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These 50 words cover ~40% of everyday French
Pronouns(11)
il
he, it
/il/
je
I
/สษ/
ce
this, that, it
/sษ/
se
oneself, himself, herself
/sษ/
qui
who, which
/ki/
elle
she, her
/ษl/
nous
we, us
/nu/
on
one, we (informal)
/ษฬ/
y
there, to it
/i/
vous
you (formal/plural)
/vu/
tu
you (informal)
/ty/
Determiners(2)
son
his, her, its (masculine)
/sษฬ/
leur
their, to them
/lลส/
Articles(6)
le
the (masculine singular)
/lษ/
un
a, one (masculine)
/ลฬ/
la
the (feminine singular)
/la/
les
the (plural)
/le/
des
some, of the (plural)
/de/
du
of the, some (masculine)
/dy/
Core Verbs(9)
รชtre
to be
/ษtส/
avoir
to have
/avwaส/
dire
to say, to tell
/diส/
faire
to do, to make
/fษส/
pouvoir
to be able to, can
/puvwaส/
aller
to go
/ale/
vouloir
to want
/vulwaส/
savoir
to know (a fact)
/savwaส/
venir
to come
/vษniส/
Common Nouns(1)
homme
man
/ษm/
Adjectives(2)
tout
all, everything, every
/tu/
grand
big, tall, great
/ษกสษฬ/
Adverbs(4)
ne
not (first part of negation)
/nษ/
pas
not (second part of negation)
/pa/
plus
more, plus
/ply/
bien
well, good
/bjษฬ/
Prepositions(9)
de
of, from
/dษ/
en
in, of it, some
/ษฬ/
sur
on, upon
/syส/
pour
for, in order to
/puส/
dans
in, inside
/dษฬ/
au
to the, at the (masculine)
/o/
avec
with
/avษk/
par
by, through, per
/paส/
ร
to, at, in
/a/
Connectors(6)
et
and
/e/
que
that, which, what
/kษ/
mais
but
/mษ/
si
if, so, yes (contradicting)
/si/
comme
like, as
/kษm/
ou
or
/u/