyable^^ - that’s unbelievable!
• ^^Ce n’est pas croyable^^ - that’s not for real!
• ^^Tu plaisantes^^ - you’re kidding!

^^Weather^^

• ^^Il fait beau^^ - it is beautiful
• ^^Il fait mauvais^^ - it is bad
• ^^Il y a un orage^^ - there is a thunderstorm
• ^^Il fait noir^^ - it is dark
• ^^Il pleut^^ - it rains
• ^^Il pleuvait/il a plu^^ - it was raining/it rained
• ^^Il va pleuvoir^^ - it’s going to rain
• ^^Il neige^^ - it snows
• ^^Il neigeait/il a neigé^^ - it was snowing/it snowed
• ^^Il va neiger^^ - it’s going to snow
• ^^Il y a^^ - there is
• ^^Il y avait/il y a eu^^ - there was
• ^^Il va y avoir^^ - there is going to be

$Concepts:$

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• $ADVERBS$ - some go $before the past participle$ (between avoir or être and the verb), and some go $after$

• $PAST TENSE DEFINITIONS$ - some verbs change definitions based on whether être or avoir are being used with them

• $REFLEXIVE CHANGES$ - some verbs change definitions when it is reflexive

• $ÊTRE PAST TENSE$ - Dr Mrs Vandertramp as well as all reflexive verbs use être in past tense

• $IMPARFAIT VS PASSÉ COMPOSÉ$ - imparfait describes a period of time in the past that is more vague, it didn’t necessarily end. Passe Composé describes a situation that happened and ended in the past. The difference between I was eating dinner vs. I ate dinner. Imparfait can be used to describe a setting when something happened. Imparfait is also used to describe emotions (not actions). OR what people USED TO DO, as in she used to drive a motorcycle.
• $IMPARFAIT$ - take nous stem and add endings: ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient.
• $PRONUNCIATION$ - C’s and G’s are hard when an O, A, or U comes after them (ex: Légumes, ouragan vs. mange)

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