DF Rouge Unité 3 Partie 2

D’habitude – usually Avant que – Before

Pendant que – while/as Lorsque – as

Au moment où – just as

Look for phrases that indicate a sudden stop or a specific day to know that you will use the past tense, vs. ongoing events (imparfait)

DF Rouge – Unité 3 – Partie 2

Faits Divers – interéssant

Quizlet – learn vocab. words

Quizlet – learn / write / spell / test / match / gravity

Quoi de Neuf hangman

Quia – flashcards / matching / concentration / word search

Passé Composé v. Imparfait

Great overview!

– popups

– Rags to Riches (Qui veut gagner des millions?)

– R to R – present p.c. et imp.

Challenge Board (teams)

A	B
Quoi de neuf?	What’s new?
Devine! (deviner)	Guess! (to guess)
Qu’est-ce qui arrive?	What’s happening?
Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé?	What happened?
Qu’est-ce qui a eu lieu?	What took place/What happened?
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a eu?	What happened? (i.e. possibly bad?)
arriver	to happen
se passer	to happen
avoir lieu	to take place
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a?	What’s happening? (i.e. possibly bad?)
assister à	to be present at (a concert, a class, a meeting,etc.), to “see” (e.g. a concert)
être témoin de	to witness
quelque chose + de+ adjective	something (adjective) e.g. something new/old/difficult/bizarre, etc.
C’est arrivé…	It happened…
Ça s’est passé…	That happened…
Ça a eu lieu…	That took place…
hier	yesterday
hier soir	last night
avant-hier	the day before yesterday
lundi dernier	last Monday
la semaine dernière	last week
le mois dernier	last month
il y a deux heures	two hours ago
il y a dix jours	ten days ago
Je me trouvais…	I was (location)
dehors	outside
d’abord	first (often used in lists or descriptions)
puis	then
ensuite	next
après	after, afterwards
enfin	at last
finalement	finally
raconter	to tell (what happened)
se trouver	to be (located)
un accident	an accident
un incendie	a fire (e.g. house or forest fire…an unwanted large fire)
un cambriolage	a burglary
un événement	an event
un fait	a fact
un fait divers	a minor news item (e.g. celebrity gossip)
Vraiment?	Really?
Pas possible!	That’s not possible!
Mon Dieu!	My goodness!
C’est incroyable!	That’s unbelievable!
Ce n’est pas croyable!	That’s not for real!
Tu plaisantes!	You’re kidding!
parler de la pluie et du beau temps	to make small talk (lit. to talk about the rain and good weather)
la météo	the weather forecast
prédire (conjugated like dire)	to predict
du beau temps	some good weather
du soleil	some sun
un ciel bleu	a blue sky (le ciel also means “heaven”)
du mauvais temps	some bad weather
de la pluie	some rain
du vent	some wind
de la neige	some snow
une tempête de neige	a snow storm
un orage	a thunderstorm
une tempête	a storm (tempest)
un ouragan	a hurricane
du verglas	black ice/sheet ice
briller	to shine
Le ciel est couvert.	The sky is overcast.
souffler	to blow
des éclairs	some lightning
le tonnerre	the thunder
Il fait noir.	It’s dark. (e.g. outside at night)
la lune	the moon
les étoiles (f. pl.)	the stars
tomber	to fall
de la glace	some ice
geler (ACCENTS like se promener)	to freeze
il pleut	It’s raining.
Il neige.	It’s snowing.
Il y a un orage.	There is a thunderstorm.
il pleuvait	It was raining.
Il neigeait	It was snowing.
Il y avait un orage.	There was a thunderstorm.
Il a plu le matin.	It rained. (a set amount of time/a set time)
Il a neigé à midi.	It snowed (a set amount of time/a set time)
Il y a eu un orage.	There was a thunderstorm. (It’s now finished.)
Il va pleuvoir.	It’s going to rain (soon).
Il va neiger.	It’s going to snow (soon).
Il va y avoir un orage.	There is going to be a thunderstorm (soon).
des nuages (m.pl.)	some clouds
de la brume	some mist
du brouillard	some fog
gelé(e)	frozen