Les Vacances

What to do...

recontrer des gens - meet new people

des feux d'articice tous les soirs - fireworks in the evening

se baigner - to bath

je ferai du yoga - i will do yoga

se reposer - to relax

se detendre - to relax

je vais en boite de nuit - i go clubbing

se bronzer - to tan

je nage dans le mer - i swim in the sea

nager - to swim

Countries/Areas

Ecosse - scotland

Pays de Gales - wales

Angleterre - england

Irelande - ireland

Espagne - spain

Italie - italy

Grece - greece

France - france

Allemagne - germany

Suisse - switerland

Les Etais - Unis - USA

a la campagne - to the countryside

a la montagne - to the mountain

a la mer/plage - to the sea/beach

a notre appartement en... - to our flat in...

voir ma famille - to see our family

Travel Phrases

veuillez saisir votre code - please entre your pin code

pour combien de nuits? - for how many nights?

au deuxieme etage - on the second floor

un lit simple - a single bed

le petit-dejeuner est servi - breakfast is served

aves-vous une chambre de libre? - to you have a free room?

passez un excellent sejour! - have a great trip!

Transport problems

le train avait une heure de retard - the train was an hour late

il y avait beacoup de circulation - there was too much traffic

j'ai vomi sur ma soeur - i vomited on my sister

nouse avons eu un accident de voiture - we had a car accident

j'ai manque mon avion de justesse - i have just missed my plane

je suis tombe(e) en panne - i broke down

Grammer

Conditional - to form it, take the infinitive of er and ir and drop the e of re verbs, then add endings

Je - ais

Tu - ais

il/elle/on - ait

nous - ions

vous - iez

ils/elles - aient

Reflexive verbs in the perfect tense -all reflexive verbs use etre as the auxiliary verbs, the past participle must agree with the subject

je me suis repose(e)

tu t'es repose(e)

il/elle/on s'est repose(e)

nous nous sommes repose(e)(s)

vous vous etes repose(e)(s)

ils/elles se sont repose(e)(s)

avant de + infinitive

use avant de plus an infinitive to say 'before doing something'

avant de prendre le metro - before taking the metro

The pluperfect tense - used to say 'had been' or 'had gone'

  1. imperfect tense of the auxiliary very avoir or etre then 2. past participle

j'avais reserve (i had reserved) j'etais parti(e) (i had left)

for verb with etre, the past participle must agree with the subject, e.g. nous etrions partis (we had left)