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PostSubject: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime18th September 2016, 2:21 am

In English: Do you speak french?
Or: why is french complicated
Or: actually it's quite simple when you get the hang of it
Or: only Quebec speak 100% french, but you all know english, so french it is

French is the language of poets.
Of romance.
Of... of a lot of things, but though it can be immensely pretty, as a bilingual (sort of), english is better when it comes to administrative texts because it offers simpler ways to say things.

But, it's not the point of this topic.
Note that some of the english translations are literal because there's not really a good equivalent.

NOTE: A game awaits you at the end of this post Very Happy Participate for a bumper.
MORE: If you ever were curious about a sentence, a word, an expression, etc and wished to have it's french equivalent, you're welcome to ask in this thread, whether in your answer post or in another post and I will gladly translate it for you Very Happy


Basic sentences, phrases, greetings

Bonjour -> Hello
Comment ça va? (standard) -> How are you?
Comment vas-tu? (polite non-formal) -> How are you?
Comment allez-vous (formal) -> How are you?
Bonne nuit -> Good night
Fais de beaux rêves -> Sweet dreams
À bientôt! -> See you later!
À demain! - > See you tomorrow!
Au revoir -> Bye
Oui -> Yes
Non -> No
Merci -> Thank you
S'il te plaît (polite non-formal) -> Please
S'il vous plaît (formal) -> Please
Je m'appelle EK -> My name's EK (I am EK), etc, etc
Comment t'appeles-tu? (polite non-formal/standard) -> What's your name?
Comment vous appelez-vous? -> (formal) What's your name?
Enchanté / Enchantée -> Nice to meet you


Affectionate terms

Chérie, chéri, chère, cher -> Darling, love
Mon coeur -> (literal) My heart
Mon amour -> My love
Ma chouette -> Which is kinda the feminine form of owl... but means something like darling?

Funnily, same as 'chouette', "You're a doll." is weird for french speakers because "Tu es une poupée" (literal translation) has no affectionate connotation. Instead, we say: "Tu es un amour", which literally translated means: you're a love. It makes no sense since love is all kind of nouns, verbs and adjectives in french and not so much in english.


What's complicated in French then?

French nouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjugated verbs, etc, are or masculine, or feminine. Or sometimes both. In those last rarer occasions, only the article or determinant used before them can clue you on which they are.

Nouns:
Most nouns are only feminine or only masculine.
-La colombe (dove) : feminine
-Le bateau (boat) : masculine

Some nouns can be both (use the determinant or article to know).
-Un malade (masculine), une malade (feminine) meaning a sick person
-Un enfant (masculine), une enfant (feminine) meaning a child

Some nouns can be both but only if they change how they're written.
-Un ami (masculine), une amie meaning a friend

Some nouns finish differently depending if you speak of a woman or a man.
-Un berger (masculine) becomes une bergère (feminine) meaning shepherd
-Un chanteur (masculine) becomes une chanteuse (feminine) meaning singer
-Un acteur (masculine) becomes une actrice (feminine) meaning actor / actress

Some nouns (like in english) change completely.
-Un frère (masculine) becomes une soeur (feminine) meaning brother then sister
-Un vache (feminine) becomes un taureau (masculine) meaning cow then bull

Adjectives:
Most of the time, we transform the masculine by adding an 'e' at the end:
-Grand becomes grande (tall)
-Marié becomes mariée (married)
-Original becomes originale (original)

Nothing changes if the masculine ends in 'e'.
-Sévère (grave)

If the masculine ends with an unheard letter 't', 'd', 's', it would become heard after you add an 'e'.
-Grand becomes grande.
-Blond becomes blonde.
-Intelligent becomes intelligente.

Sometimes the end consonant is doubled:
-Canadien becomes canadienne (canadian)
-Mignon becomes mignonne (cute)

Or the end of the word changes completely:
-Curieux becomes curieuse (curious)
-Rêveur becomes rêveuse (dreamy)
-Menteur becomes menteuse (liar)

And the way you conjugate verbs would also change depending on whether it's a woman or a man who does the action.

Here's a small video to help explain a bit better what all of this means.
Like many things in french, both way to conjugate and feminine / masculine business has to be learned and rarely can be guessed.




Feminine or Masculine?

Easy enough. You'd think. But not so much. Try to guess whether these words below are feminine or masculine. Three of them are traps. One of them is a masculine noun transformed into a feminine one Wink


  • Chaise (chair)
  • Table (table)
  • Chien (dog)
  • Chat (cat)
  • Divan (couch)
  • Pierre (rock)
  • Roche (rock)
  • Caillou (rock)
  • Ruban (ribbon)
  • Tasse (mug, cup)
  • Tapis (rug)
  • Piano (piano)
  • Soleil (sun)
  • Lune (moon)
  • Couverture (blanket)
  • Tête (head)
  • Bouche (mouth)
  • Monsieur
  • Madame
  • Cloche (bell)
  • Église (church)
  • Bras (arm)
  • Jambe (leg)
  • Amour (love)
  • Coeur (heart)
  • Fenêtre (window)
  • Corbeau (crow)
  • Écrivaine (writer)
  • Silence (silence)
  • Paix (peace)



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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime18th September 2016, 2:39 am

Oh ,oui je parle français ,je suis Roumain .
I know some french but I'm not perfect .
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime18th September 2016, 3:29 am

Oh! Merci beaucoup! Je parle un petit peux francais car j'ai etudier il y a des anees, mai mon francais est tres pauvres. Toutefois, I'm more than eager to learn this! ^^
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime18th September 2016, 12:17 pm

Do we PM our guesses or post them in this thread?
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime18th September 2016, 12:20 pm

You can post here, I'll give the answers at the end of the Fair.
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime20th September 2016, 5:53 am

Chaise (chair) - F
Table (table) - M
Chien (dog) - M
Chat (cat) - F
Divan (couch) - M
Pierre (rock) - M
Roche (rock) - F?
Caillou (rock) - idk
Ruban (ribbon) - F
Tasse (mug, cup) - F
Tapis (rug) - F
Piano (piano) - M
Soleil (sun) - M
Lune (moon) - F
Couverture (blanket) - F
Tête (head) - M
Bouche (mouth) - F
Monsieur - M
Madame - F
Cloche (bell) - F
Église (church) - F
Bras (arm) - M
Jambe (leg) - F
Amour (love) - F
Coeur (heart) - F
Fenêtre (window) - F
Corbeau (crow) - M
Écrivaine (writer) - F
Silence (silence) - F
Paix (peace) - F
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime20th September 2016, 9:51 am


  • Chaise (chair)-male
  • Table (table)-female
  • Chien (dog)-male
  • Chat (cat)-female
  • Divan (couch)-male
  • Pierre (rock)-male
  • Roche (rock)-male
  • Caillou (rock)-male
  • Ruban (ribbon)-female
  • Tasse (mug, cup)-female
  • Tapis (rug)-male
  • Piano (piano)-male
  • Soleil (sun)-male
  • Lune (moon)-female
  • Couverture (blanket)-female
  • Tête (head)-male
  • Bouche (mouth)-male
  • Monsieur-male
  • Madame-female
  • Cloche (bell)-male
  • Église (church)-female
  • Bras (arm)-female
  • Jambe (leg)-male
  • Amour (love)-female
  • Coeur (heart)-female
  • Fenêtre (window)-male
  • Corbeau (crow)-male
  • Écrivaine (writer)-female
  • Silence (silence)-female
  • Paix (peace)-male

I just guessed for these. Even with the video, it was confusing. Parlez-vous français? 3978041997
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime20th September 2016, 10:09 am

Even with four years of French, this is still hard...

Chaise (chair) - feminine
Table (table) - feminine 
Chien (dog) - masculine 
Chat (cat) - masculine 
Divan (couch) - masculine
Pierre (rock) - masculine
Roche (rock) - feminine
Caillou (rock) - masculine
Ruban (ribbon) - masculine
Tasse (mug, cup) - feminine
Tapis (rug) - masculine
Piano (piano) - masculine
Soleil (sun) - masculine
Lune (moon) - feminine 
Couverture (blanket) - masculine
Tête (head) - feminine
Bouche (mouth) - feminine
Monsieur - masculine
Madame - feminine
Cloche (bell) - feminine
Église (church) - feminine
Bras (arm) - feminine
Jambe (leg) - feminine 
Amour (love) - masculine
Coeur (heart) - masculine
Fenêtre (window) - feminine 
Corbeau (crow) - masculine
Écrivaine (writer) - masculine
Silence (silence) - masculine
Paix (peace) - feminine
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime20th September 2016, 11:19 am


  • Chaise (chair)F
  • Table (table)F
  • Chien (dog)M
  • Chat (cat)F
  • Divan (couch)M
  • Pierre (rock)F
  • Roche (rock)F
  • Caillou (rock)M
  • Ruban (ribbon)M
  • Tasse (mug, cup)M
  • Tapis (rug)F
  • Piano (piano)M
  • Soleil (sun)M
  • Lune (moon)F
  • Couverture (blanket)F
  • Tête (head)F
  • Bouche (mouth)F
  • Monsieur M
  • Madame F
  • Cloche (bell) M
  • Église (church) F
  • Bras (arm) M
  • Jambe (leg) F
  • Amour (love) F
  • Coeur (heart) F
  • Fenêtre (window) M
  • Corbeau (crow) M
  • Écrivaine (writer) M
  • Silence (silence) F
  • Paix (peace) F
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime20th September 2016, 6:33 pm

Cosmos-Hime: The video wasn't here to give all the answers since it's a guessing game Very Happy

3 days left before the answers and bumper are given! Thanks to those who participated!
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime23rd September 2016, 6:07 pm


  • Chaise (chair)-F
  • Table (table)-F
  • Chien (dog)-M
  • Chat (cat)-M
  • Divan (couch)-F
  • Pierre (rock)-M
  • Roche (rock)-F
  • Caillou (rock)-M
  • Ruban (ribbon)-F
  • Tasse (mug, cup)-M
  • Tapis (rug)-M
  • Piano (piano)-M
  • Soleil (sun)-M
  • Lune (moon)-F
  • Couverture (blanket)-F
  • Tête (head)-F
  • Bouche (mouth)-F
  • Monsieur-M
  • Madame-F
  • Cloche (bell)-F
  • Église (church)-F
  • Bras (arm)-F
  • Jambe (leg)-F
  • Amour (love)-F
  • Coeur (heart)-F
  • Fenêtre (window)-F
  • Corbeau (crow)-M
  • Écrivaine (writer)-could be both- it depends on if the writer is male or female...atleast thats my guess
  • Silence (silence)-M
  • Paix (peace)-F
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime26th September 2016, 10:30 pm

Chaise (chair) - F
Table (table) - M
Chien (dog) - M
Chat (cat) - F
Divan (couch) - M
Pierre (rock) - M
Roche (rock) - M
Caillou (rock) - M
Ruban (ribbon) - F
Tasse (mug, cup) - F
Tapis (rug) - M
Piano (piano) - F
Soleil (sun) - M
Lune (moon) - F
Couverture (blanket) - F
Tête (head) - F
Bouche (mouth) - F
Monsieur - M
Madame - F
Cloche (bell) - F
Église (church) - F
Bras (arm) - M
Jambe (leg) - M
Amour (love) - M
Coeur (heart) - M
Fenêtre (window) - F
Corbeau (crow) - M
Écrivaine (writer) - F
Silence (silence) - F
Paix (peace) - F


*May or may not have just written random letters after awhile Parlez-vous français? 3884866259 *

Wait, so you're telling me that the whiny Caillou kid from that one kid's show is named after rocks? *mind blown/childhood ruined XD*
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PostSubject: Re: Parlez-vous français?   Parlez-vous français? I_icon_minitime29th September 2016, 8:11 am

For all of those who participated in this guessing game:
Parlez-vous français? MxsJTba


  • UNE Chaise (chair) (F)

  • UNE Table (table) (F)

  • UN Chien (dog) (M)

  • UN Chat (cat) (M)

  • UN Divan (couch) (M)

  • UNE Pierre (rock) (F)

  • UNE Roche (rock) (F)

  • UN Caillou (rock) (M)

  • UN Ruban (ribbon) (M)

  • UNE Tasse (mug, cup) (F)

  • UN Tapis (rug) (M)

  • UN Piano (piano) (M)

  • LE Soleil (sun) (M)

  • LA Lune (moon) (F)

  • UNE Couverture (blanket) (F)

  • UNE Tête (head) (F)

  • UNE Bouche (mouth) (F)

  • Monsieur (M)

  • Madame (F)

  • UNE Cloche (bell) (F)

  • UNE Église (church) (F)

  • UN Bras (arm) (M)

  • UNE Jambe (leg) (F)

  • UN Amour (love) (M)

  • UN Coeur (heart) (M)

  • UNE Fenêtre (window) (F)

  • UN Corbeau (crow) (M)

  • UNE Écrivaine (writer) (F)

  • LE Silence (silence) (M)

  • LA Paix (peace) (F)

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