The Beginner’s Guide to French

If you are going to start learning french, this guide will help you hopefully better understand the basics of french.

Basic Terms:

english : french
I           : Je
You      : Tu  (pronounced “chu”)
Him       : Il   (pronounced “eel”)
Her      : Elle
We      : Nous (pronounced “noo”)
You (plural)   : Vous  (pronounced “voo”)
them (males) : Ils   (pronounced “eel” NOT  “eels”)
them (females): Elles  (pronounced “elle” NOT “elles”)

Numbers in french:

1   :  Un  (pronounced “an”)
2   :  Deux  (pronounced similarly to “day”)
3   :  Trois (pronounced “troo-a”)
4   :  Quatre (pronounced “kaatra”)
5   :  Cinq  (pronounced “sank”)
6   :  Six  (pronounced “seez”)
7   :  Sept (pronounced set”)
8   :  Huit  (pronounced “oo-ee-t”
9   :  Neuf  (pronounced “nuff”)
10 :  Dix   (pronounced “gees”)

Once you get familiar with these terms, you can start with basic  sentences. These sentences are very common and thus jyou will be able to understand these if you ever come across them.

My name is ___  : Je m”appele  ___ (” juh mah-pell”)
I am ___ years old : J’ai ___ ans   (”juh senz-anh”)
hello : salut (”sah-loo”)
good morning: bonjour  (”bon-zhoor”)
good evening : bonsoir (”bon swaar”)
good night: bonne nuit (bonn-nwee”)
No : Non (”nohn”)
yes : oui (”oo-wee”)
ok : “d’accord (”dah-kord”)
please: s’il vous plait (”seel voo play”)
thank you :merci  (”mair-si”)
pleased to meet you : enchante (”an-shan-tay”)
how are you? : comment-allez vous? (”coh-mon taalay voo”)
good bye : au revoir (”oh-rez-voo-aar”)
pardon me  : pardon (”paar-don”)

these are just a short list of french terms to help develop a basic understanding of french, and also helps the learner to pronounce the words. If people are interested in this guide, i can post another one continueing from this which would help develop a better understanding of french.