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found this stuff on my computer from when my sister was taking french
3.1... i thought id pass it on to whoever else might find it useful:
Les
Miserables
JVJ - steals bread. 5 years + 14 year for trying to escape. Passport
jaune.
Fantine - strikes a bourgoise. Has illegitamate child. JVJ gives her
freedom. turboculecous
Cosette - daughter of Fantine. Plays with a doll named Catherine. JVJ
buys her + raises her like a father.
Marius - in love with Cosette. Fights in the soc. rev. JVJ sells his
ring
Eponine - daughter of the Then. In love with Marius. Saves his life but
dies
Gavroche - dies during the socialist rev. picks up bullets. Son of the Thenardier.
Thenardiers - raise Cosette cruely. Example of bad family. Saves JVJ's
live in the sewer.
Javert - strict officer of police. Guard at Toulon.
M. Bienvenu - priest who gives JVJ the candle sticks and buys his soul
Mdm. Magloire - priest's sister. Forgets to lock the cabanet. Does not
trust JVJ
Petit Gervais - chimney sweep, JVJ steals his piece de 40 sous
M. Madeleine - JVJ after he changes his life
Fauchelevent - under a horse carriage, JVJ saves life, incident raises
suspicion. gardiner who lets JVJ live as his brother, Ultime.
Champmathieu - took apples, police think he is JVJ
Les Miserables The Movie
Salome Ziman - sent to christian boarding school. Marries Marius.
Mr. Ziman - jewish critic. "coward". Shot and taken care by
farmers.
Mrs. Ziman - Catholic converted dancer. Sent to camp.
Henri Fortin - boxer. Person like JVJ.
Le pere de Henri - accused of killing someone. Sent to jail and tries to
escape.
La mere de Henri - sells her body. Kills herself after her husband dies.
Marius - marries Salome. Works as a Bartender.
Officer de Policier - person like Javert. Agent for Germany during WWII.
Farmer - jealous of cheating wife. Lies about WWII progress
Farmer's wife - doesn't actually have an affair with Mr. Ziman.
Simple Past
ER - ai, as, a ames, ates, etent
IR/RE - is, is, it, imes, ites, irent
Avoir - e + us, us, ut, umes, utes, urent
Etre - f + us, us, ut, umes, utes, urent
Relative Pronouns
Person Thing
Ob qui qui
Sub que que
Oprep qui lequel
Exceptions: De qui etes-vous ____?
A qui est ____? / Dans quel ____
Lequel de _____ / Quel est le nom _____
Quelle _____!
Interogative Pronouns
Person Thing
Ob qui qu'est-ce qui
Sub qui que
Oprep qui quoi
Penser a - have in mind
Penser de - have an opinion
Tout ce / Qu'est que c'est ___?
Direct and Indirect
Pronouns
Me, te, se, nous, vous, le, la, l', les, lui, leur, y, en
After commands - direct, indirect, y, en
La Boum
Vic - 14 year old, likes to party
Mathieu - goes out with Vic
Lydia - Mathieu's mistress, she sleeps around
Penelope - Vic's best friend
Ariere grandmere - crazy great grandmother. plays the harp
Francois - dentiste. Seduced by patient. Fake cast.
Francoise - cartoonist. Having another baby.
Eric - German teacher. Mistress of Francoise.
French Review
LA NORMANDIE
-le camembert, le Port
Salut = cheese
-le Mont St. Michel
= monastery/isle with an abbaye
-les Plages d’Invasion: Omaha
et Utah
= where d-day launch was (ww2)… American invasion beaches
-Deauville et
Trouville = beach resorts with casino
-la Tapisserire de Bayeux = oldest tapestry in the
world
-Guillaume le Conquerant = French king who
conquered England
-Monet = artist
-Flaubert = writer
-les produits : la
dentelle, les pommes, les chevaux = lace, apples, horses
-le Calvados = liquor
-la Seine = river
-la mort de Jeanne D’Arc = where joan of arc died
-Rouen = Capital
LA BRETANGE
-celtique = culture,
ancestry, influenced
-les pardons =
festival of repentance, religious ceremonies
-les menhirs et les
dolmens = historic rock formations
-les coiffes = lace
headress
-les crepes = food
-les calvaires =
statues of crucifixion
-le Quimperware =
pottery
-le homard = lobsters
-Carnac
= city with famous rock formations
-J. Cartier = explorer (‘d Canada)
-A. Stivell = Celtic rock music
-breton (le langue) =
language
LA LOIRE
-Chambord, Blois,
Chenonceaux, Cheverny, Amboise (les chateaux) = castles
-Le Mans = 24 hr car
race
-Vouvray = sparkling wine
-François 1 =
contructed castles in Loire
-DaVinci = artist,
designed those castles
-la Loire = river
-Orléans = capital
LA BOURGOGNE (gastronomical
capital of France)
-Beaujolais, Chablis =
wines
-les Trois Glorieuses = largest wine auction in
the world
-Beaune = city of the wine auction
-la moutard de Dijon =
mustard
-le parc de Morvan =
national park
-les églises romanes =
roman cathedrals
-le bœuf bourguignon,
le coq au vin, les escargots = food specialties
LA CHAMPAGNE
-Epernay,
Reims = champagne
towns (wine caves)
-les Ardennes
= forest, battle of the bulge, treaty ending ww2 was signed here
-Verdun
= biggest massacre in ww1
- Dom Perignon, Moet et Chandon, Mumms, Tattinger
= champanges
- DeGaulle= 1st prez of the 5th
repub
-l’eglise gothique = gothic cathedrals
-brie = cheese
L’AUVERGNE
-les puys = extinct
volcanoes
-les gants = gloves (products)
-Michelin = tires company (producer)
-les spas = spas (an attraction)
-Vichy
= origin of French government during ww2, also type of water and spa place
-les eglises romanes =
roman cathedrals
-Conques = romanesque
cathedral town
-la dentelle = lace (product)
-Veringetorix = George Washington of France,
liberated france
from rome
-Pascal =
mathematician
-le Massif Central =
mountains
LE LANGUEDOC
-les Pyrenees =
mountains
-Perrier = water
-la Camarque = wild place (like everglades)
-les gardiens = cowboys
-les gitans = gypsys
-Nimes, le Pont du
Gard = roman ruins (n-arena, pdg-aquaduct)
-la Mediterranee = sea
-Avignon ; le
palais de papes = town, palace of the popes
-Carcasonne = best preserved medival town in europe
-Aigues-Mortes =
center of the crusades
-Albi = a roman painted cathedral, most beautiful
-Toulouse-Lautrec =
artist
-le roquefort = cheese
-Aviation sud ;
le concorde = southern aviation, makes the concorde plane (types of
planes ?)
-la lanque d’oc et le
catalan = languages
-Toulouse = capital
LA PROVENCE
-Van Gogh, Renior,
Cezanne, Picasso = artists
-la Mediterranee = sea
-la Cote d’Azur =
French Riviera
-Nice, le carnival = first
mardi gras
-Cannes,
le festival de film = city, film festival
-Grasse, le parfum =
city, perfume industry
-Menton = citrus fruit
festival
-les fruits argumes =
citrus fruits
-Orange et Arles =
Roman ruins
-les ordinatures =
computers (product)
-Marseille = oldest
city in France, 2nd largest
-la bouillabaisse =
fish stew
-Matisse, Chagall =
artists
-les Alpes Maritimes =
mountains
-Provencal = language
LA COURSE
-Napoleon = emperor of France
-la vendetta = grudge,
2x revenge
-le marquis =
resistance
-Ajaccio = capital
-les falaises de
Bonafaccio = white cliffs
-le saucisson d’ane= donkey
saussage (specialty)
-la pissaladiere =
pizza
-les Genoeses =
settlers from italy
-Italien et Corsican =
languages
LE PAYS BASQUE
-Euskara ou Basque =
languages
-la pelote = national
sport
-Biarritz = beach
resort and casino
-les Pyrenees =
mountains
-les espadrilles = rope
sandals
-le beret = hat
-l’Atlantique = sea
-la danse sur le verre
de vin = dancing on wine glasses
-la jambon de Bayonne
= food
-la dune de Pyla =
highest dune in Europe
-Ravel = composer
-Ronsard= wrote Cyrano
de Bergerac
LE SUD-OUEST
-les grottes prehistoriques
peintes = painted caves, prehistoric pictures
-Lascaux
= most beautiful painted cave, 20,000 bc
-le pate de fois gras
= specialty
-les chateaux
medievaux de la Guerre de 100 ans = midevil castle
-Eleonore d’Aquitaine = queen
-les villes medievales
de pelerinage---Rocamadour = medieval pilgrimage center
-Bordeaux = wine
-les truffles = mushrooms
-Limoges
= best porcelain in the world
-Renoir = artist
L’ALSACE ET LORRAINE
-allemand et alsatien
= languages
-le biere : Kronenbourg
= beer
-les Vosges = mountain
-le Rhin = river
-la route de vin = attraction, goes through
vinyards and wine towns
-Reisling, Sylvander, Gewurtztraminer = wines
-meunster = cheese
-la choucroute =
saurcroute, specialty
-la cigogne = good
luck stork
-le crystal de Baccaarat = best crystal in world
-Strasbourg et le
Parlement d’Europe= strasbourg is the capital
-Colmar
= canals
-A. Schweitzer = doctor, musician, minister
-Jeanne d’Arc = Joan of Arc (born there)
-Vittel = water
LA SAVOIE ET LE
DAUPHINE
-Chamonix,
Albertville,
Grenoble
= birthplace of the Winter Olympics
-Annecy—Gillette =
canal
-Dynastar et Rossignol
= ski companies
-le gruyere et
l’emmenthal = cheese
-la fondue = fondue
-la Chartreuse = la
liquer
-le ski = ski
(attractions)
-les Alpes = mountains
-le Lac Leman, le lac
d’Annecy, le lac du Bourget = 3 lakes
-evian = water
-les chalets = houses
-Berlioz = composer
-J.C. Killy = skiier
-Stendhal = writer
-la Mer de Glace =
largest Glacier in europe
LE NORD
-les cathedrales
gothiques (Amiens, Bourges) = Gothic Cathedrales
-la biere = beer
-l’influence
hollondaise = Hollondaise(ish) influence
-le tunnel entre la
France (Calais) et l’Angleterre (Douvres-Dover) = tunnel entering France from
England
-Dunkirk—la ville
d’evacuation de la 2e Guerre Mondiale = (where the boats left France ?)
-la Mer du Nord = Sea
-Lille = capital
-la charbon = (char)coal
-Montreuil-Sur-Mer= in
Les Miserables
PASSE SIMPLE
drop « er »
add
ai âmes
as âtes
a èrent
drop « ir/re »
add
is imes
is îites
it irent
etre
fus fûmes
fus fûtes
fut furent
avoir
eus eûmes
eus eûtes
eut eurent
double direct and indirect object order :
me te se nous vous le
la les lui leur y en
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