LEARN FRENCH

This blog will teach you how to learn French.

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Faire- To do/ make

In the PRESENT tense

Faire:

Je fais- I do/ make

Tu fais- You do/ make

Il/ Elle fait- He/ She does/ makes

Nous faisons- We do/ make

Vous faites- You do/ make

Ils/ Elles font- They do/ make

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Connaître- to know (formal)

Savoir- to know (informal)

Connaître:

Je connais- I know

Tu connais- You know

Il/ Elle connaît- He/ She knows

Nous connaissons- We Know

Vous connaissez- You know (plural)

Ils/ Elles connaissent- They know

Savoir:

Je said- I know

Tu said- You know

Il/ Elle sait- He/ She knows

Nous savons- We know

Vous savez- You know

Ils/ Elles savent- They know

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AT 🇫🇷

We use ‘au’ to say ‘at’ for masculine words

We use ‘à la’ to say ‘at’ for feminine words

This comes in to play once you have learnt which words are masculine and which words are feminine.

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PEOPLE 👱‍♀️👩‍🦰👳‍♀️🧔👧

Un= a (masculine, this is when you talk about boys)

Une= a (feminine, this is when you talk about girls)

Un homme= a man (DO NOT pronounce the ‘h’, it is= un omme)

Une femme= a woman (pronounced= une famme)

Un garçon= a boy (pronounced= un garson, use your best accent for the ç!)

Une fille= a girl (pronounced= une feeye)

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Your first French conversation 🗣️

‘Bonjour’ Hello (Bon=good, jour-day= good day)

‘Bonjour’- Good day (Hello)

‘Comment ça va?’- How are you? (Comment=how, ça=it, va=goes= how does it go?)

‘Ça va bien merci, et toi?’ I’m good thanks, and you? (Ça va bien= it goes well, merci= thanks, et= and, toi= you= it goes well thanks, and you?)

‘Ca va bien merci’ I’m good thanks

‘Au revoir’- Goodbye (au= to, revoir= to see again= until next time)

‘A bientôt’- see you soon.

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French Greetings 👋

Bonjour- Hello

Salut- Hi

Enchanté- Nice to meet you

Coucou- Hi

Allo- Hello

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Avoir is a verb

Avoir- To have

I have- J’ai

You have- Tu as OR Vous avez

We have- Nous avons

He has- Il a

She has- Elle a

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Être is a verb

Être- to be

How to we use Être in French?

I am - Je suis

You are - Tu es OR Vous êtes

We are - Nous sommes

They are - ils sont OR Elles sont

To say ‘you are’ in French to your friend, it is ‘Tu es’

To say ‘you are’ in French to someone older than you, it is ‘Vous êtes’

To say ‘they are’ about a 2+ boys or a group of people including female and male, use ‘Ils sont’

To say ‘they are’ about 2+ girls, use ‘Elles sont’

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The 2 main verbs you must learn to be able to speak French are Être and Avoir.

Être- to be

Avoir- to have