French Midterm Unit 1 Vocabulary

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 1 Vocabulary

• Nouns:

  • Une âme sœur: soul mate
  • Une amitié: friendship
  • Des commérages (m.): gossip
  • Un esprit: spirit
  • Un mariage: marriage
  • Un rendez-vous: date
  • Une responsabilité: responsibility

• Verbs:

  • Compter sur: to rely on
  • Draguer: to flirt
  • S'engager (envers quelqu'un): to commit (to someone)
  • Faire confiance (à quelqu'un): to trust (someone)
  • Mentir: to lie
  • Mériter: to deserve; to be worth
  • Partager: to share
  • Poser un lapin (à quelqu'un): to stand (someone) up
  • Quitter quelqu'un: to leave someone
  • Rompre: to break up

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 1 Vocabulary (Continued)

• Adjectives:
  • (in)fidèle: (dis)loyal
  • accablé(e): overwhelmed
  • Anxieux/anxieuse: anxious
  • Contrarié(e): upset
  • Déprimé(e): depressed
  • Enthousiaste: enthusiastic
  • Fâché(e): angry
  • Inquiet/inquiète: worried
  • Jaloux/jalouse: jealous
  • Passager/passagère: fleeting
  • Célibataire: single
  • Veuf/Veuve: widowed
  • Affectueux/affectueuse: affectionate
  • Charmant(e): charming
  • Économe: thrifty
  • Franc(he): honest
  • Génial(e): great
  • (Mal)honnête: (dis)honest
  • Idéaliste: idealistic
  • Inoubliable: unforgettable
  • (peu) mûr: (im)mature
  • Orgueilleux/orgueilleuse: proud
  • Prudent(e): careful
  • Séduisant(e): attractive
  • Sensible: sensitive
  • Timide: shy
  • Tranquille: calm; quiet

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 1 Expressions with "Avoir"

• Avoir besoin de: to need
• Avoir de la chance: to be lucky
• Avoir chaud: to be hot
• Avoir du courage: to be brave
• Avoir envie de: to feel like
• Avoir faim: to be hungry
• Avoir froid: to be cold
• Avoir l'air: to look like; to seem
• Avoir mal à...: to hurt
• Avoir de la patience: to be patient
• Avoir peur (de): to be scared
• Avoir raison: to be right
• Avoir soif: to be thirsty
• Avoir sommeil: to be sleepy
• Avoir tort: to be wrong

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 1 Questions

• Combien de: how many
• Comment: how
• Où: where
• Pourquoi: why
• Quand: when

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 2 Vocabulary

• Places:
  • arrêt d'autobus: bus stop
  • banlieue: suburb; outskirts
  • caserne de pompiers: fire station
  • centre-ville: city/town center; downtown
  • cinéma: cinema; movie theater
  • commissariat de police: police station
  • édifice: building
  • gratte-ciel: skyscraper
  • hôtel de ville: city/town hall
  • jardin public: public garden
  • logement/habitation: housing

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 2 Vocabulary (Continued)

• Activities:

  • travaux: construction
  • urbanisme: city/town planning
  • vie nocturne: nightlife

• Other Vocabulary:

  • améliorer: to improve
  • réitérer: to reiterate
  • rejoindre: to join
  • solliciter: to solicit
  • débile: moronic
  • Gêné(e): embarrassed
  • Insensible: insensitive

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 2 Reflexive Verbs

• s'arrêter: to stop (oneself)
• se brosser: to brush
• se coucher: to go to bed
• se couper: to cut oneself
• se déshabiller: to undress
• se dépêcher: to hurry
• se détendre: to relax
• s'endormir: to fall asleep
• se fâcher (contre): to get angry (with)
• s'habiller: to get dressed
• s'habituer à: to get used to
• s'inquiéter: to worry
• s'intéresser (à): to be interested (in)
• se laver: to wash oneself
• se lever: to get up
• se maquiller: to put on makeup
• se peigner: to comb
• se raser: to shave
• se reposer: to rest

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 2 "L’un l'autre" and "L’un à l’autre"

• Used to express reciprocal actions or relationships, distinguishing between actions with and without a preposition "à" e.g., "One another," or "To one another" or "Each other"

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 2 Adjectives

• Placement of adjectives before or after nouns can change meaning:
  • Example: L'ancien château (the former castle) vs. Un château ancien (an ancient castle)

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 3 Vocabulary (Media)

• Media:
  • l'actualité (f.): current events
  • la censure: censorship
  • un événement: event
  • un message/spot publicitaire; une publicité (une pub): advertisement
  • les moyens (m.) de communication; les médias (m.): media
  • la publicité (la pub): advertising
  • un reportage: news report
  • un site web/Internet: web/Internet site
  • une station de radio: radio station
  • s'informer (par les médias): to keep oneself informed (through the media)
  • naviguer/surfer sur Internet/le web: to search the web
  • actualisé(e): updated
  • En direct: live
  • Frappant(e)/marquant(e): striking
  • Influent(e): influential
  • (im)partial(e): (im)partial; (un)biased

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 3 Vocabulary (People in Media)

• Various roles including: presenter, listener, film critic, editor, correspondent, journalist, photographer, director, editor, reporter, viewer, star

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 3 Vocabulary (Cinema/Television)

• Various terms related to film (sound track, channel, music video, entertainment, documentary, screen, special effects, interview, soap opera, series, premiere, subtitles)
• Media Actions:
  • Divertir: to entertain
  • Enregistrer: to record
  • Retransmettre: to broadcast
  • Sortir un film: to release a movie

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 3 Vocabulary (Press)

• Various terms related to press (column, cover, excerpt, news items, weekly magazine, newspaper, monthly magazine, local/international news, sports page, tabloid(s), lifestyle section, headline, investigate, be on the front page, publish)

French Midterm Study Guide: Unit 3 Vocabulary (Short Film)

• Various terms related to short film (good Samaritan, stock market, recession, currency, gain, SME, surrender, do a good deed, forget about, intervene)

• Other terms:

  • résoudre: to resolve
  • s'accroître: to rise, to increase
  • brisée: broken
  • flou: blurry

French Midterm Study Guide: Irregular Past Participles with "Avoir"

• List of verbs and their irregular past participles. (e.g., avoir – eu, mettre – mis, boire – bu, etc.)