FRENCH II MIDTERM
Vocabulary for Food Items
Des pâtes: pasta
Un yaourt: yogurt (masculine)
Un banane: banana
Une fraise: strawberry
Un fruit: fruit
Une orange: orange
Une pêche: peach
Un poire: pear
Une pomme: apple
Une tomate: tomato
L'ail: garlic
Un carrote: carrot
Un champignon: mushroom
Des haricots verts: green beans
Une laitue: lettuce
Un légume: vegetable
Un oignon: onion
Une pomme de terre: potato
Vocabulary from Quizlet
Vocab 1A
Cuisiner: to cook
Faire les courses (f): to go grocery shopping
Un supermarché: supermarket
Un aliment: food item
Un déjeuner: lunch
Un petit-déjeuner: breakfast
Un dîner: dinner
Un goûter: afternoon snack
La nourriture: food, substance
Un repas: meal (masculine)
Des petits pois: peas (masculine)
Une salade: salad
Le bœuf: beef
Un escargot: snail
Les fruits de mer: seafood (masculine)
Un pâté (de campagne): pâté, meat spread
Le porc: pork
Un poulet: chicken
Une saucisse: sausage
Le thon: tuna
La viande: meat
Le riz: rice
Vocab 1B
Une assiette: plate
Un bol: bowl
Une carafe d'eau: pitcher of water
Une carte: menu
Un couteau: knife
Une cuillère: spoon (includes soupspoon and teaspoon variants)
Une fourchette: fork
Un menu: menu
Une nappe: tablecloth
Une serviette: napkin
Une boîte: can
La crème: cream
L'huile (d'olive): olive oil
La mayonnaise: mayonnaise
La moutarde: mustard
Le poivre: pepper
Le sel: salt
La soupe: soup
Une tranche: slice
À table!: dinner is ready
Compris: included
Commander: to order
Être au régime: to be on a diet
Goûter: to taste
Une entrée: appetizer
Un hors-d'œuvre: appetizer, small fancy dish
Un plat principal: main dish
Une boucherie: butcher's shop
Une boulangerie: bread shop, bakery
Une charcuterie: delicatessen
Une pâtisserie: pastry shop, bakery
Une poissonnerie: fish shop
Un(e) commerçant(e): shopkeeper
Un kilo(gramme): kilo(gram)
Grammar Notes
Time Expressions
Depuis: Used to denote that something has been going on since a particular time and continues into the present.
Pendant: Used to indicate that something happened for a particular period of time that has ended.
Il y a: Used to mention that something happened at a certain time.
Relevant Verbs
Venir: to come
Revenir: to come back
Tenir: to hold
Maintenir: to maintain
Retenir: to keep, to remember
Devenir: to become
Devoir: to have, to owe
Vouloir: to want
Pouvoir: to be able to
Conjugation Examples
Je: 1st person singular
Tu: 2nd person singular
Il / elle: 3rd person singular
Nous: 1st person plural
Vous: 2nd person plural
Passe Recent Construction:
Je viens: I come
Nous venons: We come
Tu viens: You come (singular, informal)
Vous venez: You come (plural, formal)
Il / elle / on vient: He/She/One comes
Ils / elles viennent: They come
Recent Past Usage
Venir de + Infinitive of verb: Indicates that something has just happened.
Auxiliary Verbs
Takes être: Some verbs in the passé composé use "être" as the auxiliary.
Takes avoir: Other verbs use "avoir".
Relevant Past Participles for Must/Want/Can
Devoir: doiv- (e.g., doivent, dois)
Vouloir: voul- (e.g., veulent, veux)
Pouvoir: pu (e.g., peuvent, peux)
Additional Grammar Notes on Modal Verbs
Devoir can indicate necessity; it can mean "to have to" or "must".
When used with a direct object, devoir means "to owe".
In the passé composé, it can speculate on what must have happened.
The phrase bien vouloir expresses willingness.
Vouloir + passé composé indicates refusal.
Pouvoir + passé composé indicates that someone managed to do something.
Recap on Modal Verbs
Devoir: to have, to owe
Vouloir: to want
Pouvoir: to be able to