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The following French tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here! |
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5. Useful French Words & General Vocabulary
| It's / That's | c'est | say | There is/are | il y a | eel-ee-yah | |
| There is/are | voilà | vwah-lah | Here is/are | voici | vwah-see | |
| and | et | ay | always | toujours | too-zhoor | |
| but | mais | may | often | souvent | soo-vawn | |
| now | maintenant | mahnt-nawn | sometimes | quelquefois | kell-kuh-fwah | |
| especially | surtout | sir-too | usually | d'habitude | dah-bee-tewd | |
| except | sauf | sohf | also, too | aussi | oh-see | |
| of course | bien sûr | bee-ahn sir | again | encore | awn-kore | |
| so so | comme ci, comme ça | kohm see kohm sah | late | en retard | awn-ruh-tar | |
| not bad | pas mal | pah mal | almost | presque | presk | |
| book | le livre | leevr | friend (fem) | une amie | ew nah-mee | |
| pencil | le crayon | krah-yohn | friend (masc) | un ami | ah-nah-mee | |
| pen | le stylo | stee-loh | woman | une femme | ewn fawn | |
| paper | le papier | pah-pyaya | man | un homme | ah-nohm | |
| dog | le chien | shee-ahn | girl | une fille | feey | |
| cat | le chat | shah | boy | un garçon | gar-sohn |
Note: When il y a is followed by a number, it means ago. Il y a cinq minutes means five minutes ago.
