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Present tense
il y a
– there is
j’ai
– I have
je
suis – I am c’est – it is
je
vais
– I go je fais – I do
Time expression
il y a deux ans
–
2 years ago
depuis...
- since
avant
– before
quand j’aurai 18 ans
– when I’m 18
quand j’étais jeune
– when I was young
à l’avenir
– in the future
Connective
étant donné que – because
vu que – seeing as
puisque – because
pourtant – however
tandis que – whereas
Opinion + reason
je dirais que
– I’d say that
selon moi
– according to me j’ai horreur de – I hate
je ne supporte pas
– I can’t stand
d’une part...
d’autre part...
- on the one hand... on the other
Intensifier
plein de
–
plenty
of
autant de
–
so many
peu de
–
few
Perfect tense
j’ai mangé
– I ate
j’ai joué
– I played
j’ai regardé
– I watched
j’ai acheté
– I bought
j’ai visité
– I visited
j’ai fait
– I did
je suis allé
– I went
je suis sorti
– I went out
Future tense
j’irai
– I will go
je ferai
– I will do
j’aurais
– I will have
je mangerai
– I will eat
je visiterai
– I will visit
je regarderai
– I will watch
ce sera
– it will be
il y aura
– there will be
Infinitive phrase
je viens d’aller
– I have just gone
j’ai décidé d’aller
– I’ve decided to go
j’ai envie d’aller
– I want to go
je suis en train d’aller
– I am (in the process of) going
j’espère aller
– I hope to go
j’ai dû aller
– I had to go
Negative
ne...pas
– not
ne...jamais
– never
ne...plus
– no longer
ne...rien
– nothing
ne...ni...ni
... - neither nor
ne.. personne – nobody
ne... que
– only
ne... aucun – not a
Frequency adverb
normalement
– normally
d’habitude
- usually
quelquefois
– sometimes
toujours
– always
souvent
- often
rarement
– rarely
de
temps
en
temps
– from time to time
Imperfect tense
c’était
– it was
il
y avait
– there was
j’aimais
– I used to like
je
jouais
– I used to play
j’étudiais
– I used to study
j’allais
– I used to go
je
faisais
– I used to do
il
faisait beau
– it was
nice weather
Conditional tense
j’aurais
– I would have
je serais
– I would be
j’achèterais
– I would buy
j;étudierais
– I would study
j’irais
– I would go
je ferais
– I would do
je voudrais
– I would like
il y aurait
– there would be
ce serait
– it would be
Verb about someone else
ma mère pense que
– my mum thinks that
mon ami dit que
– my friend says that
mon frère préfère
– my brother prefers
mes parents vont
– my parents go
Sequencers
d’abord
– firstly
ensuite – then
puis – then
enfin – finally
avant d’aller – before going après avoir fait – after doing après avoir mangé – after eating
après être allé – after going
Comparison and superlative
c’est aussi
cher que
– it’s just as
expensive
as
c’est le plus
intéressant
-it’s the most
interesting
c’est le
moins cool
-it’s the least cool
c’est le meilleur – it’s the
best
c’est le
pire
– it’s the
worst
If clause
si j’avais du temps
- if I had time
si j’avais de l’argent
– if I had money
si j’avais le choix
– if I had the choice
si j’étais riche – if I were rich
si je pouvais
– if I could
Pronoun phrase
je l’aime
– I like it
je le trouve
– I find it
j’y vais
– I go there
j’en fais
– I do it
j’en mange
– I eat it
ça me plaît
– it pleases me
Relative clause
qui
– which / who / that
que
– which / who / that
où
- where
ce que j’aime c’est
– what I like is
Wow tense
j’avais mangé
– I had eaten
j’avais fait
– I had done
j’étais allé
– I had gone
j’aurais pensé
– I would have thought
j’aurais aimé
– I’d have liked
bien
que ce soit – although it may be
Idiom
quelle blague! - what a joke!
quelle horreur! – how
awful
!
quelle joie ! – how
happy
!
quelle chance ! – what
luck
!
miam miam ! –
yum
!
chez moi – at my house
j’en ai marre –
I’m fed up
ce n’est pas mon truc –
it’s not my thing