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'
- 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)