French Essential Words
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Important words like numbers, days of the week, articles, pronouns, etc.
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French | English |
|---|---|
 et | and |
| mais | but |
| maintenant | now |
| surtout | especially |
| sauf | except |
| bien sûr | of course |
| pas mal | not bad |
| toujours | always |
| souvent | often |
| quelquefois, parfois | sometimes |
| d'habitude | usually |
| aussi | also |
| encore | again |
| en retard | late |
| presque | almost |
| je | I |
| tu | you (informal) |
| il | he |
| elle | she |
| ils | they (masculine) |
| elles | they (feminine) |
| vous | you (plural, formal) |
| nous | we |
| le, la | the |
| un, une | a |
| de | of |
| avec | with |
| sans | without |
| pour | for, to |
| à | to |
| hier | yesterday |
| demain | tomorrow |
| jamais | never |
| qui | who |
| que | what |
| quoi | what? which |
| quelle, quel | what (other) |
| dont | whose |
| mon, ma | mine |
| le vôtre | yours (plural, formal) |
| tien, tienne | yours (informal) |
| le nôtre | ours |
| le sien | his |
| la sienne | hers |
| son | its |
| lundi | Monday |
| mardi | Tuesday |
| prêt | ready |
| mercredi | Wednesday |
| jeudi | thursday |
| vendredi | friday |
| samedi | Saturday |
| dimanche | Sunday |
| pas | not |
| janvier | January |
| février | February |
| mars | March |
| avril | April |
| mai | May |
| juin | June |
| Juillet | July |
| août | August |
| septembre | September |
| octobre | October |
| novembre | November |
| décembre | December |
| quelle heure est-il | what time is it |
| il est...heures | it is...o'clock |
| heure | hour |
| semaine | week |
| jour | day |
| mois | month |
| année | year |
| prochaine | next |
| souvenir | memory |
| tôt | early |
| plus tard | later |
| plus tôt | earlier |
| plus | more |
| moins | less |
| après | after |
| puis, ensuite | then |
| avant | before |
| au cours de | during |
| tandis que | while, whereas |
| en attendant | meanwhile |
| si, tellement | so, as |
| alors | then, so |
| le plus | most |
| le moins (de) | least |
| bien | good, well |
| mauvais | bad |
| mieux | better |
| pire | worse |
| difficile | hard |
| facile | easy |
| mal | poorly |
| pourquoi | why |
| parce que, car | because |
| maison | house |
| un peu | a little |
| beaucoup | a lot, much |
| certains | some, many |
| peu | little, few |
| quelque chose | something |
| N'importe quoi | anything |
| rien | nothing |
| ce, cet, cette | this, that |
| quelqu'un | someone |
| ce...là | that |
| là | there |
| ces | these |
| ces...là | those |
| quand | when |
| combien | how much, many |
| où | where |
| comment | how |
| matin | morning |
| nuit | night |
| rouge | red |
| bleu | blue |
| vert | green |
| blanc | white |
| noire | black |
| gris | grey |
| brun | brown |
| jaune | yellow |
| rose | pink |
| violet | purple |
| orange | orange |
| si | if |
| bien que | although |
| homme | man |
| femme | woman |
| garçon | boy |
| fille | girl |
| ami, amie | friend |
| enfant | child |
| copain, petit ami | boyfriend |
| copine, petite amie | girlfiend |
| petit | small |
| grand | big |
| dîner | dinner (noun) |
| petit déjeuner | breakfast |
| déjeuner | lunch |
| bientôt | soon |
| court | short, little |
| long | long |
| au-dessus de | above |
| en dessous | below |
| devant | in front of |
| derrière | behind |
| à côté de | next to |
| à l'intérieur, dedans | inside |
| à l'extérieur, dehors | outside |
| près de | near |
| loin | far |
| entre | between |
| à travers | through |
| par | by, through |
| l'été | summer |
| l'automne | autumn |
| l'hiver | winter |
| le printemps | spring |
| le nord | north |
| le sud | south |
| l'est | east |
| l'ouest | west |
| doré | gold |
| argenté | silver |
| parmi | among |
| chez | in, among, at/in the house of, at/in the workplace of |
| dans | in |
| sur | on |
| ici, voilà | here |
| aujourd'hui | today |
| très | very |
| seulement, uniquement, ne...que | only |
| seul | alone |
| tous, tout | everything, all, every |
| la semaine dernière | last week |
| il y a | there is, there are |
| depuis | since |
| il y a trois semaine | three weeks ago |
| jusqu'à ce que | until |
| à cause de | because of |
| tous les jours | each day |
| minuit | midnight |
| après-midi | afternoon |
| midi | noon |
| chaque | each, every |
| aucun | none, neither |
| partie | party |
| principalement | mostly |
| au moins | at least |
| dernier, dernière | last (i.e. last week) |
| vraiment | actually, really |
| ordre | order, sequence |
| mot | word |
| étrange | strange |
| choix | choice |
| peut-être | perhaps, maybe |
| cependant | however |
| practique | practice |
| argent, fonds | money, funds |
| argent comptant | cash |
| ce soir | tonight |
| demain soir | tomorrow night |
| dernière nuit | last night |
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