American English Vocabulary with Pronunciation (and French Translations): Part 1

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Conversation Questions & Responses

Nice to meet you! Enchanté.
Nice to meet you too. Enchanté.

How are you? Comment allez-vous ?
I'm fine. How are you? Je vais bien. Et vous ?

What's your name? Comment vous appelez-vous ?
My name is Laura. Je m'appelle Laura.

How old are you? Quel âge avez-vous ?
I'm 16 years old. J'ai 16 ans.

Where are you from? D'où venez-vous ?
I'm from France. Je viens de France.

Where do you live? Où habitez-vous ?
I live in Annecy. J'habite à Annecy.

What do you do? Que faites-vous (dans la vie) ?
I'm a student. Je suis étudiante.

Do you have any brothers or sisters? Avez-vous des frères ou sœurs ?
I have one brother and one sister. J'ai un frère et une sœur.
I'm an only child. Je suis fils / fille unique.

Do you have any pets? Avez-vous des animaux ?
I have a cat / dog / fish / hamster. J'ai un chat / chien / poisson / hamster.

Do you play any sports? Pratiquez-vous des sports?
I play football / tennis / basketball. Je joue au foot / tennis / basket.

Do you speak English? Parlez-vous anglais ?
Yes, I speak English. Oui, je parle anglais.

Do you understand? Comprenez-vous ?
I don't understand. Je comprends.

I don't know. Je ne sais pas.
I don't care. Je m'en fiche.
It doesn't matter. Ça ne fait rien.
I don't mind. Ça ne me drange pas.

How do you say __ in English? Comment dit-on __ en anglais ?
Can you help me? Pouvez-vous m'aider ?
What's the matter? Qu'est-ce qu'il y a ?

I have to go. Il faut que j'y aille.
See you soon. A bientôt.
See you tomorrow. A demain.
Goodbye. Au revoir.
See you later. A plus tard.
Hi / Bye. Salut.

Alphabet

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T -U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Numbers

One	1	First	1st	premier, première
Two	2	Second	2nd	deuxième
Three	3	Third	3rd	troisième
Four	4	Fourth	4th	quatrième
Five	5	Fifth	5th	cinquième
Six	6	Sixth	6th	sixième
Seven	7	Seventh	7th	septième
Eight	8	Eighth	8th	huitième
Nine	9	Ninth	9th	neuvième
Ten	10	Tenth	10th	dixième
Eleven	11	Eleventh	11th	onzième
Twelve	12	Twelfth	12th	douzième
Thirteen	13	Thirteenth	13th	treizième
Fourteen	14	Fourteenth	14th	quatorzième
Fifteen	15	Fifteenth	15th	quinzième
Sixteen	16	Sixteenth	16th	seizième
Seventeen	17	Seventeenth	17th	dix-septime
Eighteen	18	Eighteenth	18th	dix-huitième
Nineteen	19	Nineteenth	19th	dix-neuvième
Twenty	20	Twentieth	20th	vingtième
Twenty-one	21	Twenty-first	21st	vingt-et-unième
Thirty	30	Thirtieth	30th	trentième
Forty	40	Fortieth	40th	quarantième
Fifty	50	Fiftieth	50th	cinquantième
Sixty	60	Sixtieth	60th	soixantième
Seventy	70	Seventieth	70th	soixante-dixième
Eighty	80	Eightieth	80th	quatre-vingtième
Ninety	90	Ninetieth	90th	quatre-vingt-dixième
One hundred	100	Hundredth	100th	centième
One thousand	1,000	Thousandth	1,000th	millième
One million	1,000,000	Millionth	1,000,000th	millionième

Days, Months, Seasons (Les jours, les mois, les saisons)

Monday	lundi	January	janvier
Tuesday	mardi	February	février
Wednesday	mercredi	March	mars
Thursday	jeudi	April	avril
Friday	vendredi	May	mai
Saturday	samedi	June	juin
Sunday	dimanche	July	juillet
day	le jour	August	août
night	la nuit	September	septembre
yesterday	hier	October	octobre
today	aujourd'hui	November	novembre
tomorrow	demain	December	décembre
week	la semaine	spring	le printemps
month	le mois	summer	l'été
year	l'an	fall	l'automne
last	dernier, dernière	winter	l'hiver
this	ce, cet, cette	on (days)	le
next	prochain, prochaine	in (months/seasons)	en

Time (L'heure)

What time is it?	Quelle heure est-il?	It's noon.	Il est midi.
It's 1 o'clock.	Il est une heure.	It's midnight.	Il est minuit.
It's 2 o'clock	Il est deux heures.	It's 9 AM.	Il est 9 h du matin.
It's half past 3.	Il est 3h30.	It's 10 PM.	Il est 10 h du soir.
It's ten to 4.	Il est 3h50.	It's 5 o'clock sharp.	Il est 5 h pile.
It's a quarter past 5.	Il est 5h15.	in the morning	du matin
It's a quarter to 6.	Il est 5h45.	in the afternoon	de l'après-midi
It's 7:12.	Il est 7h12.	in the evening	du soir

Weather (Le temps)

What's the weather like?	Quel temps fait-il ?	sun	le soleil
It's beautiful.	Il fait beau.	sky	le ciel
It's bad.	Il fait mauvais.	air	l'air
It's warm.	Il fait chaud.	wind	le vent
It's cold.	Il fait froid.	storm	l'orage
It's raining.	Il pleut.	cloud	le nuage
It's snowing.	Il neige.	lightning	l'éclair
It's freezing.	Il gèle.	thunder	le tonnerre
It's hailing.	Il grêle.	tornado	le tornade
It's foggy.	Il fait du brouillard.	hurricane	l'ouragan
It's cloudy.	Il fait nuageux.	fog	le brouillard
It's sunny.	Il fait soleil.	rain	la pluie
It's windy.	Il y a du vent.	snow	la neige
It's __ degrees.	Il fait __ degrés.	ice	la glace

Colors & Shapes (Les couleurs & les formes)

red	rouge	light	clair
yellow	jaune	dark	fonc
orange	orange	box	la boîte
green	vert	square	le carré
blue	bleu	circle	le cercle
purple	violet	sphere	la sphère
pink	rose	triangle	le triangle
white	blanc	pyramid	la pyramide
black	noir	rectangle	le rectangle
brown	brun	cube	le cube
gray	gris	cone	le cône
silver	argenté	hexagon	l'hexagone
gold	doré	octagon	l'octagon

Subject & Object Pronouns (Les sujets & les objets directs / indirects)

I	je	me	me, moi
you	tu, vous	you	te, toi, vous
he	il	him	le, lui
she	elle	her	la, lui, elle
it	il, elle	it	le, lui, la, elle
we	nous	us	nous
they	ils, elles	them	les, leur, eux, elles

Be & Have (Present Tense)

I am	I'm	je suis	I have	I've	j'ai
you are	you're	tu es, vous êtes	you have	you've	tu as, vous avez
he is	he's	il est	he has	he's	il a
she is	she's	elle est	she has	she's	elle a
it is	it's	il/elle est	it has	it's	il/elle a
we are	we're	nous sommes	we have	we've	nous avons
they are	they're	ils/elles sont	they have	they've	vous avez

Auxiliary Verbs

can	peux	must	dois
cannot	ne peux pas	must not	ne dois pas
could	pourrais	have to / has to	dois / doit
could not	ne pourrais pas	do / does not have to	n'ai / n'as pas besoin de
will be able to	pourrai	had to	ai d
will not be able to	ne pourrai pas	did not have to	n'ai pas de
will	[le futur]	will have to	devrai
will not	[futur négatif]	will not have to	ne devrai pas
would	[le conditionnel]	may	il se peut que
would not	[conditionnel nég.]	may not	il ne se peut pas que
should	devrais	might	il se pourrait que
should not	ne devrais pas	might not	il ne se pourrait pas que

Contractions with Not

is not	isn't	do not	don't
are not	aren't	does not	doesn't
was not	wasn't	did not	didn't
were not	weren't	cannot	can't
have not	haven't	could not	couldn't
has not	hasn't	will not	won't
had not	hadn't	would not	wouldn't
must not	mustn't	should not	shouldn't

Contractions with Will (Future) & Would (Conditional) & Had (Preterit of Have)

I will	I'll	I would / I had	I'd
you will	you'll	you would / you had	you'd
he will	he'll	he would / he had	he'd
she will	she'll	she would / she had	she'd
it will	it'll	it would / it had	it'd
we will	we'll	we would / we had	we'd
they will	they'll	they would / they had	they'd

Interrogatives

what	quoi, qu'est-ce que	what time	quelle heure
who	qui	what kind of	quel genre de
whose	qui	how much	combien + indénom.
where	où	how many	combien + dénom.
when	quand	how long	combien de temps
why	pourquoi	how often	quelle fréquence
which	quel	how far	quelle distance
how	combien	how old	quel âge

Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns (Les adjectifs & pronoms possessifs)

my	mon, ma, mes	mine	le mien
your	ton, ta, tes, votre, vos	yours	le tien, le vôtre
his	son, sa, ses (masc.)	his	le sien
her	son, sa, ses (fem.)	hers	le sien
its	son, sa, ses (chose)	its	le sien
our	notre, nos	ours	le nôtre
their	leur, leurs	theirs	le leur

Family (La famille)

mother	la mère	wife	la femme
father	le père	husband	le mari
sister	la sœur	child	l'enfant
brother	le frère	children	les enfants
daughter	la fille	grandchildren	les petits-enfants
son	le fils	woman	la femme
aunt	la tante	man	l'homme
uncle	l'oncle	girl	la fille
cousin	le cousin / la cousine	boy	le garçon
niece	la nièce	parents	les parents
nephew	le neveu	relatives	des parents
grandmother	la grand-mère	godmother	la marraine
grandfather	le grand-père	godfather	le parrain
granddaughter	la petite-fille	goddaughter	la filleule
grandson	le petit-fils	godson	le filleul
mother-in-law	la belle-mère	single	célibataire
stepfather	le beau-père	engaged	fiancé
half-sister	la demie-sœur	married	marié
adopted	adoptif	re-married	remarié
twins	les jumeaux	separated	séparé
only child	fils / fille unique	divorced	divorcé
big family	famille nombreuse	widowed	veuf / veuve

Prepositions of Place & Adverbs of Movement

above	au-dessus	in front of	devant
below	au-dessous, sous	behind	derrière
over	au-dessus	next to	à côté de
under	au-dessous, sous	between	entre
on	sur (allumé)	across from	en face de
off	de (éteint)	near	près de
in	dans, dedans, en	far from	loin de
out	hors, dehors	at	à, chez
up	en haut	to	à
down	en bas	for	pour
left	à gauche	before	avant
right	à droite	after	après
with	avec	among	parmi
without	sans	through	à travers
by	par	across	à travers
about	à propos de	towards	vers

Articles & Quantifiers

a	un, une	this	ce, cet, cette (-ci)
an	un, une	that	ce, cet, cette (-là)
the	le, la, les	these	ces (-ci)
some	des, du, de la, etc.	those	ces (-là)
any	de, d'	little	peu de
much	beaucoup de	few	peu de
many	beaucoup de	too	trop
a lot of	beaucoup de	so	tellement, tant
every	tout	enough	assez
each	chaque, chacun	other	autre

Adjectives & Opposites (Les adjectifs & les contraires)

big	grand	pretty	joli
little	petit	ugly	laid
large	grand	smart	intelligent
small	petit	dumb	stupide
tall	grand	early	tôt
short	petit	late	tard
fat	gros	open	ouvert
skinny	mince	closed	ferm
wide	large	same	même
narrow	étroit	different	différent
long	long	hot	chaud
short	court	cold	froid
nice	gentil	dirty	sale
mean	méchant	clean	propre
young	jeune	quiet	calme
old	vieux	loud	bruyant
happy	heureux	slow	lent
sad	triste	fast	vite
more	plus	empty	vide
less	moins	full	plein

Link Words

and	et	although	bien que
or	ou	whereas	alors que
but	mais	while	pendant que
because	parce que, car	however	cependant, pourtant
if	si	as long as	tant que
therefore	donc	as soon as	dès que
that	que	who	qui

Indefinites

somebody	quelqu'un	nobody	personne
someone	quelqu'un	no one	personne
something	quelque chose	nothing	rien
somewhere	quelque part	nowhere	nulle part
anybody	n'importe qui	everybody	tout le monde
anyone	n'importe qui	everyone	tout le monde
anything	n'importe quoi	everything	tout
anywhere	n'importe où	everywhere	partout
anytime	n'importe quand	whatever	quoi que...
wherever	où que...	whoever	qui que...

Regular Verbs - Present & Preterit/Past Participle

Infinitive	Present Tense	Preterit/Past Participle	Translation
ask	ask, asks	asked	demander
call	call, calls	called	appeler
change	change, changes	changed	changer
decide	decide, decides	decided	décider
end	end, ends	ended	terminer
help	help, helps	helped	aider
land	land, lands	landed	atterrir
like	like, likes	liked	aimer bien
love	love, loves	loved	aimer
look	look, looks	looked	regarder
move	move, moves	moved	déménager
need	need, needs	needed	avoir besoin de
play	play, plays	played	jouer
show	show, shows	showed	montrer
study	study, studies	studied	étudier
talk	talk, talks	talked	parler
turn	turn, turns	turned	tourner
walk	walk, walks	walked	marcher
want	want, wants	wanted	vouloir

Irregular Verbs - Present, Preterit & Past Participle

Infinitive	Present Tense	Preterit	Past Participle	Translation
be	is, am, are	was, were	been	être
begin	begin, begins	began	begun	commencer
break	break, breaks	broke	broken	casser
bring	bring, brings	brought	brought	apporter
buy	buy, buys	bought	bought	acheter
catch	catch, catches	caught	caught	attraper
choose	choose, chooses	chose	chosen	choisir
come	come, comes	came	come	venir
cost	cost, costs	cost	cost	coûter
cut	cut, cuts	cut	cut	couper
do	do, does	did	done	faire
drink	drink, drinks	drank	drunk	boire
drive	drive, drives	drove	driven	conduire
eat	eat, eats	ate	eaten	manger
fall	fall, falls	fell	fallen	tomber
feel	feel, feels	felt	felt	se sentir
fight	fight, fights	fought	fought	se battre
find	find, finds	found	found	trouver
fly	fly, flies	flew	flown	voler (avion)
forget	forget, forgets	forgot	forgotten	oublier
freeze	freeze, freezes	froze	frozen	geler
get	get, gets	got	got / gotten	avoir, devenir
give	give, gives	gave	given	donner
go	go, goes	went	gone	aller
have	have, has	had	had	avoir
hear	hear, hears	heard	heard	entendre
hide	hide, hides	hid	hidden	se cacher
hit	hit, hits	hit	hit	frapper
hurt	hurt, hurts	hurt	hurt	se blesser
keep	keep, keeps	kept	kept	garder
know	know, knows	knew	known	savoir
leave	leave, leaves	left	left	partir
lend	lend, lends	lent	lent	prêter
let	let, lets	let	let	laisser
lose	lose, loses	lost	lost	perdre
make	make, makes	made	made	faire, fabriquer
meet	meet, meets	met	met	rencontrer
pay	pay, pays	paid	paid	payer
put	put, puts	put	put	mettre
quit	quit, quits	quit	quit	abandonner
read	read, reads	read	read	lire
ride	ride, rides	rode	ridden	aller (vélo)
say	say, says	said	said	dire
see	see, sees	saw	seen	voir
sell	sell, sells	sold	sold	vendre
send	send, sends	sent	sent	envoyer
shake	shake, shakes	shook	shaken	secouer
shut	shut, shuts	shut	shut	fermer
sing	sing, sings	sang	sung	chanter
sit	sit, sits	sat	sat	s'asseoir
sleep	sleep, sleeps	slept	slept	dormir
speak	speak, speaks	spoke	spoken	parler
spend	spend, spends	spent	spent	dépenser
spread	spread, spreads	spread	spread	se répandre
steal	steal, steals	stole	stolen	voler, piquer
stick	stick, sticks	stuck	stuck	planter, enfoncer
swim	swim, swims	swam	swum	nager
take	take, takes	took	taken	prendre
teach	teach, teaches	taught	taught	enseigner
tell	tell, tells	told	told	dire
think	think, thinks	thought	thought	penser
throw	throw, throws	threw	thrown	lancer
wake	wake, wakes	woke	woken	réveiller
wear	wear, wears	wore	worn	porter
win	win, wins	won	won	gagner
write	write, writes	wrote	written	écrire

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