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Knowing just a few key words and phrases can be very helpful in your French classes, while traveling in France, and everywhere in between.
Here are some general terms; please see the list at the end for more specific vocabulary.
Communication Issues
| Do you speak English? | Parlez-vous anglais ? (or some other language) |
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| I speak (a little) French. | Je parle (un peu de) français. | |
| What? | Comment ? | |
| I don’t understand. | Je ne comprends pas. | |
| Repeat, please. | Répétez, s’il vous plaît. | |
| More slowly | Plus lentement | |
| One more time | Encore une fois | |
| I have a problem. | J’ai un problème. |
Translation
| What does ___ mean? | Que veut dire ___ ? | |
| How do you say ___ in French? | Comment dit-on ___ en français ? |
Questions and Answers
| Related lessons | |||
| I have a question. | J’ai une question. | Asking questions | |
| I don’t know. | Je ne sais pas. | ||
| who | qui | Interrogative pronouns, Relative pronouns | |
| what | quoi | ||
| when | quand | Interrogative adverbs | |
| where | où | ||
| why | pourquoi | ||
| how | comment | ||
| yes | oui | Yes in French | |
| yes (in response to no) | si | ||
| no | non | No in French | |
| OK | d’accord | ||
| and | et | Coordinating conjunctions | |
| or | ou | ||
More Essential French
- Greetings
- How are you? Fine
- Introductions
- Languages
- Numbers
- Politeness
- Thank you
- Top 10 verbs
- Transportation
- Tu vs vous
- French class phrases
French for beginners
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