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Vocabulary
Objective: Describe French civic institutions and social systems, and discuss local community participation using the correct register.
| French | English | French | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| la sécurité sociale | the social security system | une mutuelle | a supplementary health insurance |
| l'assurance maladie | health insurance | les allocations familiales | family allowances |
| la retraite | the pension system | le chômage | unemployment benefits |
| les impôts | taxes | la taxe d'habitation | residence tax |
| le vote | the vote | une élection | an election |
| un citoyen | a citizen | un électeur | a voter |
The tax office in France is le centre des impôts or simply les impôts. The préfecture handles residence permits and official documents, not tax collection.
La sécurité sociale covers a percentage of medical costs, and the remainder is covered by a mutuelle. Full reimbursement applies only to specific long-term conditions.
The mairie handles identity documents. The verb renouveler takes a direct object.
Préfecture is the administrative office for residence permits and official documents. The noun titre de séjour is fixed.
The health branch reimburses a percentage, not the full amount. The remainder is covered by a mutuelle.
Impôts sur le revenu is the standard French term for income tax. The verb payer takes a direct object.
Bénévole describes an unpaid volunteer. The association is the organisation they volunteer for.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
| une association |
| an association |
| un bénévole |
| a volunteer |
| le bénévolat | volunteering | l'engagement citoyen | civic engagement |
Bénévole describes someone who volunteers for an association, not for a public institution. Work for the mairie is either salaried or civic service.
The preposition à contracts with the plural article les to produce aux. The sequence à les is never correct in French.
The preposition à contracts with les to produce aux. Municipal elections take place every six years.
Conseil municipal is the local elected body. The noun commune is the smallest administrative unit in France.
S'engager dans takes the preposition dans before the organisation. The reflexive verb takes être in the passé composé.