Classroom Language (phonetic version)

The Primary Languages page of the Medway website has a pronunciation guide for all the classroom vocabulary. In this phonetic guide ‘zh’ represents the soft French ‘j’ sound and ‘on’ represents the hard nasal French ‘on’ sound. This guide is intended as a prompt only. To ensure correct pronunciation you should listen to the sound files in the pronunciation guide.

Praise

Meaning

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French

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Phonetic

Well played, / Bien joué / bee-ann zhooay ?
super / super / soo-pair
good / bien / bee-ann
well done / très bien / tray bee-ann
wonderful, great, / génial, bravo, / zhay-nee-al, bra-vo,?
excellent / excellent / Ek-say-lon?
That's really .... that / Mais c'est.... ça / May say.... sa

Pupil language

please / s'il vous plaît / Si voo play (svp)
thank you / Merci / Mer-see
toilet please / Les toilettes s'il vous plaît / Lay twalette si voo play
yes / Oui / Wee
no / Non / n-on ?
problem / Problème / Pro-blemm
I've finished / j'ai fini / zhay fee-nee
Excuse me / Excuse-moi / ek-skooz mwa
Sorry / Pardon / Par-don
I don't understand / Je ne comprends pas / zhuh ne com-pron pa
Can I...? / Est-ce-que je peux ...? / Es ka zhuh purr

Instructions

Listen (carefully) / Écoutez (bien) / Ay-koo-tay (bee-an)
Watch (carefully) / Regardez (bien) / Ray-guar-day (bee-an)
Repeat / Répétez / Re-pe-tay
Be quiet / silence please / Taisez-vous / Silence, s'il vous plaît / Tay-zay voo/see-lonce svp
Settle down / Calmez-vous / Cal-may voo
Right, be quiet now! / Allez, silence maintenant! / Allay see-lonce
Line up / En rang / on ron
Sit in a circle / En cercle / on sair-cl
stand in a circle and hold hands / Faites la ronde / Fett la ron
sit down (on the floor/carpet) / Asseyez-vous (par terre) / Ass-ay-ay voo
stand up / Levez-vous / Ler-vay voo
put your hand up / Levez le doigt / Ler-vay ler dwa
Put down your pencils/pens / Posez vos crayons/stylos / Poh-zay voh crayon/stee-low
Get into 2s/3s / Mettez vous en deux/trois / Mettay voo on durr/twa
Find a partner / Trouvez un/une partenaire / Troo-vay uhn/oon parten-air
Stop! / Stop! (only on its own) / stop!
Tidy away / Rangez vos affaires / Ron-zhay vo-zaffair
.... In silence / .... En silence / on see-lonce