{"id":24917,"date":"2016-10-13T22:11:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T20:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=24917"},"modified":"2017-10-26T12:45:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T10:45:13","slug":"divide-and-conquer-french-math-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/divide-and-conquer-french-math-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"“Divide” and Conquer French Math Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have heard the saying that there are only 2 universal languages: music and math. While this is very debatable (love, anyone?), I thought it touched on something that we on the Transparent French blogs haven’t. We’ve talked plenty about the benefits of music in learning a foreign language, but today I wanted to focus on math. Ne vous inqui\u00e9tez pas<\/strong> (don’t worry) – I won’t be teaching you any algebra. Math was my least favorite subject in school, so I’m not here to discuss anything more than the vocabulary \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

When we were young, we learned comment compter<\/strong> (how to count). (Need a refresher on French numbers? Check out this article<\/a>.) I remember in kindergarten after mastering standard counting, we learned how to compter de 2 en 2 jusqu’\u00e0 100 <\/strong>(to count by twos up to 100). We also learned les formes<\/strong> (shapes [feminine]): un cercle<\/strong> (a circle), un ovale<\/strong> (an oval), un<\/strong> triangle<\/strong>, un carr\u00e9<\/strong> (a square), un rectangle<\/strong>, un losange<\/strong> (a diamond), un pentagone<\/strong>… Some of these would show up later au lyc\u00e9e<\/strong> (in high school) when we studied la g\u00e9om\u00e9trie<\/strong> (geometry), but that would be many years later.<\/p>\n

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That same year, we learned simple l’addition<\/strong> and la soustraction <\/strong>(subtraction).<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05 plus 3 \u00e9gale 8<\/strong>. There’s also\u00a05 plus 3 font 8<\/strong>, and\u00a05 plus 3, \u00e7a fait 8\u00a0<\/strong>(familiar).
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08 moins 5 \u00e9gale 3<\/strong> | 8 moins 5 font 3<\/strong> | 8 moins 5, \u00e7a fait 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few years later, we took ces comp\u00e9tences math\u00e9matiques<\/strong> (these mathematical skills) a little further and learned la multiplication<\/strong> and la division<\/strong>. In English, we say 5 multiplied by 3 or 5 times 3. In French, we say 5 multipli\u00e9 par 3<\/strong> or 5 fois 3<\/strong>. In English, we say 15 divided by 3. In French, it’s 15 divis\u00e9 par 3<\/strong> or 15 sur 3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05 multipli\u00e9 par 3 \u00e9gale 15<\/strong> | 5 fois 3 font 15<\/strong> | 5 fois 3, \u00e7a fait 15<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a015 divis\u00e9 par 5 \u00e9gale<\/strong> 3<\/strong> | 15 divis\u00e9 par 5 font 3<\/strong> | 15 sur 5, \u00e7a fait 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Au coll\u00e8ge <\/strong>(in middle school – not college), we started learning l’alg\u00e8bre<\/strong> (algebra – feminine). Suddenly these math problems had letters in them! But there was more: une racine carr\u00e9e<\/strong> (square root), puissance 5<\/strong> (to the 5th power), un facteur<\/strong> (factor), les fractions<\/strong> (fraction – feminine), les pourcentages<\/strong> (percentages – masculine), les<\/strong> polyn\u00f4mes<\/strong> (polynomials – masculine)…<\/p>\n

After, we learn la g\u00e9om\u00e9trie<\/strong>: les angles<\/strong> (angles – masculine)<\/strong>, une \u00e9quation du second degr\u00e9<\/strong> (quadratic equation), les th\u00e9ories<\/strong> (theories – feminine), les formes<\/strong>, des segments<\/strong> (segment – masculine), les polygones<\/strong> (polygon – masculine), le sinus<\/strong> (sine), le cosinus<\/strong> (cosine)… These skills were further developed with la trigonom\u00e9trie<\/strong> (trigonometry).<\/p>\n

In le<\/strong> calcul<\/strong>, we learn about les fonctions<\/strong> (functions – feminine), les d\u00e9riv\u00e9es<\/strong> (derivatives – feminine), le th\u00e9or\u00e8me<\/strong> des accroissements finis<\/strong> (the Mean Value Theorem), et comment trouver la limite <\/strong>(and how to find the limit)…<\/p>\n

Here’s a more complete list:<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nl’alg\u00e8bre<\/strong> – algebra
\nle calcul<\/strong> – calculus
\nla g\u00e9om\u00e9trie<\/strong> – geometry
\nla trigonom\u00e9trie<\/strong> – trigonometry<\/p>\n

Basic Operations<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nl’addition<\/strong> – addition
\nla somme<\/strong> – sum
\nla soustraction<\/strong> – subtraction
\nla diff\u00e9rence<\/strong> – difference
\nla multiplication<\/strong> – multiplication
\nle produit<\/strong> – product
\nla division<\/strong> – division
\nle quotient<\/strong> – quotient<\/p>\n

Shapes<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nun cercle<\/strong> – circle
\nun ovale<\/strong> – oval
\nun triangle<\/strong> – triangle
\nun carr\u00e9<\/strong> – square
\nun rectangle<\/strong> – rectangle
\nun losange<\/strong> – diamond
\nun pentagone<\/strong> – pentagon
\nun d\u00e9cagone<\/strong> – decagon
\nun cylindre<\/strong> – cylinder
\nun c\u00f4ne<\/strong> – cone
\nun dod\u00e9cagone<\/strong> – dodecagon
\nun heptagon<\/strong> – heptagon
\nun hexagone<\/strong> – hexagon
\nun polygone<\/strong> – polygon<\/p>\n

Numbers & Lines<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nun nombre<\/strong> – number
\nun entier<\/strong> – integer
\npair<\/strong> – even
\nimpair<\/strong> – odd
\nun nombre n\u00e9gatif<\/strong> – negative number
\nun nombre imaginaire pur<\/strong> – imaginary number
\nune fraction<\/strong> – fraction
\nun pourcentage<\/strong> – percent
\nun exposant<\/strong> – exponent
\npuissance 4<\/strong> – to the 4th power
\nun logarithme<\/strong> – logarithm
\nle cube<\/strong> \/ au cube<\/strong> – cube \/ cubed
\nle carr\u00e9<\/strong> \/ au carr\u00e9<\/strong> – square \/ squared
\nto square<\/strong> – mettre au carr\u00e9
\nune racine cubique<\/strong> – cube root
\nune racine carr\u00e9e<\/strong> – square root
\nune \u00e9quation<\/strong> – equation
\nune fraction<\/strong> – fraction
\nune tagente<\/strong> – tangent<\/p>\n

Functions, Measurements, & Angles<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nle sinus<\/strong> – sine
\nle cosinus<\/strong> – cosine
\nun angle<\/strong> – angle
\nune fonction<\/strong> – function
\nun logarithme<\/strong> – logarithm
\nun angle droit<\/strong> – right angle
\nmesurer<\/strong> – to measure
\nla measure<\/strong> – measurement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

You may have heard the saying that there are only 2 universal languages: music and math. While this is very debatable (love, anyone?), I thought it touched on something that we on the Transparent French blogs haven’t. We’ve talked plenty about the benefits of music in learning a foreign language, but today I wanted to…<\/p>\n

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