Notes de Franais

TabledesMatires

i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. xv. xvi.

LesArticles(Articles) LesPronoms(Pronouns) LesVerbes(Verbs) LesVerbesModaux(ModalVerbs) LesAdverbesNgatifs(NegativeAdverbs) LesAdjectifs(Adjectives) LesAdverbes(Adverbs) PassCompos(PastTense) LeFutur(FutureTense) LeConditionnel(ConditionalCase) LImpratif(ImperativeCase) LesConjonctions(Conjunctions) LesNombres(Numbers) Couleurs,Formes,etGrosseurs(Colors,Shapes,andSizes) Lesmotions(Emotions) LesExpressionsCourantes(CommonPhrases)

LesArticles

INDEFINITE DEFINITE PARTITIVE*

masc. un le du

fem. une la dela

pl. des les des

*Partitivesomeorany Afteradverbsofquantity,usedeinsteadofthepartitivearticle: Ilyabeaucoupdeth. Thereisalotoftea. J'aimoinsdeglacequeThierry. IhavelessicecreamthanThierry. Inanegativeconstruction,thepartitivearticlechangestode, meaning"(not)any": J'aimangdelasoupe.Jen'aipasmangdesoupe. Iatesomesoup.Ididn'teatanysoup.

LesPronoms
PersonalPronouns

SUBJECT je tu il elle on nous vous ils elles

DIR.OBJ. me* te* le la nous vous les

INDIR.OBJ. REFLEXIVE STRESSED me* te* lui nous vous leur me* te* se nous vous se moi toi lui elle soi nous vous eux elles

*Intheimperative,meandtesometimeschangetomoiandtoi

YPronoun
Yreplacesaprepositionalphrasebeginningwith,chez,ordans: Tuvaslabanqueaujourdhui?Non,jyvaisdemain. Areyougoingtothebanktoday?No,Imgoingtomorrow. Nousallonsaumagasin.Teveuxyaller? Weregoingtothestore.Doyouwanttogo? Ycanalsoreplace+anounthatsnotaperson:

Jerspondsuneletter.Jyrsponds. Imrespondingtoaletter.Imrespondingtoit. Ilpensenotrevoyage.Ilypense. Hesthinkingaboutourtrip.Hesthinkingaboutit.

LesVerbes
AuxiliaryVerbs

tretobe jesuis noussommes tues voustes ilest ilssont

avoirtohave jai nousavons tuas vousavez ila ilsont

OtherCommonVerbs

aimertolike jaime nousaimons tuaimes vousaimez ilaime ilsaiment savoirtoknow(fact) jesais noussavons tusais voussavez ilsait ilssavent mangertoeat jemange nousmangeons tumanges vousmangez ilmange ilsmangent allertogo jevais nousallons tuvas vousallez ilva ilsvont

vouloirtowant jeveux nousvoulons tuveux vousvoulez ilveut ilsveulent pouvoirtobeableto(can) jepeux nouspouvons tupeux vouspouvez ilpeut ilspeuvent fairetomake/do jefais nousfaisons tufais vousfaites ilfait ilsfont pensertothink jepense nouspensons tupenses vouspensez ilpense ilspensent

diretosay jedis nousdisons tudis vousdites ildit ilsdisent avoirbesointoneed jaibesoin nousavonsbesoin tuasbesoin vousavezbesoin ilabesoin ilsontbesoin jouertoplay jejoue nousjouons tujoues vousjouez iljoue ilsjouent connatretoknow(person) jeconnais nousconnaissons tuconnais vousconnaissez ilconnat ilsconnaissent croiretobelieve jecrois nouscroyons tucrois vouscroyez ilcroit ilscroient coutertolisten jcoute nouscoutons tucoutes vouscoutez ilcoute ilscoutent donnertogive jedonne nousdonnons tudonnes vousdonnez ildonne ilsdonnent

devoirtohaveto(must) jedois nousdevons tudois vousdevez ildoit ilsdoivent attendretowaitfor jattends nousattendons tuattends vousattendez ilattend ilsattendent voirtosee jevois nousvoyons tuvois vousvoyez ilvoit ilsvoient essayertotry/attempt jessaie nousessayons tuessaies vousessayez ilessaie ilsessaient entendretohear jentends nousentendons tuentends vousentendez ilentend ilsentendent hartohate jehais noushassons tuhais voushassez ilhait ilshassent achetertobuy jachte nousachetons tuachtes vousachetez ilachte ilsachtent

LesVerbesModaux

Frenchdoesnothavemodalverbs,whichcanmakeitdifficulttotranslatethem.The Frenchequivalentsofmodalverbsmaybeaconjugatableverb(e.g.,pouvoir),ora tense,mood,oradverb.Notethat"could"and"would"canbeusedinthepresentand past,withvariedmeanings. can Icanhelpyou. Wecanseeit. could(present) Icoulddanceallnight. Couldyouhelpme? could(past) Hecouldreadwhenhewasthree. Lastyear,Icouldsleepuntilnoon everyday. may,might Shemay/mightarriveatnoon. must Imustleave. Youmusthelpme. shall,will Ishall/willhelpyou. Hewillarriveatnoon. should/ought Ishould/oughttoleavesoon. Youshould/oughttohelpme.

pouvoir (presenttense) Jepeuxvousaider. Nouspouvonslevoir. pouvoir (conditional) Jepourraisdanserpendanttoutelanuit. Pourriezvousm'aider? pouvoir (imperfect) Ilpouvaitlirequandilavaittroisans. L'annedernire,jepouvaisdormir jusqu'miditouslesjours. peuttre , pouvoir (conditional), se pouvoir (present) Ellearriverapeuttremidi. Ellepourraitarrivermidi. Ilsepeutqu'ellearrivemidi. devoir (present) Jedoispartir. Vousdevezm'aider.
Frenchfuturetense Jevousaiderai. Ilarriveramidi.

devoir (conditional) Jedevraispartirbientt. Vousdevriezm'aider.

would(present) Wewouldliketoleave. IwouldhelpyouifIwereready. would(past) Hewouldalwaysreadwhenhewas alone. Lastyear,Iwouldsleepuntilnoon everyday.

Frenchconditional Nousvoudrionspartir. Jevousaideraissij'taisprt. Frenchimperfect Illisaittoujoursquandiltaitseul. L'annedernire,jedormaisjusqu'midi touslesjours.

Englishmodalsmaybefollowedbyhave+pastparticipletoexpressperfect (completed)actions.Translatingthisconstructionusuallyinvolvesconjugatinga Frenchverbintoaperfecttense/mood+infinitive: couldhave Icouldhavehelpedyou. Wecouldhaveeaten. may/mighthave Imay/mighthavedoneit. musthave Youmusthaveseenit. Hemusthaveeaten. shall/willhave Ishall/willhaveeaten. Hewillhavearrivedbynoon. shouldhave Youshouldhavehelped. Weshouldhaveeaten. wouldhave Iwouldhavehelpedyou. Hewouldhaveeatenit.

pouvoir (conditionalperfect) J'auraispuvousaider. Nousaurionspumanger. peuttre , sepouvoir Jel'aipeuttrefait. Ilsepeutquejel'aiefait. devoir (presentperfect[ pass compos ]) Vousavezdlevoir. Iladmanger. Frenchfutureperfect J'auraimang. Ilseraarrivpourmidi. devoir (conditionalperfect) Vousauriezdaider. Nousaurionsdmanger. Frenchconditionalperfect Jevousauraisaid. Ill'auraitmang.

LesAdverbesNgatifs
Tomakeasentencenegative,placeneinfrontoftheconjugatedverbandpas(orone oftheothernegativeadverbs)afterit: Jesuisriche.Jenesuispasriche. Iamrich.Iamnotrich. tesvousfatigu?N'tesvouspasfatigu? Areyoutired?Arentyoutired? Incompoundverbsanddualverbconstructions,thenegativeadverbssurroundthe conjugatedverb(exceptfornullepart,whichfollowsthemainverb): Jen'aipastudi. Ididn'tstudy. Nousn'aurionspassu. Wewouldn'thaveknown. Tun'avaispasparl? Youhadn'ttalked? Ilneveutpasskier. Hedoesn'twanttoski. Jenepeuxpasyaller. Ican'tgo. Whenthereisanindefinitearticleorpartitivearticleinanegativeconstruction,the articlechangestode,meaning"(not)any": J'aiunepomme.Jen'aipasdepomme. IhaveanappleIdon'thaveanyapples.

 OtherNegativeAdjectives

ne...pasencore Iln'estpasencorearriv. ne...pastoujours Jenemangepastoujoursici. ne...pasdutout Jen'aimepasdutoutlespinards. ne...aucunement Iln'estaucunementblmer. ne...gure Iln'yaguredemonde. ne...jamais Nousnevoyageonsjamais. ne...nullement Ilneveutnullementvenir. ne...nullepart Jenel'aitrouvnullepart. ne...point Jenetehaispoint. ne...plus Vousn'ytravaillezplus. ne...que Iln'yaquedeuxchiens.

notyet Hehasnotarrivedyet. notalways Idon'talwayseathere. notatall Idon'tlikespinachatall. notatall,innoway Heisinnowaytoblame. hardly,barely,scarcely There'shardlyanyonethere. never Wenevertravel. notatall Hedoesn'twanttocomeatall. nowhere Icouldn'tfinditanywhere. not(literaryequivalentofne...pas) Idon'thateyou. nomore,notanymore Youdon'tworkthereanymore. only Thereareonlytwodogs.

LesAdjectifs
FrenchadjectivesareverydifferentfromEnglishadjectivesintwoways: 1.Frenchadjectiveschangetoagreeingenderandnumberwiththenounsthatthey modify,whichmeanstherecanbeuptofourformsofeachadjective: Adjective: joli (pretty) Masculinesingularjoli Femininesingularjolie Masculinepluraljolis Femininepluraljolies 2.InEnglish,adjectivesarealwaysfoundinfrontofthenoun,butmostFrench adjectivesfollowthenountheymodify: unlivrevertgreenbook unprofesseurintelligentsmartteacher ButtherearesomeFrenchadjectivesthatprecedethenoun: unbeaugaronhandsomeboy unpetitverresmallglass MostFrenchadjectivesaddeforfeminineandsforplural.Thisruleappliesto adjectivesthatendinmostconsonantsaswellasallvowelsexcepttheunaccentede: Adjective: vert (green) Masculinesingularvert Femininesingularverte Masculinepluralverts Femininepluralvertes

 Adjective: bleu (blue) Masculinesingularbleu Femininesingularbleue Masculinepluralbleus Femininepluralbleues Adjective: pic (spicy) Masculinesingularpic Femininesingularpice Masculinepluralpics Femininepluralpices Whenthemasculinesingularadjectiveendsinanunaccentede,thereisnodifference betweenthemasculineandfeminineforms: Adjective: rouge (red) Masculinesingularrouge Femininesingularrouge Masculinepluralrouges Femininepluralrouges Whenthedefaultformoftheadjectiveendsinsorx,thereisnodifferencebetween themasculinesingularandpluralforms: Adjective: gris (grey) Masculinesingulargris Femininesingulargrise Masculinepluralgris Femininepluralgrises

 Adjectivesthatendinavowelpluslornusuallybecomefemininebydoublingthe consonantbeforeaddinge: Ending: el elle Adjective: personnel (personal) Masculinesingularpersonnel Femininesingularpersonnelle Masculinepluralpersonnels Femininepluralpersonnelles Ending: on onne Adjective: bon (good) Masculinesingularbon Femininesingularbonne Masculinepluralbons Femininepluralbonnes Adjectivesthatendineroretneedagraveaccent: Ending: er re Adjective: cher (expensive) Masculinesingularcher Femininesingularchre Masculinepluralchers Femininepluralchres Ending: et te Adjective: complet (full) Masculinesingularcomplet Femininesingularcomplte Masculinepluralcomplets Femininepluralcompltes Otherfinallettersleadtoveryirregularfeminineendings: Ending: c che Adjective: blanc (white) Masculinesingularblanc Femininesingularblanche Masculinepluralblancs Femininepluralblanches

 Ending: eur euse Adjective: flatteur (flattering) Masculinesingularflatteur Femininesingularflatteuse Masculinepluralflatteurs Femininepluralflatteuses Ending: eux euse Adjective: heureux (happy) Masculinesingularheureux Femininesingularheureuse Masculinepluralheureux Femininepluralheureuses Ending: f ve Adjective: neuf (new) Masculinesingularneuf Femininesingularneuve Masculinepluralneufs Femininepluralneuves Irregularplurals:Theendingalchangestoauxintheplural: Adjective: idal (ideal) Masculinesingularidal Femininesingularidale Masculinepluralidaux Femininepluralidales

IrregularFrenchAdjectives
ThereareseveralFrenchadjectiveswhichhaveirregularfeminineandpluralforms,as wellasaspecialformwhentheyareplacedinfrontofamasculinenounthatbegins withavoweloramuteh: unbelhommeahandsomeman unvieilamianoldfriend Singular Plural Adjective beautiful new crazy soft old masc. beau nouveau fou mou vieux vowel/h fem. bel nouvel fol mol vieil belle nouvelle folle molle vieille masc. beaux nouveaux fous mous vieux fem. belles nouvelles folles molles vieilles

1.Placementafterthenoun
Mostdescriptiveadjectivesareplacedafterthenountheymodify.Thesenormallyhave ananalyticalmeaning,inthattheyclassifythenounintoacertaincategory.Thesetypes ofadjectivesincludeshape,color,taste,nationality,religion,socialclass,andother adjectivesthatdescribethingslikepersonalityandmood. unetableronderoundtable unlivrenoirblackbook duthsucrsweettea unefemmeamricaineAmericanwoman uneglisecatholiqueCatholicchurch unefamillebourgeoisemiddleclassfamily

2.Placementbeforethenoun
Certainadjectivesareplacedbeforethenoun,somewhichyoucanmemorizewiththe acronym"BAGS": Beauty Age Goodandbad Size Thesedescriptorsandafewothersareconsideredinherentqualitiesofthenoun: unejoliefilleprettygirl unjeunehommeyoungman unenouvellemaisonnewhouse unbonenfantgoodchild unpetitproblmesmallproblem lessincrescondolancessincerecondolences lesvaguespromessesvaguepromises ungentilgaronkindboy Inaddition,allnondescriptive(i.e.,demonstrative,indefinite,interrogative,negative, andpossessive)adjectivesareplacedbeforethenoun: ceslivresthesebooks chaquepersonneeachperson quelstylo?whichpen? aucunefemmenowoman monenfantmychild

3.Placementdependsonmeaning
Someadjectiveshavebothafigurativeandananalytic(literal)senseandcanthusbe placedoneithersideofthenoun.Whentheadjectiveisfigurative,itgoesbeforethe noun,andwhenit'sanalytic,itgoesafterthenoun. Figurative: mesvertesannesmygreen(fruitful)years Literal: deslgumesvertsgreenvegetables Figurative: ungrandhommeagreatman Literal: unhommegrandatallman Figurative: untristeindividuasad(meanorbad)person Literal: unindividutristeasad(crying)person Figurative: monanciennecolemyold(former)school Literal: moncoleanciennemyold(aged)school Figurative: uncertainregardacertain(typeof)look Literal: unevictoirecertaineacertain(assured)victory

LesAdverbes
TherearemanydifferenttypesofFrenchadverbs: adverbsoffrequency adverbsofmanner adverbsofplace adverbsofquantity adverbsoftime comparative/superlativeadverbs exclamativeadverbs indefiniteadverbs interrogativeadverbs negativeadverbs TheplacementofFrenchadverbsdependstosomeextentuponthetypeofadverb andthewordthatitismodifying. I. Shortadverbsthatmodifyaverbusuallyfollowtheconjugatedverb. (Rememberthatincompoundtenses,theauxiliaryverbistheconjugatedverb,so theadverbfollowsthat.) Nousmangeonsbien. Weeatwell. Nousavonsbienmang. Weatewell. Nousallonsbienmanger. Wewilleatwell. Ilfaitsouventlacuisine. Heoftencooks. Ilasouventfaitlacuisine. Heoftencooked. Ildoitsouventfairelacuisine. Heoftenhastocook. Adverbsoffrequencyareusuallyplacedaftertheverb. Exception:parfoisisnormallyplacedatthebeginningofthesentence. Jefaistoujoursmesdevoirs. Ialwaysdomyhomework. Parfois,Lucnefaitpassesdevoirs. SometimesLucdoesn'tdohis homework.

II.

 III. Adverbsoftimewhichrefertospecificdayscanbeplacedatthebeginning orendofthesentence. Aujourd'hui,jevaisacheterune Today,I'mgoingtobuyacar. voiture. Ellesarriverontdemain. They'llarrivetomorrow. IV. Longadverbsareusuallyplacedatthebeginningorendofthesentence. Gnralement,nousmangeonsavant Normally,weeatbefore5pm. 17h00. Jenel'aipastrouv,malheureusement. Ididn'tfindit,unfortunately. However,ifthelongadverbspecificallymodifiestheverb,itisplacedafterthe conjugatedverb. IlaimmdiatementquittParis. HeleftParisimmediately. V. Adverbsofplaceareusuallyfoundafterthedirectobject. Ilamistonsacdoslbas. Heputyourbackpackoverthere. J'aitrouvlelivreici. Ifoundthebookhere. VI. Adverbswhichmodifyadjectivesorotheradverbsareplacedinfrontof thewordtheymodify. Jesuistrsheureuse. I'mveryhappy. Chantalfaitassezsouventsesdevoirs. Chantaldoesherhomeworkfairlyoften. VII. Innegativeconstructions,adverbswhichwouldnormallyfollowtheverbare placedafterpas. Jemangebien==>Jenemangepas Ieatwell==>Idon'teatwell. bien. Tutravaillestrop==>Tunetravailles Youworktoomuch==>Youdon'twork pastrop. toomuch.

PassCompos

PasscomposhasthreeEnglishequivalents: 1. Idanced.(simplepast) 2. Ihavedanced.(presentperfect) 3. Ididdance.(pastemphatic) Itconsistsoftwoparts: 1. presenttenseofauxiliaryverb(avoirortre) 2. pastparticipleofmainverb

PastParticipleRules
ERverbs: er+ (Ex.parlerparl,allerall) IRverbs: ir+i (Ex.finirfini,choisirchoisi) REverbs: re+u (Ex.fonderfondu,vendrevendu)

SomeIrregularParticiples
avoireu(tohave) tret(tobe) fairefait(tomake/do) vouloirvoulu(towant) diredit(tosay)

Examples
treverbs(motion):
Jaivu. Isaw. Tuasparl. Youspoke. Legaronestsorti. Theboywentout.

avoirverbs:
Whentheauxiliaryverbisavoir,thepastparticiplemustagreewith thedirectobjectifthedirectobjectprecedesthepastparticipleinthe sentence.* feminine e plural s fem.pl. es Leshomessontarrivs. Themenarrived. Lesfillessontvenues. Thegirlscame. Noussommeslev(e)s. Wegotup. (extraeifnousreferstoagroupoffemales) *J'aivulavoiture . Isawthecar. Jel'aivue. Isawit.(referringtothecar)

LeFutur
FutureVerbEndings:

je tu il/elle nous vous ils/elles

ai as a ons ez ont

ConjugationExamples
ERverbs: REverbs: IRverbs: parlertospeak Jeparlerai.Iwillspeak. Tuparleras.Youwillspeak. Ilparlera.Hewillspeak. Nousparlerons.Wewillspeak. Vousparlerez.Youwillspeak. Ilsparleront.Theywillspeak. liretoread Jelirai.Iwillread. Tuliras.Youwillread. rougirtoblush Jerougirai.Iwillblush Turougiras.Youwillblush

SentenceExamples
ER Jeparleraiavecmonprofesseur.Iwillspeakwithmyprofessor RE Nouslironslejournal.Wewillreadthenewspaper. IR Vousrougirezsijevousracontelablague.YouwillblushifItellthejoke.

IrregularStemChanges
acheter(tobuy)achter appeler(tocall)appeller aller(togo)ir avoir(tohave)aur devoir(tohaveto)devr envoyer(tosend)enverr essayer(totry/attempt)essaier tre(tobe)ser faire(tomake/do)fer pleuvoir(torain)pleuvr pouvoir(tobeableto)pourr savoir(toknow)saur venir(tocome)viendr voir(tosee)verr vouloir(towant)voudr *Note: 1. Thefuturestemalwaysendsinr. 2. Theexactsameverbsareirregularintheconditionalandusethesamestems.

LeConditionnel
TheFrenchconditionalismainlyusedinsi(if)clauses,toexpresswhat wouldhappenifaconditionweremet: Ilmangeraits'ilavaitfaim. Hewouldeatifhewerehungry. Sinoustudiions,nousserionsplusintelligents. Ifwestudied,(then)wewouldbesmarter. Theverbvouloirisusedintheconditionaltoexpressapoliterequest (However,youcan'tsay"sivousvoudriez"tomean"ifyouwouldlike," becausetheFrenchconditionalcanneverbeusedaftersi.): Jevoudraisunepomme. Iwouldlikeanapple. Jevoudraisalleravecvous. Iwouldliketogowithyou. Theverbaimerisusedtoexpressapolitedesire,sometimesonethatcannot befulfilled: J'aimeraisbienlevoir! Iwouldreallyliketoseeit! J'aimeraisyaller,maisjedoistravailler Iwouldliketogo,butIhavetowork. *Verbsintheconditionalcaseareconjugatedthesameasinthefuturetense (includingirregularverbs)

LImpratif
IRandREverbs:

sameconjugationsaspresenttense Finis!Finish!(2ndperson) Finissez!Finish!(2ndpersonplural) Lis!Read!(2ndperson) Lisez!Read!(2ndpersonplural) ERverbs: nousandvousformssameaspresenttense tuformdropsthes Mange!Eat!(2ndperson) Mangez!Eat!(2ndpersonplural) Neparlepas!Dontspeak!(2ndperson) Neparlezpas!Dontspeak!(2ndpersonplural) IrregularVerbs

(tu) (nous) (vous)

avoir aie ayons ayez

tre sois soyons soyez

savoir sache sachons sachez

vouloir veuille veuillez

Meandtechangetomoiandtoiandgetlinkedwithahyphen,andwhena tucommandisfollowedbyyoren,thesisnotdropped: Dismoi!Tellme! Vasy!Goaway!

 LesConjonctions
TherearetwotypesofconjunctionsinFrench: 1.Coordinatingconjunctionsjoinwordsandgroupsofwordswithan equalvalue:

Coordinatingconjunctions
carfor,because doncso ensuitenext etand maisbut ornow,yet ouor oubienorelse puisthen

J'aimelespommes,lesbananes,etlesoranges. Ilikeapples,bananas,andoranges. VeuxtuallerenFranceouenItalie? DoyouwanttogotoFranceorItaly? Cen'estpascarrmaisrectangulaire. It'snotsquarebutrectangular. Jeveuxlefaire,maisjen'aipasd'argent. Iwanttodoit,butIdon'thaveanymoney. Faistesdevoirs,puislavelavaisselle. Doyourhomework,thenwashthedishes.

 CertainFrenchcoordinatingconjunctionscanberepeatedinfrontof eachofthejoineditemsforemphasis: et...etboth...and ne...ni...nineither...nor ou...oueither...or soit...soiteither...or

JeconnaisetJeanPauletsonfrre. IknowbothJeanPaulandhisbrother. Tupeuxouregarderlatloujoueraufoot. YoucaneitherwatchTVorplaysoccer. Soitavant,soitaprs,am'estgal. Eitherbeforeorafter,Idon'tcare. Ilnemangenilaviandenileslgumes. Heeatsneithermeatnorvegetables.

2.Subordinatingconjunctionsjoindependentclausestomainclauses:

Frenchsubordinatingconjunctions
commeas,since lorsquewhen puisquesince,as quandwhen quethat siif

J'aiditquej'aimelespommes. IsaidthatIlikeapples.

 Commetun'espasprt,j'yiraiseul. Sinceyou'renotready,I'llgoalone. Sijesuislibre,jet'amnerail'aroport. IfI'mfree,I'lltakeyoutotheairrort. J'aipeurquandilvoyage. Iamscaredwhenhetravels.

FrenchConjunctivePhrases
ainsiquejustas,soas alorsquewhile,whereas aprsqueafter,when aucasoincase dansl'hypothseointheeventthat demmequejustas dsqueassoonas encorequeeventhough parcequebecause pendantquewhile quandbienmmeeventhough/if sittqueassoonas supposquesupposing tandisquewhile,whereas

Ilestpartiparcequ'ilavaitpeur. Heleftbecausehewasafraid.

 LesNombres
0zro 1un 2deux 3trois 4quatre 5cinq 6six 7sept 8huit 9neuf 10dix 11onze 12douze 13treize 14quatorze 15quinze 16seize 17dixsept 18dixhuit 19dixneuf

Pronunciationnote:
TheconsonantsattheendoftheFrenchnumberscinq,six,huit,and dixarepronouncedwhenattheendofasentenceorinfrontofavowel. However,theydropthefinalsoundwhenfollowedbyawordbeginning withaconsonant(suchascent,mille,million,mois,orlivres).For example,huitisnormallypronounced[weet]andhuitlvesis[wee taylehv],but800ispronounced[weesa(n)].

 FortheFrenchnumbers20through59,countingisjustlikeinEnglish: thetensword(vingt,trente,quarante,etc.)followedbytheonesword (un,deux,trois).Theonlydifferenceisthatfor21,31,etc.,theword et(and)isintroducedbetweenthetenswordandone:vingtetun, trenteetun,quaranteetun,etc.: 20vingt 21vingtetun 22vingtdeux 23vingttrois 30trente 31trenteetun 32trentedeux 40quarante 41quaranteetun 50cinquante 51cinquanteetun TheFrenchnumbers60to69followthesamerulesas20to59: 60soixante 61soixanteetun 62soixantedeux 63soixantetrois 64soixantequatre 65soixantecinq 66soixantesix 67soixantesept 68soixantehuit 69soixanteneuf

 Butthenwhen70rollsaround,insteadofanew"tens"word,soixanteis keptandthe"ones"wordcontinuescountingfrom10: 70soixantedix 71soixanteetonze 72soixantedouze 73soixantetreize 74soixantequatorze 75soixantequinze 76soixanteseize 77soixantedixsept 78soixantedixhuit 79soixantedixneuf So70,soixantedixinFrench,isliterally"sixtyten".71issoixanteet onze(sixtyandeleven),72issoixantedouze(sixtytwelve),andsoon, upto79. Thereisnowordfor"eighty"instandardFrench.Instead80isquatre vingts,literallyfourtwenties(think"fourscore").81isquatrevingtun (fourtwentyone),82isquatrevingtdeux(fourtwentytwo),andsoon, allthewayupto89: 80quatrevingts 81quatrevingtun 82quatrevingtdeux 83quatrevingttrois 84quatrevingtquatre 85quatrevingtcinq 86quatrevingtsix 87quatrevingtsept 88quatrevingthuit 89quatrevingtneuf

There'snowordforninetyeither,soyoucontinueusingquatrevingtand addingfromten.90isquatrevingtdix(fourtwentyten),91isquatre vingtonze(fourtwentyeleven),etc: 90quatrevingtdix 91quatrevingtonze 92quatrevingtdouze 93quatrevingttreize 94quatrevingtquatorze 95quatrevingtquinze 96quatrevingtseize 97quatrevingtdixsept 98quatrevingtdixhuit 99quatrevingtdixneuf InFrench,100to999workjustlikeinEnglishjustsayhowmany hundredsandthenaddtheothernumbers.Notethatwhencentisatthe endofthenumber,ittakesans,butwhenit'sfollowedbyanother number,thesisdropped: 100cent 101centun 125centvingtcinq 200deuxcents 201deuxcentun 243deuxcentquarantetrois 2,000deuxmille 2,500deuxmillecinqcents 10,498dixmillequatrecentquatrevingtdixhuit 1,000,000unmillion 2,000,000deuxmillions 3,800,107troismillionshuitcentmillecentsept abillionunmilliard

Couleurs,Formes,etGrosseurs
Colors

purple blue green yellow orange red black white grey brown pink lightblue darkblue

masc.sing. violet bleu vert jaune orange rouge noir blanc gris marron rose bleuclair bleufonc

fem.sing. violette bleue verte jaune orange rouge noire blanche grise marron rose bleuclair bleufonc

masc.plural violets bleus verts jaunes orange rouges noirs blancs gris marron roses bleuclair bleufonc

fem.plural violettes bleues vertes jaunes orange rouges noires blanches grises marron roses bleuclair bleufonc

Shapes
circle lecercle oval lovale square lecarr rectangle lerectangle triangle letriangle heart lecoeur star ltoile

Sizes
biggrand(e),gros(se) smallpetit(e)

 Lesmotions
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