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French · Chapter 5

Adjective agreement

10 vocabulary lessons, 3 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.

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  1. Lesson 1 · Words 201-210

    Words 201 to 210

    201mainhandnoun
    202peurfear, frightnoun
    203questionquestionnoun
    204ahah, oh (realisation or emotion)interjection
    205garsguy, lad, blokenoun
    206idéeideanoun
    207jusqueuntil, up to, as far asparticle
    208mecguy, bloke, boyfriend (informal)noun
    209voiturecarnoun
    210jouerto playverb

  2. Lesson 2 · Words 211-220

    Words 211 to 220

    211travailwork, jobnoun
    212têteheadnoun
    213filssonnoun
    214demanderto ask, to requestverb
    215prêtready (masculine)adjective
    216troisthreenumeral
    217assezenough, quite, ratheradverb
    218ehhey, wellinterjection
    219chanceluck, chancenoun
    220coupblow, hit, shot, timenoun

  3. Lesson 3 · Words 221-230

    Words 221 to 230

    221devenirto becomeverb
    222portedoor; I/you/he/she carry/carriesnoun
    223foumad, crazy (masculine)adjective
    224minuteminutenoun
    225meilleurbest, better (masculine)adjective
    226vitequickly, fastadverb
    227merdeshit (vulgar expletive)interjection
    228vieuxold (masculine)adjective
    229partshare, part; asidenoun
    230rentrerto go back, to return homeverb

  4. Lesson 4 · Grammar primer

    Adjective agreement

    Adjectives agree with the noun for gender and number. The feminine endings (-e default, -se, -lle, -nne, -ve, -ere), the plural rules, and the BAGS-set adjectives that go before the noun.

  5. Lesson 5 · Words 231-242

    Words 231 to 242

    231héhey!interjection
    232pendantduring, for (a period)preposition
    234envoyerto sendverb
    235ellesthey (feminine plural)pronoun
    237aujourd'huitodayadverb
    238demaintomorrowadverb
    239heinhuh, right, ehinterjection
    240commencerto begin, to startverb
    241tardlateadverb
    242puisthen, afterwards, and thenadverb

  6. Lesson 6 · Words 243-252

    Words 243 to 252

    243histoirestory, historynoun
    244annéeyearnoun
    245tantso much, so many, as long asadverb
    246combienhow much, how manyadverb
    247sensmeaning, sense, directionnoun
    248frèrebrothernoun
    249tenirto hold, to keepverb
    250changerto changeverb
    251supersuper, great, awesomeadjective
    252contreagainst, next topreposition

  7. Lesson 7 · Words 253-263

    Words 253 to 263

    253ensembletogetheradverb
    254semaineweeknoun
    255amourlovenoun
    256partiepart, game, partynoun
    257grosbig, fat, largeadjective
    258mangerto eatverb
    260sangbloodnoun
    261œileyenoun
    262espérerto hope, to hope forverb
    263oublierto forgetverb

  8. Lesson 8 · Grammar primer

    Partitives and 'de' after negation and quantity

    du, de la, de l', des as partitives - and the rule that turns every partitive into 'de' after a negative verb or a quantity expression.

  9. Lesson 9 · Words 264-274

    Words 264 to 274

    264aidehelp, aidnoun
    265payerto payverb
    266apprendreto learn; to teachverb
    268cascase, situation, instancenoun
    269sousunder, beneathpreposition
    270mauvaisbad, wrongadjective
    271demanderequest, demandnoun
    272typeguy, type, kindnoun
    273genrekind, type, gendernoun
    274seulementonly, justadverb

  10. Lesson 10 · Words 275-284

    Words 275 to 284

    275bébébabynoun
    276policepolicenoun
    277moismonthnoun
    278carbecause, for (conjunction)conjunction
    279pointpoint, dot, periodnoun
    280villecity, townnoun
    281certaincertain, somedeterminer
    282occuperto occupy, to take care ofverb
    283sentirto feel, to smellverb
    284jeuneyoungadjective

  11. Lesson 11 · Grammar primer

    Basic prepositions and contractions

    a, de, en, dans, sur, sous, chez - plus the mandatory contractions au, aux, du, des and the a / en split for countries and cities.

  12. Lesson 12 · Words 285-294

    Words 285 to 294

    285continuerto continue, to keep goingverb
    286placeplace, square, seatnoun
    287euxthem (masculine stressed pronoun)pronoun
    288côtésidenoun
    289endroitplace, spotnoun
    290chaqueeach, everydeterminer
    291putaindamn, bloody hell (interjection)interjection
    292avez-vousdo you have (formal inversion)other
    293longtempsa long time, longadverb
    294façonway, mannernoun

  13. Lesson 13 · Words 295-300

    Words 295 to 300

    295pleinfull, plenty ofadjective
    296compteaccount, countnoun
    297rappelerto call back, to remind; (reflexive) to rememberverb
    298armeweaponnoun
    299semblerto seem, to appearverb
    300suivreto followverb

  14. Lesson 14 · Read a story

    Story milestone: top 300 words

    You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-300 ceiling.