WELCOME TO FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS!
WE’RE NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT HOW IT’S SPELLED FOR NOW!
WE JUST WANT TO SPEAK IT AND BE UNDERSTOOD BY OTHERS!
Pronunciation:
Jzh – practise with the class
Sohn – make an ‘o’ with your lips and push the ‘n’ sound out of your nose
Frare – gargle the ‘r’ sound for just a second
RogerRoe jzhay
MotherMare
SAY HELLO!
Hellobonh- jzhoor
Helloal-oh (make an ‘o’ with your mouth to finish this one)
My name isMwah, jzuh- ma- pell ______
And you?Ay twah?
COMMON FRENCH VERBS
The verb: Etruh (to be)
I amJzhuh swee
You areTew ay
He isEel ay
She isEll ay
We are Noo somm
You are Vooz ett
They are (m)Eels sohn
They are (f)Ells sonsohn
It isSay
VOCAB:
Boyunh gahr sohn
Girloon fee
JzhuhI
The verb: Av wahr (to have)
I haveJzhay
You haveTew ah
He hasEel ah
She hasEll ah
We haveNooz avohn
You haveVooz avay
They have (m)Eels ohn
They have (f)Ells ohn
Vocabulary
A fatherUnh pare
A motherOon mare,
One sisterUne soor, Duh soor, twah soor
One brotherUnh frare,Duh frare, twah frare
One dogunh shee-enn
One catunh shah
One fishunh pwa-sohn
Put the pieces together to make a sentence about yourself!
Numbers
1Unh (like a punch in the stomach)
2Dooh (oo like in book)
3twah
4catr (gargle the r at the end)
5sank
6seese
7set
8hweet
9noof (rhymes with hoof)
10deese
11onz
12dooz
13trezz (gargle the r)
14catorz (gargle the r)
15canz
16sezz
17dee-set
18deez-hweet
19deez-noof
20vang
Vocab:
years = ohn
I am eleven years old =I have eleven years
Jzhay onz onh
The verb:Emmay (to like)
I likejzhem
You liketew emm
He likesEel emm
She likesEll emm
We likenooz emmohn
You likevooz emmay
They like (m)eels emmohn
They like (f)ells emmohn
I like to eatjzhem mohn-jzhay
We like to eat pizza Nooz emmohnmohn-jzhay luh pee-zah
FOOD VOCAB:
Applesday pom
Orangesdaze oranjzh
Bananasday banan
Strawberriesday frezz
Pineapplelah nah nah
Cherriesday sare eese
Pearsday pwarh
Sandwichesday sand weesh
Chickenduh poo lay
Hamduh jzham bonh
Friesde pomm free
Cornluh may
Carrots day kair ott
Beansdaze arry koh
Tomatoesday toe- matt
Eggplantdoh- bair- jzheen
Potatoesday pomm duh tair
Milkdew lay
Choc Milklay doo shock- oh- lah
Orange juicejzhoose doranjzh
Pizzaluh peet- zah
Coffeeduh kaffay
Teaduh tay
With milkoh lay
With milkoh sookr
SPECIAL:
I would likeJzhuh voodray Jzuh voodray oon pomm
Possessive Adjectives (my, his, her, their, our, your)
Mah or monh? Depends on the gender of the object, not the person who owns it
My sistermah soor
My brothermonh frare
List:
My (m)monh
My (f)mah
My (p)may
Your (m)tonh
Your (f)tah
Your (p)tay
His (m)sohn
His (f)sah
His (p)say
Ournoh
Your (p)voh
Theirloor
The verb jzhoo-ay: to play
The verb mohn-jzhay: to eat
Use these verb names with the verb emmay to make sentences
Sport Vocab:
Hockeydockey
Soccerluh sockair
Dancelah dohn- say
Skatinglah pat-e-najzh
Baseballlun baseball
Skiingfair doo skee
Lacrosselah lah- cross
Hikingfair duh randonay
Runningkoo-rear
Sailingnah-vee- goor
Expressions: Voici and Voila
Where isoo ay luh/lah ______?
Here isvwah- see luh/lah
There isvwah- luh/ lah
Here is the pencilVwah see luh cray-onh
There is my friendvwah- lah mohn ahmee
There it isLuh vwah- lah
VOCAB: School supplies and classroom words
Pencilluh cray- onh
Penluh steel- oh
Chalkcray
Paperluh pap- ee- yay
Notebookluh kye- yay
Textbooklah leevr
Rulerlah regl
Eraserlah gomm
Desklah pew- pee- trah
Floorlah planjzh
Ceilinglun plah- fohn
Windowlah fen- et- rah
Doorlah pohrt
Wallluh muhr
Boardluh tah blow
Studentlay-lev
Teacherluh prof- ay- soor
VOCAB: The Weather
What’s the weather doing?
Kell tomp fay teel?
SunnyEel fay doo- soh-lay
RainEel pluh
CloudyEel fay duh nejzh
Bright Eel fay bree
WindyEel fay doo vonh
DullEel fay doo sombre
SnowingEel nejzh
BriskEel fay fray
HotEel fay show
ColdEel fay fwah
Coloursday coalure
Bluebluh
YellowJzhonh
Redroojzh
Whiteblonk
Greenvare
Graygree
Purplevee- oh- lay
Blacknwahr
Orangeoh ranjzh
Size
Biggrohn
Smallpuh tee
Largegrah
Mediummoy- enn
The verb: to hateday- tess- tay
I hateJzhuh day- test
You hate Tew day- test
He hatesEel day- test
She hatesEll day- test
We hatenoo day- test- ohn
You hatevoo day- tess-tay
They hate (m)eel day-tess-tohn
They hate (f)ell day-tess-tohn