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NOTE: some of these terms do not translate directly; this is because I based myself off of the vocabulary employed by each website. What they consider equivalent vocabulary might differ from what you might find in a dictionary.

Social media – Las redes sociales – Les médias/réseaux sociaux (m.)*

*Previously, in French, the expression Web 2.0 was also used, but nowadays it is being replaced more and more with the former term.

Facebook

Home – El inicio – L’accueil (m.)

Message – El mensaje – Le message

Notification – La notificación – La notification

News feed – Las noticias – Le fil d’actualité

To search – Buscar – Rechercher

Post – La publicación – La publication

Photo album – El álbum de fotos – L’album photo (m.)

Shortcuts – Los accesos directos – Le raccourci

Ad – La publicidad – La publicité

Event – El evento – L’évènement (m.)

Friend list – La lista de amigos – La liste d’amis

Profile – El perfil – Le profil

About – La información – L’information (f.)

Comment – El comentario – Le commentaire

To comment – Comentar – Commenter

Invitation – La invitación – L’invitation (f.)

Birthday – El cumpleaños – L’anniversaire (m.)

See more – Ver más – Afficher plus

Page – La página – La page

Game – El juego – Le jeu

To share – Compartir - Partager

Like – Me gusta – J’aime

To add – Añadir - Ajouter

Friend – El amigo – L’ami/e

Poke – El toque – Le poke

Tumblr

Dashboard – El escritorio – Le tableau de bord

Follower – El seguidor – L’abonné (m.)

Post – La publicación – Le billet

Activity – La actividad – Le trafic

Draft – El borrador – Le brouillon

Inbox – La bandeja de entrada – La boîte de réception

Account – La cuenta – Le compte

Text – El texto – Le texte

Chat – El chat – La discussion

Quote – La cita – La citation

Blog – El blog – Le blog

Reblog – Rebloguear – Rebloguer

Note – La nota – La note

Settings – La configuración – Le paramètre

App – La aplicación – L’application (f.)

Twitter

Username – El nombre de usuario – Le nom d’utilisateur

Bio – La biografía – La biographie

Block – Bloquear – Bloquer

Tweet – El tweet – Le tweet

To tweet – Twittear – Tweeter

Mention – La mención – La mention

Reply – La respuesta – La réponse

To retweet – Retwittear – Retweeter

Trend – La tendencia – La tendance

To unfollow – Dejar de seguir – Se désabonner

To suspend – Suspender – Suspendre

Poll – La encuesta – La question

Hashtag – La etiqueta – L’hashtag (m.)

Suggestion – La sugerencia – La suggestion

quizlet flashcards

basketball - le basket football - le foot(ball) American football - le football américain handball - le handball rugby - le rugby volleyball - le volley

badminton - le badminton tennis - le tennis golf - le golf hockey - le hockey billiards - le billard skiing - le ski cycling - le cyclisme gymnastics - la gymnastique horse riding - l’équitation (feminine) swimming - la natation walking - la promenade jogging - le footing mountaineering - l’alpinisme (masculine) judo - le judo

aerobics - l’aérobic (feminine) athletics - l’athlétisme (masculine) wrestling - le catch shooting - le tir archery - le tir à l’arc

water skiing - le ski nautique windsurfing - la planche à voile sailing - la voile rowing - l’aviron (masculine) paragliding - le parapente ice skating - le patin à glace

the ball - le ballon the ground / the pitch - le terrain the goal - le but (to score a goal - marquer un but)  the stadium - le stade the game - le jeu the match - le match the result - le résultat  the champion - le champion

Part 2 / Grammar

Nouns

Introduction

Number: singular or plural

Gender: masculine or feminine

Gender: masculine or feminine 2

voilà vs. il y a: devices for introducing nouns

temps, heure, fois: different nouns for ‘time’

Videos on Youtube about nouns:

Gender of nouns

Masculine or feminine?

Plural nouns

QUIZ! Masculine or feminine?

+ more quizzes: Gender, Gender 2 , Gender 3

Adverbs

Introduction

Formation and placement

Placement of adverbs with the passé composé

Comparative and superlative of adverbs

Il y a ‘ago’

Bon/meilleur vs. bien/mieux

Tôt, tard, en avance, en retard, à l'heure 

+ Adverbs , Adverbs 2 ( lessons )

Videos on Youtube about adverbs:

Les adverbes

How to form adverbs in French

Useful French Adverbs

+ quiz: Adverbs

Adjectives

Introduction 

Formation and placement

Adjectives before the noun

Irregular adjectives

Adjectives whose meaning varies with placement

Comparison of adjectives

Superlative of adjectives

Participles as adjectives

Videos on Youtube about adjectives:

Adjective Rules 

Most used adjectives

+quiz: Adjectives

Pronouns

Introduction 

subject pronouns: je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles

c'est vs. il/elle est

disjunctive pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, elles, eux

direct object pronouns: me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les

indirect object pronouns: me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur

pronoun: y

pronoun: en

relative pronouns: qui and que

relative pronouns: ce qui and ce que

relative pronouns: dont, ce dont, où, lequel

order of object pronouns

indefinite pronouns: chacun and quelqu'un

demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles

possessive pronouns: le mien, la mienne, etc.

Videos on Youtube about pronouns:

Pronouns Y and En 

QUI vs QUE

Relative Pronoun DONT

Relative Pronouns LEQUEL

+ quiz: Pronouns

Verbs

 Introduction

-er verbs (regular)

-er verbs (stem changing)

-ir verbs (regular)

-ir verbs (irreg) like ouvrir ‘to open’

-ir verbs (irreg) like partir ‘to leave,’ sortir ‘to go out,’ dormir 'to sleep’

-re verbs (regular)

-re verbs (irregular) like prendre 'to take’

-re verbs (irregular) like mettre 'to put, to place’

-re verbs (irregular) like suivre 'to follow’, vivre 'to live’

être 'to be’

avoir 'to have’

aller 'to go’

pronominal verbs: se raser, se lever, se disputer

modal verbs: vouloir 'to want to,’ pouvoir 'to be able to,’ devoir 'to have to’

impersonal verbs and expressions: il faut, il est important de …

quitter, partir, sortir, laisser: different verbs for 'to leave’

present participle

transitive vs. intransitive constructions

causative faire (faire+infinitif)

Videos on Youtube about Verbs:

Verbs for beginners 

Verbs MOST USED 

+quizzes: Verbs

Tense/aspect/mood/voice

Introduction 

present tense

passé immédiat (venir de+infinitive)

passé composé with avoir

passé simple (literary tense)

passé antérieur (literary tense)

futur proche (aller+infinitive)

simple future (regular)

simple future (irregular)

futur antérieur

imperative mood (regular and pronominal)

regular subjunctive formation

irregular subjunctive formation

conditional

past conditional

reported speech in present

reported speech in past

active voice vs. passive voice

TENSES

TENSES 2

TENSES 3

TENSES 4

Videos on Youtube about tenses:

Past tenses

Future tenses

Conditional tenses

Subjunctive

Conditional tense 2

Subjunctive 2 

Future tense 2 

IMPERFECT vs PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

Imperfect tense

+quizzes: tenses,  imparfait vs. the passé composé, past tenses

expressions #1 

lovely, lovely France :

- “nice like a prison’s door” (: nasty) : aimable comme une porte de prison

- “combed like an underarm” (: crazy hair) : coiffé-e comme un dessous-de-bras (normally it’s aisselle : improper french, don’t say that otherwise!)

- “having an oyster’s IQ” : avoir un QI d’huître

- “curling the ridiculous” (: being nearly stupid) : friser le ridicule (no Juliet you’re not stabbing yourself bc of some guy you met yesterday, ça frise le ridicule!)

- “not having invented warm water / the butterwire” (: be dumb) : ne pas avoir inventé l’eau chaude / le fil à couper le beurre

- “not having light at every floor” (: ie be mentally slow) : ne pas avoir la lumière à tous les étages

- “going on the throne” (: at the loo) : aller sur le trône

- “better having them in picture than at the table” (: when someone eats too much) : il vaut mieux l’/les avoir en photo qu’à table

- “it’s smelling like fir trees” (: cf coffin wood, cf age/death) : ça sent le sapin

- “make-uped like a stolen car” (: wearing too much make up) : maquillé-e comme une voiture volée

- cut the bullshit : arrête tes conneries

- “not being worth drips” : ne pas valoir tripette

- “having an awry fart” (: in a bad mood/sick) : avoir un pet de travers

- “have I asked you for the time?” : (est-ce que) je t’ai demandé l’heure?

- “getting called Arthur” (: getting yelled at) : tu vas te faire appeler Arthur si tu continues à faire du bruit alors que j’essaie de travailler!

- “do you want my picture ?” (when someone is starring) : tu veux ma photo?

- “the rubber band is flexed (: slapping awaits) : l’élastique est tendu (+ you put your hand next to your head)

- “it moves one without touching the other” : (I couldn’t care less) : ça m’en touche une sans faire bouger l’autre (those one and other being balls)

food related :

- supple like a bretzel (: not being supple) : souple comme un bretzel

- “discussing the fat’s bit” (: having a chat) : tailler le bout de gras

- “putting the cutlery back” (: going for round 2) : remettre le couvert

- leek (: penis) : poireau (fam, rather gross)

- “yogurt-singing” (: in a language you don’t know) : chanter en yaourt

- “it’s starting to run on my bean” (kinda) (: I’m getting pissed) : ça commence à me courir sur le haricot

- “the mustard is getting higher” (: I’m getting pissed, bc it burns your nose yk) : la moutarde est en train de monter

- “having the peach” (: being in a good mood) : avoir la pêche

- “being soaked as a soup” : être trempé-e comme une soupe

- “taking a peach” (: a punch) : se prendre une pêche

- “bring your strawberry” (: get here) : ramène ta fraise

- “hairy as an egg” (: not) : poilu-e comme un oeuf

- a turnip (: bad movie) : un navet

- “bag of wine” (: drunk) : sac à vin (way to call someone)

- “having the ass trimmed with noddles” (: being very lucky) : avoir le cul bordé de nouilles

- “having the banana” (: being smiley) : avoir la banane

- “turning out a cake” (: having a poo) : démouler un cake

- “mind your onions” : occupe-toi de tes oignons

- “getting toasted” (: taken in the act) : se faire griller

- “having eaten a cemetary” (: bad breath) : avoir bouffé (fam) un cimetière

body related :

- “lying as a tooth puller” : mentir comme un arracheur de dents

- the world’s butthole (: small village) : le trou du cul du monde 

- “having cauliflower ears” (: like rugbymen) : avoir les oreilles en chou-fleur

- “having a Punchinello in the drawer” (: being pregnant) : avoir un Polichinelle dans le tiroir (old)

- “throwing an eye” (: taking a look at) : jeter un oeil

- “the hand in the bag!” (: getting caught) : la main dans le sac

- the English have landed” (: period metaphor) : les Anglais ont débarqué

- “that doesn’t break 3 paws to a duck” (: it’s not amazing/innovating) : ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard

- “seeing red” (: v v pissed) : voir rouge

- “that’s walking” (: works for me) : ça marche

- “it’s going to shit square-shaped bubbles” (: there’s going to be a big argument) : ça va chier des bulles carrées

- “best peeing in a violin to stop it for rustying” (: doing stg that’s not going to help) : autant pisser dans un violon pour l’empêcher de rouiller

- “round as a shovel’s tail” (: v drunk) : rond comme une queue de pelle

- “having bathing back’s teeth” (: being drunk) : avoir les dents du fond qui baignent

- “not being out of the brambles/sand/inn” (: being stuck in a situation) : ne pas être sorti-e des ronces (f)/du sable/de l’auberge (f)

- “hurrying one’s ass” : se magner (fam) le cul (fam)

- “having shit in one’s eyes” (: not seeing stg) : avoir de la merde dans les yeux

- “singing like a pan” : chanter comme une casserole

- “flat as a lemon sole / a breadplank” (: no tits no butt) : plate comme une limande / planche à pain

- pussy : chatte (yup, v popular)

- “mind your ass” : occupe-toi de ton cul

- “throwing oneself on sthg like misery on the poors” (: rushing to do sthg) : se jeter sur (quelque chose) comme la misère sur le pauvre monde

- “having horns” (: being cheated on) : avoir des cornes

animal related :

- “you’re done like a rat” (: surrounded, about to get arrested) : tu es fait-e comme un rat (in gangster movies basically)

- “dirty dog” (: nasty, dishonest person) : sale chien-ne

- “yelling as a polecat” : gueuler (fam) comme un putois

- a chicken (: a cop) : un poulet

- “having sea urchins in the pockets/wallet” (: being miserly) : avoir des oursins dans les poches/le portefeuille

- “being a cow’s skin” (: a nasty/annoying person) : être une peau de vache

- gay as a seal : pédé (: fag, not good) comme un phoque

- “being taken for a pigeon” (: being used) : être pris-e pour un-e pigeon-ne

- “having the flea at the ear” (: guessing) : avoir la puce à l’oreille

- “when hens will have teeth” (: never) : quand les poules auront des dents

- “having worms” (: stamping, wriggling) : avoir des vers

- “having fleas” (: when scratching oneself intensely) : avoir des puces

- “going from the rooster to the donkey” (: going from one topic to a completely different one without any reason) : aller du coq à l’âne

- “being a donkey” (: stubborn) : être un âne / une bourrique

- “made like a horse” (: penis metaphor) : monté comme un cheval/étalon

- shark week (: period metaphor) : //

- “being the joke’s turkey” (: being fooled) : être le dindon de la farce

daily life :

- “lightning up someone’s lamp“ (: explain stg) : éclairer la lanterne de quelqu’un

- being a sissy : être une chochotte (ep)

- under the eyes (: in front of) : sous les yeux, ex : j’ai le papier sous les yeux

- under the shower (: in the shower) : sous la douche, ex : va répondre à la porte stp, je suis sous la douche

- “having a white night” (: insomnia) : passer une nuit blanche

- “in the car, Simone” (let’s go) : en voiture, Simone!

- “let’s go Alonzo” : allons-y Alonzo

- “giving a hand’s blow” (: helping, giving a hand) : donner un coup de main

- “wearing the knickers” (: being the one who makes decisions in a couple) : porter la culotte 

- “excuse the few” (: sarcasm, when someone has a lot and still complains) : excuse(z)-moi du peu (oh yes indeed you have three houses and two cars but you do NOT have a boat excusez-moi du peu)

- “I take” (I’d take it, count me in) : je prends, ex : si quelqu’un sait où je peux trouver une carte mémoire de PlayStation 1 pas trop chère, je prends

- “wanting the butter and the cost of the butter” (: wanting everything) : vouloir le beurre et l’argent du beurre (sometimes we also add “et le cul de la crémière” aka and the dairywoman’s ass)

- “taking a jacket/a rake” (: getting rejected) : prendre une veste/un râteau 

- “in fourth speed” (: v v quick) : en quatrième vitesse

- “turning over one’s jacket” (: switching opinion/camp) : retourner sa veste

- “getting in the subject’s brisk” (: adressing the elephant in the room) : entrer dans le vif (normally an adj) du sujet / “not passing by four paths” : ne pas passer par quatre chemins 

- “every road leads to Roma” (: who cares if we get lost) : tous les chemins mènent à Rome

- “going fishing for infos” (: trying to discover what people are gossiping about) : aller à la pêche aux infos

- “at the laddle” (: about, around) : à la louche (also : à peu près / en gros), ex : à la louche je dirais qu’il fait à peu près 1m85 (I’d say he is about 6 feet tall)

- “don’t look for midday at 2pm” (: don’t make things complicated) ne cherche(z) pas midi à quatorze heures

- “there’s no fire” (: no need to hurry) : il n’y a pas le feu 

- “passing a soap” / “getting X’s braces (the clothes) up again” (: tell someone off) : passer un savon / remonter les bretelles à/de

- “at Saint-Glinglin’s day” (: never) : à la Saint Glinglin

- “the four thursday’s week” (: never) : la semaine des quatre jeudi

- “we’re not at nan’s” (: you’re getting too comfy) : on n’est pas chez mémé

Hiver (m) - Winter Decembre - December Janvier - January Février - February Solstice (m) d’hiver  - Winter solstice Noël - Christmas Nouvel an (m) - New year

Météo (f)  - Weather Obscurité (f) - Darkness Morosité (f)  - Gloom Neige (f) - Snow Flocon(s) (m) de neige - Snowflake(s) Boule(s) (f) de neige - Snowball(s) Traîneau (m) - Sled, sledge Tempête (f) de neige  - Snowstorm Nuage(s) (m) - Cloud(s) Gel (m) - Frost Glace (f) - Ice Glaçon(s) (m) - Icicle(s) Pluie (f)  - Rain Flaque(s) (f) - Puddle(s) Grêle - Hail Vent (m) - Wind Froid (m) - Cold

Couverture(s) (f) - Blanket(s) Couette (f) - Duvet Gants (m)  - Gloves Écharpe (f) - Scarf Chaussette(s) (f) - Socks Pull (m) - Jumper, sweater, pullover Thé (m) - Tea Chocolat (m) chaud - Hot chocolate Feu (m) - Fire Cheminée (f) - Fireplace Bois (m) de chauffage - Firewood Feu d'artifice- Fireworks Bougie(s) (f) - Candle(s) Lanterne (f) - Lantern Chaleur (f) - Warmth Arbre (m) de Noël - Christmas tree Cadeaux (m) - Presents 

Nuageux - Cloudy Sombre - Dark, sombre, gloomy Venteux - Windy Pluvieux - Rainy Neigeux - Snowy, snow-covered Glacé - Icy Glissant - Slippery Hivernal - Wintery Douillet - Cosy Coloré - Colourful

Bref: basically (long story short)

Poilu(e): hairy

Loufoque: zany (bizarre, over the top)

Béer: to gape (yawn, be wide open)

Susanna’s French Verb Masterpost!

Hello! I’ve been inundated recently with messages from lovely studyblrs asking me to post the verbs from my French verb wall - so voilá! I’m really sorry for the delay, I’ve been meaning to get around to it for ages, but what with oral exams, art projects, geography projects, graduation planning and general Head Girl stuff it’s been hectic.

I hope these help a few of you out, I know from experience how difficult it is to find a concise collection of all the French verbs (or certainly those necessary for the Leaving Cert/similar exams). I love having these stuck up on my wall beside my desk, they make French homework an absolute doddle. And by the way, my mum is a French teacher, so you can rest assured that this isn’t a load of ol’ inaccurate baloney!

1. mettre les petits plats dans les grands = to prepare a lot of delicious food

lit.: to put the small dishes into the big disher

2. mettre les pieds dans les plats = to put one’s foot in it

lit.: to put the feet in the dishes

3. être trempé comme une soupe = to be soaked through

lit. to be soaked like a soup

4. ne pas être dans son assiette = to be out of sorts/ to feel a bit off

lit.: to not be in his plate

5. venir/arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe = to come/ arrive at an awkward moment

lit.: to come/ arrive like a horse in a soup

6. Il ne faut pas mélanger les torchons et les serviettes = you shouldn’t compare apples and oranges

lit.: you shouldn’t mix the cloth with the towels

7. Avoir du pain sur la planche = to have a lot of work to do

was feeling a bit inspired after all the things i’ve been watching and reading heh! it’s not really current weaponry… more medieval / middle-earth-esque / even french revolution times…?

quizlet link

【 fortification 】

le donjon (m) | keep

les douves (f) | moat

la forteresse (f) | fortress

le fossé (m) | ditch

la garrison (f) | garrison

la palissade (f) | palisade

le pont-levis (m) | drawbridge

le rempart (m) | rampart

le siège (m) | siege

【 military 】

l’armée (f) | army

l’artillerie (f) | artillery

le bataillon (m) | battalion

le capitaine (m) | captain

la cavalerie (f) | cavalry

le fantassin (m) | foot soldier

le général (m) | general

l’infanterie (f) | infantry

l’officier (m) | officer

le sergent (m) | sergeant

les troupes (f) | troops

【 weapons 】

l’arbalète (f) | crossbow

l’arc (m) | bow

l’armure (f) | armour

l’armurerie (f) | armoury

la baïonnette (f) | bayonet

la baliste (f) | ballista

le bélier (m) | battering ram

le bouclier (m) | shield

le canon (m) | cannon

la carabine (f) | carbine

le carquois (m) | quiver

la cotte de mailles (f) | chain mail

le coutelas (m) | cutlass

l’épée (f) | sword

le fléau (m) | flail

la flèche (f) | arrow

le fusil (m) | rifle

la garde (f) | hilt

le gourdin (m) | bludgeon

les grèves (f) | greaves

la hache (f) | axe

le javelot (m) | javelin

la lance (f) | spear

la massue (f) | mace

la mitraille (f) | grapeshot

le mousquet (m) | musket

la poudre à canon (f) | gunpowder 

le pistolet (m) | pistol

le poignard (m) | dagger

le pommeau (m) | pommel

le plastron (m) | breastplate

le sabre (m) | sabre

le trébuchet (m) | trebuchet

【 extra 】

assiéger | to beseige

la bataille (f) | battle

la guerre (f) | war

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)

Arabic Without Walls

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Catalan Sign Language

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

First Year Chinese I &  II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese I

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Entire post here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French for Beginners

French Language Studies I, II, III

French:Ouverture

Intermediate

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout

Advanced

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Reading French Literature

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Basic German

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Reading German Literature

Hebrew

Alphabet Crash Course

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Oggi e Domani

Intermediate

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced

Advanced Italian I

Italian Literature

Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century

La Commedia di Dante

Reading Italian Literature

Japanese

Beginner’s Conversational Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Latin

Latin I (Taught in Italian)

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Learn The Norwegian Language

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Basics of Russian

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Russian Alphabet

Russian Essentials

Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation

Reading and Writing Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

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Due to my general area of study, some of the first words I learned in French were musical terms, so it seems like a nice place to start for my first French vocabulary list :) Enjoy! ♩♫♪♬

la musique - music

le musicien, la musicienne - musician

le compositeur, la compositrice - composer

le auteur-compositeur - songwriter

la composition - composition

l'harmonie - harmony (f.)

la mélodie - melody

le rythme - rhythm

l'orchestre - orchestra (m.)

le groupe - band

la chanson - song

un album - album

le chanteur, la chauntese - singer

la voix - voice

une ballade - ballad

la symphonie - symphony

le concerto - concerto

la sonate - sonata

l'Opéra - opera (f.)

la scène - stage

le public - audience

le concert - concert

la répétition - rehearsal

la note - note

la partition - sheet music, score

la gamme - scale

le ton - tone, pitch

le demi-ton - half tone

la tonalité - tonality

la clef de sol - treble clef

l’accord - chord (m.)

l’arpège - arpeggio (m.)

la ronde - whole note

la blanche - half note

la noire - quarter nore

la croche - eight note

la note pointée - dotted note

la pause -  whole rest

le point d’orgue -  pause

la double croche -  semiquaver

le soupir -  crotchet rest                 

… (more terms)

un instrument - instrument

un instrumentiste - instrumentalist

le/la chef(fe) d'orchestre - conductor

un piano droit - upright piano

un piano à queue - grand piano

un orgue - organ

un clavecin - harpsichord

instruments à cordes - strings

une guitare - guitar

une harpe - harp

un violon - violin

un alto - viola

un violoncelle - cello

une contrebasse - double bass

un luth - lute

les bois - woodwinds

un basson - bassoon

un saxophone - saxophone

une clarinette - clarinet

une flûte - flute

un hautbois - oboe

un cor anglais - English horn

un accordéon - accordion

les cuivres - brass

un cor d'harmonie - French horn 

une trompette - trumpet

un trombone - trombone

un tuba - tuba  

les percussions - percussions

une batterie - drums

une cymbale - cymbal

une timbale - kettledrum

chanter - to sing

jouer - to play

composer - to compose