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Langues
Parlez-vous français ? What about another language? Here’s how to say the most commonly spoken and studied languages in French, plus a few more for good measure.
| Arabic | l’arabe | |
| Bengali | le bengali | |
| Chinese | le chinois | |
| Dutch | le néerlandais | |
| English | l’anglais | |
| Farsi | le farsi | |
| Flemish | le flamand | |
| French | le français | |
| Gaelic | le gaélique | |
| German | l’allemand | |
| Greek | le grec | |
| Hebrew | l’hébreu | |
| Hindi | l’hindi | |
| Irish | l’irlandais | |
| Italian | l’italien | |
| Japanese | le japonais | |
| Korean | le coréen | |
| Mandarin | le mandarin | |
| Polish | le polonais | |
| Portuguese | le portugais | |
| Punjabi | le pendjabi | |
| Russian | le russe | |
| Spanish | l’espagnol | |
| Swahili | le swahili / souahéli | |
| Tagalog | le tagal | |
| Ukrainian | l’ukrainien | |
| Vietnamese | le vietnamien | |
| Welsh | le gallois |
Notes
- All languages are masculine.
- Languages are never capitalized in French.
- Many languages are identical to their respective nationalities.
French expressions with languages
- Impossible n’est pas français – There’s no such word as "can’t"
- parler le français comme une vache espagnole – to speak broken French
Verb conjugations
Related features
- Capitalization
- Countries and continents
- Essential French
- Nouns and gender
- Why learn another language?
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