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Français indispensable
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 |
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