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  • 30) Quantity, much, many, enough etc

    J’ai I have

    Un peu A little

    L’argent / d’argent Money

    J’ai un peu d’argent I have a little money

    Beaucoup A lot

    Il a He has

    Il a beaucoup d’argent He has a lot of money

    Autant As much

    Vous avez You have

    Vous avez autant d’argent You have as much money

    Assez Enough

    Ils ont They have

    Ils ont assez d’argent They have enough money

    Trop too much

    Nous avons We have

    Nous avons trop d’argent We have too much money

    Moins Less

    J’ai I have

    J’ai moins d’argent I have less money

    Plus More

    Vous avez You have

    Vous avez plus d’argent You have more money

    Plusieurs Several

    J’ai I have

    J’ai plusieurs voitures I have several cars

    Nous avons plusieurs velos We have several bikes

    Ils ont plusieurs motos They have several motorbikes

    Je vais avoir I’m going to have

    Je vais avoir plus d’argent I’m going to have more money

    La semaine prochaine Next week

    Je vais avoir plus d’argent la semaine procahine I’m going to have more money next week

    Il aura He will have

    Il aura moins d’argent He will have less money

    Ce weekend This weekend

    Il aura moins d’argent ce weekend He will have less money this weekend

    J’ai achete I bought

    J’ai achete plusieurs voitures I bought several cars

    J’ai achete plusieurs voitures hier I bought several cars yesterday

    Il a achete He bought

    Il a achete trop d’ordinateurs He bought too many computers

    Il a achete trop d’ordinateurs la semaine derniere He bought too many computers last week

    14 min
  • 29) Faux amis – false friends

    Je voudrais I would like

    Commander To order

    Je voudais commander un sandwich. I would like to order a sandwich.

    Il est He is.

    Formidable Terrific

    Il est formidable. He is terrific.

    Mon sandwich est formidable. My sandwich is terrific.

    La serveuse Waitress

    Gentille Kind

    La serveuse est gentille The waitress is kind

    L’homme francaise The french man

    Sensible Sensitive

    L’homme français est sensible. The french man is sensitive.

    La librairie est formidable. The bookshop is terrific.

    Le rugby va etre formidable. The rugby is going to be terrific.

    Le hockey sera formidable. The hockey will be terriffic.

    le tennis a été formidable The tennis was terrific.

    Je voudrais commander un sandwich. I would like to order a sandwich

    Je vais commander un croissant. I am going to order a sandwich.

    Je commanderai un cafe. I will order a coffee.

    j'ai commandé un thé. I ordered a tea.

    La femme est gentille. The woman is kind

    La fils est gentille. The girl is kind.

    Le garcon n’est gentille pas. The boy is not kind.

    L’homme n’est gentille pas. The man is not kind.

    Le pere n’est sensible pas. The father is not sensitive.

    Lamere est sensible. The mother is sensitive.

    Le grandpere n’est sensible pas. The grandfather is not sensitive.

    La grandmere est sensible. The grandmother is sensitive.

    13 min
  • 28) Order of multiple pronouns

    If you have multiple pronouns, use the following rules:

    If there is a me, vous or nous, it comes first.

    If there is a Le, la or les, they come next.

    If there is a lui or leur they come last.

    Nous donnons. We are giving.

    Nous le donnons. We are giving it.

    Nous vous les donnons. We are giving it to you.

    Nous lui les donnons. We are giving them to him.

    Nous leur les donnons. We are giving them to them.

    Nous leur la donnons. We are giving it to them.

    Nous me les donnons. We are giving them to me.

    Elle donne She gives

    Elle le donne She gives it

    Elle me le donne. She gives it to me.

    Elle le lui a donné. She gave it to me.

    Elle va me le donner. She is going to give it to me.

    Elle me le donnera. She will give it to me.

    Elle me le donnera demain. She will give it to me tomorow.

    Vous nous les donnez. You are giving them to us.

    Vous nous les avez donnés. You gave them to us.

    Vous allez nous les donner. You are going to give them to us.

    Vous nous les donnerez. You will give them to us.

    Vous nous les donnerez la semaine prochaine. You will give them to us next week.

    Je le dit. I’m saying it.

    Je le lui dit. I’m saying it to him.

    Je le lui ai dit. I said it to him.

    Elle va me le dire. She is going to tell it to me.

    Elle va me le dire. She will tell it to me.

    Elle va me le dire demain. She will tell it to me tomorow.

    17 min
  • 27) Asking questions

    Une saucisse A sausage

    Vous voulez une saucisse? You want a sausage?

    Est-ce que vous voulez une saucisse? Is it that you want a sausage?

    Voulez-vous une saucisse? Do you want a sausage

    Le pork Pork

    Il veut le porc? He wants pork?

    Est-ce que il veut le pork? Is it that he wants pork?

    Veut-il le pork? Do you want the pork?

    Vous mangez le porc ? You are eating the pork?

    Vous avez mangé le porc? You ate the pork?

    un steak Steak

    Vous avez un steak? You have a steak?

    Est-ce que vous avez un steak? Is it that you have a steak.

    Avez-vous un steak? You have a steak?

    De la viande Some meat

    Poulet Chicken

    Avec With

    Est-ce que vous voulez de la viande avec votre poulet? Is it that you want some meat with your chicken?

    Voulez-vous de la viande avec votre poulet? Do you want some meat with your chicken?

    Le poisson The fish

    Est-ce que vous mangez le poisson? Is it that you are eating the fish?

    Mangez-vous le poisson? Are you eating the fish?

    Le jambon The ham

    Vous voulez le jambon. You want the ham.

    Voulez-vous le jambon? Do you want the ham?

    Est-ce que vous voulez le jambon. Do you want the ham.

    Voulez-vous de la viande avec votre poulet? Do you want meat with your chicken.

    Vous le mangez? You are eating it.

    Le mangez-vous? Are you eating it?

    Est-ce que vous le mangez? Is is that you are eating it?

    Vous l’avez mangé? You ate it.

    L’avez-vous mangé? Have you eaten it?

    Est-ce que vous l’avez mangé? Is it that you have eaten it?

    Vous les avez mangés? You ate them.

    Les avez-vous mangés? Have you eaten them?

    Est-ce que vous les avez mangés? Is it that you have eaten them?

    15 min
  • 26) The perfect tense

    Avoir

    Je parle I am speaking

    J’ai parlé I spoke

    J’ai parlé francais I spoke French

    Il a parlé anglais He spoke English

    Elle a parlé allemand She spoke German

    Nous avons parlé russe We spoke Russian

    Vouz avez parlé Italien You spoke Italian

    Ils ont parlé francais They spoke French.

    Aider To help

    Je aide I help

    J’ai aidé I helped

    Elle a aidé She helped

    Nous avons aidé We helped

    Ils ont aidé They helped

    Ils ont aidé mon pere They helped my Father

    Vous avez aidé ma mere You helped my Mother

    IR VERBS

    Je finis I finish

    J’ai fini le café I finished the coffee

    Il a fini l’eau He finished the water

    Vous avez fini le lait You finished the milk

    Ils ont fini le gateau They finished the cake

    Nous avons fini le vin We finished the wine

    RE VERBS

    Je vends les pommes. I sell the apples.

    J’ai vendu les pommes I sold the apples

    Il vendu les bananes They sold the bananas

    Elle a vendu les fraises She sold the strawberries.

    Vous avez vendu les fraises You sold the strawberries

    Ils ont vendu les citrons They sold the lemons.

    Etre

    Arriver To arrive

    J’arrive I arrive.

    Hier Yesterday

    Je suis arrivé hier I arrived yesterday

    Ce matin This morning

    Il est arrivé ce matin I arrived this morning

    Hier soir Yesterday evening

    Nous sommes arrivés hier soir We arrived yesterday evening

    Cette apres-midi This afternoon

    Vous etes arrivés cette apres-midi You arrived this afternoon

    Aujourd’hui Today

    Ils sont arrivés aujourd’hui They arrived today

    Partir To leave

    Il est parti ce matin He left this morning

    Vous etes partis hier matin You left yesterday morning

    Ils sont partis hier apres-midi They left yesterday afternoon

    Je suis parti ce soir I left this evening

    Elle est partie hier She left yesterday

    Aller To go

    Je suis allé à la gare I went to the station

    Elle est allée à la cathedrale She went to the cathedral

    Nous sommes allés à la ville We went to the town

    Il est allé à la place He went to the plaza

    Irregular

    These three common verbs are all irregular in the past perfect tense: They need to be learnt – avoir etre faire

    16 min
  • 25) Numbers four

    Il achete He buys

    Un vélo A bike

    Pour For

    Cent euros 100 euros

    Il achete un vélo pour cent euros He buys a bike for 100 euros

    Elle achete She buys

    Une moto A motorbike

    Pour For

    Trois cent euros 300 euros

    Elle achete une moto pour trois cent euros She buys a bike for 300 euros

    Nous achetons We buy

    Une voiture A car

    Pour for

    Cinq cent euros 500 euros

    Nous achetons une voiture pour cinq cent euros We buy a car for 500 euros

    Ils vont acheter The are going to buy

    Un bateau A boat

    Pour For

    Un mille euros 1,000 euros

    Ils vont acheter un bateau pour mille euros They are going to buy a boat for 1,000 euros.

    Je vais acheter I am going to buy

    Un avion A plane

    Pour for

    Un million euros 1 million euros

    Je vais acheter un avion pour un million euros I am going to buy a plane for 1 million euros

    Il achetera They will buy

    Un bus A bus

    Pour For

    Vingt mille euros 20,000 euros

    Il achetera un bus pour vingt mille euros They are going to buy a boat for 20,000 euros

    Nous acheterons We will buy

    Un taxi A taxi

    Pour For

    Cinq mille euros 5,000 euros

    Nous acheterons un taxi pour cinq mille euros. We will buy a taxi for 5,000 euros.

    11 min
  • 24) Posessive pronouns – mine, yours, hers

    Le sac Bag

    Le mien Mine

    Le sac le mien The bag is mine

    La chaussette Sock

    La mienne mine

    La chaussette est la mienne The sock is mine

    Les jeans Jeans

    Les miens mine

    Les jeans est Les miens The jeans are mine

    Le manteau Coat

    Le sien His / Hers

    Le manteau le sien The coat is hers

    La cravate Tie

    La sienne His / Hers

    La cravate est la sienne The tie is his / hers

    La ceinture Belt

    Les ceintures Belts

    Les siennes Is his / hers

    Les ceintures sont les siennes The belts are his / hers

    La jupe Skirt

    La nôtre Ours

    La jupe est la nôtre The skirt is ours

    Le t-shirt T-shirt

    Le nôtre Ours

    Le t-shirt est le nôtre The t-shirt is ours

    Les t-shirts sont les nôtres. The t-shirts are ours

    Le pantalon Trousers

    Le vôtre Yours

    Le pantalon est le vôtre The trousers are yours (trousers not plural in French so is yours)

    Le short The shorts

    Le leur Theirs

    Le short le leur The shorts is theirs

    Les shorts sont les leurs The shorts are theirs

    12 min
  • 23) French words with English origin

    J’aime I like

    J’aime danser I like dansing

    Chaque Every

    Le weekend The weekend

    J’aime danser chaque weekend I like dansing every weekend

    Il mange He eats

    Le fast food Fast food

    Il mange le fast food He eats fast food

    Chaque every

    Il mange le fast food chaque weekend He eats fast food every weekend

    Elle a She has

    Un job a job

    Elle a un job She has a job

    Elle va manger She is going

    Manger to eat

    Le fast food Fast food

    Le weekend prochain Next weekend

    Elle va manger le fast food le weekend prochain She’s going to eat fast food next weekend

    Il mangera le fast food le weekend prochain He will eat fast food next weekend

    Elle est She is

    Une supermodel A supermodel

    Elle est une supermodel She is a supermodel

    Elle va etre une supermodel She’s going to be a super model

    Elle sera une supermodel She will be a supermodel

    Le wifi Wifi

    Vous avez le wifi you have wifi

    Il a le wifi. He has wifi.

    Nous avons le wifi. We have wifi.

    Un parking A car park

    Il y a There is

    Il y a un parking? there is a car park?

    Oui, il y a un parking. Yes, there’s a car park.

    11 min
  • 22) Making adjectives plural

    le garçon the boy

    est grand is big

    le garçon est grand the boy is big

    les garçons sont grands the boys are big

    la fille the girl

    est petite is small

    la fille est petite the girl is small

    les filles sont petites the girls are small

    La femme the women

    Est jolie is pretty

    La femme est jolie the woman is pretty

    Les femmes sont jolies the women are pretty

    L’homme the man

    Est gros is fat

    L’homme est gros the man is fat

    Les hommes sont gros the men are fat

    12 min
  • 21) The future tense – 3 ways

    Near Future

    Je vais I am going

    Acheter To Buy

    Un Sandwich A sandwich

    Pour le diner For dinner

    Je vais acheter un sandwich pour le diner I am going to buy a sandwich for dinner

    Plus tard Later

    Travailler To work

    Nous allons travailler We are going to work.

    Nous allons travailler plus tard. We are going to work later.

    Demain Tomorrow.

    Étudier To study

    Ils vont étudier They are going to study.

    Ils vont étudier demain. They are going to study tomorrow.

    Je vais jouer I am going to play

    Il va acheter He is going to buy

    Elle va regarder She is going to watch

    Nous allons manger We are going to eat

    Vous allez être You are going to be

    Ils vont aller They are going to go

    Using “will” to express the future

    Demain tomorrow

    Matin Morning

    Demain matin tomorrow morning

    Ce soir This evening

    Je partirai I will leave

    Je partirai ce soir I will leave this evening

    Elle partira She will leave

    Elle partira ce soir She will leave this evening

    Il partira He will leave

    il partira demain He will leave tomorrow

    Nous partirons We will leave

    nous partirons demain matin We will leave tomorrow morning

    Vous partirez You will leave

    vous partirez ce soir You will leave this evening

    Ils partiront They will leave

    Ils partiront demain matin They will leave tomorrow

    Partir To leave

    je partirai I will leave

    elle partira She will leave

    il mangera He will eat
    nous mangerons We will eat
    vous vendrez You will sell
    ils vendront They will sell

    Using “will” with the irregular ones

    j'irai I will go

    il ira He will go

    elle ira She will go

    nous irons We will go
    vous irez You will go
    ils iront They will go

    j 'aurai I will have

    il aura He will have

    elle aura She will have

    nous aurons We will have
    vous aurez You will have
    ils auront They will have

    je ferai I will do

    il fera He will do

    elle fera She will do

    nous ferons We will do
    vous ferez You will do
    ils feront They will do

    je serai I will be

    il sera He will be

    elle sera She will be

    nous serons We will be
    vous serez You will be
    ils seront They will be

    16 min

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