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Pronunciation, Definite Article (L1)
Pronunciation, Subject Pronouns, The Present Tense of Regular -ER Verbs (L2)
Pronunciation, The Verbs ÊTRE and AVOIR, the Plural of Nouns, Adjective Agreement (L3)
My Family, Basic Negative Structures, Cardinal Numbers 1-100 (L4)

Pronunciation, Asking Questions, Indefinite Article (L5)
Word List - Lessons 1-5
Take a Test (1)
Play Games
At the Bakery, Polite Forms of the Verb VOULOIR, the Verb ACHETER (L6)
At the Bakery - Vocabulary, The Present Tense of -RE Verbs, Indirect Object Pronouns (L7)
Irregular Verbs - DEVOIR, Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises(L8)
At the Market (Dialogue), Using the Partitive Article (L9)
At the Market - Vocabulary, Using Partitive Article - Exercises (L10)
Preposition De in Negative Structures - Exercises (L11)
Using Pronoun EN, Exercises (L12)
Word List - Lessons 6-12
Virtual French Dialogues - At the Market
Flash Cards
Using the pronoun EN, Exercises (L12)
Going on Vacation (L13)
Going on Vacation - Vocabulary (L13)
Going on Vacation - Vocabulary Exercises (L14)
The Immediate Future and the Passé Composé (L14)
Asking for Directions - Dialogue (L15)
Asking for Directions -Vocabulary and Exercises (L15)
Directions - Interactive Games
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partir (V 2) table P-2

partir pour

Quand est-ce que vous partez pour Bordeaux?

to leave, to depart

to leave for
When are you leaving for Bordeaux?
vacances (N, f, pl)

les grandes vacances

aller en vacances au Canada
vacation

summer vacation

to go on vacation to Canada
valise (N, f)

suitcase
église (N, f)

church
prêt, -e (ADJ)

ready
étranger (N, m)

l'étranger

voyager à l'étranger
foreign

foreign countries

to travel abroad
jamais (ADV)

As-tu jamais visité Paris?

Je n'ai jamais joué aux échecs.
ever; never

Have you ever visited Paris?

I have never played chess.
passer (temps, vacances)
(V 1) table 1



Nous avons passé une semaine au Canada.
to spend (time, vacation)
If used with direct objects, passer is conjugated with avoir
We have spent a week in Canada.
tour (N, m)

faire un tour en ville

faire un tour en France

faire le tour de

Nous allons faire le tour de la Provence.
walk; ride;

to go for a walk round town

to go for a trip round France

to travel around

We are going to travel around Provence.
énergie (N, f)

energy
bateau (N, m)

boat
éolienne (N, f)

windmill
sûr, -e (ADJ)

bien sûr

* pour sûr! (coll.)
sure, certain

sure

absolutely!
autour de (PREP)

Nous avons planté des azalées roses autour de la maison.
around

We have planted pink azaleas around the house.
île (N, f)

Île-de-France



île deserte
island

the Île-de-France (Paris and the surrounding departments)

desert island

l'île deserte
près de (PREP)

La boulangérie est près de la pharmacie.
near, close to

The bakery is near the pharmacy.
naturel, -elle (ADJ)

au naturel

Merci beaucoup! - C'est tout naturel!
natural

without any dressing (salad)

Thank you very much! - You're welcome!
on dit que

they say that
y (ADV)

there
vu table 14

participe passé de VOIR (to see)
rocher (N, m)

rock
sauvage(ADJ)

wild
chevreuil (N, m) roe deer

le chevreuil
vrai, -e (ADJ)

C'est vrai?

C'est pas vrai!
true

Really? (surprise)

I don't believe it! (surprise)
été (N, m)

en été
summer

in summer
dernier, -ère (ADJ)

l'été dernier

le mois dernier

l'an dernier
last

last summer

last month

last year
orignal, orignaux (pl) (N, m) moose

l'orignal
canard (N, m) duck
là-bas (ADV)

over there

la moitié de (N, f)

la moitié des étudiants
half the

half the students
un peu (ADV) a little
dur, -e (ADJ) tough
tellement (ADV)

Il est tellement serieux.
so much

He's so serious.
beau, belle (ADJ)

Elle est belle.
beautiful; good-looking

She's beautiful.
gens (N, m, pl) people
adorable (ADJ) adorable
accueillant (ADJ) welcoming
bel (ADJ) beautiful; good-looking (used before nouns that start with a vowel or silent h)
nourrir table 13 to feed

approcher (V 1) table 1 to come closer (voyage, temps)
chanceux (ADJ, m), chanceuse (ADJ, f) (ADJ) lucky

avoir hâte de can't wait to do smth; to be eager to do smth

Bon voyage! Have a nice trip!

 

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