Easy Learning French Vocabulary

Collins Dictionaries

• Éditeur: Collins
• Année: 2016
• ISBN:
  9780008142056
• Sujet: Filología
• Sous-sujet: Francés

Designed for learners of French of all ages, whether you are learning at school, in an evening class, for business or to go on holiday.

• Easy to use: gives you all the words you need in order to communicate effectively in natural French.

• Easy to read: specially designed for eReaders, including iPad, with a clear, colour layout. Handy vocabulary sections ensure that you find what you are looking for quickly and easily.

• Easy to understand: example phrases show you how French is really used.

supplementary vocabulary

The vocabulary items in the following section have been grouped under parts of speech rather than topics because they can apply in a wide range of circumstances. Use them just as freely as the vocabulary already given.

CONJUNCTIONS

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What is a conjunction?

A conjunction is a word such as and, but, or, so, if and because, that links two words or phrases, or two parts of a sentence, for example, Diane and I have been friends for years; I left because I was bored.

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alors que while

aussi … que as … as

avant de + infinitive before

car because

cependant however

c’est-à-dire that is to say

comme as

comment how

depuis que since

dès que as soon as

donc so; then

et and

et alors? so what!

lorsque when

maintenant que now (that)

mais but

ne … que only

ni … ni neither … nor

or now

ou or

ou … ou either … or

ou bien or

parce que because

pendant que while

pourquoi why

pourvu que + subj provided that, so long as

puisque since, because

quand when

que that; than

si if

sinon otherwise

tandis que whilst

tant que so long as

vu que in view of the fact that

ADJECTIVES

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What is an adjective?

An adjective is a ‘describing’ word that tells you more about a person or thing, such as their appearance, colour, size or other qualities, for example, pretty, blue, big.

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abordable affordable

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