Basic Expressions

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The following table includes the basic words/expressions that everyone needs to know. Once they have been mastered, you can focus on the other categories.

English	Images	French	Listen and Repeat	Write (r = response; f = first letter)
hello		bonjour		?
please		s'il vous plaît		?
good-bye		au revoir		?
I need	I need	J'ai besoin de		?
I would like	I would like	Je voudrais		?
Where is?		Où est		??
My name is		Je m'appelle		?
Help		aide		?
Thank you		merci		?
When is ...?		Quand est-ce que		??
I am	I am	Je suis		?
I am sick		Je suis malade		?
I am sorry		Je m'excuse		?
yes		oui		?
no		non		?
Do you speak English?		Vous parlez anglais?		??
I have	I have	J'ai		?
to eat		manger		?
to drink		boire		?
the police		la police		?
the hospital		l'hôpital		?
to lose		perdre		?
the money		l'argent		?

Basic Numbers and Days

 Here is some more information about numbers and dates/time.

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Grammar Point: Present Tense

The present tense of a verb is formed by dropping the ending of the infinitive (-er, -ir or -re) and using the appropriate present tense ending. For example:

travailler ("to work") > je travaille  ("I work"); tu travailles ("you work"); partir ("to leave") > ils partent ("they leave); prendre ("to take") > elle prend ("she takes").

Conjugate travailler

For some common verbs, you need to learn the somewhat unpredictable verb forms:

être ("to be") > Je suis ("I am"); Tu es ("you are")

Conjugate être

avoir ("to have") > J'ai ("I have"); Tu as ("you have").

 Conjugate avoir 

You can find out more about the present tense of verbs here.