Showing posts with label French. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2013

French - Monday, Tuesday, Wedesday


Let's learn the days of the week in French!

Monday - Lundi - sounds like lah-n-dee /?/

Tuesday - Mardi - sounds like mah-uh-dee /?/

Wednesday - Mercredi - sounds like meh-uh-k-uh-dee /?/


Friday, May 10, 2013

French - His face is rough


We've now learned that This house is big is Cette maison est grande
The chair is small is La chaise est petit,
My drink is cold is Ma boisson est froide,
Your food is hot is Votre nourriture est chaud,
Their car is tall is Leur voiture est haut,
and Our table is short is Notre table est courte,
and Her hands are soft, is Ses mains sont douces.

To say His face is rough, you would say Son visage est rude.

His - Son - sounds like sawn /?/
face - visage - sounds like vee-zazh /?/
is - est - sounds like ay /?/
rough - rude - sounds like uh-oo-d /?/

All together it sounds like sawn vee-zazh ay uh-oo-d /?/

Friday, May 3, 2013

French - Her hands are soft


We've now learned that This house is big is Cette maison est grande
The chair is small is La chaise est petit,
My drink is cold is Ma boisson est froide,
Your food is hot is Votre nourriture est chaud,
Their car is tall is Leur voiture est haut,
and Our table is short is Notre table est courte.

To say Her hands are soft, you would say Ses mains sont douces.

Her - Ses - sounds like say /?/
hands - mains - sounds like mahnz /?/
are - sont - sounds like soh-n /?/
soft - douces - sounds like doose /?/

All together it sounds like say mahnz soh-n doose /?/

Friday, April 26, 2013

French - Our table is short


We've now learned that This house is big is Cette maison est grande
The chair is small is La chaise est petit,
My drink is cold is Ma boisson est froide,
Your food is hot is Votre nourriture est chaud
and Their car is tall is Leur voiture est haut
.
To say Our table is short, you would say Notre table est courte.

Our - Notre - sounds like nuh-tuh-ah /?/
table - table - sounds like tah-bluh /?/
is - est - sounds like ay /?/
short - courte - sounds like coh-ut /?/

All together it sounds like nuh-tu-ah tah-bluh ay coh-ut /?/

Friday, April 19, 2013

French - Their car is tall


We've now learned that This house is big is Cette maison est grande
The chair is small is La chaise est petit,
My drink is cold is Ma boisson est froide
and Your food is hot is Votre nourriture est chaud.

To say Their car is tall, you would say Leur voiture est haut.

Their - Leur - sounds like leh-uh /?/
car - voiture - sounds like voh-ee-choo-ah /?/
is - est - sounds like ay /?/
tall - haut - sounds like ah-oh /?/

All together it sounds like leh-uh voh-ee-choo-ah ay ah-oh /?/

Friday, April 12, 2013

French - Your food is hot


We've now learned that This house is big is Cette maison est grande
The chair is small is La chaise est petit,
and My drink is cold is Ma boisson est froide.

To say Your food is hot, you would say Votre nourriture est chaud

Your - Votre - sounds like vuh-tuh-ah /?/
food - nourriture - sounds like noo-uh-ee-choo-ah /?/
is - est - sounds like ay /?/
hot - chaud - sounds like show /?/

All together it sounds like vuh-tuh-ah noo-uh-ee-choo-ah ay show /?/

Friday, April 5, 2013

French - My drink is cold


We've now learned that This house is big is Cette maison est grande
and The chair is small is La chaise est petit.

To say My drink is cold, you would say Ma boisson est froide

My - Ma - sounds like Mah /?/
drink - boisson - sounds like boo-ay-soh /?/
is - est - sounds like ay /?/
cold - froide - sounds like foo-ah-d /?/

All together it sounds like Mah boo-ay-soh-n ay foo-ah-d /?/

Friday, March 29, 2013

French - The chair is small


We learned last time that to say This house is big
you would say Cette maison est grande

Let's learn more about the things we see every day.

To say The chair is small you would say La chaise est petit
The - La - sounds like lah /?/
chair - chaise - sounds like shez /?/
is - est - sounds like ay /?/
small - petit - sounds like puh-tee /?/

All together it sounds like lah shez ay puh-tee /?/

Friday, March 22, 2013

French - This house is big


Let's learn how to talk about the things we see every day.

To say This house is big you would say Cette maison est grande

This - Cette - sounds like set /?/
house - maison - sounds like may-zown /?/
is - est - sounds like et /?/
big - grande - sounds like guh-on /?/

All together it sounds like set may-zown et guh-on /?/

Friday, March 15, 2013

French - We are surprised


We've now learned how to say I am happy,
you are sad, he is angry, and they are excited, in French.

Now let's learn how to say We are suprised.

We can break it up into the three words:
We - Nous - sounds like nooz /?/
are - sommes - sounds like sum /?/
surprised - surpris - Sounds like see-uh-puh-ee /?/


All together Nous sommes surpris sounds like noo-sum-see-uh-puh-ee.

Friday, March 8, 2013

French - They are excited


We've now learned how to say I am happy,
you are sad and he is angry in French.

Now let's learn how to say They are excited.

We can break it up into the three words:
They - Ils - sounds like eels /?/
are - sont - sounds like sown /?/
excited - excité - Sounds like ex-ee-tay /?/


All together Ils sont excité sounds like eel-sown-ex-ee-tay.

Friday, March 1, 2013

French - He is angry


We just learned how to say I am happy and you are sad in French.

Now let's learn how to say He is angry. (Or she)

We can break it up into the three words:
He - Il - sounds like eel /?/
She - Elle - sounds like el /?/
is - est - sounds like et /?/
angry - en colère - Sounds like aw-cool-ay-uh /?/


All together Il est en colère sounds like eel-et-aw-cool-ay-uh.

and Elle est en colère sounds like el-et-aw-cool-ay-uh.

Friday, February 22, 2013

French - You are sad


We just learned how to say I am happy in French.

Now let's learn how to say You are sad.

We can break it up into the three words:
You - Vous - sounds like vooz /?/
Remember that we learned Vous is pronounced like voo, in très bien merci et vous?
But when there is a vowel sound after vous then you say a Z sound at the end.

are - êtes - sounds like et /?/
sad - triste - Sounds like tuh-east-uh /?/

Since the êtes ends with a t sound, and the triste starts with a t sound,
they mix together.

So all together Vous êtes triste sounds like vooz-eh-tuh-east-uh.

Friday, February 15, 2013

French - I am happy


Let's learn how to say I am happy in French!

We can break it up into the three words:
I - Je - sounds like zhu /?/
am - suis - sounds like soo-ee /?/
happy - heureux - Sounds like oo-uh-oo /?/

Together Je suis heureux sounds like zhu soo-ee oo-uh-oo.

Friday, February 8, 2013

French - Horse, sheep, duck


We learned last week that the farm animals cow chicken and pig
in French are vache, poulet and porc.

Let's learn a few more farm animals!


horse - cheval - sounds like shay-vahl /?/
sheep - mouton - sounds like moo-toon /?/
duck - canard - sounds like cay-nah /?/

Friday, February 1, 2013

French - Cow, chicken, pig


We already know that in French, dog is chien and cat is chat.

Now let's learn about some farm animals!

cow - vache - sounds like vash /?/
chicken - poulet - sounds like pooh-lay /?/
pig - porc - sounds like pah-uh /?/

Also in French cows say meuh, chickens say coco-rico (co-co-uhee-co), and pigs say groin (guh-oo-ah)!

Friday, January 25, 2013

French - Black, white, brown, gray


We learned that red orange and yellow, in French is rouge orange and jaune.
and green, blue, purple and pink is vert, bleu, violet and rose.

Let's learn even more!

Black - noir - sounds like no-ah /?/
White - blanc - sounds like blonk /?/
Brown - brun - sounds like buh-ahn/?/
Gray - gris - sounds like guh-ee /?/

Friday, January 18, 2013

French - Green, blue, purple, pink


Last time we learned red orange and yellow,
in French is rouge orange and jaune.

Let's learn more colors!

Green - vert - sounds like vay-uh /?/
Blue - bleu - sounds like blue /?/
Purple - violet - sounds like vee-oh-lay /?/
Pink - rose - sounds like oo-ohs /?/

Friday, January 11, 2013

French - Red, orange, yellow


We learned our French alphabet, now let's learn some colors!

Red - rouge - sounds like woozhe /?/

Orange - orange - sounds like oo-ahnj /?/

Yellow - jaune - sounds like zhoin /?/

Friday, January 4, 2013

French Alphabet - V W X Y Z


We already learned French A B C D E F G, H I J K L M N, and O P Q R S T U
now let's learn the last letters:

V - Sounds like vay
W - Sounds like doo bluh vay
X - Sounds like eeks
Y - Sounds like ee guh dake
Z - Sounds like zed

So all together, let's say it!
You can try singing it to the alphabet song.

ah, bay, say, day, uh, eff, zhay
ah-sh, ee, zhee, kah
el, em, en, oh, pay
coo, ay-uh, ess
tay, oo, vay
doo bluh vay, eeks, ee guh dake, zed

Now you know your French ABCs!

To hear the letters, visit FrenchSpanish Online's alphabet page