What follows below is capsule vocabulary for French containing those absolutely essential phrases which yol’ull use time and again in your tour of Europe. The colunmn at the right-hand side provides photenic pronunciations of these terms as they’d sound in English.
Hello Bonjour bohn-zhoor
How are you? Comment all ez-vous? koh-mawh-tah-Iay-voo
Very well Tres bien tray-byanh
Thank you Merci mayr-see
Goodbye Au revoir aw-ruh-vwahr
Please S’il vous plait sill-voo-play
Yes Oui wee
No Non nawh
Excuse me Pardon par-dawh
Give me Donnez·moi duh-nay-mwah
Where is? Ou est? oo ay
the station la gare lah-gar
a hotel un hôtel uh-no-tel
a restaurant un restaurant uh-res-tow-rawh
the toilet le lavabo luh-lah-vah’bo
To the right A droite ah-drwaht
To the left A gauche ah-gohsh
Straight ahead Tout droit too-drwah
I would like Je voudrais ewn-shawm-bruh
to eat manger poor-ewn-nwee
a room une chambre zhuh-voo-dray
for one night pour une nuit mawh-zhay
How much is it? Combien ca coute? kawm-byanh-sah-koot
The check, please L’addition, s.v.p. lah-dee-syohnh
When? Quand? kawnh
Yesterday Hier yayr
Today Aujourd ‘hui oh-zhoor-dwee
Tomorrow Demain duh-manh
Breakfast le petit dejeuner luh puh-tee dayzhuh-nay
Lunch Dejeuner day-zhuh-nay
Dinner Diner dee-nay
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