Common french questions and answers

QUESTIONS

ANSWERS

📌Je m’appelle… – My name’s… (the standard expression) (juh mappel) 📌Je suis (Roger/Irlandais(e)/professeur) – I’m Roger/Irish/a teacher (can be used to give your name, nationality, job or many others) (juh swee roh jay/ear lon day/ear lon days/proh feh suhr) 📌J’ai 30 ans – I’m 30 (literally, “I have 30 years” – and note that you must not omit ans at the end or the sentence won’t make sense) (jay tront on) 📌Je viens d’Écosse/je suis d’Écosse – I come from Scotland/I am from Scotland (juh vyen dekoss/juh swee duh lekoss) 📌Oui – Yes (wee) 📌Non – no (noh) 📌 Peut-être – Maybe (puh tetr) 📌Tout le temps/tous les jours – All the time/every day (too luh ton/too lay jour) 📌Parfois, des fois – sometimes (pah fwah, day fwah) #63 Jamais – Never (ja may) 📌Bien sûr – Of course (byan sure – pronounced with an ‘s’ sound and not a ‘sh’)

📌Comment tu t’appelles ?/tu t’appelles comment ? – What’s your name? (the first one, you are more likely to find in a textbook – the second is more likely in spoken French) (komon too tappel, too tappel komon) 📌Quel âge as-tu ?/t’as quel âge ? – How old are you? (the same here – the first version is the “textbook” form, the second is more common in informal spoken French) (kel aj ah too, too ah kel aj) 📌Quelle heure est-il ?/il est quelle heure ? – What’s the time (both forms are possible, the second is more common in informal spoken French) (kel er et ill/ill ay kell er) 📌C’est combien ?/Ça coûte combien ? – How much is it? How much does that cost? (say kom byan, sa coot kom byan) 📌Tu viens d’où ?/t’es d’où ? – Where do you come from?/where are you from? (too vyen doo/tay doo) 📌Tu comprends ? – Do you understand? (make the question with intonation) (too kom pron) 📌Tu parles anglais/français ? – Do you speak English/French? (spoken, informal version – make the question with intonation) (too pahl ong glai/fron say) 📌Parlez-vous anglais/français ? – Do you speak English/French? (formal, polite version) (parlay voo ong glai/ fron say) 📌Où est la salle de bains ?/Où sont les toilettes ? – Where is the toilet? (oo ay lah sal duh ban/oo son lay twah let)