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English Words in French – Today’s French at FrenchHour

By Anne on April 3rd, 2019

English Words in French

Mots anglais en français

This post is an excerpt of Week 1 of Anne’s ‘French 1 – A1’ course, a 30-week French course for the total beginner.

Who says French is hard to learn? There are tons of English words used in the French language – with a French accent, of course. Here is a list of some that I hear often in French.

Note that most of them are masculine.

My favorite one is ‘un pin’s’. What’s your favorite?

Do you know another one? Feel free to Leave a Reply below.

Most of all, listen, repeat out loud and learn how to pronounce these words. That’s how you’ll start sounding like a French person, by copying my voice and my intonation.

m …. babyfoot …. foosball, table football
m …. barman …. barman, bartender
m …. basket …. basket-ball
f …. basket …. tennis shoe
m …. best-seller …. best-seller book
m …. bifteck …. steak (beef)
m …. blazer …. blazer, suit jacket
m …. blogue …. blog
m …. bluff …. bluff
m …. boss …. boss
m …. bouledogue …. bulldog
m …. boycott …. boycott
ø …. boycotter …. to boycott
m …. brainstorming …. brainstorming session
m …. business …. business
m …. businessman[1] …. businessman
m …. caddy …. store cart
m …. camping …. camp site
m …. casting …. casting, distribution
m …. challenge …. challenge

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Exercice – Practice

Remplacez les tirets avec les mots de la liste et la traduction. — Fill in the blanks with the words from the list and the translation.

L’été dernier, on était au « 1._____ des Lilas ». On jouait tous les jours au 2._____ et au 3._____. On a sympathisé avec le 4._____. Un jour, il nous a demandé de faire les courses pour lui : il voulait 5 caisses de bière. C’est très lourd ! Quand nous sommes arrivés au supermarché, il n’y avait pas de 5._____. On est donc revenus les mains vides et les gens au camping ont presque fait la révolution. On se souviendra de ce jour-là toute notre vie !

ENGLISH

Last summer, we were staying at the ‘Lilacs 1.Campsite’. We would play 2.basketball and 3.foosball every day. We became friendly with the 4.bartender. One day, he asked us to go shopping for him: he wanted 5 crates of beer. It’s very heavy! When we arrived at the supermarket, there were no 5.carts. So we came back empty-handed and people at the campsite almost had a revolution. We will remember that day forever!

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French Verbs

ACHETER – Practice conjugating – Today’s French at FrenchHour

By Anne on April 1st, 2019

ACHETER – Practice conjugating – Today’s French

ACHETER – Exercice de conjugaison – Le français d’aujourd’hui

Listen to the conjugated verb – many times. I need you to get to the point that you can say the tenses without thinking. Then practice with the exercise to check if you know how to conjugate ACHETER in French.

ACHETER – Verbe Conjugué

Indicatif – Indicative Mode …. statements

présent …. present tense

j’achète …. I buy

je n’achète pas …. I’m not buying

tu achètes …. you buy

elle achète …. she buys

il achète …. he/it buys

on achète …. we buy

nous achetons …. we buy

vous achetez …. you buy

elles achètent …. they buy

ils achètent …. they buy

*also I’m buying…

imparfait …. imperfect

j’achetais …. I used to buy*

je n’achetais pas …. I didn’t use to buy*

tu achetais …. you used to buy

elle achetait …. she used to buy

il achetait …. he/it used to buy

on achetait …. we used to buy

nous achetions …. we used to buy

vous achetiez …. you used to buy

elles achetaient …. they used to buy

ils achetaient …. they used to buy

*also I would buy…

passé composé …. preterit or present perfect

j’ai acheté …. I bought, I have bought

je n’ai pas acheté …. I didn’t buy

tu as acheté …. you bought

elle a acheté …. she bought

il a acheté …. he/it bought

on a acheté …. we bought

nous avons acheté …. we bought

vous avez acheté …. you bought

elles ont acheté …. they bought

ils ont acheté …. they bought

futur simple …. future tense

j’achèterai …. I will buy

je n’achèterai pas …. I will not buy

tu achèteras …. you will buy

elle achètera …. she will buy

il achètera …. he/it will buy

on achètera …. we will buy

nous achèterons …. we will buy

vous achèterez …. you will buy

elles achèteront …. they will buy

ils achèteront …. they will buy

Exercice – ACHETER

Remplacez les tirets avec les mots de la liste et la traduction. — Fill in the blanks with the words from the list and the translation.

Mots pour les tirets – achetait, achèterai, achetions.

On ____________ toujours notre pain dans cette boulangerie en bas de l’immeuble.
Je ne ____________ jamais cette bicoque.
Elle ____________ une trousse à outils pour faire ses rénovations.

We (on) always used to buy our bread at this bakery at the bottom of the building.
I’ll never buy this shack.
She bought a tool kit (bag) to remodel.

Réponses - Answers

On achetait toujours notre pain dans cette boulangerie en bas de l’immeuble.
Je n’achèterai jamais cette bicoque.
Elle a acheté une trousse à outils pour faire ses rénovations.

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sac de noeuds – Mot du jour at FrenchHour

By Anne on March 31st, 2019

un sac de noeuds – Mot du jour

a can of worms – French expression

What does ” un sac de nœuds ” mean? How do you say ‘ a can of worms ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

un sac de noeuds (nœuds) – a bag of knots. As you can imagine if you have to untangle knots in a bag, it’s a difficult task to accomplish. In everyday French, un sac de noeuds means exactly that: a difficult situation to deal with. In English, it’s ‘a can of worms’.

« Toute cette paperasse est un véritable sac de noeuds. On n’arrive pas à s’en sortir. »
- “All this paperwork is a can of worms. We can’t cope.”

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French Vocabulary

Hiking Vocabulary – Today’s French at FrenchHour

By Anne on March 30th, 2019

Hiking – Vocabulary

La rando – Vocabulaire

Je fais une rando sur le sentier GR 20, en Corse cet été.
I’m going on a hike on the GR20 trail, in Corsica this summer.

backpack …. m …. sac à dos
drinkable water …. f …. eau potable
hike …. f …. randonnée, rando
hiking shoe …. f …. chaussure de marche
pocket knife …. m …. canif
shelter, mountain refuge …. m …. refuge
sleeping bag …. m …. duvet, sac de couchage
tent …. f …. tente
to hike …. ø …. randonner, faire une randonnée
trail …. m …. sentier

Exercice – Practice

Remplacez les tirets avec les mots de la liste et la traduction.
Fill in the blanks with the words from the list and the translation.
Mots pour les tirets – chaussures de marche, faire des randonnées/la rando, sac à dos

Mon _____ est lourd.
Ses _____ sont trop petites.
Aimes-tu _____ ? Aimes-tu _____ ?

My backpack is heavy.
His walking boots are too small.
Do you like hiking?

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Exercice – Practice

Complete this crossword puzzle and check if you know this vocabulary.

La rando – Mots Croisés

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Verbs with À – What Pronoun? At FrenchHour

By Anne on March 25th, 2019

Verbs with À – What pronoun?

Les verbes en À – Quel pronom ?

French verbs come in many different flavors. They come with or without a preposition, and this will determine the choice of the pronoun you need.

This lesson is about verbs that use the preposition À.

Here are 2 examples of French verbs with the preposition À.

Tu demandes à ta prof de t’expliquer les pronoms.
- You’re asking your teacher to explain the pronouns to you.
Il arrive à comprendre les prépositions.
- He’s able to understand French prepositions.

Sometimes, you want to sound more sophisticated. That’s when you will want to replace what comes after the preposition À with a pronoun. The question is: “which pronoun?”

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Exercice – Practice

Verbs with the preposition À and their pronouns

Phrases

Replace the underlined words with the pronouns LUI/LEUR or Y.

Vous ne servirez pas de dessert aux invités ?
On a réfléchi à ta proposition.
Il a conseillé à son père de ne pas le faire.

English

You (vous) won’t serve dessert to the guests? You (vous) won’t serve them dessert?
We (on) thought about your proposal. We (on) thought about it.
He advised his father to not do it. He advised him not to do it.

Réponses - Answers

Vous ne leur servirez pas de dessert ?
On y a réfléchi.
Il lui a conseillé de ne pas le faire.

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Prepositions À and DE – Quiz

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In the Plane – Vocabulary at FrenchHour

By Anne on March 23rd, 2019

In the Plane – Vocabulary

Dans l’avion – Vocabulaire

Étudiez cette liste – Study this list

airport …. m …. aéroport
boarding pass …. f …. carte d’embarquement
check-in …. m …. enregistrement
customs …. fp …. douanes
gate …. f …. porte
luggage …. m …. bagage
passport …. m …. passeport
plane …. m …. avion
seat …. m …. siège
suitcase …. f …. valise

Exercice – Practice

Faites cette petite interro de 10 questions. Soyez connecté/e et ayez vos résultats tout de suite. — Take this little 10-questions quiz. Make sure you’re logged in and get your results right away.

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