THE DAYS OF THE WEEK IN FRENCH

THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

LES JOURS DE LA SAMAINE

 

French	Pronunciation	Day
lundi	luhn-dee	Monday
mardi	mahr-dee	Tuesday
mercredi	mehr-cruh-dee	Wednesday
jeudi	juh-dee	Thursday
vendredi	vahn-druh-dee	Friday
samedi	sahm-dee	Saturday
dimanche	dee-mansh	Sunday

HOW TO COUNT NUMBERS IN FRENCH

HOW TO COUNT NUMBERS IN FRENCH

LES numéros / CHIFFRES 

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Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
0	zéro	zay-roh
1	un	ahn
2	deux	duhr
3	trois	twah
4	quatre	katr
5	cinq	sank
6	six	seese
7	sept	set
8	huit	wheet
9	neuf	nurf
10	dix	deese

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
11	onze	onz
12	douze	dooz
13	treize	trez
14	quatorze	kah-tohrz
15	quinze	cans
16	seize	sez
17	dix-sept	deese-set
18	dix-huit	dees-wheet
19	dix-neuf	dees-nurf
20	vingt	vahn

In  17 , 18, and 19 , you must have noticed that they are just simple addition of  10 + 7 = 17 ( dix-sept)

similarily, 10+ 8 = 18 ( dix- huit)

                 10+9 =19 ( dix- neuf )

NEXT, YOU MUST LEARN THIS CHART  GIVEN BELOW BEFORE STARTING FURTHER NUMBERS

number	in French	pronunciation
10	dix	dees
20	vingt	van
30	trente	tront
40	quarante	ka ront
50	cinquante	san kont
60	soixante	swa sont
70	soixante-dix	swa sont dees
80	quatre-vingts	ka tre van
90	quatre-vingt-dix	ka tre van dees
100	cent	san

Now, in numbers from 21 to 69, You have to remember that 21, 31,41,51 and 61 are written with "et in between without putting hyphen" and in rest numbers you have to put Hyphen.

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
21	vingt et un	vahn-tay-ahn
22	vingt-deux	vahn-duhr
23	vingt-trois	vahn-twah
24	vingt-quatre	vahn-katr
25	vingt-cinq	vahn-sank
26	vingt-six	vahn-seese
27	vingt-sept	vahn-set
28	vingt-huit	vahn-wheet
29	vingt-neuf	vahn-nurf
30	trente	trawnt

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
31	trente et un	trawnt-tay-ahn
32	trente-deux	trawnt-duhr
33	trente-trois	trawnt-twah
34	trente-quatre	trawnt-katr
35	trente-cinq	trawnt-sank
36	trente-six	trawnt-seese
37	trente-sept	trawnt-set
38	trente-huit	trawnt-wheet
39	trente-neuf	trawnt-nurf
40	quarante	kuh-rawnt

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
41	quarante et un	kuh-rawnt-tay-ahn
42	quarante-deux	kuh-rawnt-duhr
43	quarante-trois	kuh-rawnt-twah
44	quarante-quatre	kuh-rawnt-katr
45	quarante-cinq	kuh-rawnt-sank
46	quarante-six	kuh-rawnt-seese
47	quarante-sept	kuh-rawnt-set
48	quarante-huit	kuh-rawnt-wheet
49	quarante-neuf	kuh-rawnt-nurf
50	cinquante	sank-awnt

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
51	cinquante et un	sank-awnt-tay-ahn
52	cinquante-deux	sank-awnt-duhr
53	cinquante-trois	sank-awnt-twah
54	cinquante-quatre	sank-awnt-katr
55	cinquante-cinq	sank-awnt-sank
56	cinquante-six	sank-awnt-seese
57	cinquante-sept	sank-awnt-set
58	cinquante-huit	sank-awnt-wheet
59	cinquante-neuf	sank-awnt-nurf
60	soixante	swah-sawnt

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
61	soixante et un	swah-sawnt-tay-ahn
62	soixante-deux	swah-sawnt-duhr
63	soixante-trois	swah-sawnt-twah
64	soixante-quatre	swah-sawnt-katr
65	soixante-cinq	swah-sawnt-sank
66	soixante-six	swah-sawnt-seese
67	soixante-sept	swah-sawnt-set
68	soixante-huit	swah-sawnt-wheet
69	soixante-neuf	swah-sawnt-nurf
70	soixante-dix	swah-sawnt-deese

Now from 70 on wards you have to remember the simple mathematical addition pattern.

like 60 + 10 = 70 (soixante-dix)

       60+ 11 = 71 (soixante et onze)

       60+ 12 =72  (soixante douze) and so on till 79.

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
71	soixante et onze	swah-sawnt-tay-uhn
72	soixante-douze	swah-sawnt-dooz
73	soixante-treize	swah-sawnt-trez
74	soixante-quatorze	swah-sawnt-kah-tohrz
75	soixante-quinze	swah-sawnt-cans
76	soixante-seize	swah-sawnt-sez
77	soixante-dix-sept	swah-sawnt-deese-set
78	soixante-dix-huit	swah-sawnt-dees-wheet
79	soixante-dix-neuf	swah-sawnt-dees-nurf

NOTE :

80 is 4 times twenty 

i.e 4 x 20 = 80 ( quatre -vingts ). Here you should make a note that we have added 's' in vingts. 

81 is written as quatre-vingt-un . Here we have not put 's' in vingt and hyphen is put while writing. 

( remember 21,31,41,51,61,71 do not take hyphen while writing). Same pattern is followed till 89.

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
81	quatre-vinght-un	ka-truh-vahn-tay-ahn
82	quatre-vingt-deux	ka-truh-vahn-duhr
83	quatre-vingt-trois	ka-truh-vahn-twah
84	quatre-vingt-quatre	ka-truh-vahn-katr
85	quatre-vingt-cinq	ka-truh-vahn-sank
86	quatre-vingt-six	ka-truh-vahn-seese
87	quatre-vingt-sept	ka-truh-vahn-set
88	quatre-vingt-huit	ka-truh-vahn-wheet
89	quatre-vingt-neuf	ka-truh-vahn-nurf

NOW NUMBERS FROM 90 ON WARDS :

90 can be explained as :

4 x 20  + 10 = 90 ( quatre-vingt-dix)

91 =  4 x 20 + 11 ( quatre-vingt-onze). HERE 91 also takes hyphen.

Number	French Spelling	Pronunciation
91	quatre-vingt-onze	ka-truh-vahn-onz
92	quatre-vingt-douze	ka-truh-vahn-dooz
93	quatre-vingt-treize	ka-truh-vahn-trez
94	quatre-vingt-quatorze	ka-truh-vahn-kah-tohrz
95	quatre-vingt-quinze	ka-truh-vahn-cans
96	quatre-vingt-seize	ka-truh-vahn-sez
97	quatre-vingt-dix-sept	ka-truh-vahn-deese-set
98	quatre-vingt-dix-huit	ka-truh-vahn-dees-wheet
99	quatre-vingt-dix-neuf	ka-truh-vahn-dees-nurf
100	cent	sawnt

NUMBERS AFTER 100 FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN AS WE SEEN ABOVE, WE CAN UNDERSTAND THROUGH THESE EXAMPLES :

Number	French Spelling
101	cent un
110	cent dix
111	cent onze
175	cent soixante quinze
200	deux cents
225	deux cents vingt-cinq
1,000	mille
10,000	dix mille
100,000	cent mille
1,000,000	un million

SOME BASIC CONVERSATIONAL QUESTIONS IN FRENCH

SOME BASIC CONVERSATIONAL QUESTIONS IN FRENCH

Q. Comment allez vous? ( How are you? ) - Used during formal conversation, for example when you ask this question to your teacher, professor and any elderly respected person.

A. Je vais bien et vous? - I'm good and you? .

     or Je vais mal - I'm not well.

Q. Comment ça va? Or Comment vas tu? ( how are you) - Used during informal conversation, for example when you ask this question to your friends or somebody very close to you like your younger brother.

A. ça va bien et toi?. - Things are going well and you?

OR ça va mal. - Things are going bad.

OR comme ci comme ça. - So- So OR okay - okay

Q.Comment vous appelez vous? - formal

Comment tu t'applelles? - informal

( what is your name ?)

A. Je m'appelle  Abhishek Sharma ( your name)

Q. Quel est votre prénom OR quel est ton prènom ?- What is your first name? ( votre - formal, ton- informal)

A. Mon prénom est Abhishek ( My first name is Abhishek )

Q. Quel est votre nom? OR quel est ton nom? - What is your surname?

A. Mon nom est Sharma ( My surname is Sharma)

COMMON FRENCH WORDS USED IN ENGLISH

COMMON FRENCH WORDS USED IN ENGLISH

1. Deja vu
2. Bouquet
3. Coup
4. Toilette
5. Genre
6. Depot
7. Critique
8. Brunette
9. Menu
10. Cafe
11. RSVP ( Répondez s'il vous plait )

SOME COMMON GREETINGS IN FRENCH

Some common greetings in French

LES SALUTATIONS

1. Salut - hi / goodbye (informal)
2. Bonjour - good morning (formal)
3. Bon apré-midi -  good afternoon
4. Bonsoir - good evening
5. Bonne nuit - good night
6. Merci - Thank you
7. S'il vous plait - please
8. Enchante - nice to see you
9. De rein - mention not ( you are welcome)
10. Bon anniversaire - Happy birthday
11. Joyeux anniversaire - Happy birthday
12. Bon voyage - happy journey
13. Bon appetit - enjoy your meal
14. Prendre Conge - To take a leave
15. à demain - see you tomorrow
16. à lundi - see you on Monday
17. à biento^t  -  see you soon
18. Bonnes vacances - Happy vacation
19.  A tout à l'leure - see you shortly
20. Au revoir - bye
21. Bonne soirèe - Have a nice evening
22. Désolè [e] - sorry
23. D'accord - thanks/ okay
24. à la Samaine Prochaine - See you next week
25. Bonne Journee - Have a good day
26. Merci beaucoup - Thanks a lot.
27. Je te Remercie - I thank you.
28. Bon matin - good morning (early morning)
29. Bonne Matinee - good morning
30. Adieu - Good bye

THE FRENCH ALPHABET

 L' ALPHABETS

The French alphabet (l'alphabet français)
(with pronunciation)
(Downloadable image)
NOTE: 
This is pronounced like J but is actually the letter G. We'll have a similar problem for J.
The French R sound is also hard to pronounce. It's like a light gargle in the back of the mouth.
The French U is hard to pronounce. Say 'ee' and then, keeping the shape of the inside of your mouth constant, move your lips to make the sound 'oo'. This will allow you to pronounce the French U. This also applies to the pronunciation of the letter Q
Y  Literally means Greek I.
Click on the video below for pronunciation




The French alphabet has 26 letters among them 6 vowels and 20 consonants.
Letter
Pronunciation
Examples
A
/ah/ - the sound in 'spa'
aller (ah-lay) means 'to go'
B
/beh/ - similar to 'bay'
une batte (eeoon baht) means 'a bat'
C
/seh/ - similar to 'say' (C or S sound)
un couteau (uh koo-toh) means 'a knife
D
/deh/ - similar to 'day'
dormir (dohr-meer) means 'to sleep'
E
/uh/ - the sound in 'wool'
les cheveux (lay shuh-vuh) means 'hair'
F
/eff/ - similar to English
fort (fohr) means 'strong'
G
/zheh/ - similar to the g in 'massage'
le gaz (luh gahz) means 'gas'
H
/ah-sh/ - said like 'osh' in gosh,
usually silent in French but there are a few words with an aspirated 'h'
-l'huile (lweel) means oil, and the 'h' is silent
-le haricot (luh ah-ree-koh) means 'the bean'
I
/ee/ - the sound in geek
finir (fee-neer) means 'to finish'
J
/zhee/ - similar to jhee
jouer (zhoo-ay) means 'to play'
K
/kah/ sounds like English (rarely used in French)
un kangourou (uh kahn-goo-roo) means kangaroo
L
/ell/ - sounds like English
un livre (uh lee-vruh) means 'a book'
M
/ehm/ - sounds like English
mon ami (moh-nahm-ee) means 'my friend'
N
/ehn/ - similar to English, sometimes nasal
la naissance (lah nay-ssahnss) means 'birth'
O
/oh/ - similar to English
un ordinateur (uh- nohr-dee-nah-tuhr) means 'a computer'
P
/peh/ - said like the 'pu' in 'put'
payer (pay-ay) means 'to pay'
Q
/keoo/ - said like KEE with rounded lips
qui (kee) means 'who'
R
/ehr/ - guttural throat 'r', like gargling
un renard (uh rruh-nahrr) means 'a fox'
S
/ess/ - usually one 's' sounds like 'z'
double 's' sounds like 's'
un poisson (uh pwah--ssohn) means 'a fish'
du poison (deeoo pwah-zohn) means 'some poison'
T
/teh/ - said like 'tay'
une tarte (eeoon tarr-tuh) means 'a pie'
U
/eew/ - said like EE with rounded lips
une ruse (eeoon reeooz) means 'a joke or trick'
V
/veh/ - said like 'vay'
une voiture (eeoon vwah-teeoor) means 'a car'
W
/doobluh veh/ - sounds similar to double vay (rarely used in French)
un wagon-lit (uh vahgohn lee) or (uh wah-gohn-lee) means a train car for sleeping
X
/eeks/ - similar to English
une exercise (eeoon ehks-ehr-see-ss) means 'an exercise'
Y
/ee grehk/ - sounds like EE then gr-ek
un yaourt (uh yah-oo-rt) means 'a yogurt'
Z
/zehd/ - sounds like zed
un zèbre (uh zeh-bruh) means 'a zebra' 

INTRODUCTION ABOUT FRENCH LANGUAGE AND FRANCE

 INTRODUCTION

French is one of the widely spoken languages in the world. This language has now became a major international communication language. It is the second most learned language after English language. 

Approx. 220 million people in today's world speak French language which makes it the sixth most spoken language of the world.

France is a country located on the western edge of Europe, bordered by the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic Ocean) in the west, by the English Channel in the northwest, by the North Sea in the north.

Neighboring countries of France :

France borders Belgium and Luxembourg in the northeast, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy in the east, the Mediterranean Sea, Monaco, Spain, and Andorra in the south. France also shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom.

FRENCH LANGUAGE is spoken in : 

1. Belgium 
2. Benin
3.  Burkina Faso
4.  Burundi
5.  Cameroon
6.  Canada 
7. Chad
8.  the Ivory Coast, 
9. the Democratic Republic of the Congo
10.  Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea
11. France
12.  Haiti 
13. Luxembourg
14. Madagascar
15. Mali
16. Monaco
17.  Niger
18. Rwanda 
19. Senegal
20. Seychelles
21. Switzerland
22. Togo and 
23. Vanuatu.

FRANCOPHONIE  - Refers to all the government of the countries or official bodies which have in common use of French in their work or their trade.

FRANCOPHONE - A person who speaks French. ( It is used as an adjective too, for example: francophone country - France, Belgium, Luxembourg , Cannada, Switzerland)

Why FRANCE is famous ?

FRANCE is famous for its culture and a lot of things.Some of the following are :

1.  Les voitures ( the cars )
2. L'opera (the opera)
3. La tour Eiffel (the eiffel tower)
4. Le français ( the french )
5. Paris 
6. La relovulation Français ( the french revolution)
7. L'art ( the art)
8. La mode ( the fashion)
9. Le parfum ( the perfume)
10. Le Vin (the wine)
11. Le champagne 
12. Le formage (the cheese)
13. Napaléon Bonaparte
14. La monnaic (the Euro)

and many more things like The Louvre, Mont Blanc etc.