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Comment allez-vous
common-talley-vuh |
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Comment vas-tu
common-vah-tu |
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Ça va Ça va? Ça va…
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I'm fine How are things? (i) Things are… (i) |
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Je vais bien, merci
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comme ci, comme ça
com si com sa |
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Describe how you are feeling formally |
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Je vais… [bien; très bien; pas mal; comme ci, comme ça; mal; très mal], merci |
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Describe how you’re feeling informally |
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Ça va … [bien; très bien; pas mal; comme ci, comme ça; mal; très mal], merci
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Ask how someone is feeling formally |
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Ask how someone is feeling informally? |
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In what context is tu / toi used as opposed to vous? |
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Young people, family members and close friends generally address one another as tu. Other are addressed as vous |
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Qu’est-ce que tu étudies?
Kess ku tu eh-tu-dee |
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J’ai …
un cours de français (coar du france-ay)
un examen d’histoire (uh exameh dist-wah) |
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I have
A French course
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The final “e” of some short words (e.g. je, de and le) & the final “a” of la are dropped if the next word starts with a vowel or a h |
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Arts et lettres
ahr eh lettah |
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la littérature
lit-er-ah-ture |
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la philosophie (la philo)
la filo-sa-fi (la filo) |
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la biologie (la bio)
lah be-olo-gee (lah be-oh) |
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la géologie
lah gee-olo-gee |
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les mathématiques
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sciences sociales
see-yonce so-si-al |
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les sciences politiques
leh see-yonce pol-i-tick |
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la psychologie (la psycho)
sic-olo-gee (sic-o) |
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la communication
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l’informatique
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treize (tray-zz) quatorze (kato-zz) quinze (kaoz) seize (sey-zz) |
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dix-sept (dees-et dix-huit (dees-weet) dix-neuf (dees-neuf) |
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Vingt (vaht) vingt et un (vaht eh uh) vingt-deux vingt-trois vingt-quatre vingt-cinq vingt-six |
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trente (taunt) quarante (kar-ount) cinquante (sank-ount) soixante (swais-ount) |
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moins le quart (mwah lu kar) |
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Quell heure est-il?
5:30 7:18 12:45am |
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What’s the time? Il est… cinq heures et demie sept heures dix-huit minuit moins le quart |
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At what time is the match?
It’s at 3 |
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À quelle heure est le match
Le match est à trois heures |
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À quelle heure est [subject]
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At what time is
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Je voudrais un café (vou-dray) |
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Donnez-moi un croissant, sil vous plaît |
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Give me a croissant please |
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Order something from a café |
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Donnez-moi [item], s’il vous plaît |
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un jus d’orange (ju dor-ang) |
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dish / food options on menu |
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l’addition, sil vous plait
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Ça fait combien?
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Ça fait [cost], e.g. six euro trente |
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Formal & informal way to say please? |
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S’il vous plaît S’il te plaît |
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Sound of single ’s’ vs sound of double s in middle of a word? |
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Single is a ‘zzz’ sound, double is an ’s’ sound |
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