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Chapter 6 vocab: climate, seasons, direction
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Language - French
Undergraduate 1
03/04/2010
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It is (sunny, windy, foggy)
 Definition
Il fait du (soleil, vent, brouillard)
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The weather is/it is (good, bad)
 Definition
Il fait (beau/bon, mauvais)
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The weather is/it is (hot, cool, cold)
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Il fait (chaud, frais, froid)
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The weather is/It is (sunny, changing, cloudy, stormy)
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Le temps est (ensoleillé, variable, nuageux, orageux)

 
Term
Use adjectives like "nuageux" with "le temps est...". Literally, "the weather is cloudy".
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Use nouns like "vent" with "Il fait...". Literally, "it makes wind".
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It's cloudy/overcast

 

(Or rather, the sky is overcast)

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Le ciel est couvert
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It's raining
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Il pleut
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It's snowing
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Il neige
Term
Snow
 Definition
la neige
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rain
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la pluie
Term
a cloud
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un nuage
Term
a thunderstorm
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un orage
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to rain
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pleuvoir

 

(NOT pleurer)
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To snow
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Neiger
Term
The temperature
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La température
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north
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le nord
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south
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le sud
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east
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l'est (m.)
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west
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l'ouest (m.)
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spring
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le printemps
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summer
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l'été (m.)
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fall
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l'automne (m)
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winter
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l'hiver (m.)
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In the summer...
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En l'été...
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In the spring...
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Au printemps...
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Note: cardinal directions and season are all masculine.
 Definition
patterns are nice
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a shower
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un averse
Term
flash of lightning
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un éclair
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a clap of thunder
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un tonnerre
Term
heavy snowfall
 Definition
de chutes de neige
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