Word	Translation	Example
la routine	routine	Ma routine commence à six heures. My routine starts at six.
'Ma' = possessive fem. 'Commence' = present of 'commencer'. 'A + time' = at.
réveiller	to wake (someone)	Ma mère me réveille chaque matin. My mother wakes me up every morning.
'Me' = direct object pronoun (me). 'Reveille' = present of 'reveiller'. Not reflexive here.
l'alarme	alarm	Je mets l'alarme à six heures et demie. I set the alarm for six thirty.
'Mets' = present of 'mettre'. 'Et demie' = and half. 'L'alarme' = elision.
le réveil	alarm clock	Le réveil a sonné mais je dormais. The alarm clock went off but I was sleeping.
'A sonne' = passe compose. 'Dormais' = imparfait of 'dormir' (background action).
se lever tôt	to get up early	Je n'aime pas me lever tôt le week-end. I don't like getting up early on weekends.
Negation 'n'...pas'. 'Me lever' = reflexive infinitive. 'Le week-end' = on weekends.
s'habiller	to get dressed	Je m'habille vite le matin. I get dressed quickly in the morning.
Reflexive 's'habiller' present (m'habille). 'Vite' = quickly (adverb). 'Le matin' = mornings.
se raser	to shave	Mon père se rase tous les matins. My father shaves every morning.
Reflexive 'se raser' present. 'Tous les matins' = every morning (masc. plural).
se maquiller	to put on makeup	Elle se maquille avant de sortir. She puts on makeup before going out.
Reflexive 'se maquiller' present. 'Avant de + infinitive' = before doing.
se coiffer	to do one's hair	Coiffe-toi avant de partir. Do your hair before leaving.
Reflexive imperative (tu form of 'se coiffer'). 'Avant de + infinitive'.
se coucher	to go to bed	Je me couche à vingt-trois heures. I go to bed at eleven.
Reflexive 'se coucher' present. 'A + time' = at. Hyphenated number.
se reposer	to rest	J'ai besoin de me reposer un peu. I need to rest a little.
'Avoir besoin de' + reflexive infinitive. 'Un peu' = a little.
la sieste	nap	Je fais une sieste de vingt minutes. I take a twenty-minute nap.
'Fais' = present of 'faire'. 'De vingt minutes' = of twenty minutes (duration).
le goûter	afternoon snack	Les enfants prennent le goûter à quatre heures. The children have a snack at four.
'Prennent' = present 3rd plural of 'prendre'. 'Le gouter' = definite article for habitual.
la douche	shower	Je prends une douche rapide le matin. I take a quick shower in the morning.
'Prendre une douche' = fixed expression. 'Rapide' = adj. (invariable for gender).
le savon	soap	Achète du savon pour la salle de bain. Buy soap for the bathroom.
Imperative (tu form of 'acheter'). 'Du' = partitive (de + le). 'Pour la' = for the.
le shampooing	shampoo	Je n'ai plus de shampooing. I've run out of shampoo.
'N'ai plus de' = no more (negation). After 'plus', partitive becomes 'de'.
le dentifrice	toothpaste	Il faut acheter du dentifrice. We need to buy toothpaste.
'Il faut + infinitive' = one must. 'Du' = partitive article (de + le).
la brosse à dents	toothbrush	Je change de brosse à dents chaque trimestre. I change my toothbrush every three months.
'Changer de' = to change (something). 'Brosse a dents' = compound noun.
le sèche-cheveux	hair dryer	Le sèche-cheveux est dans le tiroir. The hair dryer is in the drawer.
'Dans le' = in the (masc.). Compound noun 'seche-cheveux' (invariable).
la crème	cream / lotion	Je mets de la crème sur mes mains chaque soir. I put cream on my hands every evening.
'De la' = partitive (fem.). 'Sur mes' = on my. 'Chaque' = each (invariable).

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