Common Words Flashcards
A girl
Une fille. Une fee
A boy
Un garçon
A man
Un homme
Un ome (long o)
A woman
Une femme. Une fam (cross between short e and short a)
A (masculine)
A (feminine)
A (some - plural)
Un (a)
Une (a)
Des (some)
Conjugation of Étre. To be as in i am she is you are…
Je suis. I am Nous Sommes We are
Tu es. You are. tu e Vous étes You (formal) or you all are. Vous et
il / Elle/ On / tout le mond est. He, she, it, everyone is. Ay
ils / Elles sont They are. Sone
It is (singular)
They are (not he or she plural)
C’èst. Say
Ce sont. (Like de and le) sont
This/that
These/those
……………..M. M. b4 vow. F.
this/that ce cet cette
Sa Se Set
these/those ces ces ces
—- say ————
could mean either, to distinguish as this add -ci
Ce livre-ci
To distinguish as that add -là
Ce livre-là
The plural of c’èst
These are, they are, or are they
Ce sont
Sir (like le and de) sone
And
Et
I (short i)
In
Dans. As in dawn without the n. Daw
he, she, or it Is
Est
E (short e)
There are two tables
il y a deux tables
There is
There are
il y a.
Of Morocco
du Maroc. do mar rock
A suvenier or memory
un souvenir. A sue ven year
There is a memory (or souvenir) of Morocco
il y a un souvenir du Maroc. il ya a sue vin year do mar rock
There are of books
il y a des livers. There are of books. Day Libra
say it
Dit-on. Deet own (like dawn without the d)
Write it
L’écrit-on. Lay creet on (like dawn without the d)
How do you
Comment. Coo mon
That is, what is that
Qu’est-ce que c’est
Of
Du for masculine singular nouns
De la or de l’ (when used in front of a noun starting with a vowel or most words beginning with the letter “h”) for feminine singular nouns
Des for plural nouns d’ (when used in front of a noun starting with a vowel or most words beginning with the letter “h”)
What is in
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans
Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans le studio?
Kess keel lee own don le studio
I don’t know
Je ne sais pas
I don’t understand
Je ne comprends pas.
Je ne Comb prome pa
How do you say ________?
Comment dit-on ________?
Coo mont deet own
How do you write it?
Comment l’écrit-on?
Co mont lee creet own
The accent mark in Noël
Tréme
Tray ma
Accent mark in Tréme
Accent aigu
Accent marks in Une langue étrangè
Accent Aigu. Accent grave.
Accent mark in Dîner
Accent circonflexe
Accent mark in français.
cé cédille
Say si (short i) deeya
Apostrophe
Apostrophe
Ah pose str off
Hyphen
Trait d’union
Tray du yone
The word
le mot
Le mo (long o)
As
Comme
As in
Comme dans
As in the word __________
Comme dans le mot éléphant
Come don le mo (long o) elay fount
Difference
Différence
Diff ay ronse
Endings
Les terminaisons
Lay terminayzone.
These are bananas
Ce sont des bananas.
Say sont day banana
When talking about something that exists with ce or ce sont, keep the indefinite article
Now
Maintenant
Mon taunt
But
Mais. Drawn out like a sheep. Cross between may and me (short e)
There are no
il n’y a pas
Now, there are flowers, but there is no croissant.
Maintenant, il y a des flours, mais il n’y a pas de croissants.
Mon taunt il ee ay day fle (like le)mayz in ya pas day croissant
There are women, but there are no men.
Il y a des femmes, mais il n’y a pas d’hommes.
il y a day fam Mais il ny pa dome
A present tense verb can mean one of three contexts. For example Je parle français can mean.
I speak French
I do speak French
I am speaking French.
Everybody
tout le mond
Here
Ici
(A plural group of something like countries) are …
Sont
Interesting
intéressants
on tear a son
I prefer
J’aime mieux
Jem muer. (Long u)
It’s difficult
c’est difficile
Say dee fee seal
Greeting when addressing a mixed crowd
Messieurs-dames
The country
Payee when in front of consonant, payeez when in front of vowel
Les payés Lay pay yay
The French speaking countries
Les pays francophones. Lay payee fronk a fu
The European countries are interesting
Les pays européens sont intéressants. Lay payeezo erpee en sont on tear a son
The English speaking countries.
Les pays anglophones. Lay payeez ongla fun
That is / what is that.
What is in
This is
They are
There is
What is
That is / What is that. Qu’est-ce que c’èst
What is in Qu’est-ce qu’il y a dans
This is C’est
They are Ce sont
There is il y a
What is Ceux-ci sont. Sue see sont
Confused
confus
Cone fu
So
tellement
Tell moh
I am so confused
je suis tellement confus
Ay Je Suisse Tele mon cone fu-Ee
The fu and Ee are combined into one sound
Do you have
As-tu
A (like at) tu
To
À Ah
On
Sur
At
Chez
With
Avec. Ah vec
Friend / friends
Ami m. / amie f. / amis pl.
Ah mee (all)
Named
S’appelle Sa pel
Who is
Qui-est Key ay
Neither good or bad
Comme si comme ça
Not bad
Pas mal
Pam (like the girl’s name but gentle) Mal (like mallard duck)
How are you?
Comment allez-vous
Good or well
Bien
Bee ong (no g)
Not bad
ça va pas mal
Sava Pam mal
(actually pretty good as understatement is the norm in French)
Who / who is
Qui / Qui est
And you
Et vous or Et toi
Ay vous
Ay twa
Repeat
répéter
Ray pay tay (last shorter sound more like e)
Very good
très bien or très bon
the difference is a grammatical one. Bon (good) is an adjective used to qualify nouns. Bien is an adverb used to modify verbs.
Today
aujourd’hui
Oooj ( j like je) awh dowee
You agree
Vous êtes d’accord
Vous et décor
Yes, I agree / no i don’t agree
Oui, je suis d’accord
Je ne suis pas d’accord
Décor
You (slang)
Toi. Twaaah
Student(s)
étudiant(e)(s)
Little
Peu
Rarely
rarement
Rare (first r guttural) mon
Always
Toujours
Two jour (between or in door and ure)
Often
Souvent
Sue vaw
Sometimes
Parfois
Pa (like at and stretch out) fuwa ( say quickly)
I never …(something)….
Ne … Jamais
Jam may
Young
Jeune
Je n
Here is
Voici
Vwa see
