| English | French | Pronounciation |
|---|---|---|
| It is | C'est | say |
| It isn't | Ce n'est pas | snepa |
| Bon | Good | bon (masc) |
| Fantastic | Fantastqiue | fontasteeq |
| Absolutely | Absolument | absulimon |
| here | ici | ici |
| very | tres | trre |
| Delicious | delicieux | delisia |
| Extraordinary | extraordinaire | extraordinaire |
| Beautiful | beau(masc)/belle(femn) | bou/bell |
| For me | Pour moi | por muah |
| I think | *Pour moi | por muah |
| But | mais | may |
| Yes | Oui | oui |
| Thank you | merci | merci |
| Perfect | parfait | parfay |
| That | ca | sa |
| That is | Ca c'est | sa say |
| Always | Toujours | tujour |
| For him | Pour lui | por lui |
| For her | Pour elle | por el |
| No | non | nau |
| bad | mauvais | muvay |
| The restaurant | le restaurant | lo restahan |
| isn't | n'est pas | ne pa |
| is | est | eh |
| everything | tout | tu |
| the chicken | le poulet | lo puley (masc) |
| the turkey | la dinde | la daand (femn) |
| the boy | le garcon | lo garsauhn (masc) |
| the girl | la fille | la feel (femn) |
| terrible | terrible | terr-e-bla |
| my | mon/ma | mon(masc)/ ma (femn) |
| the hotel | l'hotel | lo-tell |
| everybody/everyone | tout le monde | tou le monde |
| nice | sympa | sampa |
| a | un(masc)/une(femn) | unn/oone |
| coffee | cafe | caffe |
| tea | the | te |
| please | sil vous plait | si vu play |
| I would like | je voudrais | je vudray |
| a reservation | une reservation | oone reservacion |
| two people | deux personnes | deu persauunh |
| a table | une table | oone taabla |
| the food | la nourriture | la norritou |
| and | et | eh |
| also | aussi | ossey |
| are | sont | saun |
| are not | ne sont pas | nu saun pa |
| hi | salut | salu |
| hello/good day/ good morning | bonjour | bonjou |
| good evening/ good afternoon | bonsoir | bonsuah |
| good night | bonne nuit | bonne nui |
| good bye/ till we see each other again | au revoir | au-vaah |
| have a good day | bonne journee | bonne jorney |
| have a good evening | bonne soiree | bonsuarey |
| see you soon | a bientot | abiento |
| English | French | Pronounciation |
|---|---|---|
| the bill | l'addition | ladicion |
| a bottle of | une bouteille de | oon butey du |
| the wine/ of wine | le vin/ de vin | lu van/ du van |
| a bottle of water | une bouteille d'eau | oon butey deau (hindi pronounciation for 2) |
| how much is it?/ how much is ... | c'est combien? | say combiya |
| excuse me | excusex-moi | ex-cusay-mua |
| the water | l'eau | lou |
| (to) try | essayer | essay-ye |
| can I/ may I | puis-je? | puis-jah |
| (to) pay (for) | payer | peye |
| (to) make | faire | feah |
| (to) hire/rent | louer | luye |
| (to) go | aller | aaley |
| (to) go to | aller a | aaley a |
| a car | une voiture | oon voitueah |
| a month/one month | un mois | un-muah |
| a week/one week | une semaine | oon semain |
| a day/one day | un jour | unjour |
| euro | euro | oro |
| cents | centimes | sunteme |
| per | par | paar |
| (at) what time..? | a quelle heure..? | a-kel-er |
| the breakfast | lo petit-dejeuner | lo-peti-dejuney |
| the lunch | lo dejeuner | lo-dejuney |
| the dinner | lo diner | lo-diney |
| at .. o'clock | a .. heures | aah .. heure |
| at half past .. | a .. heures et demie | aah .. heure eh dimi |
| at quarter past .. | a .. heures et quart | aah .. heure eh qaa |
| in the morning | le matin | lo mataan |
| in the evening | le soir | lo suar |
| at quarter to ... | a .. heures moins le quart | aah .. heure moin lu qua |
| what time is it? | quelle heure est-il? | kel-eur-et-eil |
| it is .. o'clock | il est .. heures | eil-eh .. heures |
| a taxi | un taxi | un taxxi |
| the address | l'adresse | laa-dress |
| road | rue | ru |
| what is ..? | quelle est...? | kel-eh |
| the beach | la plage | la-plage |
| from the | de | du |
| tomorrow | demain | duma |
| tonight/this evening | ce soir | su sua |
| at the place / house of | chez | shey |
| at Pierre's house | chez Pierre | shey Pierre |
| a room | une chambre | oon shaambra |
| with | avec | avec |
| a balcony | un balcon | un balcon |
| a television | une television | un televicion |
| ...doesn't work | ...ne marche pas | nu maarch pa |
| a card | une carte | oon cart |
| by card | par carte | paar carte |
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Often some sentence like "the restaurant's address" which has an apostrophe in it becomes in French, "the address of the restaurant". So to translate the sentence "What is the restaurant's address?" to French is to say "quelle est l'adresse du restaurant?".
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Similarly, Pierre's chicken is delicious ---> the chicken of pierre is delicious --> Le poulet de Pierre est delicieux
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de --> of(deu); de + le | of the/from the | --> du
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de --> of(deu); de + les | of the | --> des
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to the/at the | a + le | | --> au
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to the/at the | a + les | | --> aux
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'h' here denotes heures
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notice the difference
