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mais meh
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but
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maintenant mahnt-nawn
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now
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surtout sewr-too
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especially
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sauf sohf
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except
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bien sûr bee-ahn sewr
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of course
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comme ci kohm see
comme ça kohm sah |
so so
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pas mal pah mal
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not bad
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le livre luh leevr
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book
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le crayon luh krah-yohn
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pencil
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le stylo luh stee-loh
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pen
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le papier luh pah-pee-yay
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paper
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le chien luh shee-ahn
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dog
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le chat luh shah
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cat
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l'argent (m) lahr-zhawn
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money
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The expression il y a is reduced to y a in everyday speech.
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When il y a is followed by a number, it means ago. Il y a cinq minutes means five minutes ago.
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le papier luh pah-pee-yay
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paper
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le chien luh shee-ahn
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dog
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le chat luh shah
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cat
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l'argent (m) lahr-zhawn
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money
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voici vwah-see
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Here is/are
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toujours too-zhoor
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always
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souvent soo-vawn
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often
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quelquefois kell-kuh-fwah
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sometimes
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d'habitude dah-bee-tewd
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usually
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aussi oh-see
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also, too
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encore awn-kore
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again
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en retard awn-ruh-tar
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late
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presque presk
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almost
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une amie ew nah-mee
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friend (fem)
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un ami ah-nah-mee
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friend (masc)
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une femme ewn fawn
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woman
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un homme ah-nohm
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man
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une fille ewn feey
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girl
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un garçon ahn gar-sohn
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boy
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le travail luh trah-vy
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job / work
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je zhuh
tu tew |
Il and elle can also mean it when they replace a noun
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Tutoyer and vouvoyer are two verbs that have no direct translation into English.
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Tutoyer means to use tu or be informal with someone, while vouvoyer means to use vous or be formal with someone.
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ils ont
elles ont |
They have
They have |
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vous avez ah-vay
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You have
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nous avons ah-vohn
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We have
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nous sommes noo sohm
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We are
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ils sont eel sohn
elles sont ell sohn |
They are
They are |
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j'étais zhay-teh
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I was (being)
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tu étais ay-teh
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You were (being)
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on était ay-teh
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One was (being)
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nous étions ay-tee-ohn
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We were (being)
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vous étiez ay-tee-ay
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You were (being)
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ils étaient ay-teh
elles étaient ay-teh |
They were (being)
They were (being) |
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il sera
elle sera on sera suh-rah |
He will be
She will be One will be |
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tu seras suh-rah
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You will be
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je serai suh-reh
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I will be
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nous serons suh-rohn
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We will be
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vous serez suh-ray
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You will be
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ils seront
elles seront suh-rohn |
They will be
They will be |
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j'ai zhay
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I have
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tu as ah
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You have
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il a
elle a on a |
He has
She has One has |
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nous avons ah-vohn
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We have
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vous avez ah-vay
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You have
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ils ont
elles ont |
They have
They have |
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nous étions ay-tee-ohn
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We were (being)
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vous étiez ay-tee-ay
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You were (being)
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ils étaient ay-teh
elles étaient ay-teh |
They were (being)
They were (being) |
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il sera
elle sera on sera suh-rah |
He will be
She will be One will be |
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tu seras suh-rah
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You will be
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je serai suh-reh
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I will be
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nous serons suh-rohn
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We will be
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vous serez suh-ray
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You will be
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ils seront
elles seront suh-rohn |
They will be
They will be |
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j'ai zhay
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I have
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tu as ah
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You have
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il a
elle a on a |
He has
She has One has |
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nous avons ah-vohn
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We have
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vous avez ah-vay
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You have
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ils ont
elles ont |
They have
They have |
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j'avais zhah-veh
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I had
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avais ah-veh
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You had
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avait ah-veh
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He/she had
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avions ah-vee-ohn
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We had
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aviez ah-vee-ay
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You had
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avaient ah-veh
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They had
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j'aurai zhoh-reh
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I will have
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tu auras oh-rah
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You will have
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il aura
elle aura oh-rah on aura |
He will have
She will have One will have |
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nous aurons oh-rohn
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We will have
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vous aurez oh-ray
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You will have
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ils auront
elles auront oh-rohn |
They will have
They will have |
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avoir chaud
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to be hot
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avoir froid
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to be cold
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avoir peur
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to be afraid
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avoir raison
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to be right
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avoir tort
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to be wrong
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avoir faim
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to be hungry
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avoir soif
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to be thirsty
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avoir sommeil
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to be sleepy
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avoir honte
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to be ashamed
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avoir besoin de
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to need
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avoir l'air de
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to look like, seem
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avoir l'intention de
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to intend to
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avoir envie de
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to feel like
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avoir de la chance
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to be lucky
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être de retour
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to be back
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être en retard
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to be late
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être en avance
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to be early
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être d'accord
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to be in agreement
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être sur le point de
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to be about to
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être en train de
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to be in the act of
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être enrhumée
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to have a cold
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nous + être (un jour)
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to be (a day)
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J'ai froid.
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I'm cold.
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Tu avais raison.
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You were right.
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Il aura sommeil ce soir.
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He will be tired tonight.
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Elle a de la chance !
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She's lucky!
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Nous aurons faim plus tard.
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We will be hungry later.
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Vous aviez tort.
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You were wrong.
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Ils ont chaud.
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They are hot.
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Elles avaient peur hier.
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They were afraid yesterday.
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Je suis en retard!
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I'm late!
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Tu étais en avance.
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You were early.
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Elle sera d'accord.
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She will agree.
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Nous sommes lundi.
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It is Monday.
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Vous étiez enrhumé.
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You had a cold.
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Ils seront en train d'étudier.
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They will be (in the act of) studying.
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Elles étaient sur le point de partir.
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They were about to leave.
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On est de retour.
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We/you/they/the people are back.
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Qui kee
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Who
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Quoi kwah
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What
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Pourquoi poor-kwah
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Why
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Quand kawn
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When
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Où ooh
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Where
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Comment kohn-mawn
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How
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Combien kohn-bee-ahn
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How much / many
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Quel(le) kehl
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Which / what
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Trente trawnt
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Thirty
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Quarante kah-rawnt
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Forty
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Cinquante sank-awnt
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Fifty
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Soixante swah-sawnt
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Sixty
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Soixante-dix swah-sawnt dees
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Seventy
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Quatre-vingts ka-truh vahn
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Eighty
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Quatre-vingt-dix
ka-truh vahn dees |
Ninety
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Deux cents duh sawn
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Two Hundred
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Deux mille duh meel
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Two Thousand
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Un million ahn meel-ee-ohn
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Million
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Un milliard ahn meel-ee-yahr
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Billion
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premier / première
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first
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deuxième / second
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second
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troisième
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third
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quatrième
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fourth
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cinquième
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fifth
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sixième
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sixth
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septième
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seventh
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huitième
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eighth
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neuvième
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ninth
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onzième
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eleventh
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dixième
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tenth
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douzième
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twelfth
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vingtième
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twentieth
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vingt et unième
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twenty-first
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trentième
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thirtieth
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The majority of numbers become ordinals by adding -ième.
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But if a number ends in an e, you must drop it before adding the -ième.
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After a q, you must add a u before the -ième.
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And an f becomes a v before the -ième.
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lundi lahn-dee
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Monday
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mardi mahr-dee
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Tuesday
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mercredi mair-kruh-dee
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Wednesday
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jeudi zhuh-dee
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Thursday
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vendredi vawn-druh-dee
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Friday
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samedi sawm-dee
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Saturday
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dimanche dee-mawnsh
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Sunday
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le jour luh zhoor
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day
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la semaine lah suh-men
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week
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aujourd'hui oh-zhoor-dwee
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today
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hier ee-air
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yesterday
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demain duh-mahn
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tomorrow
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prochain / prochaine
proh-shahn / proh-shen |
next
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dernier / dernière
dair-nee-ey / dair-nee-air |
last
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avant-hier ah-vawn-tee-air
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day before yesterday
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après-demain
ah-preh-duh-mahn |
day after tomorrow
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le lendemain lawn-duh-mahn
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the following day
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la veille vay
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the day before
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Articles are not used before days, except to express something that happens habitually on a certain day, such as le lundi = on Mondays.
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Days of the week are all masculine in gender and they are not capitalized in writing.
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janvier zhan-vee-ay
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January
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février fay-vree-ay
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February
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mars marz
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March
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avril ah-vril
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April
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mai may-ee
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May
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juin zhwahn
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June
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juillet zhwee-ay
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July
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août oot
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August
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septembre sep-tawm-bruh
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September
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octobre ahk-toh-bruh
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October
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novembre noh-vawm-bruh
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November
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décembre day-sawm-bruh
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December
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le mois luh mwah
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month
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l'an / l'année lawn/law-nay
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year
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la décennie day-suh-nee
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decade
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le siècle see-ehk
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century
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le millénaire mee-lay-nair
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millennium
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To express in a certain month, such as in May, use en before the month as in "en mai."
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With dates, the ordinal numbers are not used, except for the first of the month: le premier mai but le deux juin.
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en été awn ay-tay
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in the summer
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en automne aw noh-tohn
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in the fall
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en hiver aw nee-vair
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in the winter
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au printemps oh prahn-tawn
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in the spring
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à gauche ah gohsh
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on the left
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à droite a dwaht
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on the right
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tout droit too dwah
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straight ahead
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le nord luh nor
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North
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le sud luh sewd
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South
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l'est lest
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East
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l'ouest lwest
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West
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le nord-est luh nor-est
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Northeast
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rouge roozh
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Red
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orange oh-rahnzh
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Orange
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jaune zhohn
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Yellow
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vert / verte vehr / vehrt
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Green
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bleu / bleue bluh
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Blue
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blanc / blanche
blawn / blawnsh |
White
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brun / brune brahn/brewn
marron mah-rohn |
Brown
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rose roze
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Pink
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doré / dorée doh-ray
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Gold
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argenté / argentée
ahr-zhawn-tay |
Silver
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gris / grise
gree / greez |
Gray
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le carré kah-ray
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square
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le cercle sair-kluh
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circle
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le triangle tree-awn-gluh
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triangle
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le rectangle ruhk-tawn-gluh
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rectangle
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l'ovale loh-vahl
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oval
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le cube kewb
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cube
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la sphère sfair
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sphere
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le cylindre see-lahn-druh
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cylinder
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le cône kohn
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cone
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l'octogone ok-toh-gohn
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octagon
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la boîte bwaht
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box
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foncé / foncée fohn-say
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dark
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clair / claire klehr
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light
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Some adjectives of color do not change to agree with gender or number, such as adjectives that also exist as nouns:
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orange, marron, rose
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compound adjectives: bleu clair, noir foncé remain masculine even if they describe a feminine noun.
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Remember to place the color adjective after the noun.
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Quel temps fait-il ? kell tawn fay-teel
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What's the weather like?
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Il fait bon eel fay bohn
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It's nice
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Il fait mauvais moh-vay
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bad
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Il fait nuageux noo-ah-zhuh
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cloudy
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Il fait doux dooh
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mild
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Il fait orageux oh-rah-zhuh
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stormy
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Il fait soleil so-lay
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sunny
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Il fait humide ew-meed
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humid
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Il fait lourd loor
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muggy
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Il fait du vent vawn
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windy
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Il fait du brouillard
broo-ee-yar |
foggy
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Il neige eel nezh
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snowing
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Il pleut pluh
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raining
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Il gèle zhell
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freezing
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Il grêle grell
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hailing
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Il fait ____ degrés.
eel feh duh-greh |
It is ____ degrees.
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Il pleut des cordes
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it's pouring.
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Il caille or
ça caille is slang |
it's freezing
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Quelle heure est-il ?
kell urr ay-teel |
What time is it?
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Il est... eel ay
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It is...
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une heure oon urr
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one o'clock
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deux heures duh zurr
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two o'clock
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midi mee-dee
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noon
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minuit meen-wee
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midnight
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trois heures et quart
twa zurr ay car |
a quarter after three
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une heure précise
oon urr pray-sees |
one o'clock sharp
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midi (minuit) et demi
meee-dee (meen-wee) ay duh-mee |
twelve thirty
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six heures et demie
see zurr ay duh-mee |
six thirty
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sept heures moins le quart set urr mwahn luh car
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a quarter to seven
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cinq heures vingt
sank urr vahn |
five twenty
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onze heures moins dix
ohnz urr mwan dees |
ten fifty
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du matin doo mah-tahn
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in the morning/AM
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de l'après-midi duh lah-pray mih-dee
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in the afternoon/PM
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du soir doo swahr
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in the evening/PM
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pile is also a more informal way of saying
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précise (exactly, sharp).
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