French Linking Words

Question 1

First (doesn’t start with a p)

Answer 1

D’abord

Question 2

First of all (starts with a “t”)

Answer 2

Tout d’abord
(Too dabohr)

Question 3

Before anything

Answer 3

Avant tout
(Aavohn too)

Question 4

First of all (starts with a p)

Answer 4

Premièrement
(Pruhmiehremoh)

Question 5

In the first place

Answer 5

En premier lieu
(Ahn prrumyer lew)

Question 6

But

Answer 6

Mais

Question 7

However/yet

Answer 7

Cependant (suh pohn doh) cut off “oh” sound
While = Cependant que
No one believed her, yet she was telling the truth = Personne ne l’a crue, cependant elle disait la vérité.

Question 8

However/Nevertheless (starts with a “t”)

Answer 8

Toutefois (most often this meaning; also nevertheless)
(Tootehfwah)

Question 9

Yet/However

Answer 9

Pourtant (pohrr tohn)
Ex. C’est pourtant simple.

Question 10

In fact

Answer 10

En fait

Question 11

In reality

Answer 11

En réalité

Question 12

With

Answer 12

Avec
(Aa vec)

Question 13

Many/a lot

Answer 13

Beaucoup

Question 14

To tell the truth

Answer 14

À vrai dire
(Ah vrray deer)

Question 15

In other words

Answer 15

Autrement dit
(Ootrremohn dee)

Question 16

In a word

Answer 16

En un mot
(Ahn uhn moo) but moo cut off

Question 17

All the same

Answer 17

Tout de même
(Too deh mem)

Question 18

As well/Still (2 words)

Answer 18

Quand même
(Koh mem)

Question 19

By the way

Answer 19

Au fait
(Oo fet)

Question 20

On this subject

Answer 20

A ce sujet
(Ah suh soozhay)

Question 21

Always

Answer 21

Toujours
(Too zhuor)

Question 22

Exactly (also not what you’d expect)

Answer 22

Justement
(Zhews temoh)

Question 23

From time to time

Answer 23

Des temps en temps
(Day tahmz ahn tahm)

Question 24

Of course (different way to say it)

Answer 24

Comment no

Question 25

Of course

Answer 25

Bien sûr
(Bee yahn suhr)

Question 26

Either… or

Answer 26

Ou… ou
(Oo oo) each sharply cut off

Question 27

Or rather

Answer 27

Ou bien
(Oo beeyahn) almost like “and”

Question 28

In general/generally

Answer 28

En général
(Ahn zhenerrol)

Question 29

Thanks to

Answer 29

Grâce à
(Grrah sa)

Question 30

Anyway/besides

Answer 30

D’ailleurs (da yer)

Question 31

For example

Answer 31

Par exemple
(Pahr exahmpluh)

Question 32

In any case

Answer 32

En tout cas
(Ahn too caa) like a in cash

Question 33

At any rate/anyway

Answer 33

De toute façon
(Duh toot faasohn)

Question 34

That said

Answer 34

Cela dit
(Suh la dee)

Question 35

While (common choice)

Answer 35

Quelquefois
(Kel coo fwah)

Question 36

Here

Answer 36

Ici
(Ee see) equal wt on syllables

Question 37

After all

Answer 37

Après tout
(Ah prey too)

Question 38

In conclusion

Answer 38

En conclusion
(Ahn cohn clew zeon)

Question 39

Still/As well (2 words)

Answer 39

Quand même
(Kohn mem)

Question 40

There you go/There it is

Answer 40

Et voilà
(Ae vwa la)

Question 41

Exactly (not most obvious answer)

Answer 41

En effet
(Ahn ae fey)

Question 42

That’s it/That’s right

Answer 42

C’est ça (seh sa) voice goes up and down
Sometimes also, “Right!”

Question 43

That’s right!/But yes!

Answer 43

Mais oui!
Meh we

Question 44

And?/So what?

Answer 44

Et alors?
(Ee alor?) between ee and ae

Question 45

But no!

Answer 45

Mais non!
(May nohn)?no final n heard

Question 46

Because

Answer 46

Parce que/Car
(Pahseh quh)

Question 47

So

Answer 47

Donc
(Dohnc) o is compressed

Question 48

Since

Answer 48

Puisque
(Pweek)

Question 49

As/Since (1 word)

Answer 49

Comme
(Kum)

Question 50

When

Answer 50

Lorsque (lohrsk)/
Quand (kohn) final n not heard

Question 51

Afterwards/then (2 choices)

Answer 51

Ensuite/Puis
(Ahn suweet) (pwee)

Question 52

Also

Answer 52

Aussi (O see)

Question 53

Although

Answer 53

Bien que (beeyahn quh)