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confuse a with the preposition à.
1 has
Elle a beaucoup d’amis.
She has lots of friends.
Language tip
Sometimes a is used to show that something has happened in the past.
Il a joué au football. He played football.
2 is
Il a neuf ans.
He is nine years old.
il y a there is/there are
Language tip
il y a has two translations. Look at the examples.
Il y a un bon film à la télé. There’s a good film on TV. Il y a beaucoup de monde. There are lots of people.
Language tip
il y a can also mean ago.
Elle est partie il y a dix minutes. She left ten minutes ago.
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a? What’s the matter?
à PREPOSITION
Language tip
Don’t confuse à with the verb form a. See also au (= à + le) and aux (= à + les).
1 at
Je suis à la maison.
I am at home.
Je finis à quatre heures.
I finish at 4 o’clock.
2 in
Il est à Paris.
He is in Paris.
Elle habite au Portugal.
She lives in Portugal.
Mes grands-parents habitent à la campagne.
My grandparents live in the country.
au printemps
in the spring
au mois de juin
in June
3 to
Je vais à Paris.
I’m going to Paris.
Elle va au Portugal.
She’s going to Portugal.
Cet été je vais à la campagne.
I’m going to the country this summer.
Il l’a donné à son frère. He gave it to his brother. Je n’ai rien à faire. I’ve got nothing to do. Ce livre est à Paul. This book is Paul’s.
4 by
Il est arrivé à bicyclette. He arrived by bicycle. à pied on foot Je vais à l’école à pied. I walk to school. à … d’ici … from here C’est à dix kilomètres d’ici. It’s 10 kilometres from here. … à l’heure … an hour cent kilomètres à l’heure 100 kilometres an hour À samedi! See you on Saturday! À tout à l’heure! See you later!
À bientôt! See you soon! À demain! See you tomorrow!
abandonner VERB
1 to abandon
2 to give up
Je veux abandonner la natation.
I want to give up swimming.
l’ abeille FEM NOUN
bee
abominable ADJECTIVE
awful
l’ abord MASC NOUN
d’abord first Je vais rentrer chez moi d’abord. I’ll go home first.
l’ abricot MASC NOUN
apricot
absent MASC ADJECTIVE
(FEM absente)
absent
absolument ADVERB
absolutely
l’ accent MASC NOUN
accent
un accent aigu an acute accent un accent grave a grave accent un accent circonflexe a circumflex
Language tip
French vowels sometimes have an accent to change their sound. There are three kinds of accents: the acute (école), the grave (mère) and the circumflex (hôtel). See also aigu, grave, circonflexe.
accepter VERB
to accept
l’ accident MASC NOUN
accident
accompagner VERB
to accompany
Language tip
There is the word accompany in English, but it is quite a formal word and we will often use something different, such as take.
Elle m’accompagne à l’école. She takes me to school.
l’ accord MASC NOUN
être d’accord to agree Tu es d’accord avec moi? Do you agree with me?
D’accord! OK!
l’ accordéon MASC NOUN
accordion
Ray joue de l’accordéon. Ray plays the accordion.
l’ accueil MASC NOUN
reception
acheter VERB
to buy
