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EngFre Misc
English-French Miscellaneous Words & Phrases
English | French |
---|---|
please [formal or plural / familiar] | s'il vous plaît / s’il te plaît |
Excuse me. [as when bumping into someone] | Pardon. |
Excuse me. [as when needing to get by or to get attention] | Excusez-moi (,madame/monsieur) |
(I am) sorry. | (Je suis) désolé |
To your wishes. [said after a sneeze, as bless you] | À tes souhaits. |
Like this. [in context] | Comme ça |
So-so. [understood, but not used frequently in France] | Comme ci, comme ça |
staircase wit [a great response after it’s too late] | l'esprit de l'escalier |
Less quickly (,please). [easy way to ask to repeat slower] | Moins vite (, svp) |
Slowly (,please). [an alternative to ask to repeat slower] | Lentement (, svp) |
family name, surname [nom also means this, unmodified] | nom de famille |
maiden name | nom de jeune fille |
married name | nom d'épouse |
little by little | petit à petit |
today | aujourd'hui |
tonight | ce soir / ce nuit |
yesterday | hier |
the day before yesterday | avant-hier |
I don’t understand. | Je ne comprends pas. |
I don’t know. | Je ne sais pas |
Good year and good health! [Happy New Year] | Bonne année et bonne santé! |
everybody | tout le monde |
I was born… | Je suis né… |
city/town hall | Hotel de ville |
ground floor | rez-de-chaussée |
ATM machine | guichet automatique de banque (GAB) |
ATM machine [also vending machine] | distributeur |
every day | tous les jours |
always, still [i.e. continuing now] | toujours |
many of, lots of | beaucoup de… |
cheap | bon marché |
opening hours | horaires d'ouverture |
bathroom | salle de bain |
exercising, working out | faire du sport |
…right? [after an affirmative statement] | …n'est-ce pas? |
a stroke of luck | un coup de chance |
in the course of… / over the course of… [i.e. time] | au fil de… |
One of the… | Un des <plural noun>… |
What a shame! | C’est dommage! |
I would like to introduce to you <name etc> | Je vous présente <name etc> Je te présente <name etc> |
This is <name> | Voici <name> |