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101 French Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

Goal: To further your knowledge of French nouns, verbs, and adjectives and provide a "mini-dictionary" of words you are likely to use.

For ease of use, listings are in alphabetical order by English translation.

Les Animaux disent, "Les Noms"

Les Noms

Note: French words that begin with a vowel and use the article l' have their gender noted after them. Masculine words are indicated by (m); feminine words are indicated by (f).

In English

En Français

aunt

la tante

bedroom

la chambre

bike

le vélo

boat

le bateau

book

le livre

boy

le garçon

brother

le frère

car

la voiture

cat

le chat

chair

la chaise

child

l'enfant (m)

computer

l'ordinateur (m)

dining room

la salle à manger

dog

le chien

fire

le feu

football

le football américain

girl

la fille

hockey

l'hockey (m)

horse

le cheval

house

la maison

lesson

la leçon

living room

le living

man

l'homme (m)

parents

les parents (m)

park

le parc

pencil

le crayon

pen

le stylo

school

l'école (f)

sister

la soeur

soccer

le foot

store

le magasin

table

la table

teacher

le professeur

tennis

le tennis

tree

l'arbre (m)

uncle

l'oncle (m)

water

l'eau (f)

window

la fenêtre

woman

la femme

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Les Animaux disent, "Les Verbes"

Les Verbes

Note: Regular verbs are noted with the classification (by ending) that they fall into. For more information, see this page.

In English

En Français

Information

to be

être

irregular

to be able to

pouvoir

irregular

to buy

acheter

regular in -er

to choose

choisir

regular in -ir

to come

venir

irregular

to cost

coûter

regular in -er

to do

faire

irregular

to earn

gagner

regular in -er

to eat

manger

irregular

to finish

finir

regular in -ir

to go

aller

irregular

to have

avoir

irregular

to know

a place: connaître

a fact: savoir

irregular

irregular

to like

aimer

regular in -er

to listen to

écouter

regular in -er

to look at

regarder

regular in -er

to prepare

préparer

regular in -er

to protect

protéger

regular in -er

to read

lire

irregular

to say

dire

irregular

to see

voir

irregular

to sell

vendre

regular in -re

to sleep

dormir

regular in -ir

to swim

nager

regular in -er

to take

prendre

irregular

to telephone

téléphoner

regular in -er

to think

penser

regular in -er

to wait

attendre

regular in -re

to walk

marcher

regular in -er

to want

vouloir

irregular

to wear

porter

regular in -er

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Les Animaux disent, "Les Adjectifs"

Les Adjectifs

Note: Proper adjectives, such as "English," are not capitalized in French. The proper nouns that they represent (in this example, "England") ARE capitalized in French.

In English

En Français

Feminine Form

American

américain

américaine

bad

mauvais

mauvaise

big

grand

grande

black

noir

noire

blue

bleu

bleue

brown

brun

brunne

busy

occupé

occupée

cold

froid

froide

curious

curieux

curieuse

English

anglais

anglaise

false

faux

fausse

French

français

française

good

bon

bonne

green

vert

verte

happy

heureux

heureuse

hot

chaud

chaude

medium

moyen

moyenne

narrow

étroit

étroite

new

nouveau

nouvelle

old

vieux

vieille

orange

orange

orange

pink

rose

rose

pretty

beau

belle

purple

violet

violette

red

rouge

rouge

sad

triste

triste

small

petit

petite

true

vrai

vraie

white

blanc

blanche

wide

large

large

yellow

jaune

jaune

young

jeune

jeune

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