Archive for the ‘French Phrasebook’ Category

Hello.
Bonjour. (Bohn-zhur)
Hello. (informal)
Salut. (SAH-lu)
How are you?
Comment allez-vous ? (koh-mahn t-AH-lay voo) formal; Comment ça
va ? (koh-mahn sah vah) informal
Fine, thank you.
Bien, merci. (bee-uhn, MEHR-see)
What is your name?
Comment vous appellez-vous ? (koh-mahn vooz AP-lay VOO?); lit.
“How do you call yourself?”
What is your name?
(“informal”) Comment t’appelles-tu? (“koh-mahn tah-pell tew?”)
My name [...]

Like that of English — and unlike almost all the other Romance languages — French spelling is not necessarily phonetic. The same letter used in two different words can make two different sounds, and many letters are not pronounced at all. In general, it’s not impossible to sound out words, but [...]

French is a Romance language originating in France but spoken in many other parts of the Europe including Luxembourg, Southern Belgium (Wallonia) and Western Switzerland. There are also small French speaking regions in northwestern alpine Italy. In North America, French is spoken primarily in Quebec and New Brunswick, but it is found almost every other [...]