Kilo Lingo

French · Chapter 8

The passe compose with avoir

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

  1. Lesson 1 · Words 501-511

    Words 501 to 511

    501penserto thinkverb
    502essayerto tryverb
    504armeweaponnoun
    505mauvaisbad, wrongadjective
    506motwordnoun
    507travaillerto workverb
    508quatrefournumeral
    509rentrerto go back, to return homeverb
    510regarderto look at, to watchverb
    511choixchoicenoun

  2. Lesson 2 · Words 512-524

    Words 512 to 524

    512êtes-vousare you (formal/plural)other
    513parfoissometimesadverb
    514filmfilm, movienoun
    515abordfirst (d'abord: first of all)adverb
    517fautefault, mistakenoun
    518facileeasyadjective
    520baslow, downadjective
    521changerto changeverb
    523plaisirpleasurenoun
    524heureuxhappyadjective

  3. Lesson 3 · Words 525-539

    Words 525 to 539

    525entrerto enter, to come inverb
    527es-tuare you (informal)other
    528propreclean; ownadjective
    530tourturn; tour; towernoun
    532ensuitethen, next, afterwardsadverb
    533garderto keep, to look afterverb
    534agentagent, officernoun
    536litbednoun
    538adorerto adore, to loveverb
    539amiefriend (feminine)noun

  4. Lesson 4 · Words 541-556

    Words 541 to 556

    541allons-ylet's goother
    542routeroad, route, waynoun
    543lieuplace, locationnoun
    544annéeyearnoun
    547serviceservicenoun
    550drôlefunny, strangeadjective
    551difficiledifficult, hardadjective
    553pireworse, worstadjective
    554pospos (informal abbreviation, slang)other
    556sujetsubject, topicnoun

  5. Lesson 5 · 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.

  6. Lesson 6 · Words 557-574

    Words 557 to 574

    557étatstate, conditionnoun
    558cecithis (pronoun)pronoun
    559impossibleimpossibleadjective
    560sortesort, kind, typenoun
    562dollardollarnoun
    567bizarrestrange, weird, bizarreadjective
    568oublierto forgetverb
    572tôtearly, soonadverb
    573inquietworried, anxiousadjective
    574payerto payverb

  7. Lesson 7 · Words 575-592

    Words 575 to 592

    575coeurheartnoun
    578chiendognoun
    579suffireto be enough, to sufficeverb
    582cafécoffee; cafenoun
    583calmecalm, quietadjective
    585montrerto showverb
    587photophoto, photographnoun
    588fermefarm; firm, closednoun
    590theteanoun
    592sûrementsurely, certainlyadverb

  8. Lesson 8 · Words 593-600

    Words 593 to 600

    593verreglass (drinking glass or material)noun
    597doutedoubtnoun
    598musiquemusicnoun
    599courantcurrent, common; runningadjective
    600saufexcept, unlesspreposition

  9. Lesson 9 · 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.