Travel French Phrases - Lawless French Lessons for Traveling

United States (of America)

Though les États-Unis (d'Amérique) is the proper translation, the French often just say les USA. Likewise, most states keep their names in French, while a few undergo slight Frenchification. And of course, being nouns, they have gender in French.

Vocabulary Lists

Weather

Understanding French weather terms is useful for deciding what to wear, planning what to do, and, of course, making small talk.

-age Suffix

The French suffix -age is added to verbs or nouns to make new nouns, which are always masculine.

-ci Suffix

Unlike other French suffixes, -ci does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's attached to.

-ée Suffix

The French suffix -ée is added to nouns or verbs to make new nouns, which are usually feminine.

-et and -ette Suffix

The French suffixes -et (masculine) and -ette (feminine) can be added to nouns (including proper nouns), verbs, and adjectives.

-issime Suffix

The French suffix -issime is added to adjectives and acts as an intensifier or superlative, adding meanings like "very," "extremely," or "most."

-là Suffix

Unlike other French suffixes, -là does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's added to.

abbreviations		accents
adjectives		adverbs
agreement		articles
conjunctions		demonstratives
exclamations		faux amis
fillers		formalities
franglais		French in English
gender		indefinition
informalities		negation
nouns		plurals
politeness		possession
prefixes		prepositions
pronouns		proverbs
questions		quick tips
spelling		suffixes
synonyms		travel french
verbs		word order

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