Vocabulaire · niveau survie
French A2 vocabulary
Reviewed words for elementary French — errands, travel, routines, and the verbs that let you talk about yesterday and tomorrow. Every entry has a real example sentence and translations in six languages.
l’aéroport n.
the airport
« Nous devons arriver à l’aéroport deux heures avant le vol. »
We need to arrive at the airport two hours before the flight.
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What A2 means — and what this list covers
A2 is the CEFR “survival” level (niveau survie): sentences about familiar things — shopping, neighbours, daily routines — and the first real past tenses. The vocabulary that matters here is practical: transport, time, money, and the high-frequency verbs that organise a day.
This list is deliberately focused. Rather than a frequency dump, it is a reviewed selection of high-value A2 words — words like l'ami, l'amie, accepter from this list — each published with a natural example sentence and checked translations in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, and Arabic. Each entry passes automated quality gates and human approval before publication.
Noms · nouns 87
Verbes · verbs 35
Adjectifs · adjectives 15
Adverbes · adverbs 10
Expressions · phrases 3
Common questions
How many words do I need for A2?
Around 1,000 word families are commonly cited for comfortable A2 communication. You do not memorise them from a list — most arrive through reading and listening. This page gives you the highest-value items to study deliberately; the rest come from stories at your level.
What does CEFR level A2 actually mean?
The Common European Framework calls A2 the “survie” stage (niveau survie). Elementary: connected everyday language, common past forms, and practical topics.
Are these translations machine-generated?
Drafts are generated with structured tooling, then pass automated quality gates and human approval before anything is published — no entry appears here without review. Found an error? Report it to support@toba.solutions.
What should I study after this list?
Pair the words with the A2 grammar lessons and the A2 stories where the same vocabulary reappears in context. When recognising feels easy, move to the B1 list.
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