Easy French Phrase Book: Over 1500 Common Phrases For Everyday Use And Travel

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Every word is accompanied by a written pronunciation guide to keep your communications smooth and simple as you travel. It is important to know the distinction, as while addressing a pet dog with the vous form might just raise a chuckle, using tu with somebody you've just met is inappropriate and may offend the person whom you are addressing. hour heure ( eur) minute minute ( mee-NUUT) From 1 minute past to 30 minutes past the hour [hour] + [number of minutes] Example: 10:20 or "twenty past ten" = 10h20; "dix heures vingt" ( deez eur va(n)) For 31 minutes past to 59 minutes past the hour [next hour] + moins ( mwa(n)) Example: 10:40 or "twenty to eleven" = 10h40; "onze heures moins vingt" ( onz eur mwa(n) va(n)) quarter past [hour] et quart ( ay kahr) Example: 07:15 or "quarter past seven" = 7h15; "sept heures et quart" ( set eur eh kahr) quarter to [hour] moins le quart ( mwa(n) luh kahr) Example: 16:45 or "quarter to five" = 16h45; "dix sept heures moins le quart" ( dee-set eur mwan luh kahr) half-past et demie ( eh duh-MEE); et demi (after midnight or noon, eh duh-MEE) Example : 10:30 or "half past ten" = 10h30; "dix heures et demie" ( deez eur eh duh-MEE) Example : 12:30 or "half past twelve" = 12h30; "douze heures et demi" ( dooz eur eh duh-MEE) 1AM, 01:00 1h00; une heure du matin ( uun eur duu ma-TAN) 2AM, 02:00 2h00; deux heures du matin ( dooz eur duu ma-TAN) noon, 12:00 12h00; midi ( mee-DEE) 1PM, 13:00 13h00; treize heures ( traiyz er) une heure de l'après-midi ( uun eur duh la-preh-mee-DEE) 2PM, 14:00 14h00; quatorze heures ( KAH-torz er) deux heures de l'après-midi ( duz er duh la-preh-mee-DEE) 6PM, 18:00 18h00; dix-huit heures ( deez-weet ER) six heures du soir ( seez er duu SWAR) 7:30PM, 19:30 19h30; dix-neuf heures trente ( DEE-znuf er TRAHNT) sept heures et demie ( SET er eh duh-MEE) midnight, 00:00 0h00; minuit ( mee-NWEE) Duration [ edit ] Abbaye de Fontevraud _____ minute(s) _____ minute(s) ( mee-NOOT) _____ hour(s) _____ heure(s) ( eur) _____ day(s) _____ jour(s) ( zhoor) _____ week(s) _____ semaine(s) ( suh-MEN) _____ month(s) _____ mois ( mwa) _____ year(s) _____ an(s) ( ahng), année(s) ( ah-NAY) hourly horaire ( oh-RAIR) daily quotidien / quotidienne ( ko-tee-DYAN / ko-tee-DYEN) weekly hebdomadaire ( eb-doh-ma-DAIYR) monthly mensuel / mensuelle ( mang-suu-WEL) seasonal saisonnier / saisonnière ( SEH-zon-ee-ay / SEH-zon-ee-air) yearly annuel / annuelle ( ah-nuu-WEL) How long is your vacation?

Originally produced in 1917, Take Me to France is a pocket-sized French vocabulary book first made for US servicemen who were going off to war in Europe.

By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Any good phrasebook comes with a great pronunciation guide, and “The Penguin French Phrasebook” is no exception. Language skills fade over time if they aren’t frequently used, so brush up on your French with ease. Firstly its small and compact something which is good as it easily fits in your pocket, and doesn't reveal that you're a tourist straight away! Combine these with the pdf and MP3’s mentioned previously, and you will be speaking French in no time!

I have to mention that it was helpful to see that some words in French have a connection with a completely different word in another language, due their origin, e. Translating words and presenting them in their phonetic form, the phrasebook makes comprehension of the language genuinely easy. I hope we don’t ever experience a breakdown in a foreign country but, if we do, we will be prepared. However, how many of them provide you the tools necessary to have a common conversation with a best friend or someone you’ve just met?It is an important administrative, educational, and cultural language in the former French Southeast Asian possessions of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The Indonesian one [at least] is the same size as the DK ones, but has grammar and culture sections like the LP.

A final e is also usually silent if the word has more than one syllable, except in parts of southern France and when singing or reciting poetry, when it can appear as a schwa or é sound (see below). I found them well organized and while the food/drink sections don't replace a thorough menu glossary, they were useful in general If you want to go through a few lessons but don’t want to take the book with you, then you’re taken care of just as well! Grammar [ edit ] Like Spanish and German, but unlike English, the French language is governed by an official regulator - L'Académie française.Consonants [ edit ] b like boy ( IPA: b) c like s cam (before "a", "o", and "u" or before a consonant; IPA: k), like pea ce but pronounced with the tongue touching the teeth (before "e", "i", and "y"; IPA: s̪) ç like the second pronunciation of c.