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— les noms simples ♡

here, the superscript « ᵐ » is used to represent masculine nouns, and « ᶠ » will be used to show that a noun is feminine.

• world, mondeᵐ [mɔ̃d] • time, tempsᵐ [tɑ̃] • home, foyerᵐ [fwa.je] • life, vieᶠ [vi] • person, personneᶠ [pɛʁ.sɔn]* • man, hommeᵐ [ɔm]   • woman, femmeᶠ [fam] • girl, filleᶠ [fij] • boy, garçonᵐ [ɡaʁ.sɔ̃]   • name, nomᵐ [nɔ̃] • thing, choseᶠ [ʃoz]

* « gens »ᵐ [ʒɑ̃] can be used to mean « people ». it is always used in the plural.

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— les pronoms démonstratifs ♡

• this/that, ce* [sə] • — cet [sɛt] — (liaison) • — cette [sɛt] — (female) • — ces [se] — (plural)

* « ce » only means « it » when used with « être »; for example, « c’est », which means « it is ». it can only be used with singular, masculine adjectives. * when using these words to say « this », « -ci » [si] is used at the end of the noun; for example, « cet homme-ci ». when using it to mean « that », « -là » [la] is used at the end of the noun; for example, « ces maisons-là ».

• this/that, ça [sa] — (informal)

• there is/are, il y a [il.ij.a]

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— la grammaire de la ponctuation ♡

• when writing numbers, commas are used as a decimal separator (10,99), while spaces are used as a thousands separator (3 451 900).  • spaces are required before and after punctuation marks made up of two or more parts (or lines). • colons are used to introduce speech, e.g.  « il a dit : « elle est vraiment fâchée. »» • instead of quotation marks, guillemets (« ») are used to represent speech. unlike english, they are used at the start and the end of an entire conversation. • a dash is used to introduce another person’s speech on the next line.

« je ne te laisse pas sortir, dit-elle.  — mais... je veux jouer au football avec mes copains ! le petit garçon crie. — est-ce que tu as vu la météo ? c’est trop froid ».

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— les mois de l’année ♡

• january, janvier [ʒɑ̃.vje]   • february, février [fe.vʁi.je]   • march, mars [maʁs] • april, avril [a.vʁil] • may, mai [mɛ]   • june, juin [ʒɥɛ̃] • july, juillet [ʒɥi.jɛ]   • august, août [ut] • september, septembre [sɛp.tɑ̃bʁ]   • october, octobre [ɔk.tɔbʁ]   • november, novembre [nɔ.vɑ̃bʁ] • december, décembre [de.sɑ̃bʁ]

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— les jours de la semaine ♡

• monday, lundi [lœ̃.di] • tuesday, mardi [maʁ.di] • wednesday, mercredi [mɛʁ.kʁə.di] • thursday, jeudi [ʒø.di] • friday, vendredi [vɑ̃.dʁə.di]   • saturday, samedi [sam.di] • sunday, dimanche [di.mɑ̃ʃ]  

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— les présentations simples ♡

• my name is (name), je m’appelle (name) • — to be called, appeler — appelle [a.pɛl] • i am (age) years old, j’ai (age) ans • — year (age), an — ans [ɑ̃] • my birthday is the (day) of (month), mon anniversaire est le (day) (month) • — birthday, anniversaire [a.ni.vɛʁ.sɛʁ] • i live in (place), j’habite à (place) • — to live, habiter — habite [a.bit] • i am (nationality), je suis (nationality)

e.g. je m’appelle adelaide. j’ai dix-huit ans. mon anniversaire est le dix octobre. j’habite à les pays-bas. je suis britannique.

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— la grammaire des conjugaisons des verbes ♡

french verbs are divided into three groups, depending on the ending of their infinitive form. the following chart shows the conjugation endings. there are other verbs that have irregular conjugations as well. for example, « aller » is an irregular verb. the different groups are verbs ending with « -er » (e.g. « parler »),  « -ir » (« choisir ») and « -re » (« perdre »).

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— les adjectifs simples ♡

• nice, gentil(e) [ʒɑ̃.ti] • funny, amusant(e) [a.my.zɑ̃] • boring, ennuyeux / ennuyeuse [ɑ̃.nɥi.jø] • handsome/beautiful, beau / belle [bo] / [bɛl] (before noun) • good, bon(ne) [bɔ̃] (before noun) • bad, mauvais(e) [mo.vɛ] (before noun) • big/tall, grand(e) [ɡʁɑ̃] * • small, petit(e) [pə.ti] (before noun)   • young, jeune [ʒœn] (before noun) • old, vieux / vieille [vjø] (before noun) ** • interesting, intéressant(e) [ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɑ̃] • smart, intelligent(e) [ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃]   • sad, triste [tʁist] • angry, fâché(e) [fɑ.ʃe] • happy, heureux / heureuse [œ.ʁø]  • disgusting, dégoûtant(e) [de.ɡu.tɑ̃]   • pretty, joli(e) [ʒɔ.li] • cute, migon(ne) [mi.ɲɔ̃] • fat, gros(se) [ɡʁo] • thin, maigre [mɛɡʁ]  

* for « grand(e) » to mean « big », it must be placed before the noun. ** when placed behind a singular noun beginning with a vowel or « h », « vieux » turns into « vieil »; behind a plural noun, « vieux » does not change, but liaison occurs instead.

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— les verbes auxiliaires ♡

auxiliary verbs are verbs used in forming the tense, mood and voice of other verbs; they are generally used accompanying the main verb of a sentence. here, the subscript « ₚ » will be used to denote the second-person plural in english ( « you » ).

• to be, être [ɛtʁ] • — i am, je suis [sɥi] • — you are, tu es [ɛ]   • — he/she is, il/elle est [ɛ]   • — we are, nous sommes [sɔm]   • — youₚ are, vous êtes [ɛt] • — they are, ils/elles sont [sɔ̃]

nous sommes petits, we are small. - as an auxiliary verb, « être » is generally used to form the passive voice. il est poursuivi, he is being chased.

• to have, avoir [a.vwaʁ] • — i have, j’ai [e] • — you have, tu as [a] • — he/she has, il/elle a [a] • — we have, nous avons [a.vɔ̃] • — youₚ have, vous avez [a.ve] • — they have, ils/elles ont [ɔ̃]  

tu es un stylo, you have a pen. - as an auxiliary verb, « avoir » is used to form the perfect tense. j’ai mangé les nouilles, i (have) ate the noodles. 

• to go, aller [a.le] • — i go, je vais [vɛ] • — you go, tu va [vɑ] • — he/she goes, il/elle va [va] • — we go, nous allons [a.lɔ̃] • — youₚ go, vous allez [a.le] • — they go, ils/elles vont [vɔ̃]

elle va à l'école, she goes to school. - as an auxiliary verb, « aller » is used to form the future tense. je vais aller au magasin, i am going to/will go to the store.

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— la grammaire de la capitalisation des mots ♡

• days of the week and months are not capitalised in french. • geographic terms (such as cities, countries, etc) are capitalised, but if a common noun is part of that term, then it is not (for example, in « pacific ocean » , « pacific » would be capitalised, but « ocean » would not).  • languages are not capitalised. • adjectives of nationalities (e.g. japanese, french) are not capitalised, but they are when used as nouns. • titles or occupations that replace a person’s name are capitalised (for example, « the president » ). • people’s names are capitalised.  • religions are not capitalised, with the exception of « islam » , « hindu » and « buddhist » , which all have to be proper nouns.

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— les expressions simples ♡

• welcome, bienvenue [bjɛ̃.və.ny]  • pleased to meet you, enchanté [ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te]*    • hello, bonjour [bɔ̃.ʒuʁ] — (formal, morning/afternoon) • hello, bonsoir [bɔ̃.swaʁ] — (formal, evening) • goodbye, au revoir [ɔʁ.vwaʁ] — (formal, morning/afternoon) • goodbye, bonne nuit [bɔn.nɥi] — (formal, evening) • hello/goodbye, salut [sa.ly] — (informal) • how are you (going)?, comment allez-vous? [kɔ.mɑ̃.t‿a.le.vu] — (formal) • how are you (going)?, ça va? [sa.va] — (informal) • it’s going well, ça va bien [sa.va.bjɛ̃]   • (how about) you?, et vous? [e.vu] — (formal) • (how about) you?, et toi? [e.twa] — (informal) • have a nice day, bonne journée [bɔn.ʒuʁ.ne] • please, s'il vous plaît [sil.vu.plɛ] — (formal) • please, s'il te plaît [sil.tə.plɛ] — (informal) • thank you, merci [mɛʁ.si] • you’re welcome, de rien [də.ʁjɛ̃]   • excuse me, excusez-moi [ɛk.sky.ze.mwa] • sorry, désolé [de.zɔ.le] • yes, oui [wi] • maybe, peut-être [pø.t‿ɛtʁ] • okay, d’accord [da.kɔʁ] • no, non [nɔ̃]

* if the speaker is female, « enchantée » [ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te] must be used.

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Hello I'm sorry to disturb you I just want to point out something in your post about 100. 250 is actually deux cent cinquante. And their is a rule which says that you can put an s at the end of cent only when it's plural and their is no other numbers behind like 300 trois cents with the s but 909 is neuf cent neuf without the s. I don't know if someone have already said something if so please just ignore me. It's really great what you do

ah, thank you so much for informing me!! i didn’t realise, i’ll edit it as soon as i can dnskfjsk i appreciate it a lot!

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— la grammaire du ordre des adjectifs ♡

the spelling and pronunciation of french adjectives are affected by the noun’s grammatical gender and number. it also applies to the speaker, the person being talked to or about.

• generally, adjectives come after the noun. • short and common adjectives are usually placed before the noun. these adjectives are related to a scale of beauty, age, goodness and size. • if two or more adjectives are used to describe something, they are joined by an « et » after the noun. • the closer the adjective to the noun, the more fundamental it is to it. • the placement of certain adjectives will affect the meaning of them.

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— les pronoms personnels ♡

with french personal pronouns, there are two grammatical numbers (singular (S), plural (P)), three grammatical persons (first, second and third - 1, 2 and 3) and three genders: masculine, feminine and a pronoun for non-specific objects or beings (the « indeterminate » (I)). 

* in informal situations, the indeterminate ( « on » ) can be used in place of the first-person plural ( « nous » ). in formal situations, the second-person singular ( « tu » ) has to be replaced with the plural equivalent ( « vous » ). the third-person singulars ( « il » and « elle » ) can also be translated into « it » , and are used according to the noun’s grammatical gender.

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— les nombres de cent à un million ♡

•  100 cent [sɑ̃]

200-900 can be expressed with the first number followed by « cents » .* — • 111 cent onze • 250 deux cent cinquante • 500 cinq cents • 909 neuf cent neuf 

* only multiples of one-hundred in 200-900 can use « cents » after it. if there are any numbers following the first one (for example, 209, 983, etc) then « cent » must still be used.

•  1.000 mille [mil] 

2.000-999.000 can be expressed with the numbers before the full stop followed by « mille » . — 1.100 mille cent • 5.555 cinq mille cinq cent cinquante-cinq • 10.000 dix mil • 75.000 soixante-dix-cinq mille • 100.000 cent mille •  250.789 deux cent cinquante mille sept cent quatre-vingts-neuf

•  1.000.000 un million [œ̃.mil.jɔ̃]

2.000.000-999.000.000 can be expressed with the numbers before the first full stop followed by « millions » . — • 10.000.000 dix millions • 25.300.067 vingt-cinq millions trois cents mille soixante-sept • 100.000.015 cent millions quinze • 999.999.999 neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf millions neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

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— l’alphabet phonétique international français ♡

the international phonetic alphabet is a system of phonetic notation, and the representation of spoken language. the following letters, along with examples of how to pronounce them in both french and english, are transcribed as sounds which are spoken in french.

•  consonants •  — /b/, bon, book •  — /d/, deux, dog •  — /f/, faire, foot •  — /g/, garçon, gum •  — /k/, corps, cat •  — /l/, laisser, leap •  — /m/, même, more, •  — /n/, nous, need •  — /ɲ/, gagner, canyon •  — /ŋ/, funk, camping •  — /p/, père, pear •  — /ʁ/, treize, loch* •  — /s/, soixante, sick •  — /ʃ/, chance, shoe •  — /t/, tout, tickle •  — /v/, vous, vein •  — /z/, zéro, zoo •  — /ʒ/, jamais, measure

* /ʁ/ is a guttural R, which is pronounced from the back of the vocal tract. •  semivowels •  — /j/, fille, yet •  — /w/, oui, wet •  — /ɥ/, huit, (between yet and wet)

•  oral vowels •  — /a/, femme, trap •  — /ɑ/, pâte, bra •  — /e/, les, (between be and best) •  — /ɛ/, renne, best •  — /ə/, faisons, again •  — /i/, fils, please •  — /œ/, sœur, bird •  — /ø/, deux, (between but and bird) •  — /o/, bureau, story •  — /ɔ/, hôpital, off •  — /u/, coup, (between food and good) •  — /y/, tu, too

•  nasal vowels •  — /ɑ̃/, temp, song* •  — /ɛ̃/, bien, hang •  — /œ̃/, un, burn •  — /ɔ̃/, nom, drawn

* /◌̃/ is used to represent a nasal vowel, where the soft palate is lowered.

•  suprasegmentals •  — /./, (syllable boundary) •  — /‿/, (liaison) *

* most written final consonants at the end of a word are not pronounced in french. however, when placed next to a word that begins with a vowel or « h » , the consonant(s) are pronounced.