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Today, we're going to take a look at antonyms, opposite vocabulary words.

Often, when you don't know certain words in the language, you'll take the easy way out. I know I'm doing this in English if I don't know the right word.

If, for example, I don't know how to say that something isn't beautiful. I'll just make a negative sentence so I don't have to use the vocabulary word. I'll say it's not beautiful instead of saying it's ugly.

Hello everyone, I hope you're all well.

In this video, I'd like to enrich your vocabulary. I've already made a video with antonyms. I'm going to give it to you just above so that you can watch it, if you haven't already, and learn other vocabulary words, further enriching your French vocabulary.

It's these little vocabulary words that will add finesse to your French. Before you start, please remember to "like" the video - you know it's really important to me and to the HelloFrench channel.

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Let's start right away with the first word.

Not dry, wet. My hair is not dry, I will blow dry it. My hair is wet, I'll blow dry it.

Not quiet, not wise. When we say that a child is not quiet or not well-behaved, we mean that he is agitated. My son is not wise and runs around. My son is restless and runs around.

Not clean, it's dirty. The toilets in this restaurant are not clean. The toilets in this restaurant are dirty.

Not mature, immature. When we say that someone is immature or immature, we mean that they're acting like a child when they're actually an adult. Lila threw her glass of apple juice at Anissa because she was angry with her. That's really immature behavior. She's not mature, she's immature.

Not courageous, cowardly. Someone who isn't brave, who doesn't dare face things. He's a coward. He's cheated on his wife and doesn't dare tell her. He's not brave. He's a coward.

Not friendly, unsympathetic. My new boss is unfriendly, he doesn't say hello in the morning. He's not friendly, he's unfriendly.

Not sensitive, insensitive. Someone who's not sensitive, who's insensitive. Someone who isn't often sad, who doesn't feel much pain. For example, if he goes to watch a movie or if his friends are sad.

Antoine doesn't understand why Alice is sad when her cat is dead. He's not sensitive, he's insensitive.

Not faithful, unfaithful. Someone who isn't faithful, who is unfaithful. A person who can't really be trusted. You can't trust that person. Or in a love relationship, if you say someone isn't faithful or is unfaithful, it means they're cheating on the person, they're seeing another woman or another man.

Jeffrey isn't faithful and he's already cheated on Cynthia three times.

Not pretty, ugly. Or not beautiful, ugly. This wedding dress isn't pretty. This wedding dress isn't pretty, it's ugly. This wedding dress is ugly.

Someone who's not present is someone who's absent. Héléna was absent from French class this morning. She wasn't present.

Not good, bad. Something that's not good is something that's bad. This dish is not good. This dish is bad.

Something that's not new is something that's old. Do you have a new coat? No, it's not new. It's old, it's ancient. I've had it for three years.

Not real, fake. This is not a real Chanel bag. It's a fake bag.

Not fast, slow. If someone or something isn't fast, it's because they're slow or the thing is slow. The Williams Formula 1 team's cars aren't fast, they're slow. These cars are slow.

That's it for today. I hope you've enjoyed this video, that you've been able to learn or review some vocabulary words, that this video helps you enrich your French vocabulary, broaden your perspectives and push your French to another level.

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