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#Vocabulary
Je n’ai pas peur
*️⃣It’s translated in English as “I’m not afraid” or “I’m not scared“, because we don’t have the same difference between “scared” vs. “afraid” in French.
As you can see, we use “have + fear” to express this feeling while in English you use “be + afraid/scared“. So in French “fear” is rather something you have than something you are.
➖Je n’ai pas peur des araignées. (I’m not scared of spiders)
*️⃣The antonym is “J’ai peur” (I’m scared / I’m afraid).
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Synonyms and similarities
*️⃣C’est quoi ça ? (“What is that?“)
*️⃣C’est quoi ? (“What is that?“)
*️⃣Qu’est-ce que c’est que ça? (“Whats is that?“)
*️⃣Kezaco ? (“Whats is it?“) (Slang)
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❗️The most easy and the most informal method to ask what something is:
*️⃣ C’est quoi? = What is it? / What is that? / What is this?
imagine that you heard the words ” une maison“.
You don’t know what it is, so you ask about it: C’est quoi une maison ? (What is a house?)
❗️You would thus use the construction:
*️⃣c’est quoi + (article) + (chose) = what is it + (article) + (thing)
➖C’est quoi un ananas ? (What is a pineapple?)
➖C’est quoi le vrai problème ? (What’s the real issue here?)
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#Nouns
Typical Masculine Endings
❗️Ending Example
-eau le château
-isme le cyclisme
-ment le médicament
➖Je voudrais vivre dans un château.
I would like to live in a castle.
➖J’adore le cyclisme.
I love cycling.
➖Vous devez prendre le médicament !
You must take the medicine!
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Write in the comments the French translation of the phrase "It's twenty minutes to 2 o'clock now."
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Time
❗️Midnight and noon don’t need heure(s) after them. All other hours must have heure(s) after them.
➖Il est midi. It is noon.
➖Il est minuit. It is midnight.
❗️if you want to be more precise, you can add the following terms:
*️⃣ du matin (in the morning)
*️⃣ de l’après-midi (in the afternoon)
*️⃣ du soir (in the evening, which starts at 6PM)
➖Il est sept heures du matin. (It is 7 AM.)
➖Il est deux heures et demie de l’après-midi. (It is two-thirty PM.)
➖Il est sept heures du soir. (It is 7 PM.)
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Dates
❗️Quelle date sommes-nous aujourd'hui? (What's the date today?)
*️⃣Aujourd'hui nous sommes le 15 janvier 2023. (Today is January 15, 2023)
*️⃣Aujourd'hui nous sommes le dimanche 15 janvier 2023. (Today is Sunday, January 15, 2023.)
For a more informal way of speaking, you can replace “nous sommes” with “on est”, which is more widely used in oral communication.
❗️Quelle est la date aujourd’hui ? (What’s today’s date?)
*️⃣On est le 20 décembre 2022. (It's December 20, 2022)
*️⃣On est le lundi 20 décembre 2022. (Today is Monday, December 20, 2022.)
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Dates
❗️If you want to mention a date in French you have to use the following idiom:
🔹 le+ number + month + year 🔹
- le 2 août 2008
2nd August, 2008
❗️in French you use deux (2), trois (3), quatre (4…) and not deuxième (2e), troisième (3e), quatrième (4e…) for dates.
This is consistent for all numbers except for the 1st.
- le 1er juin 2000 (Le premier juin 2000)
1st of June 2000
❗️Finally there’s one more thing that you should be aware of.
You say le onze and not l’onze
- le 11 octobre (le onze octobre)
11th of October
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#Verb
Write in the comment the question in French "Whose book (ce livre) is this?"
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Synonyms and similarities
*️⃣Tu as quel âge ? (“How old are you?“)
*️⃣T’as quel âge ? (“How old are you?“)(Familiar)
*️⃣Quel âge tu as ? (“How old are you?“)
*️⃣Vous avez quel âge ? (“How old are you?“)(Formal & Plural)
*️⃣Quel âge avez-vous ? (“How old are you?“)(Formal & Plural)
*️⃣Quel âge a-t-elle ? (“How old is she?“)
*️⃣Quel âge elle a ? (“How old is she?“)
*️⃣Quel âge a-t-il ? (“How old is he?“)
*️⃣Quel âge il a ? (“How old is he?“)
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#Verb
Usage of Avoir
Avoir means “to have” and is an irregular verb. There are 4 general usages for the verb avoir in French:
*️⃣The verb avoir is used to say one’s age
➖J’ai 30 ans. (I am 30.)
*️⃣To talk about one’s family, friends, and loved ones.
➖Tu as une petite amie française? (Do you have a French girlfriend?)
*️⃣To talk about one’s possesions
➖Il a un ordinateur. (He has a computer.)
*️⃣To talk about certain sensations/feelings one has.
➖Nous avons faim. (We are hungry.)
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Listen, read and repeat this dialogue. Write in the comment to the post what other question phrase you can use instead of “C’est quoi ça?”
➖”C’est quoi ça?“ (”What is it?“)
➖”Je ne sais pas, tu as une idée?“ (”I don’t know, do you have an idea?“)
➖”Aucune idée“ (”No idea“)
#Sentence
❗️Medium Formal Method for asking ” what is this?”
Generally this method can be used in any situation, both formal and informal.
*️⃣ Qu’est-ce que c’est ? = What is it? / What is that? / What is this?
You would thus use the construction:
*️⃣ qu’est-ce que c’est + (article) + (chose) = what is + (article) + (thing)
➖Qu’est-ce que c’est un vélo? (What is a bicycle?)
➖Qu’est-ce que c’est le bonheur ? (What is happiness?)
❗️Most Formal Method for asking ” what is this?”
*️⃣ Qu’est-ce que cela ? = What is this? / What is that?
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#Nouns
Typical Feminine Endings
❗️Ending Example
-ade la promenade
-ode la mode
-ude l’altitude
-ance l’ambulance
-ence l’essence
-ette la cigarette
-sion la collision
-tion la circulation
-ure la culture
❗️Generally speaking if a word end with an -e or -sion/-tion, then you can assume it’s feminine.
➖La mode à Paris est magnifique.
The fashion in Paris is beautiful.
➖L’altitude me fait peur, parce que j’ai peur des hauteurs.
The altitude scares me, because I am scared of heights.
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#Vocabulary
❗️The best way to say “I don’t care” in French is in the following way:
ça m’est égal = I don’t care
The literal translation is “It is equal to me”.
*️⃣Ça m’est égal. I don’t care/mind.
*️⃣Ça t’est égal. You don’t care/mind.
*️⃣Ça lui est égal. He (She) doesn’t care/mind.
*️⃣Ça nous est égal. We don’t care/mind.
*️⃣Ça vous est égal. You don’t care/mind.
*️⃣Ça leur est égal. They don’t mind.
Please note that "ça" is the less formal form of "cela".
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Time
❗️If you want to talk about minutes past the hour, then you will use the following idiom:
*️⃣[heure] [minutes] = [minutes] past [hour]
➖Il est deux heures dix. (It is ten past two.)
❗️if you want to talk about half hours in French, then you will use the following idiom:
*️⃣(heure) et demie = half past (hour)
➖Il est sept heures et demie. (It is half past seven.)
➖Il est midi et demi. (It is half past noon.)
➖Il est minuit et demi. (It is half past midnight.)
❗️If you want to talk about minutes to the hour, then you will use the following idiom:
*️⃣[heure] moins [minutes] = [minutes] to [hour]
➖Il est trois heures moins cinq. (It is five to three.)
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Time
12 Hour Clock Versus 24 Hour Clock
If you are from an English speaking country, odds are you are used to using the 12-hour clock.
In France however, the 24-hour clock is preferred.
❗️You have to use the following idiom to tell time in French
*️⃣ il est + [heure] = it is [time]*️⃣
➖Quelle heure est-il ? (What time is it?)
➖Il est une heure. (It is one o’clock.)
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Write in French in the comments to the post the following dates 🔤
*️⃣Second of October
*️⃣Eleventh of May
*️⃣First of April
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#Vocabulary
Months
🔅In French, the months don’t begin with a capital letter.
janvier January
février February
mars March
avril April
mai May
juin June
juillet July
août August
septembre September
octobre October
novembre November
décembre December
- Mon anniversaire est en septembre.
My birthday is in September.
🔅Write in the comments in which month your birthday is.
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Days
🔅When you mention a day in the week, you always have to use le before it.
- Le samedi est mon jour préféré.
Saturday is my favourite day.
- Le mercredi, je joue au football.
On Wednesday, I play football.
🔅The only time when you don’t have to put "le" before a day is when you mention a one time event, or ask which day it is.
- Je vais au musée mardi.
I am going to the museum on Tuesday.
- Dimanche, je vais au cinéma.
Sunday, I am going to the cinema.
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