French/Lessons/The house
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| Level One |
| 1.01 Basic Grammar |
| 1.02 To Be |
| 1.03 Description |
| 1.04 Family |
| 1.05 Recreation |
| 1.06 The House |
| 1.07 Weather |
| 1.08 Travel |
| 1.09 Art |
| 1.10 Science |
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[edit] V: The House
French Vocabulary • The house •  audio (upload) The House  La maison |
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| General | Actions | ||
| la rue[1] | street | arriver (à la maison) | to arrive (home) |
| la (belle) vue | (beautiful) sight, view | rentrer (à la maison) | to go back home |
| (tout) près (de) (pas) (tout) loin (de) |
(very) close (to) (not) (very) far (from) |
quitter (la maison)[2] quitter (une salle) |
to leave (home) to leave (a room) |
| chez [person] | at the house of [person] at [person]'s house |
donner sur la rue donner sur la cour |
to overlook the street to overlook the courtyard |
| Houses | habiter | to live (somewhere) | |
| la maison la maisonnette le pavillon |
house, home small house individual house |
habiter en ville habiter en banlieue |
to live downtown to live in the suburb |
| l'immeuble (m) | (apartment) building | Floors | |
| l'appartement (m) | flat/apartment | l'étage (m) | level |
| le studio | studio | le rez-de-chaussée | lobby, ground floor |
| H.L.M. (Habitations à Loyer Modéré) |
low income housing | le premier étage le deuxième étage le troisième étage |
second floor third floor fourth floor |
| Cities and Neigbhorhoods | |||
| le quartier | neighborhood | le centre ville | downtown |
| l'arrondissement (m) | district | la ville | city |
| la banlieue | the suburb | le village | town |
| Rooms | Parts of a Room | ||
| la pièce la chambre |
room | le plafond | ceiling |
| la salle de séjour | family room | le sol | ground |
| la cave | basement | la fenêtre | window |
| le grenier | attic | le mur | wall |
| la cuisine | kitchen | le toit | roof |
| la salle à manger | dining room | Entering and Exiting | |
| la salle de bains | bathroom | l'escalier (m) | stairs |
| la chambre à coucher | bedroom | monter à pied | to walk up stairs |
| le garage | Garage | l'ascenseur (m) | elevator/lift |
| les toilettes (f) (no singular) |
water-closet, restroom (only toliet, no bath) |
monter en ascenseur prendre l'ascenseur |
to go up by elevator to take the elevator |
| le bureau | office | monter à pied | to go up by foot |
| Outside a House | la porte | door | |
| la voiture | car | l'entrée (f) | entry(way) |
| la terrasse | patio | Furniture | |
| le balcon | balcony | le rideau | curtain |
| le jardin | garden | la chaise | chair |
| la fleur | flower | la table | table |
| l'arbre (m) | tree | l'armoire (f) | cupboard |
| la cour | courtyard | le lit | bed |
| le (la) voisin(e) | neighbor | le tapis | carpet |
| le fauteuil | armchair | ||
^ To express to live on ____ street, you say habiter rue ____
- J'habite Rue Lecourbe. - I live on Lecourbe Street.
- Il habite Rue de Rennes. - He lives on Rennes Street.
^ Quitter must be followed by a direct object, usually a room or building.. Partir is used in other phrases. You will learn how to conjugate these verbs in a future lesson.
[edit] G: Faire
The verb faire is translated to to do or to make. It is irregularly conjugated (it does not count as a regular -re verb).
[edit] Formation
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| first person | je fais | jeuh fay | I do | nous faisons | noo fezohn | we do |
| second person | tu fais | too fay | you do | vous faites | voo feht | you do |
| third person | il fait | eel fay | he does | ils font | eel fohnt | they do (masc. or mixed) |
| elle fait | ell fay | she does | ||||
| on fait | oh fay | one does | elles font | ell fohnt | they do (fem.) | |
[edit] Uses For Faire
- sports (in French you do sports rather than play them)
- weather
- tasks
- le faire causatif
- faire (conjugated) + infinitive - to have something done for oneself
- Je fais réparer le fourneau. - I make/have the stove repaired.
[edit] Related Words
- défaire - to demolish
- malfaire - to do badly
- refaire - to remake
[edit] Expressions with Faire
- faire attention - to pay attention
- faire connaissance - to get acquainted
- faire la morale - to scold
- faire la queue - to wait in line
- s'en faire - to worry
[edit] V: Housework
| French Vocabulary • The house • audio (info •524 kb • help) Housework Le ménage |
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| faire la cuisine | to do the cooking |
| faire la lessive/le linge | to do the laundry |
| faire le jardin | to do the gardening |
| faire le lit | to make the bed |
| faire le ménage | to do the housework |
| faire la vaisselle | to do the dishes |
| faire les carreaux | to do the windows |
| faire les courses | to do the shopping/errands |
| faire le repassage | to do the ironing |
[edit] G: me, te, nous, and vous
- Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
[edit] Meanings
- me - me, to me
- te - you, to you (singular, informal)
- nous - us, to us
- vous - you, to you (plural, formal)
[edit] Place in sentences
- These pronouns are placed before the verb that they modify
- Je te vois. - I see you.
- Je veux te voir. - I want to see you.
- If a perfect tense is used, these pronouns go before the auxillary verb.
- Je t'ai vu. - I saw you.
[edit] Direct Object Replacement
- Il me voit. - He sees me.
- Il te voit. - He sees you.
- Il nous voit. - He sees us.
- Il vous voit. - He sees you.
[edit] Indirect Object Replacement
- Il me l'appelle. - He calls to me.
- Il te le jette. - He throws it to you.
- Il nous le jette. - He throws it to us.
- Il vous le jette. - He throws it to you.
[edit] Exercises
Try to describe your house or bedrooom using the vocabulary. Don't forget prepositions.
You may also wish to talk about what housework you do.
[edit] Chez moi
J'habite une villa à Mornant, à côté de[3] Lyon en France. Ma maison a deux chambres : la première pour moi et ma femme avec un grand lit. La deuxième est plus petite : c'est la chambre de mon fils. Nous avons aussi un bureau avec trois ordinateurs[4] : un par personne ! La salle de séjour est très grande et à coté, il y a un petit salon. Nous aimons regarder[5] la télévision allongés dans le fauteuil. La cuisine est toute petite et nous y[6] mangeons[7] le soir. Il y a une petite table et quatre chaises. La maison est de plein pied et ne comporte pas d'étage. Le jardin est assez grand et nous y faisons pousser des fleurs.
| ^ à côté de - at the side of, next to | ^ l'ordinateur (m) - computer | ^ aimer regarder - to like to watch |
| ^ y (ee) - there | ^ manger - to eat |
Level One Lessons  1.01 Basic Grammar |
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Information • Introductory Introductory : 0.01 Introduction • 0.02 Learning French • 0.03 The Alphabet • 0.04 Accents • 0.05 Greetings • 0.06 Formal Speech • 0.07 How are you? • 0.08 Numbers • 0.09 Dates • 0.10 Telling Time • Review • Test |
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