Vocabulaire 6.1 Français I

Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire ___? What are you going to do ___? Add when you’re going to do a certain activity in the blank.

Tu vas faire quoi ___? What are you going to do ___? Add when you’re going to do a certain activity in the blank.

Je vais.... I’m going.... Aller can be followed by à + a place OR an infinitive: Je vais à la piscine. Je vais parler français tout le temps.

Pas grand-chose. Not much.

Rien de spécial. Nothing special.

aller à une boum to go to a party Remember that une fête also means a party. The French also use une soirée to talk about an evening party.

faire une promenade to go for a walk Faire une promenade en voiture means “to go for a (car) ride.” A synonym for faire une promenade is marcher (a regular –er verb).

faire un pique-nique to have a picnic

faire les vitrines to window-shop

manger quelque chose to eat something Manger is a regular –er verb except in the nous form: Nous mangeons un sandwich. A g before an o is a hard sound [guh]. Insert the e to make it have a soft sound like [zh]. Quelque chose is often abbreviated qqc.

regarder un match to watch a game (on TV)

voir un film to see a movie

aller voir un match to go (to) see a game

voir une pièce to see a play

la bibliothèque library La librairie is the bookstore.

le centre commercial mall

le cinéma movie theater

la Maison des jeunes et de la culture (MJC) recreation center

le musée museum Faites attention! This is one of those irregular situations. You think this word is going to be feminine because of the extra e, but it isn’t!

le parc park

la piscine swimming pool

la plage beach

le restaurant restaurant Sometimes the French use the abbreviation le resto for le restaurant.

le stade stadium

le théâtre theater Remember to cover your theater with a roof!

le zoo zoo Pronounced like [zoh]

aller to go vaisallons vasallez vavont

au à + le = ___ in, at, or to the ___

à la in, at, or to the ___

à l’ in, at, or to the ___

aux à + les = ___ in, at, or to the ___