French letters
Text with transcription
Irina : Bonjour Julie ! (eereena bohnzhoor zhewlee)
Tu es française ? (tez eh frahnsehz)
Tu parles français ? (tew pahrl frahnseh)
Tu habites à Toulouse ? (tew ahbeet ah toolooz)
Julie : Bonjour Irina ! Oui, je suis française. (zhewlee bohnzhoor eereena wee zhuh swee frahnsehz)
Je parle français et anglais. (zhuh pahrl frahnseh ay ahngleh)
J’habite à Toulouse. (zhahbeet ah toolooz)
C’est super ! (ceh sewpehr)
Words with translation / transcription
tu (tew) you
tu es (tew eh), être you are, to be
française (frahnsehz) French (woman)
je parle (zhuh pahrl), tu parles (tuh pahrl), parler (pahrlay) I speak, you speak, to speak
français (frahnseh) French (language)
j’habite (zhahbeet), tu habites (tew ahbeet), habiter (аhbeetay) I live, you live, to live
oui (wee) yes
je, j’ (zhuh zh) I
je suis (zhuh swee), être (ehtr) I am, to be
et (ay) and
anglais (ahngleh) English (language)
c’est (seh) it’s
super (sewpehr) super
Text with translation
Irina : Bonjour Julie ! Tu es française ? Lucy: Hello Julie ! Are you French (woman)?
Tu parles français ? Do you speak French?
Tu habites à Toulouse ? Do you live in Toulouse?
Julie : Bonjour Irina ! Oui, je suis française. Julie: Hello Lucy ! Yes, I am French.
Je parle français et anglais. I speak French and English.
J’habite à Toulouse. I live in Toulouse.
C’est super ! It’s super!
Grammar and pronunciation
Letters s, e, ç
- Letter s:
- s is not pronounced at the end of words :
Je suis. (zhuh sewee) I am.
- s is pronounced as “z” between two vowels:
Toulouse (toolooz) Toulouse (city in France)
- At the beginning of a word, s is pronounced as “s“:
super (sewpehr) super
- Letter e:
- e is pronounced as “uh” at the end of words if the words have one syllable:
1 syllable: je (zhuh) I
Otherwise e e at the end of words is silent!
- Letter ç:
- ç is pronounced as “s”:
français (frahnseh) French
Pronunciation ai, an
- ai reads like “eh“:
français (frahnseh) French
- an reads like “ahn“:
français (frahnseh) French
Present tense of the verb être = to be (2 part)
- Conjugation of the verb être (ehtr) = to be in present tense:
Je suis. (zhuh swee) I am.
Tu es. (tew eh) You are.
Present tense of verbs of the first group
- First group = verbs with the ending –er (ay) as habiter (ahbeetay) = to live
- The ending -er reads like “ay”.
- The present tense of the verbs of the first group (part 1):
J’habit + e → habite. (zhahbeet) I live.
Tu habit + es → habites. (tew ahbeet) You live.
Elle habit + e → habite.(ehl ahbeet) She lives.
- Je (zhuh) I + h → j’ (zh) I
- The first group = regular verbs.
- We recommend using these verbs, it’s easy!
- There are many verbs of the first group in French.