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Vocabulary 8 A and B
La maison/ Les taches menageres
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| demanger | tomove out |
| emmenager | to move in |
| louer | to rent |
| un appartement | apartment |
| une cave | basement, cellar |
| une cuisine | kitchen |
| un escalier | staircase |
| un immeuble | building |
| un jardin | garden; yard |
| un logement | housing |
| un loyer | rent |
| une piece | room |
| un quartier | area, neighborhood |
| une residence | residence |
| une salle a manger | dining room |
| un salon | formal living/.sitting room |
| un studio | studio (apartment) |
| une armoire | armoire, wardrobe |
| une douche | shower |
| un lavabo | bathroom sink |
| un meuble | piece of furniture |
| un placard | closet, cupboard |
| un tiroir | drawer |
| les toilettes (f.) W.C.) (m.) | the toilet |
| la salle de bains | bath room |
| le couloir | color |
| la baignoire | the bath tub |
| le tapis | rug |
| le miroir | mirror |
| une fleur | a flower |
| le sous-sol | basement |
| la salle de sejour | living room |
| le canape | couch |
| le fauteuil | arm chair |
| le balcon | balcony |
| le garage | garage |
| la lampe | lamp |
| les affiches (f.) | posters paintings? |
| les etageres (f.) | shelves |
| le mur | wall |
| la commode | dresser |
| les rideaux (m.) | curtains |
| debarrasser la table | to clear the table |
| enlever/faire la poussiere | to dust |
| essuyer la vaisselle/la table | to dry the dishes/to wipe the table |
| faire la lessive | to do laundry |
| faire le menage | to do the housework |
| laver | to wash |
| mettre la table | to set the table |
| passer l'aspirateur | to vacuum |
| ranger | to tidy up; to put away |
| salir | to soil, to make dirty |
| sortir la/les poubelle(s) | to take out the trash |
| propre | clean |
| sale | dirty |
| un appareil electrique/menager | electrical/household |
| menager | applicance |
| une cafetiere | coffeemaker |
| une grille-pain | toaster |
| un lave-linge | washing machine |
| un lave-vaisselle | dishwasher |
| un seche-linge | clothes dryer |
| une tache menagere | household chore |
| un evier | sink |
| un congelateur | freezer |
| un four a micro-ondes | microwave oven |
| Elle fait le lit | She makes the bed |
| Il fait la vaisselle | He is doing the dishes |
| une cuisiniere | a cooker Pot? |
| un frigo | fridge |
| un balai | a brush Broom? |
| le linge | laundry |
| Elle balaie. (balayer) | She sweeps |
| les draps (m.) | sheets |
| une couverture | coverage a cover? a bedspread? |
| un oreiller | pillow |
| un evier | sink |
| Il sort la poubelle. | He takes out the trash |
| un fer a repasser | iron |
| il repasse. (repasser) | He irons |
| Adverbs - | describe how, when, and where actions take place. They modify verbs and adjectives. |
| absolument | absolutely |
| Adverbs that are masculine singular and already end in a vowel, | don't use the feminine form just add "ment" (m.) (s) absolu = absolument |
| What is a consonant? | all other letters except vowels B, C, D, F, G, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, S, T, V, X, Z and often H, R, W, Y. |
| To form an adverb from an adjective that ends in a consonant, | take the feminine singular forma nd add "ment" This is the equivalent to "ly" in English. active = activement franche = franchement |
| to form an adverb from an adjective that ends in a consonant, | take the feminine singular form and add "ment" This is like "ly" in English. ex active = activement |
| To form an ADVERB from an adjective that ends in "ant" or "ent" | replace the ending with "amment" or "emment." |
| constant form an adverb | constanamment = constantly |
| activement | actively actif (m.) (s) acitve (f.) (s.) becomes activement |
| actif (m.) (s.) as an adverb | active (f.) (s.) active becomes activement = actively |
| franc (m.) (s.) as an adverb | franche (f.) (s.) = francement = frankly, honestly |
| heureux (m.) (s.) as an adverb | heuresuse (f.) (s.) heuresuement = fortunately |
| malheureux (m.) (s.) as an adverb | malheureuse (f.) (s.) malheuresement = unfortunately |
| Elle parle nerveusement. | She speaks nervously. |
| Malheureusement, il ne va pas etra la. | Unfortunately, he is not going to be there. |
| Il n'est pas passe dernierement. | He hasn't passed by lately. |
| Les etudiants travaillent serieusement. | The students work seriously. |
| Adverbs If the masculine singular form of an adjective already ends in a vowel, | Don't use the feminine form. Just add "ment" to the masculine form. absolu - absolument = absolutely vrai - vraiment = really |
| Martin respond poliment. | Martin responds politely. |
| J'ai vraiment sommeil aujourd'hui. | I'm already sleepy today. |
| Ils louent facilement l'appartement. | They rent the apartment easily. |
| Le musee est absolument magnificent. | The museum is absolutely magnificent. |
| To form an adverb from an adjective that ends in "ant" or "ent" in the masculine singular, | replace the ending with "amment" or "emment" They are both pronounced identically. |
| adverb constant becomes | constamment + constantly |
| Adverb courant becomes | coramment = fluently |
| Adverb different becomes | differemmemt = differently |
| Adverb evident becomes | evidemment = obviously |
| Les eleves lisent patiemment. | The pupils are reading patiently. |
| Elle parle couramment francais. | She speaks French fluently. |
| Je prefere travailler independamment. | I prefer to work independently. |
| Vous pensez differemment. | You think differently. |
| The adverb to "lent" | is different and becomes lentement (slowly) |
| Mon grand-pere marche un peu lentement. | My grandfather walks a abit slowly. |
| Parlez lentement, s'il vous plait. | Speak slowly, please. |
| bon | bien means well and is an irregular adverb |
| gentil | gentiment means nicely and is an irregular adverb |
| mauvais | mais means badly and is an irregular adverb |
| petit | peu means little and is an irregular adverb |
| de temps en temps | from time to time |
| en general | in general |
| quelquefois | sometimes |
| autrefois | in the past |
| d'habitude | usually |
| parfois | sometimes |
| soudain | suddenly |
| souvent | often |
| toujours | always |
| tous les jours | everyday |
| tout d'un coup | all of a sudden |
| un fois | once deux fois twice etc. |
| connaitre | to know, to be familiar with je connais nous connaissons tu connais vous connaissez il/elle/on connait ils/elles connaissent |
| Imparfait | actions that took place repeatedly or habitually during an unspecified period of time. and is used with etre which is irregular in tense. "ais," "ait," and "aient" are pronounced identically. Just remember that Je and tu forms never end in a "t" |
| Imparfait of etre Use the nous form of the present tense to conjugate. | j'etais I was (had?) nous etions we were tu etais you were vous etiez il/elle/ on etait ils/elles etaient |
| Parler Imperfect | To speak use the nous form of the present tense to conjugate je parlais tu parlais il/elle/on parlait nous parlions vous parliez ils/elles parlaient |
| finir Imperfect | use the nous form of the present tense to conjugate je finissais tu finissais il/elle/on finissait nous finissions vous finissiez ils/elles finissaient |
| vendre Imperfect | sale use the nous form of the present tense to conjugate je vendais tu vendais il/elle/on vendait nous vendions vous vendiez ils/elles vendaient |
| boire Imperfect | To drink. use the nous form of the present tense to conjugate je buvais tu buvais il/elle/on buviat nous buvions vous buviez ils/elles buvalent |
| Imperfect verbs ending in "ger" | add an "e" before all endings except in the nous and vous forms. tu demenageais but nous demeagions |
| Imperfect verbs ending in "cer" | Change the "c" to a citadel which is the mark below the "c" for all endings except in the nous and vous forms les invites commenc,aient but not in vous commenciez |
| savoir | To know je sais nous savons tu sais vous savez il/elle/on sait ils/elles savent |
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