Helpful Tips

Vocabulary

 Salutations - Greetings:

bonjour - hello

au revoir - goodbye

ca va bien - I'm well

ca va mal - I'm not well

Comme ci, comme ca - I'm "so so "

Je m'appelle - My name is

 

Dans la classe - In the classroom

Je partgae - I share

Assi toi - Sit down

Je mecuse - I'm sorry

No merci - No thank you

Merci - Thank you

 

Les forms – shapes

un carre - square  

un losenge - diamond

un cercle - circle

un rectangle - rectangle

un ovale - oval

un coeur - heart

un triangle - triangle  

une etoile - star

 

Les couleurs – Colours

rouge – red

orange – orange

jaune – yellow

vert – green

bleu – blue

violet – purple

noir – black

blanc – white

gris – grey

arc-en-ciel - rainbow

French Phonetic Alphabet & Pronunciation Tips

A – ah
B - bay
C - say
D - day
E – * euh
F - eff
G - shjay
H - ash
I – ee
J - shgee
K - ka
L - l
M - m
N - n
O – oh  (spelled o, au, eau, aux, ot)
P - pay
Q - cue
R - air
S - s
T - tay
U - * ou; ue, ut - u
V - vay
W - doo-ble-vay

X - eeks
Y - ee – grec
Z- zed

* unique to the French language and difficult to find an
equivalent in English

Pronunciation

Some general tips:
1. Do not generally pronounce the last letter in the word:
e.g. le grand tapis - (le gran tapee)
2. Do not generally pronounce -ent at the end of verbs
ils marchent - (eel marsh)
3. Make a liaison between a consonant and a vowel.
une grande école - (gran day col)