Vocabulary Lists

French Vocabulary

Vocabulaire

Themed vocabulary lists and other wordy lessons (synonyms, prefixes, suffixes, abbreviations …) to help you become more verbose in French.

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Fun with French

Number Practice

French number practice
Numbers are one of the most basic and essential aspects of language, and at times one of the most confounding. Trying to make sense of numbers being rattled off in the form of prices, phone numbers, and dates can be extremely frustrating. This selection of lessons and exercises will help you learn, remember, and understand French numbers of all kinds. And to make it more fun, I've included some comics!

Grammar Lessons

Number Troubles

French numbersThe French numbering system is infamous for the compound expressions found between 70 and 99. But that's not all: there are also a number (ha ha) of tricky expressions with some of the single digits, both ordinal and cardinal.

Vocabulary Lists

Numbers à fond

When I talk to French students about what they have the most trouble with, at least half of them mention numbers. In French, iIt’s more than just vocabulary: it’s math. 🧮 So if you find yourself writing things like 4-20-17 and then realizing, oops, that’s 97, this audio-packed issue of Lawless French à fond is for you.

   

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Vocabulary Lists

Office

French office vocabulary
Whether you commute to a traditional 9 to 5 desk job or work at home with a computer and a cat on your lap, this French vocabulary will help you set up, navigate, and talk about your office.

   

Expressions

On the Phone

French phone phrases
Talking on the phone can be trickier than face-to-face conversations, for a couple of reasons. The lack of gestures and facial expressions means there are no visual hints to help you understand, plus there's something about the phone that makes certain sounds more difficult to distinguish. Knowing some standard phone formulas will help your brain fill in any comprehension gaps.

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Vocabulary Lists

Ordinal Numbers

French ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers are essential for lists: they denote the rank, position, or order of items in a group, whether that group is made up of people, objects, or things to do.

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Mistakes and Difficulties

Overused Verbs

Overused French verbs
If you learned French in a classroom, odds are that you overuse certain French verbs, because you were taught a somewhat generic word but not the sometimes subtle distinctions between it and its synonym. Here are 5 French verbs that are useful but often overused.

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Vocabulary Lists

Painting

French painting terms
For the artists and art lovers out there, here's some French vocabulary related to painting.

Vocabulary Lists

Parting Words

French good-byes
Every hello eventually leads to a good-bye. Here's how to say good-bye at any time of day as well as mention when you'll meet again.

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Holidays and Celebrations

Passover

French Passover vocabulary
The Jewish festival of Passover lasts for seven or eight days sometime in March or April. It begins on the 15th of Nisan, the first month in the Hebrew calendar.