BASIC FRENCH WORDS

11 Basic French Phrases

French Greetings
Learn French words: Family
What time is it in French
French love phrases
Common French Phrases Say hi!
Learn the French language:    "introducing yourself"
Je voudrais voir la mer

• Online French phrases:
  Shopping
• Basic French words: Directions
• How to pronounce French words
  Questions
• Useful phrases in French: Hotel Reservation
   

Basic French words

French is not only spoken in Paris and France but the French language is also used in French Polynesia, Quebec-Canada, Morocco, Algeria, Tunesia, and also by the elderly people in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodja.

Basic French direction words

On this page you will learn the French words for left, right and straight.

You will also learn how to ask for directions in the French language, and you will get used to the pronounciation of the French words for directions.

Pour aller au château?
Prenez la deuxième rue à gauche,
puis continuez tout droit jusqu'au carrefour,
alors tournez à droite et
continuez jusqu'à vous voyez le château au bout de la rue.

Learn French : Learn how to ask for directions.
There are 4 audiofiles on this webpage (Scroll down)

Left, right, straight

Learn French : Learn how to say left, right and straight in French.

Double-click the words to hear the audio (around 30KB .wav)

à gauche : left
à droite : right
tout droit : straight

Reading a map

Learn French : Learn how to ask for directions and learn how to read a map in French.

Nicole is at the hôtel and wants to go to restaurant Climbié.
She asks the hotelmanager how to get there.

Double-click here to download the audio (61KB.mp3)

Vocab :
pouvez-vous = Can you
descendez = go down
sur = on
au coin de = at the corner of
Je vous remercie = I thank you
Je vous en prie = you are most welcome