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French Lesson

This document provides information on pronouncing vowels and consonants in French. It lists the various French vowel sounds and includes accented vowels. Example words are given to demonstrate pronunciation. Basic greetings, introductions, and goodbyes are also covered, along with numbers, days, months, and telling time. Common colors and weather expressions are defined. The document is a helpful guide for pronouncing sounds in French and learning basic vocabulary.

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French Lesson

This document provides information on pronouncing vowels and consonants in French. It lists the various French vowel sounds and includes accented vowels. Example words are given to demonstrate pronunciation. Basic greetings, introductions, and goodbyes are also covered, along with numbers, days, months, and telling time. Common colors and weather expressions are defined. The document is a helpful guide for pronouncing sounds in French and learning basic vocabulary.

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FRENCH LESSON - HOW TO PRONOUNCE FRENCH VOWELS

Vowels in French can have accent marks; except for "e", this doesn't usually change the sound:

a, , like "a" in "father"

e like "a" in "about"

like "ay" in "say"

like "e" in "set"

like "e" in "set"

i, like "ee" in "feed"

o, o, , au,
like "oa" in "boat" or "aw" in "law"
eau

ou like "oo" in "food", but a pure vowel

u, more or less like "oo" in "food", but the tongue is like "ee" in "feed";
written uu in transcriptions

y like "ee" in "feed"

The following video clip shows how to pronounce the letters of the French alphabet:

Yes Oui. (WEE)


No Non. (NOHNG)
Please S'il vous plat. (seell voo PLEH)
Thank you Merci. (mehr-SEE)
You're welcome De rien. (duh RYANG)
Excuse me (getting
S'il vous plat (seell voo PLEH)
attention)
Excuse me (you're
Pardon. (pahr-DOHNG)
in my way)
Excuse me
Excusez-moi. (ehks-kuu-zay MWAH)
(begging pardon)
I'm sorry Dsol(e). (day-zoh-LAY)
I don't understand Je ne comprends pas. (ZHUH nuh kohm-PRAHNG pah)
I can't speak French Je ne parle pas [bien] franais. (zhuh nuh PAHRL pah [byahng]
[well]. frahng-SEH)
Do you speak
Parlez-vous anglais? (PAHR-lay VOOZ ahng-LEH?)
English?
Is there someone
Est-ce qu'il y a quelqu'un ici qui parle anglais? (ess keel-ee-AH
here who speaks
kel-KUHNG ee-SEE kee PAHRL ahng-LEH?)
English?
Where's the toilet? O sont les toilettes ? (OOH sohng lay twa-LEHT?)
Help! Au secours ! (os-KOOR!)
Look out! Attention! (ah-TAHNG-see-ohng)

Saying Hello in French / Introducing Yourself / Saying Goodbye in French

You can hear these and other common everyday words and phrases in French with this link:
Saying hello in French and other common phrases
Hello Bonjour. (bohng-ZHOOR)
Hello (informal /
Salut. (sah-LUU)
to friends)
Good morning Bonjour. (bohng-ZHOOR)
Good evening Bonsoir. (bohng SWAHR)
How are you? Comment allez-vous? (kuh-mahng tah-lay VOO?)
Fine thank you. Bien, merci. (byahng, mehr-SEE)
What is your Comment vous appelez-vous? (kuh-MAWNG vooz ah-puhll-ay
name? VOO?)
My name is... Je m'appelle ..... (zhuh mah-PEHLL......)
Enchant(e). (ahng-chahng-TAY) (takes the extra 'e' at the end if you
Nice to meet you
are female)
Goodbye Au revoir. (oh RVWAHR)
Goodbye
(informal / to Salut. (sah-LUU) (yes, the same word as hello!)
friends)
Good night (to
Bonne nuit. (buhn NWEE)
sleep)

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1 un (ung)
2 deux (deu)
3 trois (trwa)
4 quatre (katr)
5 cinq (sank)
6 six (seece or see)
7 sept (set)
8 huit (wheat)
9 neuf (neuf)
10 dix (deece or dee)
11 onze (ohnz)
12 douze (dooz)
13 treize (trayz)
14 quatorze (kat-ORZ)
15 quinze (cans)
16 seize (sayz)
17 dix-sept (dee-SET)
18 dix-huit (dee-ZWEET)
19 dix-neuf (dee-ZNEUF)
20 vingt (vang)
21 vingt-et-un (vang-tay-UNG)
22 vingt-deux (vang-DEU)
23 vingt-trois (vang-TRWA)
30 trente (trongt)
40 quarante (kar-AHNGT)
50 cinquante (sank-AHNGT)
60 soixante (swah-SAHNGT)
70 soixante-dix (swah-sahngt-DEE)
80 quatre-vingt (katr-VANG)
90 quatre-vingt-dix (katr-vang-DEE)
100 cent (sahng)
200 deux cent (deu sahng)
300 trois cent (trwa sahng)
1000 mille (meel)
2000 deux mille (deu meel)
1,000,000 un million (ung mee-LYOHNG)

half demi (deh-MEE), moiti (mwah-tee-AY)


less moins (mwang)
more plus (pluu)

FRENCH LESSON - TELLING THE TIME IN FRENCH

see also French Numbers

one o'clock AM une heure du matin (ewn er dew ma-TANG)


two o'clock AM deux heures du matin (duz er dew ma-TANG)
noon midi (mee-DEE)
one o'clock PM une heure de l'aprs-midi (ewn er duh la-pre-mee-DEE), treize
13:00 heures
two o'clock PM deux heures de l'aprs-midi (duz er duh la-pre-mee-DEE),
14:00 quatorze heures
six o'clock PM
six heures du soir (sees er dew SWAR), dix-huit heures
18:00
quarter to seven sept heures moins le quart, dix-huit heures quarante-cinq
18:45
quarter past seven sept heures et quart, dix-neuf heures quinze
19:15
half past seven sept heures et demi, dix-neuf heures trente
19:30
midnight minuit (mee-NWEE)

'Quelle heure est-il?' What time is it? This video helps you to learn how to tell the time
in French:

Other useful French phrases:

now maintenant (mang-NAHNG)


later plus tard (ploo TAHR)
before avant (AH-vahng)
morning le matin (luh mat-TANG)
in the morning dans la matine (dahn lah mah-TEEN-ay)
afternoon l'aprs-midi (lah-PRAY-mee-dee)
evening le soir (luh SWAH)
in the evening dans la soire (dahng la SWAH-ray)
night la nuit (lah nwee)
__ minute(s) __ minute(s) (mee-NUUT)
__ hour(s) __ heure(s) (eur)
__ day(s) __ jour(s) (zhoor)
__ week(s) __ semaine(s) (smen)
__ month(s) __ mois (mwa)
__ year(s) __ anne(s) (ah-NAY)
weekly hebdomadaire (eb-doh-ma-DAYR)
monthly mensuel (mang-suu-ELL)
yearly annuel (an-uu-ELL)
FRENCH LESSON - COLORS IN FRENCH

black noir/noire (nwahr)


white blanc/blanche (blahng/blahnsh)
gray gris/grise (gree/greez)
red rouge (roozh)
blue bleu/bleue (bluh)
yellow jaune (zhawn)
green vert/verte (vehr/vehrt)
orange orange (oh-RAHNZH)
purple violet (vee-oh-LEH)
brown marron (mah-ROHNG)
pink rose (rose)

clair (clare) eg. light


light
blue=bleu clair
fonc (fon-say)
dark eg.dark blue=bleu
fonc

FRENCH LESSON - THE WEATHER IN FRENCH

What's the weather


Quel temps fait-il?
like?
It's cold (It's very
Il fait froid (Il fait trs froid)
cold)
It's hot (It's very hot) Il fait chaud (Il fait trs chaud)
It's cool Il fait frais
It's sunny Il fait du soleil
It's cloudy Il fait des nuages
It's windy Il fait du vent
It's foggy Il fait du brouillard
It's stormy Il fait des orages
The temperature is
La temprature est 20 degrs
20 degrees

With this video you can practise some French weather phrases:

table for one person/two people, please.


Une table pour une personne/deux personnes, je vous prie. (uun TAHBL poor
uun/deu pehr-SOHN zhuh voo PREE)
Can I look at the menu, please?
Puis-je avoir le menu? (PWEEZH ah-VWAHR luh muh-NUU?)
Is there a house speciality?
Quelle est la spcialit de la maison ? (KELL eh lah spay-see-ah-lee-TAY duh
lah meh-ZOHNG?)
Is there a local speciality?
Y a-t-il une spcialit locale ? (yah-TEEL uun spay-see-ah-lee-TAY loh-KAHL?)
I'm a vegetarian.
Je suis vgtarien. (zhuh SWEE vay-zhay-tah-RYAHNG)
I don't eat pork.
Je ne mange pas de porc. (zhuh nuh mahnzh PAH duh POHR)
I only eat kosher food.
Je ne mange que de la viande cachre. (zhuh nuh MAHNZH kuh duh lah
VYAHND kah-SHEHR)
breakfast
petit-djeuner (ptee-day-zheu-NAY)
lunch
djeuner (day-zheu-NAY)
dinner
dner (dee-NAY)

supper
souper (soo-PAY)
I want _____.
Je voudrais _____. (zhuh voo-DREH _____)

I want a dish containing _____.


Je voudrais un plat avec _____. (zhuh voo-DREH ung plah ah-VEK _____)

beans des haricots (dez ah-ree-KOH)


beef du boeuf (duu BUFF)
bread du pain (duu pang)
chicken du poulet (duu poo-LEH)
clams des palourdes (deh pah-LOORD)
cheese du fromage (duu froh-MAHZH)
cod de la morue (duh lah moh-RUU)
eggs / one
des oeufs (dehz UH) / un oeuf (un UF)
egg
fish du poisson (duu pwa-SONG)
frogs des grenouilles (deh gruh-NOOEY)
(fresh) fruit des fruits (frais) (frwee (freh))
ham du jambon (duu zhahng-BONG)
lobster du homard (duu oh-MAR)
mussels des moules (deh MOOL)
des ptes (deh PAHT), des nouilles (deh
noodles
NOOEY)
oysters des hutres (dez WEETR)
pork du porc (duu POHR/)
rice du riz (duu REE)
salad une salade (uun sah-LAHD)
salmon du saumon (duu saw-MONG)
sausage des saucisses (deh saw-SEESS)
seafood des fruits de mer (deh frwee duh MEHR)
snails des escargots (dez es-car-GOH)
toast toast (said the same as English!)
tuna du thon (duu TONG)
(fresh)
des lgumes (frais) (deh lay-guum FREH)
vegetables
whiting du merlan (duu mehr-LANG)
Where is the _____ ?
O se trouve _____ ? (oo stroov _____)
the train
la gare ? (lah gahr?)
station?
the bus station? la gare routire ? (lah gahr roo-TYEHR?)
the airport? l'aroport ? (lah-ay-roh-POR?
the town centre /
le centre-ville ? (luh sahng-truh-VEEL?)
downtown?
the suburbs? la banlieue ? (lah bahng-LYEU?)
the youth l'auberge de jeunesse ? (law-BEHRZH duh
hostel? zhuh-NESS)
the _____ hotel? l'htel _____ ? (loh-TEL)

Where are there a lot of...


O y'a-t-il des... (oo yah-TEEL day)
hotels? htels? (z oh-TELL)
restaurants? restaurants? (res-taw-RAHNG)
bars? bars? (bahr)
sights to see? sites visiter ? (seets ah vee-zee-TAY)

Can you show me on the map?


Pouvez-vous me montrer sur la carte ? (poo-vay-VOO muh mohn-TRAY suur lah
KAHRT?)
street rue (ruu)
gaude (GAWSH) / tournez gauche. (toor-nay
left / turn left
ah GAWSH)
right / turn droite (DRWAHT) / tournez droite. (toor-nay
right ah DRWAHT)
straight
en face (ahng fahs)
ahead
towards the
vers le/la _____ (vehr luh/lah)
_____
past the
aprs le/la _____ (ah-PREH luh/lah)
_____
before the
avant le/la _____ (ah-VAHNG luh/lah)
_____
watch for
reprez le/la _____. (ruh-pay-RAY luh/lah)
the _____
intersection intersection (ang-tehr-seck-SYOHNG)
north nord (nohr)
south sud (suud)
east est (est)
west ouest (west)
uphill en haut (ahng OH)
downhill en bas (ahng BAH)

(for audio files on making a reservation at hotel room in France, see below)

Do you have any rooms available?


Avez-vous des chambres libres ? (ah-vay-VOO dey shahmbr LEEBR?)
How much is a room for one person/two people?
Combien cote une chambre pour une personne/deux personnes ? (kohm-
byahng KOOT uun shahmbr poor uun/duh pehr-SON?)
Is breakfast/supper included?
Le petit-djeuner/souper est-il inclus ? (luh ptee day-zhuh-NAY / soo-PAY eht-eel
ang-KLUU?)
Does the room come with...
Est-ce que dans la chambre il y a... (ESK dahng lah SHAHMBR eel yah ...)

a bathroom une salle de bain ? (uun sahl ah BANG?)


a telephone un tlphone ? (ung tay-lay-FOHN?)
a TV une tl ? (uun tay-LAY?)

May I see the room first?


Puis-je visiter la chambre ? (pweezh vee-zee-TAY lah SHAHMBR?)

Can you suggest another hotel?


Pouvez-vous me suggrer un autre htel? (poo-vay VOO muh suu-zhay-RAY
ung ohtr oh-TEL?)
Do you have anything.....
Vous n'avez pas de chambre....(voo nah-vay PAH duh shahmbr..)

quieter? plus tranquille ? ( pluu trahng-KEEL?)


cheaper? moins chre? (... mwang SHEHR?)
bigger? plus grande ? (... pluu GRAHND?)
cleaner? plus propre ? (... pluu PROHPR?)

OK, I'll take it.


OK, je la prends. (oh-KAY, zhuh lah PRAHNG)
I will stay for _____ night(s). (see the section on numbers)
Je compte rester _____ nuit(s). (zhuh KOMT res-TAY _____ nwee)
Do you have a safe?
Avez-vous un coffre-fort ? (ah-vay VOO ung kofr FOR?)
What time is breakfast/supper?
quelle heure est le petit-djeuner/souper ? (ah kel UR eh luh ptee day-zhuh-
NAY / soo-PAY?)
Please clean my room.
Veuillez nettoyer ma chambre. (vuh-YAY net-wah-YAY ma SHAHMBR)
Can you wake me at _____?
Pouvez-vous me rveiller _____? (poo-vay VOO muh ray-vay-YAY ah _____)
I want to check out.
Je veux vous signaler mon dpart. (zhuh vuh voo see-nyah-LAY mong day-PAR)
FRENCH LESSON - SHOPPING IN FRANCE
How much is this?
Combien a cote ?
expensive
cher
cheap
bon march
That's too expensive.
C'est trop cher.
Would you take _____?
Pourriez-vous accepter _____?
I can't afford it.
Je n'ai pas les moyens.
I don't want it.
Je ne le veux pas.
I'm not interested.
Je ne suis pas intress.
OK, I'll take it.
OK, je vais le/la prendre.
Do you have this in my size?
Avez-vous ceci dans ma taille ?
Can I have a bag?
Je pourrais avoir un sac ?
Do you ship (overseas)?
Livrez-vous (outre-mer/ l'tranger) ?

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