Movie...
Algeria
Vocabulary
Tenses
Translation
100
This is the name of the movie we watched in class.
What is Hotel Rwanda?
100
Algeria is in this part of Africa.
What is North Africa?
100
He
What is il?
100
This tense deals with what's happening NOW.
What is the present?
100
Il y avait une fille.
What is There was a girl?
200
This is what you call a massacre/mass killing of a certain people group based on religion, ethnicity, or race.
What is a genocide?
200
This is the official religion of Algeria.
What is Islam/Muslim?
200
a house
What is une maison?
200
This tense deals with what has already happened, and has happened in a clearly defined time period.
What is the past tense?
200
Elle voulait une grande maison.
What is "She wanted a big house?"
300
This is the year during which the Rwandan genocide took place.
What is 1994?
300
This is the official (and most spoken) language in Algeria.
What is Arabic?
300
he wanted
What is il voulait?
300
This tense is also in the past, but deals with continuous or repetative actions. (in French...)
What is imparfait?
300
Il n'avait pas de parapluie
What is "He didn't have an umbrella?"
400
This ethnic group was being blamed for the murder of the Hutu-backed president of Rwanda in 1994.
What are the Tutsis?
400
This was at the core of the conflict between modern and traditional muslims in the film "100% Arabica."
What is music?
400
bad
What is mauvais?
400
This tense uses endings like "-ais" and "-ait."
What is the imparfait?
400
Il n'y avait pas de filles.
What is "There weren't any girls?"
500
It is estimated that up to this many people were murdered during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
What is one million?
500
This is the capital of Algeria.
What is Algiers?
500
there wasn't
What is il n'y avait pas?
500
This tense is formed with two words.
What is the past tense?
500
Il lui a dit: "Il n'y avait pas beaucoup de pleuvoir."
What is "He said to him: 'There wasn't a lot of rain.'"
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