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Learn French Excellent Table manners
Janine : Bon appétit!
Pierre : Bon appétit!
Garçon : Encore?
Jean : Non, merci.
Garçon : C'est bon?
Jean : Oui, c'est délicieux!
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Pronunciation : é
Consider é as a French letter representing the sound :
- English equivalent : like the "a" sound in "he ate"
- Bahasa Melayu equivalent : like the "a" sound in "ialah"
Pronunciation : Silent end consonants
As a first rule of thumb, keep end consonants silent :
- appétit -> appéti
- est -> e
- délicieux -> délicieu
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French : Please - Thank you - You are welcome
Janine : S'il vous plaît!
Pierre : Merci!
Garçon : Voilà!
Jean : Merci beaucoup!
Garçon : De rien!
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Learn French expressions as they come !
When you learn French : understand expressions as a whole. Word by word translations can be meaningless
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FRENCH |
EXPRESSION TRANSLATION |
WORD BY WORD MEANINGLESS TRANSLATION |
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s'iI vous plaît |
please |
if he you pleases |
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voilà |
take please |
see there |
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de rien |
you are welcome |
of nothing |
- S'il vous plaît is the general translation of 'please'. You will see a lot it's abbreviation : s.v.p.
- Voilà is a word you will hear a lot. It literary means : 'see there'. If you give something to somebody, voila means 'take'. Mostly voilà will be used to express something like 'OK, 'That's it!'.