NCEA Level 2 French Vocabulary List

Appendix for external assessment

Texts for Achievement Standards
91118 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken French texts on familiar matters (2.1)
91121 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and / or visual French text(s) on
familiar matters (2.4)
These reflect the achievement objectives levels 7 and 8 for Learning Languages:

Communicate information, ideas, and opinions through increasingly complex and varied
texts.

Understand texts which explore the views of others, and which develop and share personal
perspectives.

Students will be expected to identify linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation of
texts. This will involve understanding information, ideas and opinions through increasingly
complex and varied texts.
Level 2 texts will be based on familiar matters, personal / community interest. This refers to
regularly encountered information, ideas, and opinions that will be expressed in clear standard
language. The texts will reflect the relationship between language and culture and be adapted
as appropriate.
The standards can be accessed here: www.nzqa.govt.nz/french

Notes to teachers
Students are expected to be able to recognise:

where a noun, adverb, or adjective can be constructed from the verb

cognates and loan words

word families

the opposite of a word, e.g. gal, ingal.

Note for internal assessments

This appendix applies only to language used for the two end-of-year reading and listening
external assessments. The language which students will use to communicate in internal
assessment activities and associated learning opportunities throughout the year will necessarily
reflect the French teaching and learning that takes place within the context of each particular
classroom and cannot and should not therefore be restricted to solely the language and useful
expressions contained in this appendix.

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l
s
s

l
l

l
l

(s)

peu prs
propos (de)
travers
abandonner
abus de (m)
accompagner
accueillir
actuel / actuelle
admettre
ado(lescent)
adresser
afficher
agir de (il sagit de)
ailleurs
aimable
ainsi
ajouter
alcool (m)
alors que
ambiance (f)
amliorer
amener
amiti (f)
amour (m)
ancien
annuler
apercevoir
apporter
appuyer
arrter (de)
arriver

l
l
l
l

assister
attacher
attirer
aucun
autant de
avancer
avant que / de
avantage (m)
avenir (m)
aventure (f)
avertir
avis (m)

approximately
in regard to
through
to abandon
the abuse of
to accompany
to welcome
current
to admit
teenager
to apply to, approach
to display, to post (on a notice board)
to be about
elsewhere
pleasant, likeable
thus, in this way
to add
alcohol
whereas
atmosphere
to improve
to take (things and people)
friendship
love
former, ancient
to cancel
to get a glimpse of / to realise
to bring a thing
to press
to stop
to arrive at, to manage, succeed,
complete
to be present at
to attach
to attract
not a single, not one
as much as, as many as
to go forward
before doing something
advantage
future
adventure
to warn
opinion
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B
le bac (baccalaurat)
la bande dessine (B.D)
la banlieue
bas (m) basse (f)
(se) battre
bizarre
blesser
le bonheur
bouger
le boulot
brler
le but
C
cacher
calculer
capable
car
le cas
clbre
cependant
cesser
chacun
la chaleur
la chance
changer
le chef
le chiffre
choisir
le chmage
choquer
clair
cliquer
le coeur
la colre
coller
se comporter
compter
le conflit
consacrer
conseiller (de)
consommer
constater
construire
contacter
contenir

baccalaureat
cartoon
suburb
low
to fight / beat
strange
to injure
happiness
to move
job
to burn
goal, purpose
to hide
to calculate
capable
because
case
famous
however
to stop
each one
warmth
luck
to change
head, chief, leader
figure (numerical)
to choose
unemployment
to shock
light (colour), clear
to click
heart
anger
to stick, paste
to behave
to count, to intend
conflict
to devote
to advise
to consume
to state
to build
to contact
to contain
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contraire
le corps
couramment
couvrir
crier
critiquer
curieux

opposite
body
fluently
to cover
to shout
to criticise
curious, strange

se dbrouiller
le dbut
dcouvrir
le dfaut
dfendre
le dfi
dfinir
la demande
dmontrer
dpasser
dposer
dprim
dranger
le dtail
se dtendre
devenir
la diffrence
discuter
se disputer avec
le dossier
dou
la douleur
doux (m), douce (f)
la drogue
le droit
dur
durant

to manage, cope
the beginning
to discover
flaw, fault
to defend, forbid
challenge
to define
request, application
to demonstrate
to overtake
to drop someone off, put down
depressed
to disturb
detail
to relax
to become
difference
to discuss
to argue
document, file
gifted
pain, grief
gentle, soft, mild, sweet
drug
right
hard
during

E
chouer
l effet (m)
l effort (m)
gal
goste
lever
emmener
empcher
l emploi (m)
employer
emporter
emprunter

to fail
effect
effort
equal
selfish
to raise, to bring up
to take (a person)
to prevent
use, job
to use
to take away
to borrow
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s en aller
encourager
s nerver
enlever
(s) ennuyer
enseigner
s entendre avec
entier (m), entire (f)
(s) entraner
quilibr
l espce (f)
l tape (f)
l tat (m)
tonner
l tudiant (m), tudiante (f)
l vnement (m)
viter
s excuser
exister
expliquer
exprimer
s exprimer
F
la faon
la facult (fac)
le fait
fier (m), fire (f)
fonc
la force
la forme
la foule
frais (m) frache (f)
franc, franche
frapper
la frontire
fumer
G
gner
goter
grandir
gratuit
le guide
H
l habitant (m), habitante (f)
s habituer ()
hsiter
honnte
la honte

to go away
to encourage
to get annoyed
to take off, to remove
to annoy, bore, bother (to be bored)
to teach
to get on with
entire
to carry, take, train
balanced
type, species, kind
step, stage
state
to astonish, surprise
(tertiary) student
event
to avoid
to excuse oneself
to exist
to explain
to express
to express oneself
way
university
fact
proud
dark (colour)
strength
shape, fitness
crowd
fresh, cool
frank
to hit, strike
border
to smoke
to annoy, embarrass
to taste
to grow (up)
free
guide
inhabitant
to get used (to)
to hesitate
honest
shame
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I
l identit (f)
l immigr (m) immigre (f)
l inconvnient (m)
incroyable
l individu (m)
(s) inquiter
(s) inscrire
s installer
interdire
s intresser ()
J
jaloux (m), jalouse (f)
la jeunesse
L
laid
la langue
le lendemain
le/la lecteur, lectrice
la lecture
la libert
libre
licencier
lier
le lieu
en ligne
le logement
le loisir
le loyer
le/la lycen, lycenne
M
malgr
le malheur
la manire
la manire
le manque
se marier (avec)
se mfier (de)
mlanger
menacer
mener
le mensonge
mentir
mriter
merveilleux (m) merveilleuse (f)
le mtier
la mode
moderne

identity
immigrant
disadvantage
unbelievable
individual, person
to worry
to register, to enrol
to settle in
to forbid, prohibit
to be interested (in)
jealous
youth
ugly
tongue, language
the next day
reader
reading
freedom
free
to lay off, make redundant
to link
place
on line
lodgings, accommodation
leisure
rent
high school student
in spite of, despite
misfortune, bad luck
manner
manner, way
lack
to get married (to)
to distrust, mistrust
to mix
to threaten
to lead to
the lie
to tell lies, lie
to merit, deserve
marvellous, wonderful
profession, trade
fashion
modern
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la
se
le
le

moiti
moquer de
mouvement
moyen

half
to mock, make fun of, laugh at
movement
means

N
la naissance
national
ncessaire

le
le
la
la

net, nette
nimporte..
niveau
nombre
nombreux (m) nombreuse (f)
nourriture
nouvelle

birth
national
necessary
clean, spotless, clear(idea),
straight(answer)
any
level
number
numerous, large (family etc)
food, nourishment
(piece of) news

O
l objet (m)
obligatoire
obtenir
l occasion (f)
s occuper de
organiser
oser (de)

object
compulsory
obtain, get
opportunity
to deal with, apply oneself to
to organise
to dare (to)

la
se

le
le
se

la

le

paratre
pareil (m) pareille (f)
parfait
parmi
partager
partie
passer
passionn
pendant que
permettre ( ... de)
permis
personnage
pire
plaindre
plaire
plaisanter
plupart
plusieurs
plutt
point
populaire
poser
pourtant

to appear, become apparent

like, alike, similar
perfect
among
to share
part
to happen
excited, keen on
while, during
to allow
the permit, licence
character
worse
to complain
to please, like
to joke
majority, greatest part, most
several
rather
full stop, point
popular
to ask, place
however
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pousser
prt
prter
prvenir
prvoir
principal
priv
proche
le produit
profiter de
profond
le progrs
promettre
proposer
propre
protger
la publicit
puisque

to push
ready
to lend
to warn
to foresee, forecast, anticipate
main
private
close, near
product
to make the most of
deep
progress
to promise
to suggest
clean, own
to protect
advertising, publicity advertisement
since, as, seeing that

la qualit
le quartier
quelque
quelque part

quality
area, suburb
some
somewhere

se
le

la

se
(se)
le
le
(se)

raconter
raisonnable
ramener
rappeler
rapport
rapporter
ragir
reconnaitre
rgle
remarquer
remercier
rendre
rendre compte de
renseigner
responsable
reste
rsultat
retenir
runir
rver
rviser
rire
risquer

to tell
sensible
to bring back again
to remember
relationship
to bring back, return
to react
to recognise, acknowledge
rule, ruler
to notice
to thank
to make, to give back
to realise, understand
to inform
responsible
the rest, whats left
result
to hold back
to gather, meet
to dream
to study, revise
to laugh
to risk
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S
le salaire
la sant
sauf
sauver
le sjour
sembler
le sens
sensible
le sentiment
sparer
srieux (m), srieuse (f)
servir () (de)
svre
simple
situer
soigner
le souci
souffrir
souhaiter
sourire
soutenir
se souvenir de
le succs
suffire
suggrer
le sujet
supporter
supprimer
sr

salary
health
except
to save, rescue
stay
to seem
sense, direction
sensitive
feeling
to separate
serious
to be useful, to be used as
strict, severe
simple
to place, locate
to care for
care, concern
to suffer
to wish
to smile
to support
to remember
success
to suffice, be enough
to suggest
subject
to put up with
to suppress, do away with
sure, safe, secure

tant de
taper
le tas
tlcharger
tellement
tenir ()
terminer
la terre
tirer
tolrer
traduire
traiter
le truc
tuer

so much, so many
to type
pile, heap
to download
so, in such a way, to such a degree
to hold, intend, be keen on
to terminate, end, finish
earth, the world, ground, land
to draw, pull
to tolerate
to translate
to treat, deal with
thing
to kill

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U
l usine (f)
utile
utiliser

factory
useful
to use

V
la valeur
valoir
la vrit
verser
la vitesse
vivre
la voix
voler
vouloir dire

worth, value
to be worth
truth
to overturn, pour
speed
to live
voice
to steal, fly
to mean

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phrases and prepositional phrases

(au) - dessous (de)
(au) - dessus (de)
mi temps
partir de
peine
peu prs
propos (de)
travers
au courant
au fond
au lieu de
au moins
en avoir assez / marre
avoir lintention de
bien entendu
cest--dire
dailleurs
daprs
de nos jours
ds que
doccasion
dune part ... dautre part
en bas
en dehors de
en haut
envers
faire face
faute de
grce
hors de
le mode demploi
par consquent
par exemple
par hasard
par rapport
en plein air
pour cent
pour que
quand mme
quant
le site web
sur le point de
tandis que
tout coup

underneath, below
on top of, above
part time
from, as of
scarcely
approximately
in regard to
through
up to date
at the bottom, deep down
instead of
at least
to have had enough / be fed up
to intend to
of course
thats to say
whats more, besides
according to, after
these days
as soon as
secondhand
on the one hand ... the other hand
below, downstairs
outside
above, upstairs
towards
to face (someone / thing), cope
fault of, lack of
thanks to
outside of
instructions (for use)
as a result, consequently
for example
by chance, mistake
in relation to
fresh, open air
percentage
in order that
even so
as for
web site
about to do something
so long as, whereas, while
suddenly
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