Simple
French words and phrases, with audio
If
you don't speak any French, be reassured; here's the good news! Lots of
people in France speak English, specially young people, and people
working in tourism in Paris and the main holiday regions. Now
for
the bad news there are also lots who do not - even working in the
travel and hospitality business.
Here therefore are
twenty-five of the most important French words to learn, and
twenty-five simple French phrases that could well come in
useful
during a trip to France. Rather than a complicated phrasebook, just
print out this page (click for printer-friendly version)
or save it to your mobile-phone before you go.
Survive in France...
25
vital French words and simple
expressions to learn before travelling
(The pronunciation
of each word is indicated in brackets).
The sound represented below as "eu"
is the "er" sound in the English word her, or the "ur" of
fur.
So French Je
more or less rhymes with English her, or with the
word the
before a consonant (as in What's
the
matter?). To listen to each word or phrase, just click the
symbol
Audio provided by http://www.frenchlearner.com
- video and podcast
lessons for French phrases, grammar and vocabulary
- S’il vous plaît (see-voo-play)
- please
Listen

- Je suis (zheu
swee) –
I am
Listen
- Je cherche (zheu
share-sh) –
I’m looking for
Listen

- Je veux (zheu veu)
– I want
Listen

- Un hôtel (ern
otell) – A
hotel Listen

- Une chambre (une
shombre)
- A room
Listen

- Manger (mon-zhay)
- To eat
Listen

- Boire (bwar)
– to drink
Listen

- Payer (pay-yeh) – to pay
Listen

- Acheter (ash-tay)
–
to buy
Listen

- Petit-déjeuner (peuti
–
dayzheurnay)
- Breakfast
Listen

- Diner (dee-nay)
- Dinner
Listen

- Un demi (ern
deu-mee) –
A half pint
of draught beer
Listen

- Un verre (ern
vair) - a
glass
Listen

- De l’eau (deu-lo)
- some
water
Listen

- Un thé (au lait)(ern tay
olay) -
a tea (with milk)
Listen

- La toilette (lar
twa-lette) -
the washroom, toilet.
Listen

- Prix (pree)
-
price
Listen

- Carte de crédit (kart
deu cray-dee) - Credit card
Listen

- Une banque (une bonk)
– A bank
Listen

- Des magasins (day
magga-zan) - Shops
Listen

- Un supermarché (ern
supair-mar-shay)
–
A supermarket

- La gare (lar gar)
– The train
station
Listen

- L’aeroport(l’aero-por)
–
the airport
Listen

- Une voiture (une
vwa-tiure) –
a car.
Listen

And 25 most
useful French phrases
(Sometimes incorporating essential words from the list above)
- Bonjour. (bon-zhour)
Hello
Listen

- Merci. (mair-see)
Thankyou
Listen

- Au revoir. (oh-reu-vwar)
Goodbye
Listen

- Je ne comprends pas. (zheu
neu kompron par
I don’t
understand
Listen

- Je ne parle pas français. (zheu
neu parl par fron-say )
I
don’t
speak French
Listen

- Pouvez vous parler plus lentement,
s’il vous
plait
(poo-vay-voo par-lay ploo lontermon)
Could
you speak more slowly, please.
Listen

- Pouvez-vous répéter,
s’il vous plaît.
(poo-vay-voo
ray-pay-tay, see-voo-play)
Could you
repeat that please.
Listen

- S’il vous plaît, je
cherche……
(see-voo-play, zheu share-sh ......)
Please,
I’m looking for (whatever you are looking for).
Listen

- Avez-vous…. (avay
-voo)
Do you
have…. ?
Listen

- Avez-vous une chambre pour deux personnes?
(avay
-voo une shombre poor deuh
pair-sonn)
Do
you have a room for two ?
Listen

- A quelle heure est-ce que cela ferme ?
(a
kel
eure esk slar fairme)
When
does it shut ? Listen

- Combien ça coûte ?
(kom-bjanne
sar coot)
How
much is it ?
Listen

- Ou sont les toilettes, s’il vous
plaît ?
(
oo son
lay twar-let, see-voo-play
Where
is the toilet / washroom, please ?
Listen

- Ou est-ce qu’on peut trouver des
restaurants,
s’il vous plaît?
(
oo esk
on peu troo-vay day resto-ron, see-voo-play)
Where
are there some restaurants, please ?
- Un café et un café au
lait, s’il vous plaît.
(ern
caffay ay ern caffay olay, see-voo-play)
One
black coffee, and one white coffee please. Listen
- L’addition, s’il vous
plaît.
(lad-eesi-onsee-voo-play)
Could
I have the bill please.
Listen

- A l’aeroport, s’il vous
plaît. (ar
l'aeropor see-voo-play)
To
the airport, please.
Listen

- Une table pour deux / quatre
personnes.
(oon
tarbleu poor deuh /cat-r
pair-son)
A
table for two / for four.
Listen

- Je ne me sens pas bien.(zheu neu
meu son par bjanne)
I’m
not feeling very
well.
Listen

- Nous sommes perdus.(noo som
pair-dju)
We’re
lost. Listen

- Nous voulons aller à
……. (noo
voolon allay are...)
We want
to go to (wherever you want to go).
Listen

- Je cherche un distributeur de billets.
(zheu
share-sh ern dee-stree-beaut-eur deu bee-ay)
I’m
looking for an ATM / cash dispenser.
Listen

- Pouvez-vous m’appeler un taxi,
s’il vous plaît
;
(poovay
voo maplay ern taxi see-voo-play)
Could
you please call me a cab.
>Listen

- Nous sommes très pressés
/ en retard.
(noo
som
tray pressay / on retar)
We’re
in a great hurry / late.
Listen

- Quel temps va-t-il faire aujourd’hui?
(kel
tom vartil fair oh-zhour-dwee)
What’s
the weather going to be like today ?
Listen

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