Some French Phrases A Day

Anju · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: Some French Phrases A Day

I will try to update this post with replies in the same thread. These posts are meant for an absolute newbie like me. It wont be helpful for learning the language in a proper way. But good enough for people like me.

Some Basic Phrases

Bonjour (bohn-zhoor) Hello / Good day

Bonsoir/ Bonne nuit (bohn-swahr/bun nwee) Good evening / Good night (only said when going to bed)

Au revoir! (ohr-vwah) Goodbye!

S'il vous plaît (seel voo pleh) Please

Merci beaucoup (mair-see boh-koo)

Je vous en prie / de rien (In Canada: Bienvenu) (zhuh voo zawn pree/duh ree-ahn/bee-awn-vuh-new)
Thank you very much
You're welcome.

Oui / non (wee/nohn) Yes / no

Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle (muh-syuh, mah-dahm, mahd-mwah-zell) Mister, Misses, Miss

Comment allez-vous? (koh-mawn tahl-ay voo) How are you? (formal)

Ça va? (sah vah) How are you? (informal)

Je vais bien (zhuh vay bee-ahn) I'm fine

Ça va bien / mal / pas mal (sah vah bee-ahn/mahl/pah mahl) I'm good / bad / not bad

Je suis fatigué(e) (zhuh swee fah-tee-gay) I'm tired

Je suis malade (zhuh swee mah-lahd) I'm sick

J'ai faim (zhay fawn) I'm hungry

J'ai soif (zhay swahf) I'm thirsty

Comment vous appelez-vous? (koh-mawn voo zah-play voo) What's your name? (formal)

Comment t'appelles-tu? (koh-mawn tah-pell tew) What's your name? (informal)

Je m'appelle... (zhuh mah-pell) I am called...

Mon nom est... (mohn nohm ay) My name is...

Vous êtes d'où? (voo zet doo) Where are you from? (formal)

Tu es d'où? (tew ay doo) Where are you from? (informal)

Où habitez-vous? (ooh ah-bee-tay voo) Where do you live? (formal)

Où habites-tu? (ooh ah-beet tew) Where do you live? (informal)

Je suis des Etats-Unis / du Canada. (zhuh swee day zay-tahz-ew-nee/dew kah-nah-dah) I am from the United States / Canada.

J'habite aux Etats-Unis / au Canada. (zhah-beet oh zay-tahz-ew-nee/ oh kah-nah-dah) I live in the U.S. / Canada.

Vous avez quel âge? (voo za-vay kell ahzh) How old are you? (formal)

Tu as quel âge? (tew ah kell ahzh) How old are you? (informal)

J'ai ____ ans. (zhay ____ awn) I am ____ years old.

Parlez-vous français?
(par-lay voo frahn-say) Do you speak French? (formal)

Parlez-vous anglais? Do you speak English? (informal)

Je parle... (zhuh parl) I speak...

Je ne parle pas... (zhuh nuh parl pah) I don't speak...

Je (ne) comprends (pas) (zhuh nuh com-prawn pah) I (don't) understand

Je (ne) sais (pas) (zhuhn say pah) I (don't) know

Excusez-moi / Pardonnez-moi (eg-scew-zay mwah/par-dohn-ay mwah) Excuse me / Pardon me

Je regrette / Je suis désolé(e) (zhuh re-gret/zhuh swee day-zoh-lay) I'm sorry

A tout à l'heure / A bientôt (ah too tah luhr/ah bee-ahn-toh) See you later / See you soon

Salut (sah-lew) Hi / Bye

Je t'aime (zhuh tem) I love you (singular)

Je vous aime (zhuh voo zem) I love you! (plural)

PRAMOD · Lieutenant Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 8 Location: Toulouse

hi,
u are doing a great job,

recently i came to toulouse,

the phrases u mentioned are good , i have came accross few, but was not knowing what it means, today got it

but i feel pronounciation will come with time,
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murtazabaker · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:20 am Post subject:

Interesting breakups ..I think it gets much easier to pronounce the words in the right way.
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Indian · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject:

c'est donne - that is cheap
c'est pas donne - it is expensive
il n'emport quoi - it doesnt matter (to me; bull shit)
il s'agit de - it deals with, it talks about...

lsaraf · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

Try this link as we can listen to the sound also ...

http://www.bonjour.com/

Indian · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject:

question - comment va tu?
Answer - je vais bien (formal)
- j'ai la patate(informal. youth)
- j'ai la peche ( -do-)
- ca va. ca roule bien (informal. theek hai. chal raha hai)

Indian · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject:

tant pis (oh! what a loss i missed that party)
quel dommage ( - do - )

tejaswita · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject:

Indian · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

c'est sympa ! (thats great)

Indian · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject:

On a l'impression que....
(we have an impression that )

A mon avis....
(in my opinion)

Je pense que..
(I think that...)

Indian · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:

l'un ou l'autre
(either this or that)

Indian · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject:

vouloir c'est pouvoir
(if u want, u can / where there is a will there us a way)

Indian · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject:

Les femmes!!
(ufffff... these females. yeh auraten bhi na....i)
Laughing

Indian · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:08 am Post subject:

c-à-d
(it is equivalent of 'that is' - ie. full form is 'c'est à dire' which means 'having said that..'

Indian · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

' au nom de'
(on behalf of)
'au nom de mes camarades.... je veux vous remercier' (on behalf of my colleagues, i like to thank you)

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