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What is the French for "the nuclear family" and "the single-parent family"?
La famille nucléaire; la famille monoparentale.
What is the French for "a blended family"?
Une famille recomposée.
What is a PACS in France?
Le pacte civil de solidarité: a civil partnership open to any two adults, created in 1999.
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What is the French for "young people" and "teenagers"?
Les jeunes; les adolescents (les ados).
What is the French for "peer pressure"?
La pression des pairs (l'influence des copains).
How do you say "to feel under pressure" in French?
Se sentir sous pression (être stressé).
What is the French for "secondary school" (ages 15–18) in France?
Le lycée.
What is the French exam taken at the end of lycée?
Le baccalauréat (le bac).
What is "le collège" in France?
Lower secondary school, for ages about 11–15.
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What is the French for "a healthy lifestyle"?
Un mode de vie sain.
What is the French for "to do sport" and "to keep fit"?
Faire du sport; garder la forme (se maintenir en forme).
What is the French for "obesity" and "overweight"?
L'obésité; le surpoids.
What is the French for "the environment" and "pollution"?
L'environnement; la pollution.
What is the French for "to recycle" and "recycling"?
Recycler; le recyclage.
What is the French for "global warming" and "climate change"?
Le réchauffement climatique; le changement climatique.
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What is the French for "social networks"?
Les réseaux sociaux.
What is the French for "a mobile phone" and "a smartphone"?
Un portable; un smartphone.
What is the French for "to download" and "to share"?
Télécharger; partager.
What is "la francophonie"?
The community of French-speaking people and countries around the world.
Name three countries outside France where French is an official language.
Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and others.
What is the French national holiday and what does it commemorate?
Le 14 juillet (la fête nationale), commemorating the storming of the Bastille in 1789.
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What is the French for "immigration" and "an immigrant"?
L'immigration; un immigré / une immigrée.
What is the French for "racism"?
Le racisme.
What is the French for "integration"?
L'intégration.
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What is the French for "the government" and "the president"?
Le gouvernement; le président / la présidente.
What is the French for "an election" and "to vote"?
Une élection; voter.
How long is the French presidential term?
Five years (le quinquennat), since 2002.
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Which auxiliary do most French verbs take in the perfect tense?
Avoir.
Which verbs take être in the perfect tense?
Reflexive verbs and around 13–16 verbs of movement or change of state (e.g. aller, venir, naître, mourir).
How is the pluperfect formed?
The imperfect of avoir or être + past participle, e.g. j'avais mangé, elle était partie.
What is the subjunctive?
A verb mood used to express doubt, emotion, necessity, wishes or possibility.
How is the present subjunctive of regular verbs formed?
Take the ils form of the present, remove -ent, and add -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent.
What is the present subjunctive of "être" for je and nous?
Que je sois; que nous soyons.
What are the French direct object pronouns?
Me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les.
What are the French indirect object pronouns?
Me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur.
What does the pronoun "y" replace?
À + a thing or place: j'y vais (I'm going there).
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How do you say "in my opinion" in French?
À mon avis.
How do you say "firstly" and "finally"?
D'abord (tout d'abord); enfin (finalement).
How do you say "on the one hand... on the other hand"?
D'une part... d'autre part.
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