French-

In French, ‘a’ can be both feminine and masculine.

MASCULINE FEMININE
Un garçon Une fille
Un homme Une femme

Also, here are the pronouns in French. You can talk about yourself, who your talking to, and
somebody else that is not in the conversation- which can be both masculine and feminine.

----------------------------------------------- Être (to be)

Je (I) Suis (are)
Tu (you informal) Es (are)
Il (he) Est (is)
Elle (she) Est (is)

VOCAB-

L’ is used when the word is before a vowel or before a silent ‘h’ . Le is used when the word
after is masculine. La is used when the word after is feminine.

English French
Dog Le Chien
Man L’ Homme
Cat Le Chat
Pizza La Pizza
Orange L’ Orange
Croissant Le Croissant

Also- there are some other words such as c’est- which is an abbreviation for ‘it is’.

GREETINGS- To greet people, you can use-

Bonjour- god morning/ good afternoon

Bonsoir- good night

To say goodbye, you can use-

Bonne Soirée- have a good evening

Bonne Nuit- have a good night
À bientôt- see you soon

You can use these words for both-

Salut- can mean hello OR goodbye

To make conversation-

Excuse Moi, commet tu t’appelles?

Exucuse me, what is your name

Je m’appellle Louis
My name is Louis

Commet ça va?
How are you doing?

Ça va bien, et toi?
I’m doing well- and you?

Enchante!
Nice to meet you!

VOCAB-

English French
Well Bien
Good Bonne
Day Journée
Yes Oui
Very Très
Thank you Merci
You Toi
Welcome Bienvenue
Tomorrow Demain
Here Ici
With Avec
No Non
Where Où
Has a
Please S’il vous plaît
Wants Veut
In Dans

COUNTIRES-
When saying a nationality- you have to add the letter ‘e’ at the end of the country if you are
describing a female.

Country Female Masculine

Spain Espagnole Espagnol
French Française Français
 American Américaine Américain
Mexican Mexicaine Mexicain

When talking about somebody else, use an ‘S’ at the end of the word. Eg-
Je parle français/e
Tu parles français/e

When talking about a country, you can either say that you ARE there, you WORK there, or
you LIVE there. Here are examples when you are talking about yourself. However, there is a
difference in spelling depending of if you are in a city or a country.

Cities Countries
J’habite à Paris J’habite en France
Je travaille à Madrid Je travallie en Espagne
Je suis à Londres Je suis en Angleterre

Places in a town-

English French
The hotel L’hôtel
The airport L’aéroport
The plane L’avion
The train Le train
The car La voiture
The taxi Le taxi

VOCAB-

Vocab traveling-

English French
The suitcase La valise
The plane ticket Le billet d’avion

FAMILY-

Masculine Feminine
Mon père Ma mère
My father My mother
Ton frère Ta sœur
Your brother Your sister
Son fils Sa fille
His/her son His/her daughter

PROONUNS-
 Pronoun in french Feminine or masculine? Translation in English
Mon Masculine My
Ma Feminine
Ton Masculine Your
Ta Feminine
Son Masculine His/her
Sa Feminine

Vocab for family-

English French
The family La famille
Husband Mari
Grandfather Grand-père
Grandmother Grand-mère
Owl Chouette
Pet Animal de comagnie
Nice to meet you enchante
Apartment Apartement
Garden jardin
House maison

VERBS-
Manges -> To eat/ is eating/ eats
Parle-> to talk, or know a language
Aller-> to go
Prends-> to take