French Phrases: Basic French words and phrases
The following pages contain some basic French phrases and French words that
will be useful in particular to travellers or those starting out on a
French course.
Quick index:
 Colours
Clothes
Computers
Directions
Education
Food/menu
Greetings
Health
House
Jobs
Money
Place names
Pronouns
School
Shopping
Time
Transport
Basic French vocabulary and phrases
These pages contain essential French phrases and vocabulary that will be useful across
many situations. If you are just starting out with French, start here!
- Function Words: some Basic French words
- Some of the common little 'function' words (prepositions, pronouns etc) that provide the
'glue' for making sentences. Available in Spanish.
- Greetings in French
- How to say hello, see you later etc.
Now available in Spanish.
- Basic French adjectives
- Some basic adjectives of French such as big, small, nice etc.
Also available: Basic adjectives in Spanish.
NEW! Basic adjectives wordsearch
- French nouns denoting people
- Words for members of the family and other basic French words relating to people.
NEW! French people wordsearch
- Colours in French
- A list of basic French colour adjectives, plus more
advanced information on complex colour names and colour modifiers.
NEW! French colours wordsearch
- 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
- Getting around town in French
- Names of places, buildings and asking directions in French.
Now available in Spanish
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
Watch this space...!
New pages will be added to this section on a regular basis!
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