French Flashcards
yes, no
oui, non
Hello!
Bonjour/Salut!
Pardon, excuse me. Do you speak English?
Pardon, excusez-moi. Parlez (speak) vous (vous means “you”, formal. Could use “toi” (informal) too.) anglais (“Ahn-glay”)?
I do not speak French.
Je (I) ne parle pas français.
Thank you, you’re welcome.
Merci, de rien.
I am well, and you?
Ça va bien, et toi?
How are you/How is it going?
Comment ça va?
To like (verb) I like that.
Aimer
J’aime ça (Je aime ça. - Je means “I”, you can use the apostrophe when conjugating present tense “I” verbs!)
Regular Verb Conjugations in Present Tense (memorize like I did for spanish!)
- ER
- e
- es
- e
- ons
- ent
- IR
- is
- is
- it
- issons
- issent
- RE
- s
- s
- (nothing) (just the stem of the infinitive)
- ons
- ent
nice to meet you, Marie.
énchante, Marie.
Goodbye, have a good day.
Au revoir, bonne journée.
See you soon, Leo.
A bientôt, Leo.
I’m hungry. (I have hunger)
Are you hungry?
J’ai faim.
Tu as faim?
We go to the restaurant.
Nous allons au restaurant.
I am going to the airport.
Je vais à (“Juh vay ah”) l’aéroport.
C’est
It is, this is, that is, they are, etc.
On the table.
Sur la table.
the (4 ways)
le (masculine)
la (feminine)
l’(noun (masculine or feminine))
les (all plural nouns, masculine or feminine)
with
We are making bread with Maria.
avec
Nous faisons pain avec Maria.
this, that
This is for you.
What is that?
Ceci/ce, cela
Ceci est pour vous.
chicken or fish
poulet ou poisson
where is the pool?
où est la piscine?
In the hotel
Dans l’hôtel
I’m at the park
Je suis au parc
I’ll buy this and this, please.
Je vais acheter (to buy) ceci (“see-see”) et ceci, s’il vous plaît.
I think that you’re right.
Je pense que tu as raison.
Who is this?
Qui est-ce?
This is a gift for you.
Ceci est un cadeau pour tu.
I am not Bertrand.
No je suis pas Bertrand.
French Negation
I know.
I do not know.
Ne + Pas is only used when negating verbs: “ne pas verb” is used for negating an infinitive (They told us not to go - Ils nous ont dit de ne pas aller).
“ne verb pas” is used when negating a conjugated verb (I am not Bertrand - Ne je suis pas Bertrand).
When negating non-verbs, pas can be used on its own.
Why?
Pourquoi?
to give
I give you
you give me
donner
Je vous donne.
Tu me donnes.
All the people.
Toutes les personnes.
