Survival French - L'Essentiel
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Learn basic French vocabulary and phrases.
| Je parle (un peu de) français | I speak (a little) French. |
| Parlez-vous anglais ? | Do you speak English? |
| Que veut-dire ___ ? | What does ___ mean? |
| Comment dit-on ___ en français ? | How do you say ___ in French? |
| Répétez, s'il vous plaît. | Repeat, please. |
| Plus lentement | More slowly |
| Encore une fois | One more time |
| Je ne comprends pas | I don't understand. |
| Je ne sais pas | I don't know |
| J'ai une question | I have a question |
| J'ai un problème | I have a problem |
| Comment ? | What? |
| oui | yes |
| non | no |
| si | yes (in reponse to a negative question) |
| d'accord | OK |
| et / ou | and / or |
| qui | who |
| quoi | what |
| quand | when |
| où | where |
| pourquoi | why |
| comment | how |
Note that there is more than one way to say "what" in French.
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