Different vowel sounds
| [a] | [ɑ̃] | [o] | [õ] |
| [m] | ma | man | mo | mon |
| [t] | ta | tan | to | ton |
| [s] | sa | san | so | son |
| [v] | va | van | vo | von |
Giving an email – Formal
| Person Speaking | French | English |
Tim
| Excusez-moi, vous avez une carte de visite? | Excuse me, do you have a business card? |
| Mary | Non, mais voici mon adresse e-mail: mary annabelle arobase gmail point fr. | No, but my email address is: mary annabelle at gmail dot fr |
| Tim | Je note…mary…anna….désolé, vous pouvez répéter moins vite s’il vous plait? | I will note…mary…anna….sorry, could you repeat that less fast please? |
| Mary | Bien sûr: mary … annabelle … arobase … gmail … point … fr.
| Of course. Mary … annabelle … at … gmail … dot … fr. |
Giving a phone number – Informal
| Person Speaking | French | English |
Sara
| Excusez-moi, …tu as un numéro de portable? | Excuse me, do you have a mobile number? |
| Mary | Oui. C’est le 06 07 08 08 03. | Yes, it is 06 07 08 08 03. |
| Sara | Le 06 07 quoi? Tu peux répéter? | 06 07 what? Can you repeat it? |
| Mary | 06 07 08 08 03
| 06 07 08 08 03 |
| Sara | C’est noté, merci! | It is noted, thank you! |
Numbers
| 0 | zéro |
| 1 | un |
| 2 | deux |
| 3 | trois |
| 4 | quarte |
| 5 | cinq |
| 6 | six |
| 7 | sept |
| 8 | huit |
| 9 | neuf |
| 10 | dix |
| 11 | onze |
| 12 | douze |
| 13 | treize |
| 14 | quatorze |
| 15 | quinze |
| 16 | seize |
| 17 | dix-sept |
| 18 | dix-huit |
| 19 | dix-neuf |
| 20 | vingt |
| 100 | cent |
| 200 | deux cent |
Phone and email
| Person Speaking | French | English |
Anna
| Excusez-moi, elle s’appelle comment? | Excuse me, what is her name? |
| Beth | Elle s’appelle Marie. | She is called Mary. |
| Anna | Quel est son numéro de téléphone? | What is her telephone number? |
| Beth | Son numéro, c’est le 01 02 03 04 05.
| Her number, it is 01 02 03 04 05. |
| Anna | Et quelle est son adresse e-mail? | And what is her email address? |
| Beth | Son adresse e-mail, c’est marie arobase orange point fr | Her email address, it is marie at orange dot fr. |
Handy words
| French | English |
| Carte de visite | Business card |
| Numéro de portable | Mobile number |
| Une adresse e-mail | Email address |
| Une adresse electronique | Email address |
| Excusez-moi | Excuse me (formal) |
| Excuse-moi | Excuse me (informal) |
| Voici | Her it is |
| Voila | That’s it |
| Tenez | Here you go |
| Tiens | Here you go |
These notes are from Interactions 1 Méthode de Française A1.1 and where copyrighted work is used it is done so under the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994.
