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Anyone know FRENCH?
I need to learn to speak some French by Friday.
I know you're thinking "haha yeahh right" but it's important. My Dad invited a new person from his job to come have dinner with us on friday. They have 2 kids that are 12 & 14... they just moved here from France & don't speak any English at all. I speak Spanish & English fluently but I don't know any French. I really need to be able to communicate at least a little. Any phrases/yes or no questions/greetings would be most helpful! Please, no online translators.
[if you can help me sound out the words, that would be amazing!]
Thank you soo much!
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Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category?
Maybe give some free advice about: Friendship?
Okay, some of this will be slang in french, it's not the proper way to say things.
First greeting:
Bonjour. Je m'appelle Bob et j'ai dix ans. Je suis heureuse que vous etes ici. Je ne suis bien a parler Francais- desolee si je ne peux vous comprends pas.
(Bun-jur. Juh muh-pel Bob "a" jay dees ons. Juh swees ur-oos kuh voos ett ee-cee. Juh nuh swees bee-en ah par-lay fron-say, day-soul-"a" see juh nuh puh voo calm-prawn pa.)
Hello. My name is bob and I am ten years old. I'm happy that you're here. I'm not good at speaking French- sorry if I can't understand you.
Quoi?/Desolee, je ne comprends pas./Excusez-moi?
(Kwah?/Day-soul-lay, juh nuh com-prawn pa./Ex-"q"- say- mwah?)
-What?/Sorry, I don't understand./Excuse me?
Bonjour
(bun-jur)- I can't really explain the french J sound, just know it's a long J sound, not a short J like "jack"
- Hello
Salut
(Sal-ooh)
-Hi
Ca va?
(Sah-vah)
-What's up/how are you?
- Qu'est-que tu as?
(Kesk-kuh two ah?)
What's wrong?
- Je m'appelle Bob.
(Juh muh-pel Bob)- again long J sound
My name is Bob.
- Comment t'appelle-tu?
(Cuh-mon tuh-pel two?)
What's your name?
- Quelle type de musique prefere-tu?
(Kel teep duh muse-eek pray-fair two?)
What kind of musique do you like?
Answers:
Du rock...rock
Du classique...classical
- Joue-tu des sports?
(Jew-two day spore?)- long J sound
Do you play sports?
Answers:
Football
(Fut-ball)
- Soccer
Football americain
(Fut-ball uh-mer-ee-can)
- Football
L'athletisme
(Lat-lay-tease-muh)
-Track
Quelle genre de film prefere-tu?
(Kel john-ruh day feelm pray-fair two?)
What kind of movies do you like?
Horreur
(or-er)
Scary movie
Comedie
(Comb-mah-dee)
Comedy
Desin-animees
(Day-sahn on-ee-may)
Cartoons
Romantiques
(row-mon-teek)
Romances
Hope I helped!
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The words in the parenthesis are how you pronounce the phrases.
Bonjour. [Bon-jur]: Hello
Comment vas-tu? [Cah-mon vah too?]: How Are You?
Je m'appelle (insert your name here.)[Jah mu-pell] : My name is ___________.
Tu as faim? [Too ah fahm] : Are you hungry?
Tu joue les sport? [Too jue-ay lays sport?]: You play sports?
Je ne parle pas Francais bien. [Jeh neh parl pah Fran-say bee-on.]: I don't speak French well.
Quelle animal est ta favori? [Kel anee-mal ay ta fav-or-ee?] : Which animal is your favorite?
Quel cours as-tu? [Kel core ah too?] : What classes do you have? (in school.)
Quel genre de musique aimes-tu? [Kel john-ruh day mew-zeek Em too?] : What kind of music do you like?
Tu aimes le ecole? [Too Em le eh-cole] : Do you like school?
Basically, you can create all kinds of sentences, using just two little words: Tu aimes. These two words mean, "You like." You can put any word after these, to create a sentence. There are other ways to ask a question, but this is the easiest. All you have to do is say, Tu aimes _______? For example, Tu aimes le football? This means, "You like soccer?" You must make sure you are asking this as a question, and not just flatly stating it.
And if you don't understand something they say, just say: Desolee. Je ne comprends pas. [ Des-oh-lay. Jeh neh com-prend pah.] which means "Sorry, I don't understand."
And here are some things they might say to YOU:
Et toi? [Ay twah?] : And you?/ What about you?
J'aime ________. [Gem ______.] : I like ________.
C'est _________. [Say.] : It's __________.
And more responses you could say to them:
Genial! : [Jean-yal] : Cool/Awesome!
Intressant! [In-treh-sont] : Interesting.
Bien! [Bee-on] : Good!
Je suis bien. [Jeh swee bee-on.] : I am good.
(This would be in response to, if they asked you how you are. They may ask you in either of these two ways: Comment vas-tu?, OR Ca va?)
Good luck and hope I helped.
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I think this site is pretty good:
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Start from the basic phrases. The site even has the pronunciations of the words spelled out in English.
There are also links to French podcasts on that site if you want to listen to people speak French.
Here's another site:
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This one has the audio for many basic phrases.
Good luck with trying to learn French in just a few days. It'll help that you already know Spanish, because French and Spanish are both Romance languages, so you should be able to recognise a lot of cognates.
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