I will add more phrases and words as I learn them!
Intro
Here I am posting a lot of the material that I have been thought throughout the years to learn french. Sources include: college classes, french friends, High School Classes, French Alliance Classes, and the internet :)
Keep in mind that I do not speak french fluently or even feel comfortable speaking it but putting all of this in this post might help me refresh my French language skills.
Nouns
Je → I
Tu → You
il → He
Elle → She
Ils/Elles → They
Me/Mom/Ma → My
Votre/Sa/Son → your
Vous → We
Ses/Sa/Son → His/Her
Leur → Their
Notre → Ours
Phrases
- Ça va → Fine / I am doing well
- s’il vous plait → please
- salut → bye / goodbye / hi??
- il ya → ago
- bienvenue → welcome
- d’accord → agree / okay
- à plus tard → later / see you later
- à demain → see you tomorrow
- abientot → see you soon
- bonne nuit → good night
- bon anniversaire → Happy birthday
- c'est où? → Where is it?
- s'il te plait → Please (for friends)
- s'il vous plait → please (for people you don't know)
- merci → thank you
- pain au chocolat → chocolate croissant
- qu'est-ce que tu veux faire? → what do you want to do?
- tu penses à quoi? → what is in your mind?
- tu veux manger quoi? → what do you want to eat?
- le citron → the lemon
- dêsole → sorry
- d’accord, a bientot! → okay, see you soon
- bonne nuit, et à demain! → good night and see you tomorrow
- au revoir et merci beaucoup → goodbye and thank you
- la boisson est rouge → the drink is red
- je mange du pain avec du fromage → I eat bread with cheese
- je bois du jus → I drink juice
- ça va bien, merci → I am fine, thanks
- bonjouer, ça va? → good morning, how are you?
- Pardon? → sorry
- oui, s’il te plait → yes, please
- Pardon → pardon me
- ça va bien? → how is it going?
- comment ça va? → how are you
- je suis d’accord → I agree
- bonsoir → good evening
- C'est delicieux/succulent → It's delicious
- Tu es mignonne → you're cute
- Tu veux du vin? → do you want wine?
- Mon ami t'aime bien → my friend likes you
- Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? → do you want to have sex with me tonight?
- tu bois quoi? → what do you want to drink?
- de rien → your welcome
- je t'en prie → you are welcome
- où as-tu appris le français? → where dis you learned french?
- Nous sommes riches → we are rich
- au revoir et à demain! → goodbye and see you tomorrow
- bonsoir, comment ça va → good evening, how is it going?
- le garçons boivent du lait → the boys drink milk
- un homme cuisine → a man cook
- les filles mangent avec les hommes → the girls eat with the men
NSFW
- Tu es bonne → You're hot to only have sex (never say that to a woman).
- Bonne meuf → Hot chick
- Capote → Codons
Words
- Français - Anglais
- homme → man
- garşon → boy
- orange → orange
- felicitations → congrats
- mange → eats
- riche → rich
- colmes → calm
- allons-y → let’s go
- le vim → the wine
- le the → the tea
- l’huile → the oil
- de la → about
- le poisson → the fish
- coupe → cutting
- respectes → respect
- agis → take action / work
- caches → hide
- mérite → deserves
- marchent → walk
- lavons → wash
- douche → shower
- le menu → the menu
- le journal → the newspaper
- le garçons → the boys
- le femmes → the woman
- les enfants → the children
- le filles → the girls
- le sandwich → the sandwich
- l’eaui → water
- l’alcool → the alcohol
- contient → contains
- dis → say
- finit → finishes
- gagne → wins
- montre → shows
- mettent → putton
- ouvre → open
- mative → motivating
- neige → showing
- bonne nuit → good night
- livre → book
- ecris → writing
- lettre → letter
- ecrivent → write
- avons → have
- chat → cat
- noir → black
- leçons → lessons
- chanter → sing
- robe → dress
- le poivre → the pepper
- court → running
- entre → enters
- lance → throws
- donnans → give
- interesse → is of interest to
- pleut → raining
- perd → loses
Cuisne → Cook | Food
- le repas → the meal
- l’oeuf → the egg
- le gateau → the cake
- une salade → a salad
- legumes → vegetables
- haricots → beans
- boeuf → beef
- poulet → chicken
- la viande → the meat
- le porc → the pork
- le jus → the juice
- le lait → the milk
- le riz → the rice
- le beurre → the butter
- la carotte → the carrot
- pates → pasta
- le fromage → the cheese
- le bonbon → the candy
- le sel → the salt
- pomme → apple
- fraise → strawberry
- citron → lemon
- le raisin → the grapes
- le pain → the bread
- soupe → soup
- frites → fries
- cignom → onion
- le sucre → the sugar
Vetements → Clothing
- vetements → clothes
- sac → bag
- botte → boot
- manteau → coat
- chapeau → hat
- echarpe → scarf
- parapluie → umbrella
- le pantalon → the pants
- poches → pockets
- cravate → tie
- gant → glove
- casquette → cap
- chaussette → socks
- centinuce → belt
- la jupe → the skirt
- chemise → shirt
- costume → suit
- portefeville → wallet
- Veste → jacket
Animal → Animal
- la chatte → the cat
- le conard → the duck
- le cheval → the horse
- la tortue → the turtle
- le lion → the lion
- mouche → fly / mosquito
- la souris → the mouse
- insecte → insect
- lapin → rabbit
- un ours → a bear
- le chien → the dog
- voche → cow
- tigre → tiger
- serpent → snake
- abeille → bee
- requén → shark
- baleine → whale
- papillon → butterfly
- un oiseou → a bird
- un elephant → an elephant
- cochon → pig
- araignee → spider
- dauphin → dolphin
- singe → monkey
- la louve → the wolf
- fourmi → ant
Couleur → Colors
- blancs → white
- vertes → green
- orange → orange
- roses → pink
- noires → black
- bleues → blue
- gris → grey
- jaure → yellow
- violet → purple
- marron → brown
Adjective
- froid → cold
- jolie → pretties
- grande → big / large
- seuls → alone
- chaud / chaude → hot / warm
- petite → small
- nouvelle → new
- jeune → young
Possessives Adjectives
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
English
my
your
his / her
Masculine
mon
ton
son
Feminine
ma
ta
sa
Plural
mes
tes
ses
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
English
our
your
their
Singular
notre
votre
leur
Plural
nos
vos
leurs
Examples;
Owner
my
your
his / her
our
your
their
Singular
mon a mi → my friend
ton abeille → your bee
son aiseau → his bird
notre biere → our beer
votre sel → your salt
leur fromage → their cheese
Plural
mes tigres → my tigers
tes lions → your lions
ses chiens → his dogs
nos pommes → our apples
vos citrons → your lemons
leurs fromages → their cheeses
Conjunctions
quand → when
mais → but
ou → or
car → because
et → and
comme → as / like
donc → so / thus
Verbs
- mange → eat
- parler → speak
- jover → play
- regarder → watch
- lit → reads
- comprend → understands
- doivent → must
- faites → make / does / made
- aides → help
- commande → in charge
- Avons → have
- donnes → give
- penser → think
- avez → have
- avec → with
- apparte → brings
- vais → going / go
- appelle → calling
- achetons → buy
- apprend → learn
- Attend → waiting for
- etes → are
- veux → want
- boit → drinks
- ecrivons → write
- aimez → like
- adore → loves
- povez → can
- sais → know
- cherchons → look for
- connait → knows
Verbs
Subject
Je
tu
il | elle | on
nous
vous
ils | elles
Être (to be)
suis
es
est
sommes
êtes
sont
Avoir (to have)
lai
as
a
avons
avez
ont
Aimer (love)
aime
aimes
aime
aimons
aimes
aiment
Subject
Je
tu
il | elle | on
nous
vous
ils | elles
Parler (to speak)
parle
parles
parle
parlons
parles
parlent
finir (finish)
finis
finis
finit
finissons
finisses
finissent
Dormir (sleep)
dors
dors
dort
dormons
dormez
dorment
Both Savoir and conmaitre mean “To Know” but in different ways. Savoir implies understanding of subjects or while while connaitre indicates familiarity with people, animals, things or situations.
Subject
Je
tu
il | elle | on
nous
vous
ils | elles
Savoir
sais
sais
sait
savons
savez
savent
Conmaitre (to know)
connais
comnais
connait
connaissons
connaissez
connaissent
* The 1st group includes regular -er verbs and 80% of all vers.
* The 2nd group includes regular -ir verbs like finir.
* The 3rd group includes all irregular verbs. This includes many common verbs such as, être, avoir, and many others.
Questions
Comment va ta femme? → how is your wife?
tu aimes laquelle? → which do you like?
quesuis-je? → what am I?
porquoi lit-il? → why does he read?
parle-t-il? → does he speak?
ou etes-vous? where are you?
tu veux lesquelles? → which do you want?
qu’est-ce qu’elle aime? → what does she like?
quoi? → what?
qu’est-ce que tu bois? → what do you drink?
lesquels sont verts? → which ones are green?
quand lit-elle? → when does she read?
combien? → how much?
qui est-cette fille? → who is this girl?
quelle est ta ceimture? → which is your belt?
est-ce qu’elle a un parapluie? → does she have an umbrella?
est-ce que vous a vez des légumes? → do you have any vegetables?
quel es mon manteau? → which is my coat?
qui aime manger? → who likes to eat?
Inversions
boit-il? → does he drinks? | is he drinking?
boivent-ils du lait? → do they drink milk?
This is the formal way of asking a question. The use of inversion, where the verb appears before its pronoun and the two are connected by a hyphen.
- However, if the subject of the sentence is a noun then the noun should appear before the verb, although a pronoun still needs to appear afterwards.
le lait est il froid? → is the milk cold?
les chats sont-ils noirs? → are the cats black?
If the verb ends in a vowel the letter T must be inserted after the verb for euphony. This T is chained onto the pronoun and is meaningless.
A-t-il unchien? → does he have a dog?
parle-t-elle anglais? → does she speak english?
Inverted forms still obey other grammar rules, like those for - il est vs c’est.
est-ce un probleme? → is it a problem?
est-elle medecin? → is she a doctor?
puis-je aider les enfants? → can I help the children?
EST-CE QUE
est-ce que (pronounced “essk”) can be added in front of a statement to turn it into a question. Remember that “que elides” in front of vowel sounds.
est-ce qu’il boit? → does he drinks? | is he drinking?
est-ce que c,est un probleme? → is it a problem?
est-ce qu’il a chien? → does he have a dog?
How to write questions?
est-ce que:
est-ce que → It is used when there are not the interrogative pronouns used to do questions like:
comment = how quand = when pourquoi = why ou = where que = what
examples;
est-ce que tues francais? → Are you french?
est-ce que tu viens ou cinema avec nous ce soir? → Are you coming to the cinema with us this evening?
est-ce que vous mangez au restaurant aujourd’hui? → Are you eating at the restaurant today?
est-ce que les enfants sont allés a la piscine hier? → Did the children go to the swimming pool yesterday?
est-ce que tu aimes les pommes? → Do you like apples?
est-ce que tu as un frere? → Do you have a brother?
est-ce que tu as mangé tes legumes? → Have you eaten your vegetables?
est-ce que je peux avoir un verre? → Can I have a drink?
est-ce que tu m'aimes bien? → Do you like me?
est-ce que tu me détestes? → Do you hate me?
Intonation
In informal speech, one fo the most common ways to ask a question is simply to raise your intonation at the end of a statement, like you’d do in english.
il boit? → is he drinking?
il pleut? → is it raining?
Interrogatives Adjectives
French has one interrogative adjective with four forms.
An Interrogative adjective, cannot stand alone. it must modify and agree with a noun, and that noun must either be adjacent to it or separated by a form of “être”.
Quelle fille? → which girl?
Quel est is probleme? → what is the problem?
Queel is also an exclamatory adjective in statements
Queelle change! → what luck!
Quel grand garçon il est! → what a tall boy he is!
Interrogative pronouns
Unlike an adjective an interrogative pronoun can stand alone. For instance, the interrogative pronoun “le quel” can replace “quel’t” noun. Note; that it agrees with the noun it replaces.
Numbers
1 – un
2 – deux
3 – trois
4 – quatre
5 – cinq
6 – six
7 – sept
8 – huit
9 – neuf
10 – dix
11 – onze
12 – douze
13 – treize
14 – quatorze
15 – quinze
16 – seize
17 – dix-sept
18 – dix-huit
19 – dix-neuf
20 – vingt
vingt (20) + deux (2) = vingt-deux (22)
trente (30) + sept (7) = trente-sept (37)
quarante (40) + neuf (9) = quarante-neuf (49)
70 – septante | 73 is septante-trois
80 – huitante | 85 is huitante-cinq
90 – nonante | 96 is nonante-six