Monday, October 13, 2008

Basic French Phrases

Oui. Yes.

Non. No.

S'il vous plaît. (Please.

Merci. Thank you.

Je vous en prie. You're welcome.

Excusez-moi. Excuse me.

Je suis désolé(e). I'm sorry.

Bonjour. Good morning.

Bonsoir. Good evening.

Bonne nuit. Good night.
French Phrases for Meeting and Greeting
Parlez-vous anglais? Do you speak English?

Est-ce qu'il y a quelqu'un qui parle anglais? Does anyone here speak English?

Excusez mon français. Excuse my poor French.

Je ne parle qu'un petit peu de français. I only speak a little French.

Comment vous appelez-vous? What is your name?

Je m'appelle Florence. My name is Florence.

Voici Florence. This is Florence.

Comment allez-vous? How are you?

Est-ce que tout va bien? How have you been?

Je vais bien, merci. I'm fine, thank you.

Je suis très heureux de vous rencontrer. I am very glad to meet you.

J'ai été très heureux de faire votre connaissance. It was nice meeting you.

Je ne comprends pas. I don't understand.

Qu'avez-vous dit? What did you say?

Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement? Could you speak more slowly?

Je comprends parfaitement bien. I understand perfectly.

Hi! Its been a long time

Well yeah thats kinda right its been a long time since I posted to this tiny little blog of mine and the reason is quite simple I WAS LAZY. Well to get things right from now on I will post articles that will help you learn whatever anything you wana learn in 24 hours. Say you are going to meet your French client and want to greet him in French or a friends birthday party and you want to show off some magic tricks, you find all that here. Enjoy the stay here.