French CrashCourse

The little that I know about the French language is here

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

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

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?

• 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 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

il boit? → is he drinking? il pleut? → is it raining?

Interrogatives Adjectives

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

Quel Form

Quel cheval? → Which horse? Quels hommes mangent? → which men ate? Quelle robe est rose? → Which dress is pink? Quelles letters? → which letters?

Lequel Form

Lequel? → Which one? Le squels mangent? → which ones eat? Laquelle est rose? → which one is pink? Lesque lles? → which ones?

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