French Phrases: Basic French words and phrases
- Greetings in French

- How to say hello, see you later etc.
- Function Words: some Basic French words

- Some of the common little 'function' words (prepositions, pronouns etc) that provide the
'glue' for making sentences.
- Basic French adjectives

- Some basic adjectives of French such as big, small, nice etc.
French adjectives wordsearch
French adjectives crossword
- French nouns denoting people

- Words for members of the family and other basic French words relating to people.
French wordsearch: people and family
- Colours in French

- A list of basic French colour adjectives, plus more
advanced information on complex colour names and colour modifiers.
French colours wordsearch
French colours crossword
- Subject pronouns in French
- The French words for I, you, he, she etc
- Common French verb forms
- A list of the most frequently occurring French verb forms, with their English meanings
plus links to full conjugation tables. This list gives you a quick way of finding the
English meaning of some basic French verbs.
- Object pronouns in French
- The French words for me, him, her etc.
- Basic clothing terms in French
- Generic clothing terms plus terms for describing the material of clothes.
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US place names in French
- How to say where you come from: the French names of US cities and states.
French phrases for particular situations
- Hobbies and pastimes in French

- Simple phrases for describing leisure activities such as watching TV, listening to CDs etc.
A separate page also looks at musical instruments in French.
- Getting around town in French

- Names of places, buildings and asking directions in French.
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- Around the house in French
- Names of parts of the house (room and furniture) in French, plus how to talk about
doing the housework in French.
- Shopping in French
- Names of shops and useful words and phrases for use inside the shop. Kerching!
NEW! Shopping wordsearch
- Holidays
- How to talk about your holidays in French: say where you went, what you did,
and what went wrong...
- Basic food vocabulary
- Names of basic meats, fishes, seafood and fruits and vegetables.
NEW! Fruit and vegetables wordsearch
- French menu terms
- Understand the 'fancy' words that turn a mundane piece of fish into
a blanquette of citronated paving stone.
- Sport vocabulary in French
- Useful vocabulary and phrases for talking about sport in French, plus
a page of special vocabulary for talking about the Olympic Games in French.
- Christmas in French
- Some vocab for talking about trees, prezzies and other Christmassy stuff...
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- The human body in French
- Names of parts of the body in French.
- Jobs and professions in French
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- Names of common job titles in French, split into various categories.
- Taking transport in French
- French transport phrases for getting around by taxi, coach, train etc., with a
section on taking the train in France.
- Computers and the Internet
- Some French phrases for asking about Internet access, as well as specific
facilities such as printing documents, accessing your penstick etc.
- Money
- How to change and deal with money in French, covering issues such as paying by credit card.
- Time expressions in French
- How to say phrases such as see you tomorrow in French, plus items such as names of
days of the week; on the following page, we also look
at the French for months and seasons.
- Health
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- School subjects in French
- List of school and university subjects:
educational establishments in French.
phrases for talking about school and education
- Writing a letter or e-mail in French
- A look at standard letter openings and closures, plus useful
vocabulary for writing a business letter in French.
- Types of French businesses
- Some terminology used to describe different types of company and business in French.
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Technical terms
French chemistry terms
French finance terms
French sales and marketing terms
Translating French contracts
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