[French Lessons] Bonjour! Learn French~

[HarmonyCloud]

I thought I would start this thread.
I have been studying French for 8 years and I am pretty much fluent. Little lessons to teach things all beginners should know
French is a romance language. Other Romance languages include Spanish, Latin, English, and Italian. What that means is pretty much you will run into words or vocabulary that sound similar.
French is quite simple as far as vocabulary is concerned. However the grammar is rather complicated because there are some verb tenses that aren't used as often in English as they are in french
So for the first thing I think would be great to teach is write out some vocabulary, pronouns, and the conjucation of the first verb!
If anyone wants to post stuff feel free. I will just pop in and out and write out some grammar instructions and write out some vocabulary, especially if I am about to get a test or teach it I will just post it up here to share as well.

Vocabulary
Greetings
Hello = Bonjour
Hi = Salut
Goodbye= Au revoir

Counting
1 = Un
2 = Deux
3= Trois
4 = quatre
5= Cinq
6 = Six
7 = Sept
8= Huit
9 = Neuf
10 = Dix
11 = Onze
12 =Douze
13 = Treize
14= Quatorze
15 = Quinze
16 =Seize
17= Dix-Sept
18=Dix-huit
19=Dix-neuf
20=Vingt
21= Vingt-et un
22= Vingt deux
23= Vingt trois

30= Trente
31= Trente et un
32= Trente deux

40= Quarante
50=Cinquante
60=Soixante
70= Soixante-dix (Its 60+10)
80=Quatre-vingts (40+20)
90= Quatre-vingt-dix (40+20+10)
100= Cent

Pronouns
Je = I
Tu = you
Il/Elle/On = He/She/It
Nous = We
Vous= You (formal)
Ils/Elles = He/She (plural)

Vocabulary lessons
Lesson 1: Getting around (http://jay-chou.net/forums/showpost.php?p=755511&postcount=6)
Vocabulary- Lesson 4: Colours and various other words (http://jay-chou.net/forums/showpost.php?p=755771&postcount=8)



Pronunciation
"Letters" aka Accents
French uses the same Roman alphabet, but does use accents like in spanish



Grammer
Verbs
French has three basic verb forms, then three verbs that are consistently irregular, and a list of verbs that are also irregular. But to start we will learn the first three forms.

Er
Er verbs- or verbs that end in ER mostly all conjugate the same.

-e
-es
-e
-ons
-ez
-ent

Parler - To speak
Je parle
Tu parles
Il/Elle parle
Nous parlons
Vous parlez
Ils/Elles parlent

Other ER verbs include :
Manger = To eat (note: Manger in the nous form keeps the e, Nous Mangeons)
Chanter = To sing
Acheter = To buy
voler= to fly


Ir
Ir verbs- or verbs that end in IR mostly all conjugate the same.

-is
-is
-it
-issons
-issez
-issent

Finir - To finish
Je fin is
Tu finis
Il/Elle finit
Nous finissons
Vous finissez
Ils/Elles finissent

Other IR verbs
Partir = To leave
Lotir = To divide



Re
Re verbs- or verbs that end in Re mostly all conjugate the same.

-s
-s
-
-ons
-ez
-ent

Prendre = To Take
Je prend s
Tu prends
Il/Elle prend
Nous prendons
Vous prendez
Ils/Elles prendent

Other RE verbs
Rendre = To give back
Pondre= To lay

Thus to make a BASIC french sentence
Je rends. (I give back)

Grammer lessons
Lesson 1: Er Verbs (http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showpost.php?p=756730&postcount=12)


Resources
WordReference-Online dictionary (http://wordreference.com/)
TV5- Online Dictionary (http://dictionnaire.tv5.org/dictionnaires.asp?Action=1)
About French language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language)
French Writing system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language#Writing_system)


I guess this is a start. I'll post more tomorrow. Maybe Easy Verb conjugations :wave:

Anyway Welcome to the thread! And I hope this will help aspiring French students/Studies!

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[watiwat]

This is a good idea =) I wish I had continued to learn French in high school.. but I dropped it after 2 years.. :oops:

So, this is my little contribution :)

Tu t'appelle comment?
What is your name?

Je m'appelle _________
My name is _________

[kwonsang26]

Hey harms,very nice thread you started here.I need your help translating since I only made it to French 2 lol.There were some survival phrases that I wanted to learn,since I want to visit Paris,France oneday.So I hope you can help!^^:bleh:

1. Excuse me,what time is it?

2. How much would this item be?

3. Do you speak English?

4. Where's the restroom?

5. Where's the closest restaurant?

6. How do I get to the Eiffel Tower?

7. Where's the closest mall?

8. Jay Chou,I love you?

9. You are my one & only.

10. Good morning,afternoon,evening,& night

If I need anymore translations,I'll let you know ok harms!^^:wave:

[HarmonyCloud]

Hey harms,very nice thread you started here.I need your help translating since I only made it to French 2 lol.There were some survival phrases that I wanted to learn,since I want to visit Paris,France oneday.So I hope you can help!^^:bleh:
1. Excuse me,what time is it?
2. How much would this item be?
3. Do you speak English?
4. Where's the restroom?
5. Where's the closest restaurant?
6. How do I get to the Eiffel Tower?
7. Where's the closest mall?
8. Jay Chou,I love you?
9. You are my one & only.
10. Good morning,afternoon,evening,& night
If I need anymore translations,I'll let you know ok harms!^^:wave:

1. Excusez moi, À quelle heure? (excuse me what time is it?)
2. Combien de? (How much...you can just use that and refer to the item)
3. Parlez anglais?
4. Où sont les toilettes, s'il-vous-plaît ? (Where are the bathrooms, please?)
5. Quel est le restaurant plus près? (Which is the closest restaurant?)
6. Où est le tour d'eiffle (Where is the eiffle tower?)
7. Où est le centre commercial? (Where is the mall)
8. Je t'aime Jay Chou (I love you, Jay Chou)
9. Tu es le mien/la mienne- seulement le mien/la mienne. (You are mind, only mine)
10. Bonjour (its like good morning/afternoon), bonsoir (Good Evening)

[pamujung]

this looks like an advanced class to me.

:? like this, I don't know how to pronounce or read any French words in here. If there is anyway for those who have zero knowledge like me to be able to read it. Is there anything like Pin Yin in Chinese or Romanji in Japanese ?

And what is the writing system, how do they pronounce ABC in French ? I heard that it's different from what English speaks, right ? Both vowel and consonant.

[Azn_Sweetie]

1. Excusez moi, À quelle heure? (excuse me what time is it?)
2. Combien de? (How much...you can just use that and refer to the item)
3. Parlez anglais?
4. Où sont les toilettes, s'il-vous-plaît ? (Where are the bathrooms, please?)
5. Quel est le restaurant plus près? (Which is the closest restaurant?)
6. Où est le tour d'eiffle (Where is the eiffle tower?)
7. Où est le centre commercial? (Where is the mall)
8. Je t'aime Jay Chou (I love you, Jay Chou)
9. Tu es le mien/la mienne- seulement le mien/la mienne. (You are mind, only mine)
10. Bonjour (its like good morning/afternoon), bonsoir (Good Evening)


Hi people! ^^
I crossed by here with curiosity and just want to help a little because i can see some very little mistake =) I'm asian but i was born and i live in France. However my english is not as well as i want :oops: My traduction will be :

1. Excusez-moi, quelle heure est-il ?
2. Combien coute ce ... (fill the blank with the item you refer to)
3. Parlez-vous anglais ?
4. Où sont les toilettes, s'il-vous-plaît ? (the same good traduction as HarmonyCloud :happy: )
5. Quel est le restaurant plus près? (the same good traduction as HarmonyCloud too)
6. Où se trouve la tour Eiffel ?
7. Où se trouve le centre commercial ?
9. Tu es ma seule (to a girl)/mon seul(to a boy) et unique.

Have a nice day everyone! :wave:

[kwonsang26]

this looks like an advanced class to me.
:? like this, I don't know how to pronounce or read any French words in here. If there is anyway for those who have zero knowledge like me to be able to read it. Is there anything like Pin Yin in Chinese or Romanji in Japanese ?
And what is the writing system, how do they pronounce ABC in French ? I heard that it's different from what English speaks, right ? Both vowel and consonant.

Lol,hey harms,I think lovely pam does make some clear points above.Do you think there is a way for you to add romanizations to the French translations?

For instance,with (Hello = Bonjour)
Bon is pronounced like bond without the d.
Then with jour,it's pronounced like leisure without the lei.

Could you also translate these words:

movie
book
music
food
sex (lol)
love
hate
sky
ocean
dream
all the colors would also be helpful too ^^


Maybe an English comparison like that could be done with the basic learners that's not familiar with how the French language sounds.But great job so far sweetie & thanks Azn_Sweetie & harms for translating my phrases!!!^^

[phoenix_fire]

Can I help out too?
I'm studying french now- got exams next week :oops:
Vocabulary- Lesson 4: Colours and various other words
Colours
yellow- jaune (rhymes with shawn)
red- rouge (have you seen moulin rouge? :D)
green- vert (don't say the 't')
blue- bleu
black- noir (pronounced new-ah)
white- blanc/blanche
purple- violet/violette
orange- orange
pink- rose
grey- gris
brown- marron

Vocab
movie- un film
book- un livre (pronounced leave-re)
music- la musique (pronounced muse-eeek! lol)
food- la nourriture
sex- le sexe :bleh:
love- l'amour (pronounced ah-more I think?)
hate- la haine (pronounced en I think?)
sky- le ciel (pronounced see-el)
ocean- l' océan
dream- un rêve
Sorry if it isn't perfect..

[HarmonyCloud]

Azn_Sweetie and Phoenix Thank you for your help! Please do pop in here!

Pam
Yeah sure. Ill try to write out the alphabet with pronounciations. Its a bit hard, most of it is a lot like English.
Its hard to "romanize" French. But for any vocabulary I add from now on I will try to. Here is a REALLY great article I am adding to the front page on how to pronounce french words Refer here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language#Writing_system)

[ColaPoP]

Hey harms, thanks for starting this thread. I've always been curious but wary of French. It's such a fluid and beautiful language, but everytime I try mimic a native speaker I can't seem to get the pronunciation right :-/

In the above post, you gave the link to wiki for pronunciation help & edited the 1st post with it... I wonder if I can make a suggestion?

You listed the pronunciation link in the 1st post under: Resources > French Writing Systems.
Thats a little confusing (well, that's how I found it so perhaps I'm the only one confused by this?).
Perhaps you can re-title the link as put it under a section called 'pronunciation'.

I like how you've bolded subject titles for clarity. To expand on your layout system, perhaps you can have colour-coded general topics & use the 1st post as a contents page/lesson guide?

Your original material: greetings & counting could be [Vocab] Lesson 1
Your original material: pronouns & verbs could be [Grammar] Lesson 2
The 4th post here (http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?p=755351&postcount=4): basic phrases could be [Phrases] Lesson 3

If this suggestion is acceptable, then other members could use the same format when they post their contribution so that the thread becomes easily accessible & effective to learn from. Thus, following this system, I could ask phoenix_fire to edit her post with a header like this:

[Vocab] Lesson 4 - Colours (+various new words)
^ each lesson would preferably be theme specific and not just a randomly generated vocab list

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Visual example of suggestion for 1st post

Introductions & aim of thread: Bonjour, welcome to the French thread...etc

Grammar
[Grammar] Lesson 2 - Pronouns & verbs (to speak, to take, to finish) link: click here

Pronunciation
(perhaps the pronunciation link can go here?)

Phrases
[Phrases] Lesson 3 - Basic phrases (getting around France) link: click here

Vocabulary
[Vocab] Lesson 1 - Greetings & numbers link: click here
[Vocab] Lesson 4 - Colours (+various new words) link: click here

General Resources
(list various links)

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Just pitching my 2 cents worth...:whistle:

[phoenix_fire]

^ ColaPoP, that does make more sense, and it would be easier to find certain words later. I'll edit my post like you said :happy:

[HarmonyCloud]

Grammar lesson 2: List of regular ER Verbs
Refer to the first post on the conjugation of these verbs

ER verbs

Donner- To give
Tomber- to fall
Lever- To lift
étudier- to study
employer- to use
rester- to stay
manger- to eat
laisser- to leave
acheter- to buy
aimer- to like/love
amener- to take
arriver- to arrive
bouger- to move
changer- to change
chercher- to look for
commencer- to start
étudier- to study
écouter- to listen
voyager- to travel
voler- to study
visiter- to visit
téléphoner- to telephone (call)
trouver- to find
travailler- to work

[wackycashew]

Thanks for starting this, Harms. I haven't touched French in ages and really need to refresh my memory. Nothing better than to start from the basics. :happy:

[coOkii]

wheee!!!
bonjour!
très bonne ideé!!
je parle un peu de français.. :-)
well...most of i'm learning at school right now..

[xanderfr]

Here i come !
i will correct few things
french is strange...
Pronouns
Je = I
Tu = you
Il/Elle/On = He/She/It
Nous = We
Vous= You (formal)
Ils/Elles = He/She (plural)
Pronouns
Je = I
Tu = you
Il/Elle/On = He/She/We
Nous = We
Vous= You (many people / unknow people : sign of respect)
Ils/Elles = He/She (plural)
You say "tu" to your friend, but "vous" to your boss
or
you say "vous" when you speak about many people
You say "on" when people are arround and "nous" when you speak for them
or
you say "nous" to show more politeness
Prendre = To Take
Je prend s
Tu prends
Il/Elle prend
Nous prendons
Vous prendez
Ils/Elles prendent
Prendre = To Take
Je prends
Tu prends
Il/Elle prend
Nous prenons
Vous prenez
Ils/Elles prennent
1. Excuse me,what time is it?
2. How much would this item be?
3. Do you speak English?
4. Where's the restroom?
5. Where's the closest restaurant?
6. How do I get to the Eiffel Tower?
7. Where's the closest mall?
8. Jay Chou,I love you?
9. You are my one & only.
10. Good morning,afternoon,evening,& night
1. Excusez moi, À quelle heure? (excuse me what time is it?)
2. Combien de? (How much...you can just use that and refer to the item)
3. Parlez anglais?
4. Où sont les toilettes, s'il-vous-plaît ? (Where are the bathrooms, please?)
5. Quel est le restaurant plus près? (Which is the closest restaurant?)
6. Où est le tour d'eiffle (Where is the eiffle tower?)
7. Où est le centre commercial? (Where is the mall)
8. Je t'aime Jay Chou (I love you, Jay Chou)
9. Tu es le mien/la mienne- seulement le mien/la mienne. (You are mind, only mine)
10. Bonjour (its like good morning/afternoon), bonsoir (Good Evening)
1. Excusez moi, quelle heure est il ?
3. Parlez vous anglais ?
6. Où est la tour d'eiffel ?
voler- to study
voler - to fly / to steal
Oh my god... too much error... i give up ! :crazy:

[ask4more_jay]

ahhhhhhhhhh this is awesome!!
i've been learning french for quite a while
not fluent though haha
canadian government requires that we learn up to grade 9 french i think
but im in grade 11 now and im still taking it
cuz it interests me
man i'll be dropping by THIS thread more now =)

[sticklerz]

salut~~~~ if u dun wanna say bonjour : D
i love this greeting - gets everyone hyped out when i am in games..
well mostly they are all french so i am forced to speak french when i can : D


i think if u going to be formal and use vous, should say it like
parlez vous anglais?

much clearer and polite : D

[telly]

S'il y a une inversion quand on pose une question, par exemple "parlez-vous", il devrait avoir le trait d'union, non?

When there is an inversion in a question, such as "Parlez-vous", shouldn't there be a hyphen?

[kirasuran]

telly, tu as raison! est-ce que tu me souviens, du forum chinese music blog ?

oh man i havnt spoken french for sooo long...i shall come here to polish up!

[telly]

Erm... tu utilises le même pseudo sur les deux sites? Si c'est vrai, je suis désolé, j'ai une mauvaise mémoire...