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Table of ContentsJourney 1 Chapter 1: Greetings, Gratitude, GoodbyesJourney 1 Chapter 2: Do You Speak English?Journey 1 Chapter 3: What's Your Name?Journey 1 Chapter 4: Sorry, Where Is the Train Station?Journey 1 Chapter 5: What Size are You?Journey 1 Chapter 6: The Bill, PleaseJourney 1 Chapter 7: How Much Is It?Journey 1 Chapter 8: Can You Help Me?Journey 1 Chapter 9: How Do You Say "Thank You" in French?Journey 1 Chapter 10: What Is This?Vocabulary ReviewPhrase ReviewCultural NotesGrammar Notes

CHAPTER 1: GREETINGS, GRATITUDE, GOODBYES SALUTATIONS, REMERCIEMENTS ET AU REVOIR

Journey 1 Chapter 1: Greetings, Gratitude, Goodbyes

Conversational GoalsExpress GratitudeGreet PeopleMake Small Talk with StrangersSay Goodbye

Grammar GoalsForm Basic SentencesLearn 1st Person Singular and 2nd Person Plural Stressed Pronouns

Conversation

English French

Hello there! How are you? Tiens, bonjour ! Ça va ? (teea(n) ! bo(n)joor ! sa va ?)

Fine, thank you. And you? Ça va bien, merci. Et vous ? (sa va beea(n), mayrsee. eh voo ?)

I'm very well, thank you. Très bien, merci. (tray beea(n), mayrsee.)

Well, see you later! Bon, à tout à l'heure ! (bo(n), atootaleur !)

Yes, good-bye. See you later. Oui, au revoir. A tout à l'heure. (wee, o reuvwar. atootaleur.)

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Oh, good morning. How are you? Tiens, bonjour. Ça va ?English French

1 Oh, good morning. How are you? (Hold it, good morning. How is it going?)Tiens, bonjour. Ça va ? (teea(n), bo(n)joor. sa va ?)

2 Good morning. Bonjour. (bo(n)joor)

3 How are you? (How is it going?)Ça va ? (Sa va ?)

4 oh (Hold it.)tiens (teea(n))

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Tiens is a colloquial way to express a slight surprise and comes from the verb "to hold" (tenir). Many expressions in French wouldn't mean much when literally translated. For instance, Ah tiens,ça va? translates to "Oh, hi there! How are you?" We don't actually ask the person to "hold"anything.

6 Oh, good morning! (Hold it, good morning!)Tiens, bonjour ! (teea(n), bo(n)joor !)

7 Bonjour, ça va ? is a polite, but not stiff, way to greet someone.

8 How are you? (How do you go?)Comment allez-vous ? (koma(n)taleh voo ?)

9We have different ways to say "how are you" in French, from the informal ça va? to the more formalcomment allez-vous? When talking to strangers in France, we always use the vous form.

10"You" can be translated by tu or vous in French. Tu is informal and used only with well-knownacquaintances. Vous is the polite way to say "you" when speaking to strangers. We use it all thetime in restaurants, shops, etc., to be respectful.

11 Good morning. How are you? (Good morning. How do you go?)Bonjour. Comment allez-vous ? (bo(n)joor koma(n)taleh voo ?)

12 Hi/Bye. Salut. (salu)

13 Salut is more informal, but is used very often. We use it to both greet someone and say goodbye.

14 Hi, how are you? (Hi, how is it going?)Salut, ça va ? (salu, sa va ?)

15 In France, when greeting acquaintances and friends of acquaintances, you usually give a kiss oneach cheek... sometimes twice if you are in the South!

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English French

16 Good evening. Bonsoir. (bo(n)swar.)

17 Good evening. How are you? (Good evening. How do you go?)Bonsoir. Comment allez-vous ? (bo(n)swar. koma(n)taleh voo ?)

18 In French, we usually use Bonjour (good morning) at any time of the day and Bonsoir during theevening and night. “Good afternoon” is not commonly used.

19 Sir Monsieur (meusyeuh)

20 How are you sir? Comment allez-vous Monsieur ? (koma(n)taleh voo meusyeuh ?)

21 Madam Madame (madam)

22 Good evening madam. How are you? Bonsoir Madame. Comment allez-vous ? (bo(n)swar madam. koma(n)taleh voo ?)



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Fine, thank you. Ça va bien, merci.English French

1 Fine, thank you. (It's going well, thank you.)Ça va bien, merci. (sa va beea(n), mayrsee.)

2 I'm fine. (It's going.)Ça va. (sa va.)

3 Ça va is used to ask "How are you?" and to answer "I'm fine."

4 well bien (beea(n))

5 It's going fine! (It's going well.)Ça va bien ! (sa va beea(n) !)

6 Thank you. Merci. (mayrsee.)

7 very très (tray)

8Sometimes in English when we talk about how someone is doing, we use "good" and "well"interchangeably. In French you will always use bien, "well," to describe how someone is feeling, sobe sure to use this word regardless of how we say it in English.

9 Very good! Très bien ! (tray beea(n) !)

10 yes oui (wee)

11 Yes, I'm doing very good! Oui, ça va très bien ! (wee, sa va tray beea(n) !)

12 no non (no(n))

13 not pas (pa)

14 No, not very good. Non, pas très bien. (no(n), pa tray beea(n).)

15"Not" is actually composed of two words in French, ne and pas. In this case, the whole sentencewould be je ne vais pas très bien (I'm not that good) but here as we avoid repetition of the verb,French people only use pas.




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English French

16 and et (eh)

17 And you? Et vous ? (eh voo ?)

18 me moi (mwa)

19 Me? I'm doing fine, thanks. Moi ? Ça va bien, merci. (mwa ? sa va beea(n), mayrsee.)

20 a lot beaucoup (bokoo)

21 Thanks a lot! Merci beaucoup ! (mayrsee bokoo !)



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You're welcome. Il n'y a pas de quoi.English French

1 You're welcome. Il n'y a pas de quoi. (eel nya pa deuh kwa.)

2French people speak so fast they often say y'a pas d'quoi. Parisians are especially known tospeak very fast and "eat" their words when a sentence is long! Here, il n'y a pas de quoi couldliterally translate into "there is not anything" (to thank me for).

3 You're welcome. (That's nothing.)De rien. (deuh reea(n).)

4 You're welcome sir. Il n'y a pas de quoi Monsieur. (eel nya pa deuh kwa meusyeuh.)

5 You're welcome madam. (That's nothing madam.)De rien Madame. (deuh reea(n) madam.)



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Well, see you later. Bon, à tout à l'heure.English French

1 Well, see you later. Bon, à tout à l'heure. (bo(n), atootaleur.)

2 See you later. A tout à l'heure. (atootaleur.)

3 well (good)bon (bo(n))

4Now we have the opposite of what we saw previously: when used in the beginning of a sentence,bon, which actually means "good," corresponds to "Well..." in English.

5 Good-bye. Au revoir. (o reuvwar.)

6 Well, good-bye. Bon, au revoir. (bo(n) o reuvwar.)

7 See you soon. A bientôt. (ah beea(n)to.)

8 Well, good-bye. See you soon. Bon, au revoir. A bientôt. (bo(n), o revwar. ah beea(n)to.)

9 Bye! See you later. Salut ! A tout à l'heure. (salu ! atootaleur.)

10 Ciao! Ciao ! (tchao !)

11 Ciao! See you soon! Ciao ! A bientôt ! (tchao ! ah beea(n)to !)

12To say good-bye in an informal way, we often use salut, bye or ciao (with Italy being so close!). More formally, we can say au revoir.

13 Yes, good-bye. See you later! Oui, au revoir. A tout à l'heure ! (wee, o reuvwar atootaleur !)



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CHAPTER 2: DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? VOUS PARLEZ ANGLAIS ?

Journey 1 Chapter 2: Do You Speak English?

Conversational GoalsAsk and Tell If Someone Speaks a LanguageAsk and Tell Where Someone is FromGet Someone's Attention

Grammar GoalsConstruct NegationForm Some Verbs in 1st Person Singular, 2nd Person Singular, and PluralLearn the Forms of the Definite ArticleUse Preposition De

Conversation

English French

Excuse me, do you speak English? Excusez-moi, vous parlez anglais ? (aykskuzaymwa voo parleh a(n)gleh ?)

Um, no, I'm sorry, I don't understand English.Heu, non, désolée, je ne comprends pas l'anglais. (euh, no(n), dayzolay jeuh neuh ko(n)pra(n) pala(n)gleh.)

But I speak French! Mais je parle français ! (meh jeuh parl fra(n)seh !)

Ah, I speak a little French. Ah, je parle un peu français. (ah, jeuh parl u(n) peuh fra(n)seh.)

And where are you from? Et vous venez d'où ? (ay voo veuneh doo ?)

I'm from the United States. Je viens des Etats-Unis. (jeuh veea(n) dayzaytazuni.)



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Do you speak English? Vous parlez anglais ?English French

1 Do you speak English? (You speak English?)Vous parlez anglais ? (voo parleh a(n)gleh ?)

2 to speak parler (parlay)

3 you speak vous parlez (voo parleh)

4 Vous is used to address one person politely, but it's also used to talk to a group of people (formallyor informally).

5 English anglais (a(n)gleh)

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Did you notice? "English" (anglais) is not capitalized in French. Only nationalities, not languages,are capitalized. For example, the adjective referring to a country un vin français (a French wine)doesn’t take a capital letter. But if you use les Français (the French) to refer to the people ofFrance, you need to capitalize the first letter.

7 Sorry. Pardon. (pardo(n))

8 Sorry, do you speak English sir? (Sorry, you speak English sir?)Pardon, vous parlez anglais Monsieur ? (pardo(n), voo parleh a(n)gleh meusyeuh ?)

9 Excuse me. Excusez-moi. (aykskuzaymwa.)

10 French français (fra(n)seh)

11 Excuse me, do you speak French? (Excuse me, you speak French?)Excusez-moi, vous parlez français ? (aykskuzaymwa, voo parleh fra(n)seh ?)

12 I speak. Je parle. (jeuh parl.)

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Did you notice that the verb changes? Unlike English, "I speak" ( Je parle ) and "You speak" ( Vousparlez ) are slightly different in French. All verbs conjugate, or change form, according to thenumber and person of the subject. You will usually find the conjugations listed in order of first,second, and third person singular ("I," "you," and "he/she/it," respectively) and then first, second, andthird person plural ("we," "you (all)," and "they"). You'll start to recognize the patterns as you learn.

14 Yes, I speak French! Oui, je parle français ! (wee, jeuh parl fra(n)seh !)




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15It is common knowledge that you are always better received when making an attempt to speak thelanguage of the country you're visiting. French waiters, for example, will appreciate the effort and willprobably try to continue the conversation.



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Sorry, I don't understand English. Désolée, je ne comprends pas l'anglais.English French

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One important feature of French is grammatical gender. In French, all nouns are either masculine orfeminine. Additionally, some other parts of speech must change to agree with the noun's gender ifit is related to or interacts with the noun in some way. We will learn more precise rules later aboutthis. One thing to know now, though, is that the definite article (or "the," in English) is one part ofspeech that changes according to gender. Masculine nouns use le, feminine nouns use la, andplural nouns (regardless of gender) use les. Keep this in mind when going through the rest of thischapter.

2 Sorry, I don't understand English. Désolée, je ne comprends pas l'anglais. (dayzolay, jeuh neuh ko(n)pra(n) pa la(n)gleh.)

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Careful! When we use parler, "to speak," we can simply say the language name, like anglais in Jeparle anglais. But with other verbs like comprendre, you have to use "the" in front of thelanguage name. You'll literally be saying something like "I understand THE English." Remember thatyou need to use the correct form of "the" according to the gender of anglais, which is masculine.

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Did you notice something surprising about the definite article? Instead of using le with anglais, itturned into l'. The reason for this is because anglais begins with a vowel. French is supposed tosound melodic and smooth, and the two vowel sounds in a row would sound awkward, so it'scontracted into l'anglais. This happens with any word beginning with a vowel, as well as when "h"comes before a vowel since it's silent in French.

5 to understand comprendre (ko(n)pra(n)dr)

6 I understand. Je comprends. (jeuh ko(n)pra(n))

7 not ne....pas (neuh pa)

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Remember "not" in French is composed of two words: ne and pas. It acts a bit like a sandwich withthe verb in the middle. Just like you wouldn't imagine buying a baguette sandwich with only onepiece of bread, you wouldn't use only one negation word. We need all the ingredients: Jecomprends (I understand) becomes Je NE comprends PAS (I do not understand). Comprends is literally squeezed in between ne and pas.

9 I don't understand. Je ne comprends pas. (jeuh neuh ko(n)pra(n) pa.)

10 Sorry/Pardon me. Désolée. (dayzolay.)

11 Désolé is another way to say "sorry" in French.




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12 I don't speak. Je ne parle pas. (jeuh neuh parl pa.)

13 No, sorry. I don't speak English. Non, désolé, je ne parle pas anglais. (no(n), dayzolay jeuh neuh parl pa a(n)gleh.)

14 You don't speak English? Vous ne parlez pas anglais ? (voo neuh parleh pa a(n)gleh ?)

15 but mais (may)

16 But I speak French. Mais je parle français. (May jeuh parl fra(n)seh.)

17 Spanish espagnol (ehspanyol)

18 Do you speak Spanish? Vous parlez espagnol ? (voo parleh ehspanyol ?)

19 Yes, I speak Spanish. Oui, je parle espagnol. (wee, jeuh parl ehspanyol.)

20 Pardon me, I don't understand! Désolée, je ne comprends pas ! (dayzolay, jeuh neuh ko(n)pra(n) pa !)

21 Me, I don't speak French. And you? Moi, je ne parle pas français. Et vous ? (mwa, jeuh neuh parl pa fra(n)seh. ay voo ?)

22France was well-known for being a country where foreign languages were not spoken, but that is notthe case anymore! In addition to French, younger generations, as well as some adults, can usuallyspeak English or Spanish. Nonetheless, it is true that outside of Paris and major cities in France, itmight be more difficult to find someone speaking a foreign language.

23 Me, I speak French and Spanish. Moi, je parle français et espagnol. (mwa, jeuh parl fra(n)seh ay ehspanyol.)



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I speak a little French. Je parle un peu français.English French

1 I speak a little French. Je parle un peu français. (jeuh parl u(n) peuh fra(n)seh.)

2 a little un peu (u(n) peuh)

3 Yes. I speak a little English. Oui. Je parle un peu anglais. (wee jeuh parl u(n) peuh a(n)gleh.)

4 Sorry, do you speak French? Pardon, vous parlez français ? (pardo(n), voo parlay fra(n)seh ?)

5 Not at all. Pas du tout. (pa du too.)

6 Ah no, not at all! Ah non, pas du tout ! (ah no(n), pa du too !)

7 Very well. Très bien. (tray beea(n).)

8 I speak French very well. Je parle très bien français. (jeuh parl tray beea(n) fra(n)seh.)

9 Did you say je parle français très bien? Careful, "very well" goes right after the verb in French.

10French is spoken uniformly all around the country. Small pockets of regional languages remain likeGaelic in Brittany or Basque in the South near the Spanish border. But what you'll experiencemostly if you travel all around the country are the different accents: from slow and low French in theNorth, to a more singing tone in the South.



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Where are you from? Vous venez d'où ?English French

1 Where are you from? (You come from where?)Vous venez d'où ? (voo veuneh doo ?)

2 Did you notice? When de (from) is in front of a word beginning with a, e, i, o, u or y, it becomes d'.

3 to come venir (veuneer)

4 you come vous venez (voo veuneh)

5 Did you notice that vous venez ends like vous parlez? They both have vous as a subject andboth end with "-ez."

6 from de (deuh)

7 Here, de means "from." Its other definition and common meaning is "of" and is used to talk aboutthings one possesses.

8 where où (oo)

9 to leave partir (parteer)

10 you are leaving vous partez (voo parteh)

11 Where are you leaving from? (You are leaving from where?)Vous partez d'où ? (voo parteh doo ?)

12 Did you notice? Où goes at the end of the sentence in French.

13 to go aller (aleh)

14 you are going vous allez (voozaleh)

15 Where are you going? (You are going where?)Vous allez où ? (voozaleh oo ?)

16 to eat manger (ma(n)jay)

17 you eat vous mangez (voo ma(n)jeh)




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18 Where are you eating? (You are eating where?)Vous mangez où ? (voo ma(n)jeh oo ?)



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I am from the United States. Je viens des Etats-Unis.English French

1 I am from the United States. (I come from the United States.)Je viens des Etats-Unis. (jeuh veea(n) dayzaytazuni.)

2 I come je viens (jeuh veea(n))

3 the United States les Etats-Unis (layzaytazuni)

4De when placed in front of le (the) or les (the, plural), de contracts with them to form a singleword. De + le becomes du and de + les becomes des.

5 Japan le Japon (leuh japo(n))

6 I am from Japan. (I come from Japan.)Je viens du Japon. (jeuh veea(n) du japo(n).)

7 See? When the word following de begins with le, it's transformed into du.

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As we learned before, everything is masculine or feminine in French. Unfortunately, there are norules for it, aside from nouns with natural gender ("man" is, of course, masculine, and "woman" isfeminine). As you probably noticed, Japan is masculine (le Japon), England is feminine but beginswith a vowel (l'Angleterre), and France is feminine (la France). As a general rule, most of theEuropean countries are feminine except Portugal (le Portugal), Denmark (le Danemark), and theUnited Kingdom (le Royaume-Uni).

9 England l'Angleterre (la(n)gleutehr)

10 Just like how le becomes contracted before a vowel, de in front of a, e, i, o, u and y becomes d'.

11 I am from England. Je viens d'Angleterre. (jeuh veea(n) da(n)gleutehr.)

12 As for me, I am from the United States. (Me, I come from the United States.)Moi, je viens des Etats-Unis. (mwa, jeuh veea(n) dayzaytazunee.)

13 France la France (la fra(n)s)

14 No, I am from France. Non, je viens de France. (no(n), jeuh veea(n) deu fra(n)s.)

15Just like in English, we don't use articles before a country name in French when we use de (from). So we say je viens d'Angleterre or je viens de France. If the country is masculine and beginswith le then we use du (je viens du Japon).




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English French

16 Spain l'Espagne (lehspany(a))

17 And you? Are you from Spain? (And you? You come from Spain?)Et vous ? Vous venez d'Espagne ? (ay voo ? voo veuneh dehspany(a) ?)



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CHAPTER 3: WHAT'S YOUR NAME? COMMENT VOUS VOUS APPELEZ ?

Journey 1 Chapter 3: What's Your Name?

Conversational GoalsAsk Someone's NameBecome Familiar with NamesIntroduce Yourself and Another PersonRespond to Introduction

Grammar GoalsConjugate s'appeler in the 1st and 2nd Person Singular and 2nd Person PluralUse Possessive AdjectivesUse Stressed PronounsUse être in the 1st and 3rd Person Singular and 2nd person Plural

Conversation

English French

Hello. My name is Pierre, and this is my wifeSophie.

Bonjour. Je m'appelle Pierre, et voici ma femmeSophie. (bo(n)joor. jeuh mapayl pyehr eh vwasee ma famsofee.)

What's your name? Comment vous vous appelez ? (kome(n) voo voo zapeuhleh ?)

I'm Isabel. Nice to meet you! Moi, c'est Isabelle. Enchantée ! (mwa, say eezabayl. e(n)cha(n)teh !)

Nice to meet you too! Enchanté ! (e(n)cha(n)teh !)

Are you American? Vous êtes Américain ? (voozeht amehreekeh(n) ?)

No, I am not American, I am French.Non, je ne suis pas Américain, je suis Français. (no(n), jeuhn swee pa amehreeku(n), jeuh sweefra(n)say.)



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My name is Pierre. Je m'appelle Pierre.English French

1 My name is Pierre. (I call myself Pierre.)Je m'appelle Pierre. (jeuh mapayl pyehr)

2 to be called (to call oneself)s'appeler (sapeuhleh)

3 my name is (I call myself)je m'appelle (jeuh mapayl)

4 We learned before that Bonjour means "Good morning," but because it is used so commonlythroughout the day as a greeting, it can also be translated as simply "Hello."

5 Hello. My name is Philippe. Bonjour. Je m'appelle Philippe. (bo(n)joor. jeuh mapayl feeleep.)

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Many of the names in France come from the Christian calendar and are the names of saints. Somecommon names for males are Pierre, Cédric, or Christophe. As for females, you'll encountermany women named Christine, Emilie, or Charlotte. Although it is not common to havediminutives, we often give nicknames, such as Valou for Valérie.

7 Hi! My name is Marie. Salut ! Je m'appelle Marie. (salu ! jeuh mapayl maree)

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One famous Marie was Marie Skłodowska Curie (1867–1934), a Polish physicist and a Frenchcitizen. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes,and the first female professor at the University of Paris. In 1995, Marie Curie was the first womanlaid to rest under the Panthéon in Paris, alongside her husband, Pierre Curie. The Panthéon isfamous for being the resting place of historical figures.



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What's your name? Comment vous vous appelez ?English French

1 What's your name? (How do you call yourself?)Comment vous vous appelez ? (kome(n) voo voo zapeuhleh ?)

2 how comment (komah(n))

3 you call yourself vous vous appelez (voo voozapeuhleh)

4 Good morning, my name is Stephanie. Bonjour, je m'appelle Stéphanie. (bo(n)joor, jeuh mapayl stehfanee)

5 My name is Emily. Je m'appelle Emilie. (jeuh mapayl emilee.)

6 you call yourself tu t'appelles (tu tapayl)

7 Do you remember? Tu is the informal way to say "you" in French.

8 What's your name? (How do you call yourself?)Comment tu t'appelles ? (kome(n) tu tapayl ?)

9 And you? Et toi ? (eh twa ?)

10Did you notice there are two ways to say the informal "you" in French, tu and toi? Just like how"me" (moi) is different from "I" (je), "you" also has two different translations in French: toi and tu.

11 And you? What's your name? (And you? How do you call yourself?)Et toi ? Comment tu t'appelles ? (eh twa ? komah(n) tu tapayl ?)



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I'm Isabel. Moi, c'est Isabelle.English French

1 I'm Isabel. (Me, it's Isabel.)Moi, c'est Isabelle. (mwa, say eezabayl.)

2 it's c'est (say)

3 I'm Eric. (Me, it's Eric.)Moi, c'est Eric. (mwa, say ehreek.)

4 Hi, I'm Sandra. (Hi, me, it's Sandra.)Salut, moi, c'est Sandra. (salu, mwa say sa(n)dra.)



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Nice to meet you! Enchanté !English French

1 Nice to meet you! Enchanté ! (e(n)cha(n)teh !)

2 In France, people are always delighted (the literal translation of enchanté) to meet new people!

3 Nice to meet you sir! Enchanté Monsieur ! (e(n)cha(n)teh meuhsyeuh !)

4 When two men meet, they usually shake hands. Also, in a formal situation a man will shake handswith a woman he meets for the first time.

5 Nice to meet you madam! Enchanté Madame ! (e(n)cha(n)teh madahm !)

6 Miss Mademoiselle (madmwazayl)

7 Monsieur, Madame, and Mademoiselle are very formal ways to greet, but you will often hearthem in situations like when the waiter welcomes you in a café.

8 Nice to meet you Miss! Enchanté Mademoiselle ! (e(n)cha(n)teh madmwazayl !)

9 I'm Mary. Nice to meet you! (Me, it's Mary. Nice to meet you!)Moi, c'est Marie. Enchantée ! (Mwa, say maree. e(n)cha(n)teh !)

10Remember, in French, we put an extra "e" at the end of words when a woman says it. That's themark of the feminine in French. So, here it is enchantée when Marie says it and enchanté whenChristophe says it. But as you can hear, they are both pronounced the same way.



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This is my wife Sophie. Voici ma femme Sophie.English French

1 This is my wife Sophie. (Here is my wife Sophie.)Voici ma femme Sophie. (vwasee ma fam sofee)

2 here is/here are voici (vwasee)

3 my wife ma femme (ma fam)

4 my husband mon mari (mo(n) maree)

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Did you notice "my" is translated as either ma or mon? In French everything is masculine orfeminine and the possessive takes the gender of the word following it. So it becomes ma if the wordthat comes after is feminine (as in ma femme) and mon if the word that comes after is masculine(as in mon mari).

6 This is my husband Peter. (Here is my husband Peter.)Voici mon mari Pierre. (vwasee mo(n) maree pyehr.)

7 a sister une sœur (une seuhr)

8 This is my sister Isabelle. Voici ma sœur Isabelle. (vwasee ma seuhr eezabayl.)

9 a brother un frère (u(n) frayr)

10 And this is my brother Raphael. (And here is my brother Raphael.)Et voici mon frère Raphaël. (eh vwasee mo(n) frayr rafah-ayl.)

11 When you talk about more than one thing you possess, "my" becomes mes in French. It's the pluralform.

12 These are my brothers Raphael and Pierre. (Here are my brothers Raphael and Pierre.)Voici mes frères Raphaël et Pierre. (vwasee may frayr rafah-ayl eh piehr.)

13 Did you remember? "This is" and "these are" are both translated in French as voici.

14 a cat un chat (u(n) sha)

15 This is my cat Garfield. (Here is my cat Garfield.)Voici mon chat Garfield. (vwasee mo(n) sha garfeeld.)




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16Remember, everything is either masculine or feminine in French! For instance, "cat" is a masculineword, so we use mon when we say "my cat."

17 a mouse une souris (une sooree)

18 And these are my mice. (And here are my mice.)Et voici mes souris. (eh vwasee may sooree.)

19See? Regardless of whether the word is masculine or feminine in French, there's only one pluralform: mes.



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Are you American? Vous êtes Américain ?English French

1 Are you American? (You are American?)Vous êtes Américain ? (voozeht amehreekeh(n) ?)

2 to be être (ehtr)

3 The verb être (to be) is irregular in French, as it is in many other languages. That means it doesn'tfollow a regular pattern, so it's best simply to remember the different forms!

4 you are vous êtes (voozeht)

5 American Américain (amehreekeh(n))

6Do you remember? Nationalities are capitalized in French (Américain), but languages are not (LesAméricains parlent anglais).

7 Are you English? (You are English?)Vous êtes Anglais ? (voozeht ah(n)glay ?)

8 I am je suis (jeuh swee)

9 No, I'm American. Non, je suis Américain. (no(n), jeuh swee amehreekeh(n).)

10 Japanese Japonais (japonay)

11 Are you Japanese? (You are Japanese?)Vous êtes Japonais ? (voozayt japonay ?)

12 Remember the negation in French? "Not" is translated by ne...pas and we squeeze the verb in themiddle. Let's try it.

13 No, I'm not Japanese. Non, je ne suis pas Japonais. (no(n) jeuh neuh swee pa japonay.)

14 I'm not Japanese, I'm French!Je ne suis pas Japonais, je suis Français ! (jeuh neuh swee pa japonay, jeuh sweefrah(n)say !)

15 she elle (ayl)

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17 she is elle est (ayl ay)

18 And Sandra? She's French? Et Sandra ? Elle est Française ? (eh sa(n)dra ? ayl ay fra(n)sez ?)

19Did you notice that "French" can be translated as Français or Française? It all depends onwhether you're talking about a man (Français) or a woman (Française). For many of thenationalities, if you want to talk about a woman you just add an extra "e" to the masculine form.

20 Portuguese Portugais (portugay)

21 No, she's not French. She's Portuguese. Non, elle n'est pas Française, elle est Portugaise.(no(n), ayl nay pa fra(n)sez, ayl ay portugez.)

22When you use the extra "-e" for the feminine form, it changes the pronunciation as well. It sounds asif there's a "z" at the end: Portugais/ Portugaise, Français/ Française.

23Did you notice how the negation ne...pas became n'...pas? That's because ne is in front of a verbbeginning with a vowel: est. When this is the case, ne becomes n', as in elle n'est pas, to avoidan awkward pronunciation.

24 She's not Portuguese. She's English. Elle n'est pas Portugaise, elle est Anglaise. (ehl nay pa portugez, ayl ay ah(n)glayz.)



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CHAPTER 4: SORRY, WHERE IS THE TRAIN STATION? PARDON, OÙ EST LA GARE ?

Journey 1 Chapter 4: Sorry, Where Is the Train Station?

Conversational GoalsAsk and Get DirectionsGet Help Finding Places Using a MapIdentify Important Places and Facilities Around TownUnderstand Directions as They Are Given to You

Grammar GoalsPractice the Preposition deUse Masculine and Feminine Words in FrenchUse the Verb être in the 1st-3rd Person SingularUse the Verb être in the 2nd-3rd Person Plural

Conversation

English French

Excuse me. I'm lost. Pardon, je suis perdu. (pardo(n), jeuh swee pehrdu.)

Where is the train station, please? Où est la gare, s'il vous plaît ? (oo ay la gar, seel voo play ?)

Oh, it's far away! Ouh la la, c'est loin ! (oo la la, say lwu(n) !)

Straight ahead and then to the right. C'est tout droit et après à droite. (say too drwa eh apray ah drwat.)

Thank you very much! Merci beaucoup ! (mayrsee bokoo !)

You're welcome. Il n'y a pas de quoi. (eel nya pa deuh kwa.)



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Sorry, I'm lost. Pardon, je suis perdu.English French

1 Sorry, I'm lost. Pardon, je suis perdu. (pardo(n), jeuh swee pehrdu.)

2 lost perdu (pehrdu)

3

Remember that an "-e" was added to the end of enchantée when a woman was speaking? Well,the same would happen with perdu if it was said by a woman. So, if Sophie were talking, we wouldwrite je suis perdue. This "-e" doesn't change anything in the pronunciation; only the spellingchanges.

4 Are you lost? (You are lost?)Vous êtes perdu ? (voo zeht perdu ?)

5 Yes, I'm lost! Oui, je suis perdu ! (wee, jeuh swee pehrdu !)

6 too aussi (ohsee)

7 Me too! Moi aussi ! (mwa ohsee !)

8 Yes? You too? Oui ? Vous aussi ? (wee? voozohsee ?)



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Where is the train station, please? Où est la gare, s'il vous plaît ?English French

1 Where is the train station, please? Où est la gare, s'il vous plaît ? (oo ay la gar, seel voo play ?)

2 the train station la gare (la gar)

3There are many train stations in Paris that are easy to reach. The metro is a very common meansof local transportation, but it also offers long distance trains. Some of them are very fast, like theTGV. Others are called RER and go to the suburbs and small towns surrounding Paris.

4 please (if you please)s'il vous plaît (seel voo play)

5 the restaurant le restaurant (leuh rehstora(n))

6 Where is the restaurant Le Bistrot, please?Où est le restaurant Le Bistrot, s'il vous plaît ? (oo ay leuh rehstora(n) Leuh Beestro, seel vooplay ?)

7Did you notice we say la gare and le restaurant? That's because in French "the" is sometimesmasculine (le) and sometimes feminine (la) depending on the word that follows it. We usually learnvocabulary with this little word in front in order to know the gender of the vocabulary word.

8 the museum le musée (leuh muzeh)

9 the Louvre le Louvre (leuh Loovr)

10 Where is the Louvre museum, please? (Where is the museum of the Louvre, please?)Où est le musée du Louvre, s'il vous plaît ? (oo ay leuh muzeh du Loovr, seel voo play ?)

11 Remember, when de is in front of le, it turns into du.

12 the hotel l'hôtel (lotehl)

13 Le or la becomes l' in front of "a," "e," "i," "o," "u," "y," and also when "h" is in front of these letters,since "h" is a silent letter in French.

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15 Sorry, where is the Hotel du Panthéon? (Sorry, where is the Hotel of the Pantheon?)Pardon, où est l'Hôtel du Panthéon ? (Pardo(n), oo ay lotehl du Panteyo(n) ?)

16

Paris has many beautiful monuments like the Eiffel Tower or Notre-Dame cathedral, but also plentyof beautiful museums. One of the city's most famous museums is le Louvre. Its neighbor, just onthe other side of the river La Seine, is the Musée D'Orsay, dedicated to nineteenth centurypaintings and sculptures.

17 the metro station la station de métro (la stasyo(n) deuh mehtro)

18 Where is the metro station? Où est la station de métro ? (oo ay la stasio(n) deuh mehtro ?)

19The metro in Paris goes everywhere very quickly. It's very handy and there's always a station nearbywherever you are in the city. The tickets are cheaper when you buy ten at a time. Just ask for uncarnet de tickets.

20 the bathroom les toilettes (lay twaleht)

21Les is the plural form of le, la, l'. "The bathroom" is always plural in French. That's why we will usethe plural form of the verb "to be" sont (are) in the upcoming sentence.

22"The bathroom" is literally called "the toilets" (les toilettes) in French. Hommes is for men andFemmes is for women, so make sure you don't enter the wrong one!

23 are sont (so(n))

24 Sorry, where is the bathroom? (Sorry, where are the toilets?)Pardon, où sont les toilettes ? (Pardo(n), oo so(n) lay twaleht ?)

25In French, the verb "to be" changes to match its subject like it does in English. So "I am" will be jesuis, "you are" (formal singular or plural) will be vous êtes, "he/she/it is" will be il/elle est, and"they are" will be ils/elles sont.

26 the police station le commissariat de police (leuh komisaria deuh polees)

27 Where is the police station? Où est le commissariat de police ? (oo ay leuh komisariah deuh polees ?)



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Oh dear, it's far away! Ouh la la, c'est loin !English French

1 Oh dear, it's far away! Ouh la la, c'est loin ! (oo la la, say lwu(n) !)

2 Oh dear! Ouh la la ! (oo lah lah !)

3French is a very expressive language, and it has many little words that express happiness, anger, orsurprise. Ouh la la! is an expression that could be translated as "Oh, dear!"

4 far away loin (lwu(n))

5 near près (pray)

6 Oh it's near! Oh c'est près ! (oh say pray !)

7 Oh dear, it's very far away! Ouh la la, c'est très loin ! (oo la la, say tray lwu(n) !)

8 Oh, it's very near! Oh, c'est très près ! (oh say tray pray !)

9 the store le magasin (leuh magazuh(n))

10 the sporting goods store le magasin de sport (leuh magazuh(n) deuh spor)

11 Where is the sporting goods store, please? Où est le magasin de sport, s'il vous plaît ? (oo ay leuh magazuh(n) deuh spor, seel voo play)

12 the department store le grand magasin (leuh gra(n) magazuh(n))

13 Sorry, where is the department store? Pardon, où est le grand magasin ? (pardo(n), oo ay leuh gra(n) magazuh(n))

14France has many beautiful department stores. In Paris, if you stroll around on the boulevardHaussmann, you'll encounter many established stores in beautiful buildings like the GaleriesLafayette or Printemps.

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16 It's close to the metro station. C'est près de la station de métro. (say pray deuh la stasyo(n) deuh mehtro.)



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It's straight ahead and then to the right. C'est tout droit et après à droite.English French

1 It's straight ahead and then to the right. C'est tout droit et après à droite. (say too drwa eh apray ah drwat.)

2 all tout (toot)

3 straight droit (drwa)

4 Straight ahead. (All straight.)Tout droit. (too drwa)

5 then / after après (apray)

6 Après can mean "then" or "after" depending on the context.

7 to the right à droite (ah drwat)

8 Did you notice that "to" (as in, "to the right") translates to à (as in à droite)? À is a little word thathas different meanings depending on its context. We'll surely meet it again soon.

9 It's straight ahead! C'est tout droit ! (say too drwa !)

10 The French words for "right" (droite) and "straight" (droit) are very similar! Just a little e at the endof "right" and a different pronunciation make a big difference!

11 to the left à gauche (ah gohsh)

12 it's to the left. C'est à gauche. (saytah gohsh.)

13 It's straight ahead and then to the left. C'est tout droit et après à gauche. (say too drwa eh apray ah gohsh.)

14 or ou (oo)

15 It's to the right or to the left? C'est à droite ou à gauche ? (say ah drwat oo ah gohsh ?)




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16 It's to the right, after the restaurant! C'est à droite, après le restaurant ! (say ah drwat, apreh leuh rehstora(n) !)

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Where is it on the map? C'est où sur la carte ?English French

1 Where is it on the map? (It is where on the map?)C'est où sur la carte ? (say oo sur la kart ?)

2 Where is it? (It's where?)C'est où ? (say oo ?)

3 on sur (sur)

4 the map la carte (la kart)

5 there là (la)

6 It's there! C'est là ! (say la !)

7 next to à côté de (a koteh deuh)

8 It's there, next to the Panthéon. C'est là, à côté du Panthéon. (say lah, ah koteh du pa(n)teyo(n).)

9 Remember that de changes to du in front of a masculine word.

10 the post office la poste (la post)

11It's definitely more informal to say C'est où...? than to say Où est...? If you want to sound morepolite, make sure you add pardon or s'il vous plaît!

12 Where is the post office? (It's where the post office?)C'est où la poste ? (say oo la post ?)

13 the pharmacy la pharmacie (la farmasee)

14 Pharmacies are easy to find in France: just look for a large, green cross logo.

15 And where is the pharmacy on the map? (And the pharmacy, it's where on the map?)Et la pharmacie, c'est où sur la carte ? (eh la farmasee, say oo sur la kart ?)



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CHAPTER 5: WHAT SIZE ARE YOU? VOUS FAITES QUELLE TAILLE ?

Journey 1 Chapter 5: What Size are You?

Conversational GoalsAsk for the Color of an Item in a StoreAsk for the Size of an Item in a StoreCount up to 99Deal with CurrencyNegotiate Basic Transactions in Stores

Grammar GoalsConjugate the Verb AvoirConjugate the Verb FaireConjugate the Verb PouvoirSay "This" and "These" in French

Conversation

English French

Hi, can I try these shoes please?

Bonjour, je peux essayer ces chaussures s'il vousplaît ? (Bo(n)joor, jeuh peuh ehsayeh say shosoor seel vooplay ?)

Yes, what is your size? Oui, vous faites quelle pointure ? (wee, voo feht kayl pwu(n)ture ?)

I'm a forty-three. Je fais du quarante-trois. (jeuh fay du kara(n)t trwa.)

What color do you want? Black, brown or red?Vous voulez quelle couleur ? Noire, marron ourouge? (voo vooleh kayl kooleuhr ? nwar, maro(n) oo rooj ?)

Um...black, no, brown! Heu...noire, non, marron ! (euh nwar, no(n), maro(n) !)

Great. Forty-eight Euros, please. Bon, quarante-huit euros s'il vous plaît. (bo(n), kara(n)t weet euhro seel voo play.)



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Can I try these shoes? Je peux essayer ces chaussures ?English French

1 Can I try these shoes? Je peux essayer ces chaussures ? (jeuh peuh ehsayay say shosoor ?)

2 can pouvoir (poovwar)

3 I can je peux (jeuh peuh)

4 to try essayer (ehsayay)

5 Can I try? (I can try?)Je peux essayer ? (jeuh peuh ehsayay ?)

6 Did you notice? To ask a question in oral French, we don't change the word order most of the time. Just make sure your intonation goes up, and you've got a question. It's easy!

7 these ces (say)

8 shoes chaussures (shosoor)

9 this cette (seht)

10 the dress la robe (la ruhb)

11 Can I try this dress? Je peux essayer cette robe ? (jeuh peuh ehsayay sayt ruhb ?)

12 this ce (seuh)

13Did you notice that "this" is translated by cette and ce? When "this" is in front of a masculine word,it becomes ce, and when it is in front of a feminine word it becomes cette.

14 the sweater le pull (leuh pul)

15 Can I try this sweater? Je peux essayer ce pull ? (jeuh peuh ehsayay seuh pul ?)




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16 the skirt la jupe (la joop)

17 Can I try this skirt? Je peux essayer cette jupe ? (jeuh peuh ehsayay seht joop ?)

18 the pants le pantalon (leuh pa(n)talo(n) )

19 "Pants" is always singular in French: le pantalon.

20 Can I try these pants? Je peux essayer ce pantalon ? (jeuh peuh ehsayay seuh pa(n)talo(n) ?)

21 Stores are usually open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in France. Everything is closed on Sundays, includingsupermarkets.

22 beauty products les produits de beauté (lay prodwee deuh boteh)

23 Ces is the plural form of ce and cette.

24 Can I try these beauty products? Je peux essayer ces produits de beauté ? (jeuh peuh esayay say prodwee deuh boteh ?)

25France is the land of beauty products, and the variety is so extensive that one can begin to feeldizzy! Large department stores or little trendy beauty shops; Hugo Boss for men or Chanel forwomen - the choice is yours!



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What is your shoe size? Vous faites quelle pointure ?English French

1 What is your shoe size? (You do which shoe size?)Vous faites quelle pointure ? (voo feht kayl pwu(n)tuhr ?)

2 to do faire (fayr)

3 you do vous faites (voo feht)

4 which quelle (kayl)

5 the shoe size la pointure (la pwu(n)ture)

6 Which shoe size? Quelle pointure? (kayl pwu(n)ture ?)

7 the (clothing) size la taille (la tai)

8 What is your (clothing) size? (You do which size?)Vous faites quelle taille ? (voo feht kayl tai ?)

9 In France, we talk about pointure for shoe size, and taille for clothes size. Usually shoe sizes gofrom 35 to 44, and clothes sizes go from 34 to 44.

10 I do je fais (jeuh fay)

11 Did you notice? We say je fais and vous faites. Faire is another very common verb. It doesn'tfollow any regular patterns, but you will use all the time.

12 thirty-six trente-six (tra(n)t seece)

13 I'm a size thirty-six. (I do of thirty-six.)Je fais du trente-six. (jeuh fay duh tra(n)t seece.)

14 thirty-eight trente-huit (tra(n)t weet)

15 You're a size thirty-eight. Vous faites du trente-huit. (voo fayt du tra(n)t weet)




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16 forty quarante (kara(n)t)

17 I'm a size forty. Je fais du quarante. (jeuh fay du kara(n)t.)

18 he / she does il / elle fait (eel / ayl fay)

19 forty-two quarante-deux (kara(n)t deuh)

20 She's a size forty-two. Elle fait du quarante-deux. (ayl fay du kara(n)t deuh)

21 What is your shoe size? (You do which shoe size?)Vous faites quelle pointure ? (voo feht kayl pwu(n)tuhr ?)

22 thirty-seven trente-sept (tra(n)t set)

23 I'm a size thirty-seven. Je fais du trente-sept. (jeuh fay du tra(n)t set.)

24 thirty-nine trente-neuf (tra(n)t neuf)

25 I'm a size thirty-nine. Je fais du trente-neuf. (jeuh fay du tra(n)t neuf.)

26If you go to France in July or January, you'll love the shopping! All the stores have sales during thesethree weeks! Have a look in the shops if you are there at that time, and look for the Sales sign:Soldes.

27 forty-one quarante-et-un (kara(n)teh u(n))

28 I'm a size forty-one. Je fais du quarante-et-un. (jeuh fay duh kara(n)teh u(n).)

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It is quite easy to form numbers in French, but watch out for et-un! You can just add deux, trois,quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, and neuf to your number, but you need the word et before un! That's why we just said trente-neuf, but quarante-ET-un. There's only one exception: quatre-vingt-un (81). It is the only one where we don't use et.



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What color do you want? Vous voulez quelle couleur ?English French

1 What color do you want? (You want which color?)Vous voulez quelle couleur ? (voo vooleh kayl kooleuhr ?)

2 to want vouloir (voolwar)

3 you want vous voulez (voo vooleh)

4 the color la couleur (lah kooleuhr)

5 red rouge (rooj)

6 Do you want the red sweater? Vous voulez le pull rouge? (voo vooleh leuh pul rooj ?)

7Did you notice? The color adjectives go after the noun in French: "a red sweater" becomes un pullrouge.

8 black noir (nwar)

9 Do you want the red or the black sweater? (You want the red sweater or the black?)Vous voulez le pull rouge ou le noir ? (voo vooleh leuh pul rooj oo leuh nwar ?)

10 The red one, please. Le rouge, s'il vous plaît. (leuh rooj, seel voo play.)

11 brown marron (maro(n))

12 I would like je voudrais (jeuh voodray)

13 I would like this brown dress, please. Je voudrais cette robe marron s'il vous plaît. (jeuh voodray sayt ruhb maro(n) seel voo play.)

14 blue bleu (bleu)

15 Do you want the blue pants? (You want the blue pants?)Vous voulez le pantalon bleu ? (voo vooleh leuh pa(n)talo(n) bleu ?)




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16 white blanc (bla(n))

17 No, these white pants please. Non, ce pantalon blanc s'il vous plaît. (no(n), seuh pa(n)talo(n) bla(n) seel voo play.)

18Whether you're looking for red, black, or white, you'll find plenty of items to buy in France! In Paris,some areas are particularly nice for shopping, like Le Marais in the city center. It's a beautiful areafor a little walk with plenty of cafés and shops.



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It's fifty-two Euros. C'est cinquante-deux euros.English French

1 It's fifty-two Euros. C'est cinquante-deux euros. (say sa(n)ka(n)t deuz euhro.)

2 fifty-two cinquante-deux (sa(n)ka(n)t deuh)

3 a Euro un euro (u(n) euhro)

4 Contrary to how it is written in English, "Euro" is not capitalized in French.

5 how much combien (ko(m)beea(n))

6 How much is it? (It is how much?)C'est combien ? (say ko(m)beea(n) ?)

7 a cent un centime (u(n) sa(n)teem)

8 twenty vingt (va(n))

9 It's fifty-two Euros and twenty cents. C'est cinquante-deux euros et vingt centimes. (say sa(n)ka(n)t deuz euhro eh va(n) sa(n)teem.)

10In 2002, the Euro became the currency of most European countries (except Great Britain, Denmark,and Sweden). Each country kept its word for cents. For example, centimes in France was usedwhen the country's money was French Francs.

11 And this skirt, how much is it? Et cette jupe, c'est combien ? (eh seht joop, say ko(m)beea(n) ?)

12 thirty-three trente-trois (tra(n)t trwa)

13 It's thirty-three Euros and forty cents. C'est trente-trois euros et quarante centimes. (say tra(n)t trwa euhro eh kara(n)t sa(n)teem.)

14You'll find many places where you can exchange your money, especially around touristy places. Askfor un bureau de change.



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Do you have change? Vous avez la monnaie ?English French

1 Do you have change? (You have the change?)Vous avez la monnaie ? (vooz aveh la monay ?)

2 to have avoir (avwar)

3 you have vous avez (voozaveh)

4 the change la monnaie (lah munnay)

5 eleven onze (oh(n)z)

6 twelve douze (dooz)

7 Do you have eleven or twelve cents please? (You have eleven or twelve cents please?)

Vous avez onze ou douze centimes s'il vous plaît? (voo aveh oh(n)z oo dooz sa(n)teem seel voo play?)

8 fifteen quinze (ka(n)z)

9 I have j'ai (jay)

10 See how vous avez and j'ai are different? Avoir is another very useful irregular verb!

11 No, I have fifteen cents. Non, j'ai quinze centimes. (no(n), jay ka(n)z sa(n)teem.)

12 thirteen treize (trehz)

13 fourteen quatorze (katorz)

14 Is the dress thirteen or fourteen Euros? (The dress, it's thirteen or fourteen Euros?)La robe, c'est treize ou quatorze euros ? (lah rob say trehz oo katorz euhro ?)

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16 seventeen dix-sept (deesseht)

17 It's seventeen Euros and sixteen cents. C'est dix-sept euros et seize centimes. (say deesseht euhro eh sehz sa(n)teem.)

18 Eighteen Euros and thirty cents. Dix-huit euros et trente centimes. (deezweet euhro eh tra(n)t sa(n)teem.)

19See how dix-huit works like dix-sept? You are basically saying "ten-eight" and "ten-seven"! Nineteen is said the same way, dix-neuf (ten-nine).

20 here is / are voici (vwasee)

21 Here are nineteen Euros. Voici dix-neuf euros. (vwala deezneuf euhro.)



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And how much is this perfume? Et combien coûte ce parfum ?English French

1 And how much is this perfume? (And how much costs this perfume?)Et combien coûte ce parfum ? (eh ko(m)beea(n) koot seuh parfu(n) ?)

2 the perfume le parfum (parfu(n))

3 to cost coûter (kooteh)

4 it costs il coûte (eel koot)

5 sixty soixante (swasa(n)t)

6 It is sixty-two Euros. (It costs sixty-two Euros.)Il coûte soixante-deux euros. (eel koot swasa(n)t deuhz euhro.)

7 the mascara le mascara (leuh maskara)

8 How about this mascara? (And this mascara?)Et ce mascara ? (eh seuh maskara ?)

9 seventy (sixty-ten)soixante-dix (swasa(n)t dees)

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Did you notice how we say seventy (soixante-dix, or "sixty-ten") in French? Well, we continue withthis logic until seventy-nine and say "sixty-and-eleven" ( soixante-et-onze), "sixty-twelve"(soixante-douze), and so on until seventy-nine, which is "sixty-nineteen" or soixante-dix-neuf. Ittakes a bit of practice, but you'll soon get the hang of it!

11 Twelve Euros and seventy-two cents. Douze euros et soixante-douze centimes. (doozeuhro eh swasa(n)t dooz sa(n)teem.)

12 the razor le rasoir (leuh razwar)

13This razor is twenty-one Euros and seventy-fivecents. (This razor costs twenty-one Euros and seventy-five cents.)

Ce rasoir coûte vingt-et-un euros et soixante-quinze centimes. (seuh razwar koot va(n)teh u(n) euhro ehswasa(n)tka(n)z sa(n)teem.)

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15 And how much is this lipstick? (And how much does this lipstick cost?)Et combien coûte ce rouge à lèvres ? (eh ko(m)beea(n) koot seuh roojalayvr ?)

16 eighty (four-twenty)quatre-vingts (katruhvi(n))

17"Eighty" is literally "four-twenty" (quatre-vingts) in French. There is some logic here as four timestwenty equals eighty! Pay attention: quatre-vingts (80) takes an "s" at the end, but the others,like quatre-vingt-un (81), quatre-vingt-deux (82), and so on, do not!

18 Twenty Euros and eighty-two cents. Vingt euros et quatre-vingt-deux centimes. (Vi(n) euhro eh katruhvi(n)deuh sa(n)tim.)

19 ninety (four-twenty ten)quatre-vingt-dix (katruhvi(n)deece)

20Here's another one! Fortunately the last one, ninety, works just like seventy (70). Here again wecontinue with eighty and say "eighty-ten" (quatre-vingt dix), "eighty-eleven" (quatre-vingtonze), "eighty-twelve" (quatre-vingt douze), and so forth. Have fun!

21 And these perfumes? Et ces parfums ? (eh say parfu(n) ?)

22 Ninety Euros and ninety-six cents.

Quatre-vingt-dix euros et quatre-vingt-seizecentimes. (katruhvi(n)dizeuhro eh katruhvi(n)sehzsa(n)teem.)



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CHAPTER 6: THE BILL, PLEASE L'ADDITION, S'IL VOUS PLAÎT

Journey 1 Chapter 6: The Bill, Please

Conversational GoalsGain Insight for French Food CultureOrder Drinks and MealsOrder the BillUnderstand Common Phrases Used at Restaurants

Grammar GoalsKnow the Different Forms of "What" in FrenchUse the Verb Aller in the Near FutureUse Que and Qu'est-ce que in Questions

Conversation

English French

Good evening sir. Here's the menu. Bonsoir Monsieur. Tenez, voilà la carte. (bo(n)swar meuhsyeuh. Teuhneh, vwala la kart.)

What would you like to order? Qu'est-ce que vous désirez ? (kayskeuh voo dehzeereh ?)

I'll take the cheese plate. Je vais prendre l'assiette de fromages. (jeuh vay pre(n)dr lasyeht deuh fromaj.)

Certainly. And to drink? Très bien. Et comme boisson ? (treh beea(n). eh kum bwaso(n) ?)

A glass of red wine, please. Un verre de vin rouge, s'il vous plaît. (u(n) vayr deuh vi(n) rooj, seel voo play.)

Excellent, very good choice! Parfait, très bon choix ! (parfay, treh bo(n) shwa !)



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What would you like to order? Que désirez-vous ?English French

1 What would you like to order? (What do you desire?)Que désirez-vous ? (Keuh dehzeereh voo ?)

2Don't feel too bad if you got that one wrong - it was a trick! See how désirez comes before voushere? You have to change the word order and put the verb before the subject in questions usingque.

3 what que (keuh)

4"What" can be translated by many words in French, just like it has many grammatical functions inEnglish. French offers a different term for most of them. Here it is used to ask a question and istranslated by que.

5 to desire désirer (dehzeereh)

6 you desire vous désirez (voo dehzeereh)

7 to drink boire (bwar)

8 What would you like to drink? Que désirez-vous boire ? (keuh dehzeereh voo bwar ?)

9 to eat manger (ma(n)jay)

10 what qu'est-ce que (kayskeuh)

11 When "what" is the object of the question, it can be translated by que or qu'est-ce que. Let's trythe second option!

12 What would you like to eat? Qu'est-ce que vous désirez manger ? (kayskeuh voo dehzeereh manjeh)

13Did you notice? When you have a question starting with qu'est-ce que, you don't change the wordorder and keep the sentence like it is: vous mangez (affirmative) becomes qu'est-ce que vousmangez ? when it is a question. Easy - you just put it in front to transform it into a question.

14 as comme (kum)

15 a first course une entrée (un(e) e(n)treh)




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English French

16 as a first course comme entrée (kum e(n)treh)

17 Be careful, we don't use the article une here and just say comme entrée.

18 some paté du paté (du pateh)

19 As a first course, I would like some paté. Comme entrée, je voudrais du paté. (kum e(n)treh, jeuh voodray du pateh.)

20 a main course un plat principal (u(n) pla pri(n)seepal)

21 What would you like as a main course?Qu'est-ce que vous désirez comme plat principal? (kayskeuh voo dehzeereh kum pla pri(n)seepal ?)

22 As a main course, I'd like the plat du jour.Comme plat principal, je voudrais le plat du jour. (kum pla pri(n)seepal, jeuh voodray leuh pla dujoor.)

23 The Plat du jour ("course of the day") that we can find in many restaurants in the US is a term alsoused a lot in restaurants in France.

24 a dessert un dessert (u(n) dehsayr)

25 And as a dessert? Et comme dessert ? (eh kum dehsayr ?)

26 a chocolate mousse une mousse au chocolat (une moos o chokolah)

27 I'd like a chocolate mousse. Je voudrais une mousse au chocolat. (jeuh voodray une moos o chokolah)

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Paté, rillettes, smelly cheese, make your choice! France is a land where all your senses will beseduced. From the lovely smell coming from the boulangeries (bakeries) you are going to pass byto the restaurants and cafés where you can have a glass of wine with a tasty dish, you'll find yourselftempted more than once!



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I'll take the cheese plate. Je vais prendre l'assiette de fromages.English French

1 I'll take the cheese plate. (I'm going to take the plate of cheese.)Je vais prendre l'assiette de fromages. (jeuh vay pre(n)dr lasyeht deuh fromaj.)

2 to go aller (aleh)

3 I'm going to je vais (jeuh vay)

4When talking in the near future we use the verb "to go" (aller) just like in English. In French we justsay "I go eat" (je vais manger) for "I'm going to eat".

5 to take prendre (pre(n)dr)

6 a plate une assiette (une asyeht)

7 a cheese un fromage (u(n) fromaj)

8

Did you know that there are over 300 types of cheese in France? You will find fromage de vache(cow's milk cheese), de chèvre (goat's milk) or de brebis (sheep's milk), and many local varietiessuch as Beaufort and Reblochon in the mountain region of Savoie, or Camembert inNormandie.

9 a salad une salade (une salahd)

10 I will take a salad. (I'm going to take a salad.)Je vais prendre une salade. (jeuh vay pre(n)dr une salahd.)

11 bread (some bread)du pain (du puh(n))

12 Oh, and could I have bread please? (Oh, and you have some bread please?)Oh, et vous avez du pain s'il vous plaît ? (o, eh voozaveh du pu(n) seel voo play ?)

13 a beefsteak with french fries un steak-frites (u(n) stehk-freet)

14 A beefsteak with french fries, please. Un steak-frites, s'il vous plaît. (u(n) stehk-freet, seel voo play.)




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English French

15You'll be asked how you want your meat when you order a steak: rare or "bloody" (saignant),medium rare or "at point" (à point), or well-done or "well-cooked" (bien cuit).

16You want the steak rare, medium rare or well-done? (You want the steak bloody, at point or well-cooked?)

Vous voulez le steak saignant, à point ou biencuit ? (voo vooleh leuh stehk saynya(n), ah pwu(n) oobeea(n) kwee ?)

17 a croque-monsieur un croque-monsieur (u(n) krok-meuhsyeuh)

18

Cafés and brasseries offer a great variety of choice for lunch from menus with elaborate plates tocold or warm sandwiches like croque-monsieur or croque-madame ( literally croquer means"eat a bite"!). A croque-monsieur is one of the most common plates you might find in cafés: alarge toasted ham and cheese sandwich. The lady version or croque-madame has an egg on thetop of it.

19 a croque-madame un croque-madame (u(n) krok-madahm)

20For a quick meal, instead of eating hamburgers, French people will often go for a Turkish sandwich,un kebab: a hot sandwich filled with meat (usually lamb) cooked on a spit and thinly sliced. Verypopular amongst students!

21 an apple pie une tarte aux pommes (une tart o pum)

22 For dessert, I'll take the apple pie. (For dessert, I'm going to take an apple pie.)

Comme dessert, je vais prendre une tarte auxpommes. (kum dehsayr, jeuh vay pre(n)dr une tartopum.)



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Do you serve frog legs? Vous servez des cuisses de grenouilles ?English French

1 Do you serve frog legs? Vous servez des cuisses de grenouilles ? (voo sehrveh day kwees deuh greuhnuweey ?)

2 to serve servir (sehrveer)

3 you serve vous servez (voo sehrveh)

4 a frog leg (a leg of frog)une cuisse de grenouille (une kwuis deuh greuhnuweey)

5 a snail un escargot (u(n) ehskargo)

6 Sorry, do you serve snails? Pardon, vous servez des escargots ? (pardo(n), voo sehrveh dayzehskargo ?)

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Although the cliché of the baguette and the beret can be seen all over the streets of France, and itis quite common to see snails on the menus of restaurants, we can't say it is the typical Sundaylunch! Neither are frog legs but interestingly enough, they helped France's English neighbors to givethem a nickname, "the frogs". French people reciprocated by nicknaming the British "the roast beef".It is true that British people do have a tendency to turn red under too much sun...

8 meat (some meat)de la viande (deuh la vya(n)d)

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Did you notice how in French we say du pâté, de la viande etc...when in English we use "some"?The partitive articles du, de la, and des indicate an unknown quantity of something, usually food ordrink. That's why we would say je mange du poulet to say "I eat some chicken," or simply "I eatchicken." If we say je mange un poulet it would mean "I eat a chicken" (meaning the wholechicken!). Du goes in front of masculine words and de la in front of feminine words.

10 Do you serve meat? Vous servez de la viande ? (voo sehrveh deuh la vya(n)d ?)

11 fish du poisson (du pwaso(n))

12

Be careful, double "s" in French is pronounced "ssss" like a snake. When there's only one "s" inbetween 2 vowels (a, e, i, o, u), it is pronounced "zzz" like a bee. It can be useful to know that, forexample, poisson (sss) means "fish" and poison (zz) means..."poison"! Good thing to know whenyou go to eat in a restaurant.




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English French

13 What would you like? Meat or fish?

Qu'est-ce que vous voulez ? De la viande ou dupoisson ? (kayskeuh voo vooleh ? deuh la vya(n)d oo dupwaso(n)?)

14 Are you being served Madame? On vous sert Madame ? (o(n) voo sehr madam ?)

15 what quel (kayl)

16 Here is another translation of "what". This time, it is the subject of the question and could betranslated in English by "which".

17 No, what is the plat du jour? Non, quel est le plat du jour ? (no(n), kayl ay leuh pla du joor ?)

18 a duck un canard (u(n) kanar)

19 with avec (avek)

20 a green bean un haricot vert (u(n) ahriko ver)

21 with green beans avec des haricots verts (avek day ahriko ver)

22 Duck legs with green beans. Des cuisses de canard avec des haricots verts. (day kwees deuh kanar avek day ahriko ver.)

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In Paris, you'll find many places to try duck legs and some foie gras. In the city's center, try AuChien qui Fume that has been around since 1740 or Au Pied de Cochon well known for its pigslegs (sensitive people might not appreciate the lovely little pig at the entrance!). In Montparnasse,you'll find La Coupole, one of the most famous bistro-brasserie where famous writers likeHemingway or painters like Picasso sat down.



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And to drink? Et comme boisson ?English French

1 And to drink? (And as drink?)Et comme boisson ? (eh kum bwaso(n) ?)

2 a drink une boisson (une bwaso(n))

3 a glass un verre (u(n) vayr)

4 a wine un vin (u(n) va(n))

5 A glass of red wine? Un verre de vin rouge ? (u(n) vayr deuh va(n) rooj)

6 Remember? The color adjectives go after the noun in French: un vin rouge ("a red wine").

7 No, a glass of white wine please. Non, un verre de vin blanc s'il vous plaît. (no(n), u(n) vayr deuh va(n) bla(n) seel voo play.)

8Enjoy the wine in France! By the bottle, per glass or even in a carafe: house wine is cheaper, usuallyvery good and can be served by half liter (un demi) or a quarter (un quart).

9 a beer une bière (une byair)

10 Do you have beer? (Do you have some beers?)Vous avez des bières ? (voozaveh day byair ?)

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La bière pression (draft beer) is the most common in cafés and restaurants. To order a glass ofbeer, just ask for a half: un demi, s'il vous plaît! (which is actually a 25 centiliter glass - about 8ounces). You can also order un panaché (half beer and half lemonade) or un Monaco (beer,lemonade and grenadine syrup).

12 a carafe un pichet (u(n) peesheh)

13 I would like a carafe of red wine. A quarter,please.

Je voudrais un pichet de vin rouge. Un quart, s'ilvous plaît. (jeuh voodray u(n) peesheh deuh va(n) rooj. U(n)kar, seel voo play.)

14 a bottle une bouteille (une bootay(uh))




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English French

15 a mineral water une eau minérale (uno minehral)

16 A bottle of mineral water, please. Une bouteille d'eau minérale, s'il vous plaît. (une bootay(uh) do minehral, seel voo play.)

17 Remember? De becomes d' in front of a vowel ( a, e, i, o, u, y).

18 sparkling water une eau gazeuse (uno gazeuhz)

19 Sparkling or non sparkling, Madam? Gazeuse ou non gazeuse, Madame ? (gazeuhz oo no(n) gazeuhz, madam ?)

20There are many brands of sparkling water in France, the most famous being Perrier. You can justask for un Perrier s'il vous plaît.



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Is everything all right? Tout va bien ?English French

1 Is everything all right? (Everything goes well?)Tout va bien ? (Too va beea(n) ?)

2 everything / all tout (toot)

3 goes va (va)

4 Is everything all right madam? Tout va bien madame ? (Too va beea(n) madam ?)

5 Yes, thank you. Oui, merci. (Wee, mayrsee.)

6 it was c'était (sehtay)

7

Do you remember? "Good" was translated by bien like in ça va bien ( "I'm good"). Here "good" istranslated by bon. In French, when we talk about food and how it tastes, we use bon. When we talkabout how we feel or how something looks, we use bien, which could also be translated by "ok" as in"It's ok" (c'est bien) or "I'm ok" (ça va bien).

8 very good très bon (tray bo(n))

9 Yes, it was very good! Oui, c'était très bon ! (wee, sehtay tray bo(n) !)

10 I don't have je n'ai pas (jeuh nay pa)

11 I don't have a (I don't have of)je n'ai pas de (jeuh nay pa deuh)

12 a fork une fourchette (une foorsheht)

13 I don't have a fork. (I don't have of fork)Je n'ai pas de fourchette. (jeuh nay pa deuh foorsheht.)

14In a negative sentence, the articles (singular and plural) disappear to be replaced by de. Theexpression pas de usually means "any" or "not" : Nous ne voulons pas de pain ("We don't wantany bread"), Je n'ai pas de fourchette ("I don't have a fork").




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English French

15 a knife un couteau (u(n) kooto)

16 I don't have a knife. (I don't have of knife)Je n'ai pas de couteau. (je nay pa deuh kooto.)

17 a spoon une cuillère (une kweeyehr)

18 A spoon, please. Une cuillère, s'il vous plaît. (une kweeyehr, seel voo play.)

19 a coffee un café (u(n) kafeh)

20 Would you like a coffee? Vous désirez un café ? (voo dehzeereh u(n) kafeh ?)

21 In restaurants and cafés in France, a coffee is always an espresso. If you'd like something else youhave to specify it.

22 No, thanks, I'm ok. (No, thanks, it's going good.)Non, merci, ça va. (no(n), mayrsee, sa va.)

23 A coffee with milk. (A coffee with cream.)Un café crème. (u(n) kafeh krehm.)

24 A coffee with milk, please. Un café crème s'il vous plaît. (u(n) kafeh krehm seel voo play.)

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If you're in need of something weaker than an espresso, you can always ask for un café crème(coffee with milk in a large cup) or you can try une noisette (literally "a hazelnut") which is anespresso with a drop of milk (not much weaker but tasty!). Finally, the equivalent of an Americancoffee would be un café allongé, "a stretched out coffee", an espresso where they've put more hotwater and served in a larger cup.

26 a napkin une serviette (une sehrvyeht)

27 I'd like a napkin, please. Je voudrais une serviette, s'il vous plaît. (jeuh voodray une sehrvyeht, seel voo play.)



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The bill, please. L'addition, s'il vous plaît.English French

1 The bill, please. (The sum, if you please.)L'addition, s'il vous plaît. (ladisyo(n), seel voo play.)

2Be careful! Remember that in French the word "the" singular: masculine le or feminine la, becomesl' in front of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u, y).

3 the bill (the sum)l'addition (ladisyo(n))

4 to owe devoir (deuhvwar)

5 I owe je dois (jeuh dwah)

6 I owe you je vous dois (jeuh voo dwah)

7Did you notice? The position of "you" is a bit different in French. It goes before the verb: je vousdois.

8 How much do I owe you? Combien je vous dois ? (ko(m)beea(n) jeuh voo dwah ?)

9 Thirty-five (35) euros, sir. Trente-cinq (35) euros, monsieur. (tra(n)t sa(n)k euhro meuseeuh)

10 there is / there are voilà (vwala)

11 Here are thirty-seven (37) euros. (There are thirty-seven (37) euros.)Voilà trente-sept (37) euros. (vwala tra(n)t set euhro.)

12 to keep garder (garday)

13 (you) keep gardez (garday)

14

The imperative, used to give commands or instructions, is quite easy in French: you use the verb inthe present tense, 2nd person singular (tu gardes) or plural (vous gardez) but don't put anysubject pronoun: garde! (the only difference exception being the lack of the -s on the end) andgardez!.

15 Keep the change. Gardez la monnaie. (garday lah munnay.)




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English French

16 In France, the service is included in the price, and people rarely leave much for a tip. But if you arehappy, you can leave a tip of course.

17 the service le service (leuh sehrvis)

18 included compris (ko(m)pree)

19 The service is included? Le service est compris ? (leuh sehrvis ay ko(m)pree ?)



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CHAPTER 7: HOW MUCH IS IT? C'EST COMBIEN ?

Journey 1 Chapter 7: How Much Is It?

Conversational GoalsAsk / Tell Whether One Can Use A Payment MethodAsk for the Price of an ItemDeal with Numbers Until Ten and Larger NumbersHandle Currency with EaseRide a Taxi and Pay the Fare

Grammar GoalsConjugate the Verb Payer and AccepterConjugate the Verb Vendre and VouloirCount Using Ordinal NumbersPractice the Usage of Un and UneUse the Plural Form Des

Conversation

English French

Excuse me, do you sell maps of Paris?Excusez-moi, vous vendez des cartes de Paris ? (ekskuzeh mwa, voo va(n)deh day

Documents

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