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other little words et mais parce que car aussi en plus donc alors comme si cause de en bref pourtant cependant surtout malgr quand par consquent peut-tre heureusement malheureusement par contre par exemple sauf mme si and but because because also in addition so/therefore so/therefore as if because of in short however however especially in spite of when as a result perhaps/maybe fortunately unfortunately on the other hand for example except even if Time markers for sequencing pour commencer tout dabord au dbut puis ensuite aprs (a) plus tard mais maintenant tout de suite enfin finalement aujourdhui bientt un jour to start with first of all in the beginning then next after (that) later but now immediately in the end finally today soon one day Intensifiers assez trs un peu trop trop de beaucoup (de) vraiment compltement absolument tout fait quite very bit too (+ adj) too many/much a lot (of) really completely absolutely totally
Possessives, a & the Masc un le mon ton son votre notre leur Fem une la ma ta sa votre notre leur Vowel Plural un/une des l les mon mes ton tes son votre notre leur ses vos nos leurs
Opinion phrases je pense que I think that je crois que I believe that mon avis in my opinion Selon moi according to me Personnellement personally Il me semble que it seems to me that Je suis daccord I agree Je pense le contraire I think the opposite
a the my your (friendly/singular) his/her your (polite/plural) our their
Referring to the past rcemment hier hier matin hier aprs-midi hier soir samedi dernier le week-end dernier la semaine dernire le mois dernier octobre dernier lt dernier lanne dernire il y a deux ans avant dans le pass quand javais huit ans recently yesterday yesterday morning yesterday afternoon yesterday evening last Saturday last weekend last week last month last October last summer last year two years ago before in the past when I was 8 years old
Referring to regular actions/the present Aujourdhui today Le matin in the morning Laprs-midi in the afternoon Le soir in the evening Le week-end at weekends Le samedi on Saturdays En hiver in winter Nol at Christmas Pendant la semaine during the week Pendant la journe during the day Pendant les vacances in the holidays Aprs le collge after school Avant le collge before school Tous les soirs every evening Tous les jours every day Ne...jamais never (used in same way as ne...pas) Rarement rarely Quelquefois sometimes Parfois sometimes Normalement normally Dhabitude usually Rgulirement regularly Souvent often Frquemment frequently Toujours always cest = it is je suis = I am il y a = there is/are je le fais = I do it je le faisais = I used to do it jy vais = I go there jy allais = I used to go there
Referring to the future demain tomorrow demain matin tomorrow morning demain aprs-midi tomorrow afternoon demain soir tomorrow evening aprs-demain the day after tomorrow le lendemain the next day plus tard later lavenir in the future la semaine prochaine next week le mois prochain next month lanne prochaine next year le week-end prochain next weekend en octobre prochain next October Dans quelques jours in a few days Dans ___ heure(s) in ___ hour(s) Dans ___ jour(s) in ___ day(s) Dans ___ semaine(s) in ___ week(s) Dans ___ mois in ___ month(s) Dans ___ an(s) in ___ year(s) ce sera = it will be je serai = I will be il y aura = there will be je le ferai = I will do it je vais y aller = Im going to go there jy irai = I will go there
ctait = it was jtais = I was ils/elles taient = they were il y avait = there was/were je lai fait = I did it jy suis all(e) = I went there
