VHL _ Promenades 4e
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Vocabulary (Vocabulaire)
General Expressions
J'adore... - I love...
J'aime bien... - I like...
Je n'aime pas tellement... - I don't like... very much.
Je déteste... - I hate...
Academic Terms
être reçu(e) à un examen - to pass an exam
L'université - the university
Areas of Study
l'architecture (f.) - architecture
l'art (m.) - art
la biologie - biology
la chimie - chemistry
le droit - law
l'économie (f.) - economics
l'éducation physique (f.) - physical education
la géographie - geography
la gestion - business administration
l'histoire (f.) - history
l'informatique (f.) - computer science
les langues (vivantes) (f.) - (modern) languages
les lettres (f.) - humanities
les mathématiques (maths) (f.) - mathematics
la philosophie - philosophy
la physique - physics
la psychologie - psychology
les sciences (politiques/po) (f.) - (political) science
le stylisme de mode (m.) - fashion design
Educational Concepts
une bourse - scholarship, grant
un cours - class, course
un devoir; les devoirs - homework
un diplôme - diploma, degree
l'école (f.) - school
les études (supérieures) (f.) - (higher) education; studies
le gymnase - gymnasium
une note - grade
un restaurant universitaire (un resto U) - university cafeteria
Adjectives and Adverbs
difficile - difficult
facile - easy
inutile - useless
utile - useful
surtout - especially; above all
Questions and Opinions
bien sûr - of course
d'accord - OK, all right
Est-ce que/qu'...? - Question phrase
(mais) non - no (but of course not)
moi/toi non plus - me/you neither
ne... pas - no, not
n'est-ce pas? - isn't that right?
oui/si - yes
parce que - because
pas du tout - not at all
peut-être - maybe, perhaps
Pourquoi? - Why?
Common Verbs
adorer - to love; to adore
aimer - to like; to love
aimer mieux - to prefer
arriver - to arrive
chercher - to look for
commencer - to begin, to start
dessiner - to draw; to design
détester - to hate
donner - to give
étudier - to study
habiter (à) - to live (in)
manger - to eat
oublier - to forget
parler (au téléphone) - to speak (on the phone)
partager - to share
penser (que/qu') - to think (that)
regarder - to look (at), to watch
rencontrer - to meet
retrouver - to meet up with; to find (again)
travailler - to work
voyager - to travel
Time Expressions
Quel jour sommes-nous? - What day is it?
un an - a year
une/cette année - one/this year
après - after
après-demain - day after tomorrow
un/cet après-midi - an/this afternoon
aujourd'hui - today
demain (matin/après-midi/soir) - tomorrow (morning/afternoon/evening)
un jour - a day
une journée - a day
Days of the Week
(le) lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche - (on) Monday(s), Tuesday(s), Wednesday(s), Thursday(s), Friday(s), Saturday(s), Sunday(s)
Parts of the Day
un/ce matin - a/this morning
la matinée - morning
un mois/ce mois-ci - a month/this month
une/cette nuit - a/this night
une/cette semaine - a/this week
un/ce soir - an/this evening
une soirée - an evening
un/le/ce week-end - a/the/this weekend
dernier/dernière - last
premier/première - first
prochain(e) - next
Expressions with Avoir
avoir - to have
avoir... ans - to be... years old
avoir besoin (de) - to need
avoir chaud - to be hot
avoir de la chance - to be lucky
avoir envie (de) - to feel like
avoir froid - to be cold
avoir honte (de) - to be ashamed (of)
avoir l'air - to look like, to seem
avoir peur (de) - to be afraid (of)
avoir raison - to be right
avoir sommeil - to be sleepy
avoir tort - to be wrong
Talking about Time
Quelle heure est-il? - What time is it?
Quelle heure avez-vous/as-tu? - What time do you have?
Il est... heures. - It is... o'clock.
une heure - one o'clock
et quart - fifteen minutes past the hour
et demie - thirty minutes past the hour
moins dix - ten minutes before the hour
moins le quart - fifteen minutes before the hour
À quelle heure? - (At) what time/when?
de l'après-midi - in the afternoon
du matin - in the morning
du soir - in the evening
en avance - early
en retard - late
midi - noon
minuit - midnight
pile - sharp, on the dot
presque - almost
tard - late
tôt - early
vers - about
Personal Communication Objectives
I CAN discuss schedules and daily activities related to academic life.
Write three sentences describing a typical day in your life.
I CAN ask and answer questions about frequent actions, feelings, and needs.
Write three questions asking what someone typically feels and needs at certain times of the day.
I CAN investigate education in francophone communities.
Describe a French cultural product or practice related to education and compare the perspectives around it to attitudes in your own culture.