a meeting
Nous avons une réunion dans la salle de conférence.
We have a meeting in the conference room.
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Sunday
Voulez-vous aller au cinéma dimanche?
Do you want to go to the movies on Sunday?
Other days of the week:
lundi: Monday
mardi: Tuesday
mercredi: Wednesday
jeudi: Thursday
vendredi: Friday
samedi: Saturday
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to like, to love
Sophie aime ses parents.
Sophie loves her parents.
Aimer is a regular -er verb.
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What time is it?
Quelle heure est-il, Henri?
What time is it, Henri?
Henri might respond to this question in a number of ways:
It’s two o’clock: Il est deux heures.
It’s a quarter past two: Il est deux heures et quart.
It’s two thirty: Il est deux heures et demie.
It’s a quarter until three: Il est trois heures moins le quart.
It’s 2:23: Il est deux heures vingt-trois.
It’s noon: Il est midi.
It’s midnight: Il est minuit.
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a girl or a daughter
La fille joue de la guitare.
The girl plays the guitar.
Sa fille a 10 ans.
His daughter is 10 years old.
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a boy
Le garçon arrive en classe à 9h.
The boy arrives for class at 9 o’clock.
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a student
Jean est étudiant. Mireille est étudiante aussi.
Jean is a student; Mireille is also a student.
teacher, professor
Madame DuChamps est professeur de français.
Mrs. DuChamps is a French teacher.
TIP: The gender of the word professeur is masculine whether it refers to a man or woman.
to study
Marie étudie français tous les jours.
Marie studies French every day.
to travel
Nous avons voyagé en France l’été dernier.
We traveled to France last summer.
