Expressions
& Terminology
& Terminology
The farewell, "À tout à l'heure," means this when translated into English
What is "See you later" ?
An example of a definite article in English would be this.
What is "The" ?
What is "Être" ?
The nationality "Allemand(e)" refers to people from this European country.
What is Germany?
When used in the form of a question, "Est-ce que (vous)...?" is most similar to this in English.
What is "Do (you)...?" or "Are (you)...?"
In France, you might encounter these two different styles of telling time.
What are 12-hour and 24-hour time?
"Comment allez vous ?" and "Ça va ?" are examples of formal and informal ways to ask this question.
What is "How are you?"
In French, "Tu" and "Vous" are informal and formal examples of this, both meaning "You" in English.
What are subject pronouns?
If you use the French verb "Aimer" when talking about something, you're saying that you feel this way about it.
What is "To like"?
Don't be fooled--the French word "Gentil" or "Gentille" might look like "Gentle," but means this in actuality.
What is "Kind" ?
What are methods of question forming?
On a 24-hour clock, midnight is indicated by this number.
What is zero?
What is "See you tomorrow" ?
"Le" and "La" are examples of this.
What is a definite article?
What is "Je" ?
If your main responsibility in life is to study and learn, you might call this your occupation.
What is "étudiant(e)" ?
What is to make the statement/question negative?
Translation: Quelle heure est-il ?
What is "What time is it?" ?
In French, "une horloge" refers to this device. It can be found in both large and miniature forms, stationary or portable.
What is a clock?
This is an example of an indefinite article in English.
What is "A" or "An" ?
"Détester" is the French equivalent of this very strong verb in English.
What is "To hate" ?
If someone is from Paris, they are of this nationality.
What is français / française ?
Adding a question mark to a statement and changing the pitch of your voice is an example of this.
What is rising intonation?
In terms of 24-hour time, 11:00 PM would look like this in French.
Vingt-trois heures (23h00)
"What's your name?" is expressed by way of this French question.
The subject pronoun "Vous" in French can be used in these two different ways.
What are "You" (formal) and "You" (plural)?
In the question, "Parlez-vous français?", the verb "Parler" means this.
What is "To speak" ?
"Poli" and "Polie" are the masculine and feminine gender forms of this descriptive adjective in English.
What is "Polite" ?
"Avez-vous l'heure ?" is an example of this method of question forming.
What is the inversion method?
What are "midi" and "minuit" ?
In French, the question, "Vous avez sommeil?", asks this of someone.
What is "Are you sleepy?" ?
"Un," "Une," and "Des"
What are indefinite articles of French?
This French verb means "To have."
What is "Avoir" ?
"Anglais" refers to both a language and nationality.
What is English?
"N'est-ce pas ?" and "Non ?" are examples of this.
What is a tag question?
When telling time in French, "ten 'til" is indicated by subtracting 10 minutes from the approaching hour. 09:50 would be written like this.
What is "neuve heures moins dix" ?
In French: if you study how a substance changes and reacts with other substances, you might be enrolled in this class
What is "La chimie" ?
In French, the definite article " L' " can be used for either masculine or feminine gender words, but only if the word starts with this.
What is a vowel?
When conjugating to the pronoun "Vous," the verb "Être" looks like this.
What is "Êtes" ?
Adding an "e" to the end of a descriptive adjective changes this part of the word.
What is Gender?
In French, the word "Si" is used to do this.
What is to contradict someone?
Translation: "...in the morning"
What is "...du matin"
In French, the expression "I'm afraid" is best expressed this way.
What is "J'ai peur" ?
The pronoun "On" most often means "We" in spoken French, but it can also have either of these meanings in a written or more formal context
What is "One" or "They" ?
When conjugating to the pronoun "Tu," the ending to most regular -er verbs will look like this.
What is "-es"
Ex. Tu parles
The nationality of the City of Tokyo
When making something negative, " N' " instead of "Ne" usually occurs because of this.
What is a verb that starts with a vowel?
Translation: Vingt-et-une heures moins quart
What is 20h45 (8:45 PM) ?