Monday, March 22, 2010

Asking for the Date:



Quelle est la date...kel-lay lah-daht
C'est le mars...sey-lay mah-rse

Asking for the Day:

Aujourd'hui on est quel jour ?...ojzoordwee-on-ay-kel-zjoor?
Aujourd'hui on est lundi...ojzoordwee-on-ay-lun-dhi

The Months of the Year - Les mois de l'année


French...Pronunciation...English
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janvier...jzahn-veeyay...January
février...fayv-reeyay...February
mars...mah-rse...March
avril...ahvr-ill...April
mai...maye...May
juin...jz-wan...Juin
juillet...jzoo-eeyay...July
août...oot/oo...August
septembre...septhah-mbr...September
octobre...oktuh-bruh...October
novembre...novah-mbr...November
decembre...daysah-mbr...December

Note: The months of the year are not capitalized in French

The Days of the Week - Les jours de la semaine


French...Pronunciation...English
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lundi...luhn-dhi...Monday
mardi...mah-rdee...Tuesday
mercredi...mair-cruh-dee...Wednesday
jeudi...zjhu-dhi...Thursday
vendredi...vahn-druh-dhi...Friday
samedi...sah-mdee...Saturday
dimanche...dhi-mahn-sh...Sunday

Greetings Les salutations


Salutation
Monsieur/Monsieurs...muh-syur...Mr
Madame/Mesdames...Mah-dham...Mrs.
Mademoiselle/Mesdemoiselles...madh-mo-seyl...Miss

Basic Greetings:

Bonjour...Bo-zhoor...Hello (formal and casual)
Salut...Sal-yu...Hi (casual)

au revoir...oh-rvwahr...Good Bye
à demain...ah duhmae...see you later
à bientôt...ah-byantho...see you soon
Enchanté...eh-shant-ey...nice meeting you

S'il vous plaît...si-lvou-pley...please
Merci (beaucoup)...mer-si...thanks/thank you very much
De rien...dhu-rian...its ok/no problem/you are welcome
je vous en prie...jzuh-vooz-ah-pree...you are welcome (formal)

Comment vous appelez-vous?...comma-voo-zappley-voo...what is your name (formal)
Tu t'appelles comment?...thu-thap-pley-comma?...what is your name (friendly)
Quel est votre nom?...kel-ley-vothrey-naam?...what is your name (official/formal)

Je m'appelle...zhu-map-pel...My name is
je suis...zhu-svi...I am

Comment ça va?...comma-sa-va?...how are you (informal)
comment allez-vous?...comma-thaley-voo?...how are you (formal)

ça va (très) bien ...sa-vaa-(threy)-bi-aah...doing (very) well
oui, ça va...uy-ca-va...yes, it goes
Très bien, merci...threy-bian-mersi...very well, thanks
Pas mal...pa-smal...not bad
comme ci,comme ça...kam-si, kam-saa...So-So (not bad, not great, literally mean, like this and like that)
et toi? et vous?...eth-uva? ee-voo?... and you (informal) and you (formal)

Learn French - français

French Alphabet - L'alphabet français


Characters & Pronunciation

Aa ...ah
Bb ...bay
Cc ...say
Dd ...day
Ee ...euh
Ff ...eff
Gg ...jhay
Hh ...hush
Ii ...ee
Jj ...zhee (more of a g sound)
Kk ...ka
Ll ...el
Mm ...em
Nn ...en
Oo ...oH
Pp ...pay
Qq ...ku (u sound)
Rr ...air
Ss ...es
Tt ...tay
Uu ...ue (oo sound)
Vv ...vay
Ww ...dubl-le-vay
Xx ...ekx
Yy ...e-gre-k
Zz ...zedh

In addition, French uses several accents.

These are: à, è, ù, (grave accents) and
é (aigu accent)
which only applies to e.
A circumflex applies to all vowels as well: â, ê, î, ô, û.
And also a tréma (French for diaerasis) for vowels: ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ and combined letters: æ and oe

aigu accent = should be pronounce as "accant-igu"
example: é - should be pronounce as "euh accant-igu
grave accent - should be pronounce as "ga-rve"
example: à - should be pronounce as "ah accan-ga-rve
circumflex accent - should be pronounce as "cir-kan-flex"
example: ê - should be pronounce as "euh accan-cir-kan-flex"