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Physical and mental health Reacting to events Thanking Complementing (Dis)agreeing Invitations Meetings Expressing opinions Pronunciation Index IPA pronunciation for Standard French The following pronunciation guide using IPA symbols is for Standard French. Also known as International French and Received Pronunciation (RP) French. Although it is considered snobbish by some, it is generally understood by all French speakers. IPA chart French vowels Front Back Central NR R NR R Close i y u Close-mid e ø Open-mid ɛ ɛ̃ œ (œ̃) Open a (ɑ) ɑ̃ ə o ɔ ɔ̃ These tables based upon Wikipedia:French phonology
IPA chart French consonants Dental 1 / Alveolar Bilabial Labiodental Palatoalveolapalatavelar Labio- Labio- Palatal Velar Uvular Plosive p b t d k g Nasal m n ɲ ŋ Fricative f v s z ʃ ʒ Approximant j ɥ w Lateral l ʁ Slang Notes on how to use slang Foreign speakers It is important to note that, as a foreigner, your use of slang will often be received as cute or funny, depending greatly upon your overall fluency in spoken French. To understand this, think about how it would sound to you if a foreigner—with a strong accent and odd rhythm of speech—came up to you and said "Dude, what a sketchy-ass hater that bizz-natch was, I totally was just like 'fuck off fo-sheezy'". Therefore, no matter how much slang you use in your native language, limiting your use of slang in French (proportionally to your level of fluency) will also limit how much you are patronised and giggled at by native listeners. Slang: consistency & style To use slang efficiently, it is important to maintain a consistency of style. Mixing styles might sound like saying: "Thy face, it is quite finely rawkin'". Avoid vous unless a plural is necessary. Avoid subject-verb inversion in questions. Use rather question formations where there is no inversion or 'est-ce que', only the raised tone at the end of the sentence. When doing this with interrogatives (qui, quand, comment, etc.), place them at the end of the sentence; i.e. "On va bouffer quand?" Translating 'fuck' The English-language term 'fuck' is exceptional as it can serve as noun, verb, adjective, exclamation, and others. There is no such equivalent usage of any word in the French language. Therefore the translation of 'fuck' into French depends on the corresponding part of speech. Examples noun "He's a great fuck" = "C'est un bon coup" "He is such a fuck(er)" = "C'est un pauvre type/enfoiré/enculé/connard/salaud" (insert any insult) "He's such a fuck-up" = "C'est un pauvre con/un raté/un loser"
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version 2010-02-5 of French The cur
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Lesson 01 : Introduction Extent of
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Lesson 0.02 - Learning French Reaso
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Lesson 0.03 - The Alphabet Introduc
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1. Get a loose piece of printer pap
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Lesson 0.04 - Accents Introduction
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circumflex (accent circonflexe) CTR
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When talking to one's peers or to c
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De rien. Pas de quoi. You're welcom
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First Second Third Fourth 1. Michel
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cent 100 une centaine (one hundred)
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Lesson 0.09 - The Date V: The days
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Lesson 0.10 - Telling Time V: Askin
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Lesson 0 - Review G: The French alp
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For 70-79, it builds upon "soixante
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12 decembre daysahmbruh December V:
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Lesson 0 - Test The following test
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Leçon 01 : 01 Grammaire de base Le
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Examples French Grammar • Print v
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In English, the indefinite articles
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une pomme une poire un chaton (un c
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In everyday language, “on” is u
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Lesson 1.03 - Description G: Adject
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safran safranne saffron G: Adverbs
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ma famille my family ma famille él
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S'amuser Main article: French/Gramm
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Note that while le, la, and les are
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la terrasse patio Furniture le balc
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Il vous voit. - He sees you. Indire
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Je mange une cerise. Je ne mange pa
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J'y vais. - I'm going there. Tu y v
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les livres de Marc the books of Mar
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mettre - to put, to place Irregular
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Charles Aznavour Gilbert Becaud Jac
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le savant scientist observer analys
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LEVEL TWO Level Two Lessons Content
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Lesson 2.01 - School G: Introductio
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G: Écrire & Lire Écrire is an irr
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-re verbs répondre répond répond
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oire | conduire | connaître | croi
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Lesson 2.03 - Shopping V: Shopping
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-exer are regular -er verbs, but al
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V: Practise Conversations Let's pra
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Lesson 2.04 - Going Out G: À and D
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Prenez place ! - Take a seat! (very
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la première rue - the first street
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vous ouvrez ils ouvrent past partic
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Ils sont sortis with direct object
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Lesson 2.06 - Everyday Life G: Dorm
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G: Falloir falloir - to be necessar
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past participle in perfect tenses).
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la dinde turkey le crabe crab le ja
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Nous avons mangé une tarte. We ate
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Lesson 2.09 - Dining V: General Din
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le pourboire laisser je voudrais..
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Lesson 2.10 - Communication G: -aî
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French Verb • Print version • a
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LEVEL THREE Level Three Lessons Con
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Lesson 3.01 - Vacations V: General
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Je vais au Texas. - Je reviens du T
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le (grand-duché du) Luxembourg Lux
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G: Perfect Tenses You will be learn
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Lesson 3.02 - Work G: Irregular Pas
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Lesson 3.03 - Health V: Illness Fre
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pas possible ("not possible") telle
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Le poumon Lung L'estomac (m) Stomac
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The indirect object pronouns do not
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Lesson 3.05 - Youth G: Imperfect -
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All forms except nous and vous have
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Reciprocal Verbs With reciprocal ve
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Lesson 3.07 - Ancient History L'his
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