General Flashcards
(FORMAL greeting) good morning/ good afternoon/ good day/ hello
bonjour
(going to bed) good night
bonne nuit
(FORMAL) goodbye/ see you again
au revoir
(INFORMAL any time of day) hi/ hello/ bye/ goodbye
salut
(greeting after 6 pm) good evening/ good bye
bonsoir
fine (based on intonation)
ça va
my
ma (f)
mon (m/ used in front of vowel)
mes (plural)
a cedilla/ hook/ tail - symbol written under the consonant “c”. Changes pronunciation from a hard “c” {sound “k”} into a soft “c” {*sound “s”} only in front of “A”, “O”, “U”. Never used before the vowels “e”, “i” or “y” because these already have a soft “c” *sound.
( ¸ ) la cédille/ un crochet/ une queue [ ç ]
the acute accent - symbol to indicate a feature such as altered sound quality only used on the vowel “e” to give an acute effect. Makes a long English “a” sound {aaaa or ay or ai} and indicated (historically) “es” and “s” was often at the start of the word never precedes “x”, double consonant or found in the final syllable other than in Apocopes.
( ´ ) l´accent aigu [ é ]
see you soon
à bientôt
see you tomorrow
à demain
the circumflex/ little hat - symbol placed over the 5 vowels showing the particular changed quality of “A”, “E” & “O” (no effect on the pronunciation of “i” or “u”) - DifFRENCHtiating homophones - Latin contractions and indicating (historically) an “s” or double letter use to follow that vowel.
( ^ ) l´accent circonflexe/
petit chapeau [ â, ê, î, ô, û ]
the diaeresis - symbol used over consecutive vowels indicating they must be pronounced separately - With the vowel “i” it is used DifFRENCHtiates parts of speech when spelled the same.
( ¨ ) le tréma [ ë, ï, ü ]
the grave accent - symbol to indicate a feature such as altered sound quality in “e” vowel length and intonation - With vowels “a” and “u” it DifFRENCHtiates parts of speech when spelled the same
( ` ) l´accent grave [ à, è, ù ]
diacritical mark added under the letter ç
cédille
ligature/ o & e glued together - a single symbol consisting of the letters “o” and “e” being pronounced as a single sound. Quality depends on the letters that follow it ‘oe’ , ‘oeu’ vs ‘oeil’ . when they are pronounced separately, such as when the e is accented need not be joined
ligature/ O-E collés [ œ ]
(FORMAL departure) good day, good wishes
bonne journée (f)
(departure) good evening/ have a nice evening
bonne soirée
(SINGULAR definite article) the
le (m)
la (f)
les (plural)
(SINGULAR indefinite article) a/ one
un (m)
une (f)
day
le jour (m) / journée (f)
night
la nuit (f)
table
la table (f)
and
et
(FORMAL/ more than one person) if it pleases you
s´il vous plaît
for
pour
okay/ ok
d´accord
so
alors
(INFORMAL) thanks
merci
enjoy your meal
bon appétit
(SINGULAR definite article) the with acute accent used when a noun starts with a vowel or a mute h, le and la changes to ___
l´
(INFORMAL) how are you?
comment ça va?
welcome
bienvenue
i call myself
je m´appelle
i am
je suis
my name is
mon nom est
im okay
ça va bien
im not okay
ça va mal
im not bad
ça va pas mal
like this like that/ so so
ça va comme ci comme ça
(FORMAL/ more than one person) how are you going?
comment allez-vous?
(INFORMAL) how are you going?
comment vas-tu?
french
française
english
anglais
to speak
parlER
yes
oui
me
moi
(INFORMAL) please
s´il te plaît
you’re welcome, it’s okay, its nothing
de rien
(FORMAL) thank you very much/ thanks a lot
merci beaucoup
(FORMAL) excuse me
excusez-moi
(INFORMAL) excuse me
excuse-moi
(FORMAL) you pardon me/ forgive me
pardonnez-moi
(INFORMAL) forgive me
pardon-moi
see you (today) again shortly
à tout à l´heure
(INFORMAL) sorry
pardon
prefer
préféré
with
avec
in
en (also used for female countries)
that makes/ that comes to/ that costs
ça fait
how much is it?
c´est combien?
franc
le franc (m)
but
mais
it is/ it’s
c´est
shall we have …?
on prend …?
euro
l´euro (m)
fruit juice
le jus de fruit (m)
chocolate
le chocolat (m)
tomato
la tomato (f)
salad with tomatoes, tuna, egg, anchovies and olives
la salade niçoise (f)
plain
nature
tip included/ service included
service compris
the menu
le menu (m)
good star/ lucky star
la bonne étoile
hello (for telephone calls)
allô
good
bon
no
non
really
ah bon
true
vrai
false
faux
coca
la coca (f)
seafood item/ king of the sea
le neptune (m)
(INFORMAL) how old are you/ what age have you?
quel âge as-tu?
(FORMAL) how old are you?
quel âge avez-vous?
years
ans
birthday
anniversaire
what is…?
quelle est…?
date
la date (f)
today
aujourd´hui
there
là
there is/ there are
il y a
opposite
en face
beside/next (to it)
à côté (de)
what is there…?
qu´est-ce qu´il y a…?
atm/ cash dispenser
le distributeur de billets
where is…?
où est…?
toilet(s)
les toilettes (f/ always plural)
(PLURAL definite article) the [la, le l´]
les
a /one [un, une] / some
du (m)
de la/ de l´ (f/ in front of vowels)
des (PLURAL indefinite article)
traffic light
un feu (m)
(INFORMAL) is there?/ are there?
il y a…?
to have (IRREGULAR) (age, hunger/thirst, cold/warm)
avoIR (IRREGULAR)
hunger
faim
thirst
soif
cold
froid
warm
chaud
pretty
jolie (f)
joli (m)
handsome
beau
belle
beautiful
nice
amiable
tall
grand
fat
gros
happy
content
pet
un animal de compagnie
when is…?
c´est quand…?
colour
la couleurs (f)
red
le rouge (m)
blue
le bleu (m) la bleue (f)
yellow
le jaune (m)
black
le noir (m) la noire (f)
white
le blanc (m) la blanche (f)
green
le vert (m) la verte (f)
orange
l´orange
grey
le gris (m) la grise (f)
pink
le rose (m)
brown/ brun
le marron (m)
purple
le pourpre (m)
violet
le violet (m) la violette (f)
silver
l´argent (m)
gold
l´or (m)
small
petite
old/ ancient
vieille/ ancienne (f)
vieux/ ancien (m)
modern
moderne
new
le nouveau (m) la nouvelle (f)
how many/ how much
combien
to live
habitER
to be (IRREGULAR)
êtRE (IRREGULAR)
many
beaucoup
(INFORMAL) your
ta (f)
ton (m/ used in front of vowel)
tes (plural)
any
toute (f)
tout (m)
to write
écriRE
notebook
cahier
half
la demi (f) le demie (m)
dog
le chien (m) la chienne (f)
cat
la chatte (f) le chat (m)
as well
aussi
stereo
une chaîne hi-fi (f)
computer
l´ordinateur
laptop
le pc portable
gift
le cadeau
sympathetic
sympathique
kind
gentil (m)
gentille (f)
(FORMAL) his/her/your
sa (f)
son (m /used in front of vowel)
ses (plural)
strong
fort
pencil case
la trousse
ruler
la regle
book
le livre
textbook
cahier de texte`
notebook
carnet
pencil
le crayon
