French · Chapter 8

The passe compose with avoir

10 vocabulary lessons, 1 grammar primer, 1 story milestone.

Lesson 1 · Words 501-510

Words 501 to 510

501	victime	victim	noun
502	erreur	error, mistake	noun
503	rapport	report; relationship, connection	noun
504	force	strength, force	noun
505	protéger	to protect	verb
506	pauvre	poor	adjective
507	appel	call, appeal	noun
508	ferme	farm; firm, closed	noun
509	découvrir	to discover, to find out	verb
510	coeur	heart	noun

Lesson 2 · Words 511-520

Lesson 3 · Words 521-530

Lesson 4 · Words 531-540

531	client	customer; client	noun
532	visage	face	noun
533	sauf	except, unless	preposition
534	raconter	to tell, to recount	verb
535	salle	room, hall	noun
536	the	tea	noun
537	descendre	to go down, to descend, to get off	verb
538	nul	useless, rubbish; no, none (formal)	adjective
539	sûrement	surely, certainly	adverb
540	conduire	to drive; to lead	verb

Lesson 5 · Words 541-550

Lesson 6 · Words 551-560

551	avis	opinion, notice	noun
552	soirée	evening; party	noun
553	seigneur	lord, master	noun
554	effet	effect; indeed (en effet)	noun
555	cool	cool (informal)	adjective
556	mlle	Miss (abbreviation of Mademoiselle)	noun
557	sac	bag	noun
558	laisse-moi	let me, leave me	other
559	cul	backside, bottom (vulgar/informal)	noun
560	mien	mine	pronoun

Lesson 7 · Grammar primer
The passe compose with avoir
avoir + past participle. The default compound past, the regular participles -e / -i / -u, the three you must memorise (ete, eu, fait), and a flag that a small closed set of verbs takes etre instead.

Lesson 8 · Words 561-570

561	groupe	group	noun
562	six	six	numeral
563	recherche	search, research; sought after	noun
564	grave	serious, severe; serious	adjective
565	partout	everywhere	adverb
566	normal	normal	adjective
567	bras	arm	noun
568	réfléchir	to think, to reflect	verb
569	vivant	alive, living	adjective
570	intérieur	interior, inside	noun

Lesson 9 · Words 571-580

571	risque	risk	noun
572	général	general	adjective
573	h	h (the letter h, used in abbreviations)	other
574	lettre	letter	noun
575	crime	crime, murder	noun
576	face	face; side (of something)	noun
577	gamin	kid, child (informal)	noun
578	surtout	above all, especially, most of all	adverb
579	retard	delay, lateness	noun
580	chéri	darling, dear (masculine)	noun

Lesson 10 · Words 581-590

581	voulez-vous	do you want, would you like (formal)	other
582	fermer	to close, to shut	verb
583	pareil	the same, similar, such	adjective
584	médecin	doctor, physician	noun
585	bois	wood; I drink (present of boire)	noun
586	sinon	otherwise, if not, or else	conjunction
587	honneur	honour	noun
588	sale	dirty, nasty	adjective
589	clé	key	noun
590	mr	Mr (abbreviation of Monsieur)	noun

Lesson 11 · Words 591-600

591	rendez-vous	appointment, meeting, date	noun
592	âge	age	noun
593	détruire	to destroy	verb
594	accepter	to accept	verb
595	maître	master, teacher	noun
596	ancien	old, former, ancient	adjective
597	réponse	answer, reply, response	noun
598	début	beginning, start	noun
599	cadeau	gift, present	noun
600	sort	fate, destiny; goes out (present of sortir)	noun

Lesson 12 · Read a story
Story milestone: top 600 words
You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-600 ceiling.