French · Chapter 9

The imparfait

8 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.

  1. Lesson 1 · Words 601-614

    Words 601 to 614

    601moyenmeans, way; averagenoun
    603puis-jemay I, can I (formal)other
    604avisopinion, noticenoun
    605sauverto save, to rescueverb
    606hôpitalhospitalnoun
    608meurtremurdernoun
    609sérieuxseriousadjective
    610secondesecond (time unit); second (ordinal, feminine)noun
    612comprendreto understandverb
    614espritmind, spiritnoun
  2. Lesson 2 · Words 615-627

    Words 615 to 627

    615coolcool (informal)adjective
    616mlleMiss (abbreviation of Mademoiselle)noun
    618laisse-moilet me, leave meother
    619hauthigh, tall; topadjective
    620salleroom, hallnoun
    621maladeill, sickadjective
    623gentilkind, niceadjective
    625sixsixnumeral
    626simplesimple, easyadjective
    627johnJohn (proper name)noun
  3. Lesson 3 · Words 630-640

    Words 630 to 640

    630jackJack (proper name)noun
    631apprendreto learn; to teachverb
    632seigneurlord, masternoun
    633dînerdinner; to have dinnernoun
    635supposerto suppose, to assumeverb
    636cheminpath, way, roadnoun
    637partouteverywhereadverb
    638brasarmnoun
    639culbackside, bottom (vulgar/informal)noun
    640prochainnext, upcomingadjective
  4. Lesson 5 · Words 641-651

    Words 641 to 651

    641visagefacenoun
    642hh (the letter h, used in abbreviations)other
    644faceface; side (of something)noun
    645soiréeevening; partynoun
    646roikingnoun
    647surtoutabove all, especially, most of alladverb
    648retarddelay, latenessnoun
    649écrireto writeverb
    650livrebook; pound (currency)noun
    651rapportreport; relationship, connectionnoun
  5. Lesson 6 · Words 652-664

    Words 652 to 664

    652chéridarling, dear (masculine)noun
    653messagemessagenoun
    654voulez-vousdo you want, would you like (formal)other
    655valoirto be worthverb
    658boireto drinkverb
    660présidentpresidentnoun
    661boiswood; I drink (present of boire)noun
    662sinonotherwise, if not, or elseconjunction
    663erreurerror, mistakenoun
    664newnew (English loanword used in French)adjective
  6. Lesson 7 · Words 665-679

    Words 665 to 679

    665mrMr (abbreviation of Monsieur)noun
    667rendez-vousappointment, meeting, datenoun
    669revenirto come back, to returnverb
    671pauvrepooradjective
    672devenirto becomeverb
    673rencontrerto meetverb
    674sortfate, destiny; goes out (present of sortir)noun
    675commencerto begin, to startverb
    677occupebusy, occupiedadjective
    679souventoftenadverb
  7. Lesson 9 · Words 680-690

    Words 680 to 690

    680pièceroom; piece; coin; play (theatre)noun
    681recevoirto receive, to getverb
    682graveserious, severe; seriousadjective
    684intérieurinterior, insidenoun
    685honneurhonournoun
    686dormirto sleepverb
    687anyearnoun
    688fauxfalse, wrong, fakeadjective
    689messieursgentlemen, sirs (plural of monsieur)noun
    690groupegroupnoun
  8. Lesson 10 · Words 691-698

    Words 691 to 698

    691rêvedreamnoun
    692cartecard, map, menunoun
    694appelcall, appealnoun
    695manquelack, shortage; to missnoun
    697débutbeginning, startnoun
    698samSam (proper name)noun