Study w/ Kole

An Overview of Note-Taking Styles

Here are 100 scholarships to choose from:

Unless otherwise stated, all minority scholarships are applicable to women from underserved ethnic groups, including African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Asians.

Arts Scholarships

Girls* Who Illustrate Awesomeness Scholarship 

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Blanche E. Coleman Foundation Scholarship 

For more information contact the foundation using this information.

National Society of Arts and Letters Scholarships

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Bev Sellers Scholarship

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BMI Foundation: John Lennon Scholarship 

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Worldstudio Foundation AIGA Scholarship

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Women in Film Foundation Scholarship Learn more here.

Education Scholarships

Nancy Larson Foundation College Scholarship Apply here.

Minority Doctoral Loan For Service Apply here.

National Academy of Education Spencer Dissertation Fellows Apply here.

STEM Scholarships

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Apply here.

Software Testing Scholarship Apply here.

ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship Apply here.

Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Apply here.

AWG Minority Scholarship Apply here.

National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program Apply here.

Stan Beck Fellowship Apply here.

APS Minority Scholarship Apply here.

AICPA Minority Accounting Students Scholarships Apply here.

Mae & Mary Scholarship Learn more here.

The Generation Google Scholarship Apply here.

Microsoft Minority Scholarship Learn more.

Charles Shelton Veterinary Medicine/Technology Scholarship Apply here.

Brown and Caldwell Minority Scholarship Apply here.

Surety & Fidelity Industry Intern and Scholarship Program Apply here.

¡Adelante! Fund Scholarships Apply here.

Elliott C. Roberts Scholarship Apply here.

P.L.A.Y. Scholarship Apply here.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Scholarships Apply here.

Gates Millennium Scholars Program Apply here.

National Medical Fellowship Scholarships Program Apply here.

SanDisk Scholars Fund Apply here.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Apply here.

General Merit Scholarships

Udall Undergraduate Scholarships Apply here.

Fulbright Scholars Program Learn more here.

Courage to Grow Scholarship Apply here.

BUICK Achievers Scholarships Apply here.

Coca-Cola Scholars Apply here.

Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship Apply here.

Burger King Scholars Apply here.

Roothbert Fund Scholarship Apply here.

Liberty Mutual  Scholarships Apply here.

State Farm Good Neighbor Scholarship Apply here.

LPGA Foundation Scholarship Apply here.

NCAA Minority and Women’s Enhancement Graduate Scholarship Apply here.

Discover Student Loans Scholarship Apply here.

Scholarship America Dream Award Apply here.

AXA Achievement Community Award Apply here.

Catharine Lealtad Scholarships More info here.

Marine Corps Scholarships Apply here.

La Unidad Latina Foundation Scholarships Apply here.

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarships Learn more here.

GE – Reagan Foundation Scholarship Learn more here.

Fundación Kinesis Scholarships Learn more here.

Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship Apply here.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Apply here.

Ronald McDonald House Charities African American Future Achievers Apply here.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Apply here.

Omega Phi Beta – Reach for the Gold Scholarships Apply here.

Questbridge Scholarship Learn more here.

Ron Brown Scholar Program Apply here.

United Negro College Fund Learn more here.

DAR American Indian Scholarship Learn more here.

Frances Crawford Marvin American Indian Scholarship Learn more here.

Business Scholarships

American Bus Association Diversity Scholarship Apply here.

FormSwift Scholarship Apply here.

17oxen Digital Marketing  Scholarship Apply here.

Les Dames d’Escoffier International Scholarship Apply here.

AICPA Minority Accounting Students Scholarships Apply here.

Morgan Stanley Richard B. Fisher Scholarship Program Apply here.

National Society of Hispanic MBAs Scholarship Program Apply here.

Herman J. Neal Scholarship Apply here.

HACU Scholarships Apply here.

National Black MBA Association Scholarships Apply here.

Surety & Fidelity Industry Intern and Scholarship Program Apply here.

The Hyatt Hotels Fund for Minority Lodging Management Students Apply here.

Minorities in Hospitality Scholars Program Learn more here.

RICOH Scholarship Program Learn more here.

Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Learn more here.

Social Science Scholarships

ASA Minority Fellowship Program Apply here.

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program Apply here.

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Amount: $30,000 | Application Deadline: February Apply here.

American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship Apply here.

Fellowship on Women and Public Policy Amount: $31,000 | Application Deadline: September Apply here.

Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program Amount: $20,000 | Application Deadline: November Apply here.

Judith McManus Price Scholarship Apply here.

Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate & Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship Amount: Up to $37,500 | Application Deadline: December Apply here.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Award Learn more here.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Scholarship Learn more here.

Law Scholarships

American Bar Association Jeanne P. Gray Diversity Scholarship Learn more here.

Backfire & Backfire, P.C. Law School Diversity Scholarship Apply here.

NALP Diversity Scholarships Amount: Up to $30,000| Application Deadline: Varies here.

Sidney B. Williams Scholarship Apply here.

Communications Scholarships

The Jacqueline Woodson Fellowship for a Young People’s Writer of African or Caribbean Descent Learn more here.

Proofreading.com Scholarship Apply here.

The LAGRANT Foundation Scholarships Apply here.

Leonard M. Perryman Communications Scholarship for Racial Ethnic Minority Students Apply here.

National Press Club Scholarship for Journalism Diversity Apply here.

Chips Quinn Scholars Program Apply here.

Allison E. Fisher Scholarship Apply here.

Emma Bowen Foundation Fellowship Learn more here.

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The list with more art scholarships – here: http://www.scholarshipsforwomen.net/art/

I’m so happy more opportunities are coming up! Scholarships are in effect a gift of free cash. Free cash is very popular in every society and nation. So the applicant and recipient of scholarship money has worked very hard and has much to offer our society and is a deserved winner. It is still a free cash gift… GET IT! 

These presentations shows you how to write a winner scholarship:

application:http://www.thefreeschool.education/scholarships.html

Creating a Blocking Script

To create a blocking script generally one starts with a single-sided script. This leaves the other side of the two-page spread for an image / drawing of the stage and set. This is something you may have to create yourself, however, check in with the set designer first and see if that have something created you can use. Once you’ve done that, you can print that on the opposite side of your script so that the left side has the blocking image and the right is the script. That way when you open to the script page you can also see that page’s blocking.

It is also important to create a blocking key for all of the notation used in the script. This helps establish a convention and makes your blocking notes readable to someone if someone needs use it. It should be put in the front of the binder or tab of the binder.

Marking Acts and Scenes

When blocking scenes often the director will jump between scenes so it’s important to mark out the scenes and acts. This is most commonly done with post-it flags on the side of the script. These allow for the easy finding of the scene being worked on.

Common Notation

There are many ways of quick notation commonly used blocking terms that many stage managers and directors use. These should be put in your blocking key. Here is a blocking key that shows many of the commonly used notations. Also, it helps to create a shorthand for each character. Usually, you use the first two letters of the characters name. If there are two characters with the same two first letters you can use first three or the first two consonants that make it obvious who it is. This should also be put in the key.

Ways of Taking Blocking Notes

There are many ways to take blocking notes and they tend to vary slightly between people. Ultimately it is about finding a system that works for you and using only that. Here are three fairly common ways.

1. One way to take notes is to use lines and arrows on a map of the stage. In this method, you write down the character notation and draw a line from that to the location they land in marking the new location with an X. Then you label the path with a number that corresponded to a number in the script at the line the action occurs. 

2. Another way is to use the numbers in the script, but then simply write out the action using blocking notation. This can be accompanied by small drawings if needed. This can be written in the script or on the opposite side.

Other Helpful Tips

Always write blocking in pencil. Blocking by it its very nature is going to change many times. Because of this, it’s important to only write in pencil.

If you are the stage manager and someone else, and ASM or PA, is taking blocking for you make sure that you give them a key so that you can read the blocking. This just helps keep everything uniform and usable by all.

 A comprehensive list of useful sound design and audio engineering texts

Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook

Master Handbook of Acoustics - Fifth Edition

Mixing a Musical - Shannon Slaton

Sound and Music for the Theatre - Deena Kaye, James LeBrecht

Show Networks and Control Systems - John Huntington

Sound Systems: Design and Operation - Bob McCarthy

Sound Reproduction - Loudspeakers and Rooms

Room Acoustics - Fifth Edition

Fundamentals of Acoustics - Fourth Edition

Audio Engineering: Know it All

performance

timing (even tempo), intonation (in tune), tone, x-factor (putting the lyrics across in a way that really makes us listen and understand the composition of the story)

composition

melody, harmony (is the harmony supporting the melody), lyrics, form (different sections of a song, are they coming together in the right way, does it feel like you’re on a journey, is it worth it to listen to the song because of the climax) 

production

vocal placement (vocals in comparison to other instruments, how close or far away are the vocals, far away (wet) close (dry)), intelligibility (can we hear all of the lyrics), tone (tone of the instruments themselves) focus (giving the listener enough cues to know where to put their focus or listen) effects (delays, etc. don’t be too distracting, add to the piece)

There’s this theory of the ear that it hears different frequencies at different levels. The Fletcher-Munson curves, commonly known as equal-loudness contours, indicate the ear’s average sensitivity to different frequencies at various amplitude levels.

Even if the tonal balance of the sound remains the same, at low volume, mid range frequencies sound more prominent. While at high listening volumes, the lows and highs sound more prominent, and the mid range seems to back off.

In short, this explains why quieter music seems to sound less rich and full than louder music. Generally it’s better for the music to sound good as the volume increases.

10 essential tips… 20 mistakes… 30 production secrets and so on, such lists seem to be really popular these days. Although many of them are just full of crap. Especially forget about the longer checklists – even if you could find some good advices there, most tips are just nonsense, like “don’t mix bass with headphones”.

Anyway, to you aspiring producer, here’s a few things I think you should care about:

Limiting yourself can help drive creativity. Don’t use all of your instrumental arsenal at once, don’t try to cover all music styles in one track.

Listen to different styles of music and try to identify what you like and what you dislike.

Analyze your favorite artists’ work in great detail. Theorize with both feet on the ground.

Go ahead and copy other artists, but don’t settle there – tweak and add your own style and flavor.

Cover, remix and remake your favorite tracks, it’s a good and fun way to learn about music.

Use reference tracks, compare your shit to others, but don’t get paralyzed when your track doesn’t bang as loud as them.

Learn about synthesis and learn how to sound design different kind of instruments, e.g. strings, plucks, percussion (make synthetic drums using waveforms, a noise generator, filters, envelopes and such).

Check your music productions on several systems; from high-end studio monitor speakers to iPhone earbuds.

Sleep on it. Let your track mature over night and return to it with fresh ears.

Go hardware, get tactile if you are growing tired of a software-based environment. To actually play an instrument or to turn a real knob is really something else.

Get inspiration from collaborations with other artists. Just reach out to people you admire – this is globalization, this is the time of teh internetz.

Three years ago I posted a list of some music production methods and tips on my blog that still gets some attention. Now, here’s some other good read (I hope).

About drum EQ

How to translate sub bass onto smaller speakers 

Ideas on effect chain orders

How a compressor work

How to program synth strings

About mid/side processing

How to boost bass

How to create drum sounds with a synth

So I’ve had this blog for a year and a half now – yay! I’ve primarily focused on music production methods and tips. If you’re into that, making music, then here are a few (not all) old posts that could interest you. Now, did you ever wonder… 

How the hell to program a killer bass?

How to master shit in your bedroom studio?

What to do just to sound tight?

How to record and mix vocals at home?

How to work the 808 kick with a sub?

How to route side-chain compression?

Which fucking BPM to use for your track?

How to bring clarity to your mix?

How to structure your song, where to put the drop?

About the old Haas effect?

How to work with parallel processing?

Voice in writing is extremely important and can make or break your story as a whole. It’s imperative that you pay attention to how readers interpret your writing voice because loving the author’s storytelling style can sometimes be just as important as the story itself. Here are some tips to remember and some general rules to follow in order to make sure your writing voice is enjoyable to listen to for your audience.

General Introduction & Some Things To Note

Voice is an audience’s ability to read something and know you wrote it. It’s essentially your fingerprint on your work.

The syntax is how an author chooses to order words in a sentence and can play a large role in conveying your voice.

Voice does not have to be yours alone, but more on that later.

How To Develop Your Voice

Rule 1: Write Naturally

Use voice as a tool, but don’t let it control you. Don’t try to force voice into your writing. Forcing voice can make it sound awkward and push the reader away. 

Rule 2: Always Write For Clarity First

Be as clear as possible. Don’t embellish or use fancy words if unnecessary. If writing poetry, however, do the exact opposite.

Rule 3: Don’t Deviate Too Much From The Rules Of Writing

Doing this can alienate your readers. If you break the everyday rules too much and deviate from the technical conventions of writing, your readers may get distracted or lose track of what you’re trying to convey and what’s going on in the story as a whole.

Writing In Somebody Else’s Voice

A lot of authors choose to write stories from the point of view of a character in their story. Authors may also choose to write in a format that requires their voice to be that of someone who may be completely different than them. Being able to recognize small details that form a voice in your readers’ heads is very important, whether you’re telling them the story as yourself or through the eyes of another. Here are some tips on developing a voice that matches the point of view you are telling the story from:

Word Choice ~ Use words and phrases that are true to the character’s personality. If your character is a 21st-century teenager talking about some guy they’re “totally obsessed” with and want to “Netflix and Chill” with, then they probably won’t describe him as a “harrowing barbarian with golden flowing locks and a stone cold thirst for vengeance”. 

Observation ~ Be careful when describing what your narrator observes throughout the story. If your narrator is supposed to be somewhat oblivious or gullible, they won’t notice the incredibly subtle mannerisms in everyone around them in order to conveniently draw conclusions and convey every piece of information the reader needs to predict the ending of the story.

Focus ~ Be mindful of what your narrator focuses on when describing a situation or the people around them. If your narrator chooses to point out that a character they don’t like happens to have the latest Rolex, this will hint at the reader that the character has a distaste for those with lots of wealth and therefore is somewhat of the opposite of the person they dislike. The things a person focuses on can tell you a lot about who they are and what they think of the world, and that is a massive deal when it comes to voice.

Descriptions ~ How your character describes the situations and minute details is important. Whether they say “shuddered” instead of “shook” or “steamed” instead of “angry” plays a large part in the reader getting to know your narrator.

The 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences The 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences The 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences The 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences The 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences The 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences The 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences The 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences

(Sources: 5 Steps to Speak a New Language by Hung Quang Pham)

This article has an excellent summary on how to rapidly learn a new language within 90 days.

We can begin with studying the first 600 words. Of course chucking is an effective way to memorize words readily. Here’s a list to translate into the language you desire to learn that I grabbed from here! :)

EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)      

‘Yes’ and ‘no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.    

Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?    

Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.    

Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.    

Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.    

NOUNS (about 120 words)

Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.    

People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.    

Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.    

Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.    

Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.    

Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.    

PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)    

General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.    

Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.    

Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.    

Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.    

DETERMINERS (about 80 words)  

Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.    

Demonstrative: this, that.    

Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.    

Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.    

Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.    

ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)    

Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.    

Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.    

General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.    

Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.    

VERBS (about 100 words)    

arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.    

PRONOUNS (about 40 words)

Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.    

Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.    

Demonstrative: this, that.    

Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.    

Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.    

Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.    

ADVERBS (about 60 words)

Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.    

Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.    

Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.    

Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.    

CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)

Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.    

Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.    

♡ Basics:

une école - school (in general), grade school

un écolier, une écolière - grade school student

un collège - middle school, junior high

un collégien, une collégienne - middle school student

un lycée - high school

un lycéen, une lycéenne - high school student

une université - college, university

un étudiant, une étudiante - college student

un professeur, un/e prof (informal)* - teacher

*In France, the word professeur is always masculine, even if the teacher is a woman. 

♡ School Years and Ages: 

Cours Préparatoire (CP) = 6 years old

Cours Elémentaire (CE1) = 7 years old

Cours Elémentaire (CE1) = 8 years old

Cours Moyen (CM1) = 9 years old

Cours Moyen (CM2) = 10 years old

Sixième = 11 years old

Cinquième = 12 years old

Quatrième = 13 years old

Troisième = 14 years old

Seconde = 15 years old

Première = 16 years old

Terminale = 17 years old

♡ Equipment - Le Matériel

un bureau - desk

un pupitre - student desk

un cahier - notebook

une calculatrice - calculator

un carnet - notebook

une carte - map

un classeur - binder

une craie - chalk

un crayon - pencil

des devoirs (m) - homework

un dictionnaire - dictionary

une gomme - eraser

le rétroprojecteur - overhead projector

un livre - book

la trousse - pencil case

le papier - paper

une feuille de papier - piece of paper

recto verso - front and back, both sides

un sac à dos - backpack

un stylo - pen

un tableau - chalkboard

le cartable - school bag

♡ The School:

classroom - une salle de classe

library - la bibliothèque

librarian - le/la documentaliste

hall - le hall

staff room - une salle des profs

cloakroom - le vestiaire

toilets - les toilettes

laboratory - un laboratoire

workshop - un atelier

gym - le gymnase

the playground - la cour de récréation 

sports field - le terrain de sports

headmaster - le directeur

headmistress - la directrice

secretary - la secrétaire

dining hall - la cantine

corridor - le couloir

caretaker - le concierge

school yard - la cour

♡ Subjects - Les Matières

English - l'anglais

Mathematics - les mathématiques

Modern Languages - les langues vivantes

French - le français

Spanish - l'espagnol

German - l'allemand

Greek - le grec

Latin - le latin

Physical Science - les sciences physiques

Physics - la physique

Chemistry - la chimie

Biologie - la biologie

Technology - le travail manuel éducatif (TME)

Woodwork - le travail sur bois

Art - le dessin

Computing (IT) - l'informatique

Music - la musique

Geography - la géographie

History - l'histoire

Physical Education (PE) - l'éducation physique et sportive (EPS)

Religious Education (RE) - l'instruction religieuse

♡ School Life

lesson - un cours

pupil - une élève

to spell - épeler 

to learn - apprendre 

to discuss - discuter

essay - la rédaction 

school uniform - l’uniforme 

bell - le sonnerie

homework - les devoirs

timetable - un emploi de temps

to take notes - prendre des notes 

term/semester - un trimestre

detention - le retenue

study period - l'étude

un examen - test

♡ Classroom activities and instructions

lever la main - to put one’s hand up

poser une question - to ask a question

écrivez - write down 

écoutez - listen to 

regardez  - look at 

regardez attentivement - look closely

lisez - read

lisez attentivement - read carefully

…le texte - the text

…l'enregistrement - the recording

…la conversation - the conversation

…la vidéo - the video

…l'écran - the screen

ouvrez - open

…votre cahier -  your workbooks

…votre livre - your (text) books

…le manuel - the textbook

cochez la bonne réponse - tick the right answer

je vais vous donner un devoir - I’m going to give you some homework

c'est pour - it’s for

il faut le rendre - you’ve to hand it in

…demain - tomorrow

…la semaine prochaine - next week

…après les vacances - after the holidays

allez, c'est parti! - come on, let’s start!

faites moins de bruit, s'il vous plaît! - quieten down, please!

Small talk :

- hello : bonjour / bonsoir (after 6pm), salut (familiar)

- goodbye : au revoir, salut (familiar)

- good afternoon : bonne après-midi (when you leave)

- goodnight : bonne soirée (when you leave)

- how are you : comment ça va ? ça va ? (familiar)

- I’m fine : je vais bien, ça va 

- thank you (very much) : merci (beaucoup)

- you’re welcome : de rien

- see you later / tonight / tomorrow : on se voit plus tard / ce soir / demain

La présentation :

- what is your name ? : comment tu t’appelles / comment vous appelez-vous ? ; quel est ton / votre nom ?

- my name is _ : je m’appelle _ (literally “I call myself _”)

- how old are you ? quel âge as-tu / avez-vous ? 

- I’m _ years old : j’ai _ ans (”I have _ years”)

- and a half : et demi

- how tall are you ? : quelle taille mesures-tu / mesurez-vous ? 

- I am 5′7/1,70m : je mesure / fais un mètre soixante-dix

- are you single ? : es-tu / êtes-vous célibataire ? as-tu / avez-vous quelqu’un dans votre vie ? (”do you have anyone in your life ?”)

- I am dating someone : je suis en couple / avec quelqu’un)  ; je vois quelqu’un (”I’m seeing someone”) sounds less serious, also used to mention a therapist)

Les questions :

- what about you ? : et toi / vous ? 

- what’s new ? : qu’est-ce qu’il y a de nouveau ? ; quoi de neuf ? (familiar)

- what do you mean ? : comment ça ? ; qu’est-ce que tu veux / vous voulez dire ? c’est-à-dire ? 

- what is that ? : qu’est-ce que c’est (que ça / cela) ? 

- who is that ? qui est-ce ? qui c’est ? (familiar)

- I don’t remember : je ne me rappelle pas

- I don’t remember that : je ne m’en rappelle pas

- sorry ? : pardon ? excuse-moi / excusez-moi ? 

- are you sure ? : es-tu / êtes-vous sûr.e ? 

- are you sure about that ? : en es-tu / en êtes-vous sûr.e ? c’est sûr ? (familiar)

- I don’t know : je ne sais pas 

- I don’t really know : je ne sais pas trop / pas vraiment

- who knows ? : qui sait ? 

Les gros mots : 

- shit : merde / fait chier

- fuck : putain (usable in pretty much any situation)

- shut up : (ferme / fermez) ta / votre (sg) / vos (pl) gueule.s 

- asshole : trou du cul / trou de balle

- fucker : connard / connasse 

- bastard : bâtard

- bitch : sale pute

- / : nom de Dieu (”in the name of god”, when you’re pissed)

- I don’t give a fuck : je m’en fous ; je m’en branle (branler : to masturbate) ; je m’en cogne ; je n’en ai rien à foutre ; je n’en ai rien à carrer ; je m’en bats les couilles (for males) or je m’en bats les ovaires (females)

- go fuck yourself : va te / allez vous faire foutre ; va / allez chier 

- go die : va / allez mourir ; va / allez crever (familiar)

- son of a bitch : fils de pute 

If you’re a beginner, you might want to learn some very used verbs. Those are found very frequently, mostly in literal ways.

- to be : être

- to have : avoir

- to do : faire

- to make : faire

- to eat : manger

- to drink : boire

- to sleep : dormir

- to play : jouer

- to work : travailler

- to go : aller

- to go in : entrer

- to go out : sortir

- to go back : rentrer

- to arrive : arriver

- to live : vivre

- to die : mourir

- to sing : chanter

- to dance : danser

- to walk : marcher

- to run : courir

- to swim : nager

- to go up the stairs : monter (les escaliers)

- to go down the stairs : descendre (les escaliers)

- to fall : tomber

- to jump : sauter

- to have a fight : se battre

- to carry : porter

- to drive : conduire

- to bring : emmener (a person), emporter (a thing)

- to drop : faire tomber

- to get up : se lever

- to wake up : se réveiller

- to go to bed : aller se coucher

- to sit down : s’asseoir

- to see : voir 

- to look : regarder

- to speak : parler

- to talk : parler, discuter

- to hear : entendre

- to listen : écouter

- to touch : toucher

- to feel : sentir

- to smell : sentir

- to laugh : rire

- to cry : pleurer

- to mean : signifier, vouloir dire

- to scream : crier

- to whisper : chuchoter

- to smile : sourire

- to mutter : murmurer

- to read : lire

- to watch : regarder

- to think : penser

- to imagine : imaginer

- to win : gagner

- to lose : perdre

basic colours💐

bleu (-e) - blue

vert (-e) - green

jaune - yellow

rouge - red

rose - pink

violet (-te) - purple

marron - brown

noir (-e) - black

blanch (-e) - white

orange - orange

gris (-e) - grey

argent - silver

or - gold

clair - light [eg. light blue - bleu clair]

foncé - dark [eg. dark pink - rose foncé]

la prononciation (not for all of them, unfortunately)

hair colours🌹

les cheveux noirs - black hair

les cheveux blonds (-es) - blonde hair

les cheveux bruns - brown hair

les cheveux roux - red hair

1. Verb groups

There are three groups of verbs in French. The first one ends with –er, the second with –ir, and the third with –re, -oir, and –ir. These groups basically determine how the verbs are conjugated. For the most part, you can tell with group the verb belongs to just by looking at the ending, but in the case of –ir verbs, it’s a little trickier. The difference between second-group –ir and third-group –ir is the ending of the participe présent (present participle, a.k.a verbs ending in –ing): second-group verbs end in –issant, while third-group verbs end in –ant.

The third group is the one with all the irregular verbs, so it’s better to check the conjugation just to be sure.

2. Verb radicals

First group

For the present and imperfect tenses, the radical is the verb without the ending.

e.g.: aim- for aimer, parl- for parler

For the future and conditional tenses, the radical is the same as the verb.

e.g.: aimer- for aimer, parler- for parler

Second group

For the present tense, the radical is the verb with the r.

e.g.: fini- for finir, guéri- for guérir

For the imperfect tense, the radical is the same as the present tense, but you also add ss to it.

e.g.: finiss- for finir, guériss- for guérir

For the future and conditional tenses, the radical is the same as the verb.

e.g.: finir- for finir, guérir- for guérir

Third group (there are exceptions everywhere)

-re

For the present and imperfect tenses, the radical is the verb without the ending.

e.g.: vend- for vendre, prend- for prendre

For the future and conditional tenses, the radical is the verb with the r.

e.g.: vendr- for vendre, prendr- for prendre

-ir

For the present and imperfect tenses, the radical is the verb without the ending.

e.g.: ouvr- for ouvrir, ment- for mentir

For the future and conditional tenses, the radical is the same as the verb.

e.g.: ouvrir- for ouvrir, mentir- for mentir

HOWEVER there are exceptions for the –ir verbs

For the present and imperfect tenses, the radical is the verb without the three last letters.

e.g.: sor- for sortir, dor- for dormir

-oir

These are all irregular and you should look them up.

e.g.: savoir, pouvoir, recevoir

Present: sa- (je/tu/il)/ sav- (nous/vous/ils) for savoir, peu- (je/tu/il)/ pouv- (nous/vous/ils) for pouvoir, rec/reç (je/tu/il)/ recev- (nous/vous/ils) for recevoir

Imperfect: sav- for savoir, pouv- for pouvoir, recev- for recevoir

Future and Conditional: saur- for savoir, pourr- for pouvoir, recevr- for recevoir

3. Verb endings

First group:

Second group:

Third group:

-re

-oir (all irregular, please look these up)

e.g.: savoir

e.g.: pouvoir

e.g.: recevoir

-ir

e.g.: ouvrir

e.g.: dormir