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Collins Primary Illustrated French Dictionary


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Comme elle est mignonne!

      17 You want to ask someone if they would like a sweet. Fill in the gap. How can you be sure this is the right translation?

      Tu veux un __________?

       ADVERBS

      An adverb is a word which describes a verb or an adjective:

      She writes neatly. The film was very good.

      18 How many adverbs are there in the sentence below? What are they? What do they have in common? The children sat quietly and played happily.

      Some words have an adjective meaning and an adverb meaning. The different meanings have different translations in French.

       hard

      hard can be an adjective or an adverb.

      A ADJECTIVE

      1 difficile (difficult) This question’s too hard for me. Cette question est trop difficile pour moi.

      2 dur masc dure fem (not soft) This cheese is very hard. Ce fromage est très dur.

      B ADVERB dur Colette works hard. Colette travaille dur.

      19 You want to say you work hard. Fill in the gap in the sentence below:

      Je travaille __________.

       VERBS

      Verbs are sometimes called ‘doing words’. They often go with words like ‘I’ and ‘you’, and with names, eg I play football, What do you want?, Hugo likes mashed potato.

      Verbs tell you about the present: eg I’m listening; the past: I scored a goal; and the future: eg I’m going to get an ice cream.

      20 How many verbs are there in the sentence below? What are they? School starts at 9.00 and finishes at 3.30.

      Some words have an adjective meaning and a verb meaning. The different meanings have different translations in French.

       clean

      clean can be an adjective or a verb.

      A ADJECTIVE

      propre a clean shirt une chemise propre

      B VERB

      nettoyer Clean the board please! Nettoie le tableau s’il te plaît!

      21 If you want to ask for ‘a clean glass’, how do you know that propre is the translation, not nettoyer?

      Some words have a noun meaning and a verb meaning.

       rain

      rain can be a noun or a verb.

      A NOUN

      la pluie fem in the rain sous la pluie

      B VERB

      pleuvoir It’s going to rain. Il va pleuvoir. It rains a lot here. Il pleut beaucoup par ici.

      It’s raining. Il pleut.

      22 Is la pluie a noun or a verb?

      23 Why is It rains a lot here. in part B?

       Learn useful phrases

      In the dictionary you’ll see phrases that are especially important in orange boxes. Try to learn these when you come across them, and you’ll soon know lots of useful things to say in French.

      What time is it? Quelle heure est-il? It’s lunch time. C’est l’heure du déjeuner. How many times? Combien de fois?

       Find out interesting things about life in France

      There are also boxes which tell you about French customs, and about differences between life in France and Britain.

       Did you know…?

      In France, Easter eggs are said to be brought by the Easter bells or cloches de Pâques which fly from Rome and drop them in people’s gardens.

       Even more words

      At school you will learn to talk about subjects such as the time and the weather, your family, your pets, and your clothes. The most important words for talking about these subjects are shown in the dictionary itself, and even more words are given in Language Plus, the supplement in the middle part of the dictionary. Have a look!

       Answer key

      1 demain and bonbon

      2 the French side; French words on it; French-English written at the side of the page.

      3 fire → fish

      4 It’s the last word on page 411.

      5 first

      6 Chantal, Hélène, Jean-Marie, Luc, Pierre, Sophie

      7 Harry – because ‘a’ comes before ‘e’

      8 Friday comes first and Wednesday comes last.

      9 because the second letter of Thursday is ‘h’, which comes before ‘u’, the second letter of Tuesday

      10 Friday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday

      11 June

      12 correspondant

      13 animaux

      14 un ballon – the clue is in the example: un ballon de football

      15 4 – car, tyre, dent, door

      16 2 – brown, blue

      17 bonbon – a sweet is a noun, it means candy; the example helps too

      18 2 – quietly, happily; they both end in -ly

      19 dur

      20 2 – starts, finishes

      21 because clean has an adjective meaning in this sentence; the example helps too

      22 a noun

      23 because it’s a verb

French – English

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