| A | B |
|---|
| Quoi de neuf? | What's new? |
| Devine! (deviner) | Guess! (to guess) |
| Qu'est-ce qui arrive? | What's happening? |
| Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé? | What happened? |
| Qu'est-ce qui a eu lieu? | What took place/What happened? |
| Qu'est-ce qu'il y a eu? | What happened? (i.e. possibly bad?) |
| arriver | to happen |
| se passer | to happen |
| avoir lieu | to take place |
| Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? | What's happening? (i.e. possibly bad?) |
| assister à | to be present at (a concert, a class, a meeting,etc.), to "see" (e.g. a concert) |
| être témoin de | to witness |
| quelque chose + de+ adjective | something (adjective) e.g. something new/old/difficult/bizarre, etc. |
| C'est arrivé... | It happened... |
| Ça s'est passé... | That happened... |
| Ça a eu lieu... | That took place... |
| hier | yesterday |
| hier soir | last night |
| avant-hier | the day before yesterday |
| lundi dernier | last Monday |
| la semaine dernière | last week |
| le mois dernier | last month |
| il y a deux heures | two hours ago |
| il y a dix jours | ten days ago |
| Je me trouvais... | I was (location) |
| dehors | outside |
| d'abord | first (often used in lists or descriptions) |
| puis | then |
| ensuite | next |
| après | after, afterwards |
| enfin | at last |
| finalement | finally |
| raconter | to tell (what happened) |
| se trouver | to be (located) |
| un accident | an accident |
| un incendie | a fire (e.g. house or forest fire...an unwanted large fire) |
| un cambriolage | a burglary |
| un événement | an event |
| un fait | a fact |
| un fait divers | a minor news item (e.g. a car crash) |
| Vraiment? | Really? |
| Pas possible! | That's not possible! |
| Mon Dieu! | My goodness! |
| C'est incroyable! | That's unbelievable! |
| Ce n'est pas croyable! | That's not for real! |
| Tu plaisantes! | You're kidding! |
| parler de la pluie et du beau temps | to make small talk (lit. to talk about the rain and good weather) |
| la météo | the weather forecast |
| prédire (conjugated like dire) | to predict |
| du beau temps | some good weather |
| du soleil | some sun |
| un ciel bleu | a blue sky (le ciel also means "heaven") |
| du mauvais temps | some bad weather |
| de la pluie | some rain |
| du vent | some wind |
| de la neige | some snow |
| une tempête de neige | a snow storm |
| un orage | a thunderstorm |
| une tempête | a storm (tempest) |
| un ouragan | a hurricane |
| du verglas | black ice/sheet ice |
| briller | to shine |
| Le ciel est couvert. | The sky is overcast. |
| souffler | to blow |
| des éclairs | some lightning |
| le tonnerre | the thunder |
| Il fait noir. | It's dark. (e.g. outside at night) |
| la lune | the moon |
| les étoiles (f. pl.) | the stars |
| tomber | to fall |
| de la glace | some ice |
| geler (ACCENTS like se promener) | to freeze |
| il pleut | It's raining. |
| Il neige. | It's snowing. |
| Il y a un orage. | There is a thunderstorm. |
| il pleuvait | It was raining. |
| Il neigeait | It was snowing. |
| Il y avait un orage. | There was a thunderstorm. |
| Il a plu le matin. | It rained. (a set amount of time/a set time) |
| Il a neigé à midi. | It snowed (a set amount of time/a set time) |
| Il y a eu un orage. | There was a thunderstorm. (It's now finished.) |
| Il va pleuvoir. | It's going to rain (soon). |
| Il va neiger. | It's going to snow (soon). |
| Il va y avoir un orage. | There is going to be a thunderstorm (soon). |
| des nuages (m.pl.) | some clouds |
| de la brume | some mist |
| du brouillard | some fog |
| gelé(e) | frozen |
