Easy French Phrase Book: Over 1500 Common Phrases For Everyday Use And Travel

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However, the 12-hour clock is making some inroads and saying 1-11 in the afternoon or evening will be understood.

True to form, the “Eyewitness Travel Guides French Phrase Book” is organized and color-coded according to subject, making navigating the pages a real breeze! Like in other Romance languages, nouns in French are either "masculine" or "feminine"; adjectives vary accordingly. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. To specify "tap water", say "eau du robinet" ( OH doo roh-bee-NEH) or ask for a carafe of water "une carafe d'eau" ( OON cahr-AHF doh).draught) beer de la bière (pression) ( duh lah byehr) red / white / rosé wine du vin rouge / blanc / rosé ( duu vang roozh / blahng / ro-ZAY) May I have some _____? French is the sole official language of France, including all of its overseas departments and territories, and is the only language you will need to communicate with French nationals.

kahn suh trahn/buus ah-ree-vuh-RAH ah _____) the/this shuttle la/cette navette ( lah/set nah-VET) (also means a tatting shuttle) a one-way ticket un aller simple ( uhn ah-LAY SAM-pluh) a round trip ticket un aller-retour ( uhn ah-LAY ruh-TOOR) Directions [ edit ] Where is _____? For instance, the fast-food restaurant chain founded by Colonel Sanders is known in both the United States and France as "Kentucky Fried Chicken" or KFC for short, but in Quebec it is known as Poulet Frit Kentucky (PFK). The singular definite article ("the" in English) of each noun depends on its gender: le (m), la (f) or l’ (before all singular nouns starting with a vowel and some starting with "h", regardless of gender). The DK travel guides are some of the most popular in the world, so when they release a phrasebook, you know it’s going to be good.

This pocket-sized volume is packed with practical words and phrases designed to help you enjoy a better trip. French has an estimated number of 250 million speaker worldwide, 76 million of these are speaking French native. com-bee-AN duh ton luh vwoi-YAHZH dyoor-TEEL) It takes an hour and a half Cela dure une heure et demie.

At the end of a word, it's usually not pronounced at all é, ai, -er, -es, -ez, -et similar to d ay but shorter ( IPA: e) è, ê more open, like s et ( IPA: ɛ).

I narrowed it down to the Lonely Planet French Phrase Book and the Collins Gem French Phrase Book which in the end I chose, for a number of reasons. Excellent for brushing up on your French and getting the pronunciation correct which is aided by the phonetic spelling shown alongside the French phrase and the available audio download. When addressing one person you know well such as a family member or a friend, plus any time you speak to one child or one animal, the word to use will be tu. The respective plurals are messieurs and mesdames, so the French equivalent of "ladies and gentlemen" is " mesdames et messieurs", though often in speech this is rendered as " messieurs-dames".