Les principes fondamentaux de français - The Basics Of French

[Bren]

Translators dont work right They always seems to be wrong but I cant remember why

[Jord]

I used this for my french homework teehee

[Shadowz]

That's a nice guide!

Merci!

[October]

Quand? - When
Où - Where
Qu'est-ce - What

Actually, you can use Qu' with a lot of stuff.

[Conservative,]

Format : line 1 french, line 2 pronounce line 3 define.

Je vais.
pronounced je vay.
I go/Im going.

Je vais aller.
Je vay alay.
I am going to go.

Je suis fatigué(e) / malade.
zhuh swee fah-tee-gay / mah-lahd
I'm tired / sick.

J'ai faim / J'ai soif.
zhay fawn / zhay swahf
I'm hungry / I'm thirsty.

J'ai chaud / J'ai froid.
zhay show / zhay fwah
I'm hot / I'm cold.

Je m'ennuie.
zhuh mawn-nwee
I'm bored.

Ça m'est égal. / Je m'en fiche.
sah meh-teh-gahl / zhuh mawn feesh
I don't care.

Ne vous en faites pas. / Ne t'en fais pas.
nuh voo zawn fett pah / nuh tawn feh pah
Don't worry (formal / informal)

Ce n'est pas grave.
suh neh pah grahv
It's no problem. / It's alright.

Je dois y aller.
zhuh dwah ee ah-lay
I must go.

A vos souhaits ! / A tes souhaits !
ah voh soo-eh / a teh soo-eh
Bless you! (formal / informal)

Félicitations !
fay-lee-see-tah-see-ohn
Congratulations!

Bonne chance !
bun shahns
Good luck!

C'est à vous ! / C'est à toi !
set ah voo / set a twah
It's your turn!

(formal / informal) Taisez-vous ! / Tais-toi !
teh-zay voo / teh twah
Shut up! / Be quiet! (formal / informal)

Je vous aime / Je t'aime
zhuh voo zem / zhuh tem
I love you (formal & plural / informal)

Tenez / Tiens
tuh-nay / tee-ahn
Hey / Here (formal / informal)

Quoi de neuf ? / Ça boume ?
kwah duh nuhf / sah boom
What's new? / What's up?

Pas grand chose.
pah grahn shohz
Not a whole lot.

The bolded bits are the ones I want to correct...

Je suis ennuyeux.

C'est pas de probleme.

Silence!


Kk.

Uhm also...here's some past tense, future tense & perfect tense structure stuff:


Past tense:

ER verbs - take the infinitive (eg; jouer - to play) and knock off the "r" and add an accent to the "e". It becomes joué. To say I have played: J'ai joué (au foot - I have played football).

IR verbs - take the infinitive (eg; finir - to finish) and knock off the "r". You get fini. J'ai fini - I have finished/I finished.

RE verbs - take the infinitive (eg; vendre - to sell) and knock off the "re" and add "u". You get vendu. J'ai vendu - I have sold.

IRREGULAR: The following are irregular and use Je suis followed by the infinitive to make the past tense.

A good way to remember this is DR MRS VANDERTRAMP: Devenir, Revenir, Monter, Rester, Sortir, Venir, Aller, Naître, Descendre, Entrer, Rentrer, Tomber, Retourner, Arriver, Mourir, Partir

They look like this: Je suis tomber - I have fallen.


Present tense:

ER verbs: Take the infinitive and knock off the "r" - Jouer = Je suis joue (I am playing).

IR Verbs: Take the infinitive and knock off the "r" and replace with an "s" - finis = Je suis finis (I am finished).

RE verbs: Take the infinitive and knock off the "re" and replace with an "s" - perdre - Je suis perds (I lose).

Future tense:

Same for all regular verbs:

Je vais + infinitive.


French GCSE A* here I come ;]

[hiyahon]

above poster will never get an a* in french if they think "JE SUIS ENNUYEUX" means "i am bored"

je suis ennuyeux = i am boring
je m'ennuie = i am bored

DON'T LISTEN TO THE VICIOUS AND DECEITFUL LIES OF THE ABOVE POSTER

[jasey]

I know I shouldn't be posting on a thread that is so old but since someone just recently bumped it I thought I'd get a word in before it gets locked. This thread can be helpful for those doing French in school but most of these tips are not very in-tune with actual French as it is spoken in France. That is important to remember and the only way you can ever really get a hang of what an actual French person speaks like is to make a real French friend and start Skyping them or something in French. No, though, please don't take me wrong - there is plenty of wonderful advice in here for those taking French in school (minus the errors made by some so do be careful) but it would be better at the very least to consult some place like WordReference when in doubt where you can get real-time input from native French speakers. I was born just west of Paris and WordReference and other forms of online immersion were what really let me learn English.

Best of luck with your studies and I hope you all come to love French if you don't already! Cheers!

[JACKTARD]

Translators dont work right They always seems to be wrong but I cant remember why

It's because they don't take the differences in languages into context as in the orders of words and stuff.

For example in English we would say "My dad's dog" but in French they say "the dog of my dad". Plus most adjectives are after a noun in French. Basically in French they say different things which are more natural to them and wouldn't sound natural in English and vice versa. Another example is saying you like something "I like watching a film" = "Ce qui j'aime est regarder du film" and the direct translation of that would be "what I like is to watch a film" which doesn't sound natural in English but it what the French are more likely to say.

If anyone has and questions feel free to pm me because I'm doing A2 Level French literature at the moment

[LiquidLuck.]

bonjour - Hello
Salut - Hi
au revior - good bye
bonsior - Good evening
bonne nuit - Good night
bienvenue - Welcome
bon anniversaire - Happy Birthday
bon voyage - Have a good journey
s'il vous plait - Please
merci - Thank you
Je suis désolé(é) - I am sorry
excusez-moi - Excuse me
comment ca va? - How are you?
ca va? - are you ok?
bof - so so
Ca va - I'm ok
Ca va bien - I am well
Ca va tres bien merci - I am very well, thank you
Ca ne va pas (du tout) - I'm not ok (at all)



Basics of French

This has serious mistakes! Goodbye is ''au revoir'', good evening is ''bonsoir'' and you don't say good night. Welcome is ''bienvenu'', the ''e'' is used if it's for a woman. Happy birthday can also be ''joyeux anniversaire'', which is more used than ''bon anniversaire''. Please is ''s'il te plaît'' if you know the person, ''s'il vous plaît'' if you don't. And every ''ca'' is written ''ça''..

[Fifty-Six]

Welcome is ''bienvenu'', the ''e'' is used if it's for a woman.

The feminine version, Bienvenue, is most commonly used. You only distinguish the gender if it is used in a complete sentence (so there's a verb it must agree with).

Ex 1. Bienvenue au Canada.
Ex 2. Soyez le bienvenu au comité.