58. Sports & Instruments
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Soccer |
le football |
Softball |
le softball |
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Hockey |
le hockey |
Golf |
le golf |
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Football |
le football américain |
Bicycling |
le vélo |
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Basketball |
le basket |
Surfing |
le surf |
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Baseball |
le base-ball |
Dirt/Motor biking |
le bicross |
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Horse-back riding |
l'équitation; du cheval |
French horn |
le cor d'harmonie |
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Tennis |
le tennis |
violin |
le violon |
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Skiing |
le ski |
guitar |
la guitare |
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Volleyball |
le volley |
drum |
le tambour |
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Wrestling |
la lutte / le catch |
tuba |
le tuba |
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Jogging |
le jogging |
flute |
la flûte |
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Ice-skating |
le patin à glace |
trombone |
le trombone |
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Swimming |
la natation |
clarinet |
la clarinette |
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Track and Field |
l'athlétisme |
cello |
le violoncelle |
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Bowling |
le bowling |
harp |
la harpe |
La lutte is regular wrestling (the real Greco-Roman sport), while le catch is professional/fake wrestling.
Faire de + a sport means to play. Jouer à + a sport also means to play, as does jouer de + an instrument.
Tu fais du foot. You play soccer. J'aime jouer au tennis. I like to play tennis. Je peux jouer de la guitare. I can play the guitar. Nous jouons de la clarinette. We play the clarinet. Il veut jouer du tuba. He wants to play the tuba.
59. Nature
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air |
l'air (m) |
frost |
la gelée |
rose |
la rose |
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archipelago |
l'archipel (m) |
grass |
l'herbe (f) |
sand |
le sable |
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bank |
la rive |
gulf |
le golfe |
sea |
la mer |
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bay |
la baie |
hail |
la grêle |
shadow |
l'ombre (f) |
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barn |
la grange |
hay |
le foin |
sky |
le ciel |
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beach |
la plage |
high tide |
la marée haute |
snow |
la neige |
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branch |
la branche |
hill |
la colline |
soil |
la terre |
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bridge |
le pont |
ice |
la glace |
south |
le sud |
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bud |
le bouton |
island |
I'île (f) |
spring (water) |
la source |
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bush |
le buisson |
isthmus |
l'isthme |
star |
l'étoile (f) |
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cape |
le cap |
jungle |
la jungle |
stem |
la tige |
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cave |
la caverne |
lake |
le lac |
storm |
l'orage (f) / la tempête |
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city |
la ville |
leaf |
la feuille |
strait |
le détroit |
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climate |
le climat |
light |
la lumière |
stream |
le ruisseau |
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cloud |
le nuage |
lightning |
l'éclair (m) |
street |
la rue |
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coast |
la côte |
lily |
le lis |
sun |
le soleil |
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comet |
la comète |
low tide |
la marée basse |
sunflower |
le tournesol |
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constellation |
la constellation |
meadow |
le pré |
thaw |
la fonte |
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country |
le pays |
moon |
la lune |
thunder |
le tonnerre |
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country(side) |
la campagne |
mountain |
la montagne |
tornado |
la tornade |
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current |
le courant |
mountain range |
la chaîne de montagnes |
tree |
l'arbre (m) |
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daffodil |
la jonquille |
mouth (river) |
l'embouchure (f) |
trunk |
le tronc |
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daisy |
la marguerite |
mud |
la vase |
tulip |
la tulipe |
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darkness |
l'obscurité (f) |
nature |
la nature |
valley |
la vallée |
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desert |
le désert |
north |
le nord |
view |
la vue |
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dew |
la rosée |
peninsula |
la péninsule |
water |
l'eau (f) |
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dust |
la poussière |
plain |
la plaine |
fresh water |
l'eau douce |
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earth |
la terre |
planet |
la planète |
salt water |
l'eau salée |
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east |
l'est (m) |
plant |
la plante |
watering can |
l'arrosoir (m) |
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farm |
la ferme |
pond |
l'étang (m) |
waterfall |
la cascade |
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field |
le champ |
pot (for plants) |
le pot de fleurs |
wave |
la vague / l'onde (f) |
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flower |
la fleur |
rain |
la pluie |
weather |
le temps |
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foam |
l'écume (f) |
rainbow |
l'arc-en-ciel (m) |
west |
l'ouest (m) |
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fog |
le brouillard |
river |
le fleuve |
wind |
le vent |
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foliage |
le feuillage |
rock |
le rocher |
world |
le monde |
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forest |
la forêt |
root |
la racine |
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60. To Live
vivre - to live, be alive (vee-vruh)
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Present |
Imperfect |
Future |
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vis |
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vivons |
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vivais |
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vivions |
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vivrai |
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vivrons |
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vis |
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vivez |
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vivais |
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viviez |
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vivras |
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vivrez |
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vit |
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vivent |
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vivait |
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vivaient |
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vivra |
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vivront |
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The past participle of vivre is vécu and it is conjugated with avoir. Habiter is another verb that means to live, but it means to live in a place. Vivre is used to mean the state of being alive. A subjunctive form of vivre, vive, is often used in exclamations.