Opinions - present tense trs - very

jaime bien - I like trop - too

jaime beaucoup - I like a lot bien sr - of course
jaime assez - I quite like peut-tre - maybe
je naime pas beaucoup - I dont much like assez - quite/fairly
je naime pas tellement - I dont really like un peu - a bit
je naime pas trop - I dont really like too much plein de - loads of
je naime pas du tout - I dont like at all pas mal de - quite a lot of
je dteste - I hate trop de - too many
au moins - at least
a me plat beaucoup - I like it a a lot plus de - no more
a me plat de travailler - I like working pas grand chose - not very much
a me plat de danser - I like dancing
a me plat de mamuser - I like having fun Adverbs to improve the quality of your reasins - all
a me plat de sortir - I like going out tenses
a me plat de faire - I like doing/going vraiment - really (truly)
a me plat daller - I like going tellement - really (so)
incroyablement - incredibly
Giving reasons - present tense extrmement - extremely
eh bien - well particulirement - particularly
bref - well, to sum it up seulement - only
personnellement - personally probablement - probably
pour moi - for me absolument - absolutely
selon - according to .. certainement - certainly
je pense que - I think that compltement - completely
je trouve que - I think that naturellement - naturally
je crois que - I believe that evidemment - of course
jestime que - I reckon that
a mon avis - in my opinion Adding contrasting opinion and subordinate clauses
je suis de lopinion que - Im of the opinion that mais - but
cest - it is aussi - also
ce nest pas - it isnt (it is not) en plus - also, in addition
a peut tre - it can be egalement - equally, also
il/elle peut tre - he/she can be cest vrai que - its true that
je peut tre - I can be on dit que - they say that
il faut dire que - you have to say that
Opinions - past tense je suis daccord - I agree
jai bien aim - I liked je ne suis pas daccord - I dont agree
jai beaucoup aim - I really liked je ne suis pas daccord (avec ) que - I dont agree
je nai pas beaucoup aim - I didnt really like (with ) that
jai dtest - I hated heureusement - fortunately
a ma beaucoup plu - I really liked it (it was pleasing malheureusement - unfortunately
to me) en fait - in fact
cependant - however
Giving reasons - past tense pourtant - however
jai pens que - I thought that par contre - on the other hand
jai trouv que - I thought that donc - therefore,so,then
jtais de lopinion que - I was of the the opinion that alors - so,therefore
jtais daccord que - I agreed that ainsi - and so
je ntais pas daccord que - I didnt agree that quand mme - nevertheless, even so
ctait - it was dailleurs - furthermore
ce ntait pas - it wasnt bien entendu - of course

Giving reasons - future/conditional Time phrases - present tense

a sera - it will be normalement - normally
a serait - it would be quelquefois - sometimes
parfois - sometimes
Improving the quality of your reasons dhabitude - usually
car - because de temps en temps - now and again/from time to time
par exemple - for example tous les 36 du mois - once in a blue moon
tous les jours - every day
toujours - always
souvent - often
en gnral - in general
gnralement - for the most part
la plupart du temps - most of the time
maintenant - now
actuallement - at the moment
Time phrases - past tense
lanne dernire - last year
la semaine dernire - last week
hier - yesterday
le weekend dernier - last weekend
il y a ans - years ago
rcemment - recently
lautre jour - the other day
ce jour-l - that day
Time phrases - future tense
demain - tomorrow
la semaine prochaine - next week
le weekend prochain - next weekend
lanne prochaine - nexy year
aprs les examens - after exams
aprs avoir quitt le collge - after leaving school
lavenir - in the future
dans mes rves - in my dreams
Time phrases - all tenses
dabord - firstly
ensuite - next
puis - then
soudain - suddenly
tout de suite - straight away
immdiatement - immediately
finalement - finally
enfin - finally,at last
plus tard - later
un peu plus tard - a little later
plus tard dans la matine - later in the morning
pendant heures - for hours
aprs quelques minutes - after a few minutes
au bout de quelques minutes - at the end of several
minutes
le matin - in the morning
laprs-midi - in the afternoon
le soir - in the evenin
le weekend - at the weekend
pendant la semaine - during the week
pendant les vacances - during the holidays
vers heures - at about oclock
pendant une heure - for one hour
Description
il y a - there is
il nya pas de - there isnt a
il y avait - there was/were
il ny avait pas de - there wasnt/werent a
il y aura - there will be
il ny aura pas de - there wont be a
il y aurait - there would be
il ny aurais pas de - there wont be a
IDIOMS
cest dommage que - its a shame that
quand je mennuie - when Im bored
jen ai marre - Im fed up
jen ai marre de travailler - Im fed up of working
et alors ? - so what ?
mon il ! - yeah right !
a vaut le peine - its worth it (worth the effort)
a cote les yeux de la tte - it costs an arm and a leg
si jai soif normalement je - if Im thirsty normally I
quand jai faim je - when Im hungry I
une perte de temps - a waste of time
une perte dnergie - a waste of energy
une perte dargent - a waste of money
tant mieux ! - so much the better
tant pis ! - too bad !
a mest gal - I dont mind
ce nest pas grave - it doesnt matter
Idioms - past tense
ce ntait pas grave - it didnt matter
comme ctait drle ! - is was so funny
a mtait gal - I didnt mind
jen avais marre - I was fed up
je mennuyais - I was bored
jtais aux anges ! - I was over the moon !
ctait le coup de foudre - it was love at first dight
cela a cot les yeux de la tte - it cost an arm and a
leg
javais faim alors - I was hungry so
javais une faim de loup - I was starving
javais un petit creux - I was a bit peckish
je navais pas faim - I wasnt hungry
javais soif alors - I was thristy
Idioms - all tenses
une perte de temps - a waste of time
une perte de dnergie - a waste of energy
une perte de dargent - a waste of money
tant mieux ! - so much the better !
tant pis ! - too bad !
quel dommage ! - what a shame !
quelle chance ! - what luck !
quelle horreur ! - what a pain !
quelle surprise ! - what a surprise !
quel dsastre ! - what a disaster !
tout est bien qui finit bien - alls well that ends well
Structures to impress ! (past tense)
en ___-ant - whilst ___-ing
on a parl en rigolant - we talkedwhilst having a
laugh
on a parl en jouant - we talkedwhilst playing
on a parl en faisant - we talkedwhilst doing
javais envie de boire un coca - I fancied drinking a aprs avoir achet - after having bought
coke aprs avoir pris - after having had (food/meal)
javais envie daller en ville - I fancied going into aprs avoir rentr(e) - after having returned home
town aprs avoir all(e) - after having gone
javais envie de faire du shopping - I fancied going aprs avoir arriv(e) - after having arrived
shopping aprs avoir lev(e) -after having got up
javais envie de manger au McDo - I fancied eating at
McDonalds jaurais prfr aller - I would have preferred to go
javais envie de prendre - I fancied having
(food/meal) Future tense
javais envie de jouer au - I fancied playing jai lintention daller - I intend to go
javais envie dacheter - I fancied buying jai lintention dtudier - I intend to study
je nai pas lintention daller - I dont intend to go
jai dcid de sortir - I decided to go out
jai dcid daller en ville - I decided to go into town All tenses
jai dcid dacheter - I decided to buy avant de rentrer chez moi - before going home
jai dcid de prendre - I decided to have (food/meal) avant de sortir - before going out
jai dcid de faire - I decided to do/go avant daller - before going
jai dcid de tlphoner - I decided to phone avant de prendre - before having (food/meal)
jai dcid de rentrer - I decided to go home avant de manger - before eating
avant de partir - before leaving
aprs avoir mang - after having eaten avant de me coucher - before going to bed
aprs avoir fini - after having finished