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French Vocabulary
Begining French through intermediate
Question | Answer |
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Bonsoir. | Good evening; Hello |
A bientot | See you soon. |
A demain. | See you tomorrow |
Bonne Journee! | Have a good day! |
Au revoir. | Good Bye. |
Comme ci, comme ca. | So-so. |
Je vais bien/ mal. | I'm doing well/badly |
Moi aussi. | Me too. |
Comment t'appelles-tu? | What's your name? |
Je vous/te presente (Form./fam. | I would like to introduce (name) to you. |
De rein. | You're welcome |
Excusez-moi (form.) | Excuse me. |
Excuse-moi. (fam.) | Excuse me. |
Merci Beaucoup. | Thanks a lot. |
Pardon | Pardon (me.) |
S'il vous/te plait. (form./fam.) | Please |
Je vous en prie. (form.) | Please; You're welcome. |
Monsier (M.) | Sir (Mr/) |
Madame (Mme) | Ma'am (Mrs.) |
Mademoisell (Mlle) | Miss |
Ici | here |
La Back accent over "a" | there |
la-bas Back accent over "a" | over there |
Qui est-ce? | Who is it? |
Quoi? | What? |
une calculatrice | calculator |
une montre | watch |
une porte | door |
Un resultat / over "e" accent | result |
une salle de classe | classroom |
une classe | Class (group of students) |
un copain/une copine (fam.) | friend |
un(e) eleve / accent over first "e" \ accent over second "e" | pupil, student |
une femme | woman |
une fille | girl |
un garcon Use the Cedille accent mark below "c" | a boy |
Diacritics | French has several different accent marks, also known as “diacritics”. They serve several different purposes in the language. Sometimes they affect pronunciation, sometimes they don't. Sometimes they can completely change the meaning of a word. |
What are the 5 accents in French? | The Aigu Accent (L'accent aigu) The aigu accent is placed above the e vowel and changes the sound to ay. ... The Grave Accent (L'accent grave) ... The Cedilla (La Cédille) ... The Circumflex (Le Circonflexe) ... The Trema (Le tréma) |
Typing French Accents in Windows | Cédille (ç), type ' then c. Circonflexe (ê), type ^ (shift + 6) then e. Tréma (ö), type ” (shift + ') then o. To type French quotation marks « » use ctrl + alt + [ and ], respectively. |
un homme | man |