Hi friends, this is an opportunity to study French. French is one of the most spoken and popular language in the world after English . Speaking English and French therefore gives one special advantage. French is generally known as romantic language because of its romantic nature. It is a language for education, travel, business, tourism, arts, science and technology etc...


I will break it down in a way beginners will understand...

You are free to ask question, if you don't understand any section...

Unit 1: French Alphabet/ L'alphabet français pronounce(la-fah-beh-fran-ceh)

Just like English Language, French Language has the same alphabet though with different pronounciation. English has twenty one consonants and five vowels, French has twenty consonants and six vowels because letter "y" in french is considered a vowel.

It is important to note that some letters in french are less common than in English....Such letters include "K" and "W" and some vowels in french take accents (à, é, ï, ô, ù etc....)

A - ah
B - bay
C - say
D - day
E - eh
F - eff
G - jay
H - ash
J - gee
K - car
L - elle
M - emme
N - enne
O - oh
P - pay
Q - ku/queue
R- err
S- esse
T- Tay
U- uh
V- vay
W - double vay
X - iks
Y - igrek
Z - zed

pls try and study the alphabet, learn to pronounce it correctly...

following master

Unit: 2. Numbers/ Les nombres

0 - zero - zay-roh
1 - un - un
2 - deux - doh
3 - Trois - trwah
4 - quatre - katre
5 - cinq - senk
6 - six - sees
7 - sept - set
8 - huit - wheat/wit
9 - neuf - nof
10 - dix - deese

texasbullet: following master

bienvenue monsieur texa...meaning "welcome Mr. Texa"
pronounce as (bien-veh-nu- mo-sio- texa)...

The most important thing is the pronounciation.
U dont read french like English. When we get to the rules,you will understand.....pronounce it out so that you will be used to it.
Do not be ashamed to speak the little you know, be proud of it.
Even if you make mistakes....don't be discouraged, we learn from our mistakes.

11 - onze - onz
12 - douze - douse
13 - treize - trezz
14-quatorze-katorzz
15-quinze-kenz
16-seize- sezz
17- " dix-sept" - dees-set
18- "dix-huit" - dees-wheat
19-"dix- neuf" - dees-nof
20- vingt - veng

That's good. Following

21-vingt et un - veng eh un
22-vingt deux - veng doh
23-vingt trois - veng trwah
24-vingt quatre - veng katre
25-vingt cinq - veng senk
26-vingt six - veng sees
27-vingt sept - veng set
28-vingt huit- veng wheat
29-vingt neuf- veng nof
30-trente-trant

Kindly follow the same pattern till 60....because from 70 calculations are involve
Don't panic pals , its not like additional mathematics but simple calculations

40-quarante- karant
50-cinquante - sekant
60-soixante- swa sant

calculations begins here:...


70-soixante dix- swa sant deese......(soixante =60, dix = 10...60+10 =70 ..(soixante dix==60,10)..)
71-soixante onze- swa sant onze...(soixante=60, onze=11...60+11=71...(soixante onze==60,11).)
72-soixante douze-swa sant douce..(soixante=60, douze=12..60+12=72... .....now calculate 73,74,75,76,77,78 and 79.


80 follows the first pattern that is from 20-60

80-quatre vingt -katre veng
81-quatre vingt et un - katre veng eh un
82-quatre vingt deux - katre veng doh
83-quatre vingt trois- katre veng trwah.............till 89

90-quatre vingt dix-katre veng deese....(quatre vingt =80, dix =10...80+10=90....(quatre vingt dix==80,10...)...)

91-quatre vingt onze-katre veng onz....(quatre vingt=80, onze=11...80+11=91...(quatre vingt onze==80,11...)...)...till 99
Now calculate 92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99



100- cent - sang
101- cent et un - sang eh un
102-cent deux - sang doh
103-cent trois- sang trwah


200-deux cent-doh sang
300-trois cent- trwah sang
1000-mille -mill
5000-cinq mille-senk mill
100000-un million-un miyong


1/2 -demi- deoh mi

1/4-un quart- un kah

1/3-un tiers- un tear


Any question?

Unit:3 French Vowels/ Les voyelles français

They are:....

a, e, i, o, u, y any other once originate from these six vowels...I will try to bring all of them as we proceed.

Note: French Language makes less use of Capital letters than English. As such it is important to note that days, months, languages and nationalities in French are written in small letters except they appear at the beginning of a sentence.

Les voyelles

"a"...."chat" means "cat".....pronounce as "sha"
....."à" meaning "to/at"......prononce as "ah"
....."agréable " meaning "pleasant/nice"....pronounce as "a grea bl"

"i"-----ici---meaning---Here---prononce as---i-ci (lettre "i" as in Italy not Ivory-coast)
il y a--meaning--there is/ there are---pronounce as---ill-yah
italie--meaning--Italy---pronounce as----Ita-ly

I've got little French, but would love to learn More.
Please don't stop the good work.

I don't want to rush the class....please study them always so that you will be familiar with it
Next class will be tomorrow.

Nice, following.....

Following this thread!! God bless the OP. Pls continue!!

Nice one, keep u the good work Sir. Am in

interestin

Note: It should be noted that consonants at the end of words in French are not always pronounced. This ofcourse is very common with consonant letters such as b, c, d, f, g, h, t, s, x and z. Also lettre "e" at the end of most French words is always silent . it is also vital to know that lettre "h" at the beginning of words in french is always silent.

ottty: Nice one, keep u the good work Sir. Am in

merci beaucoup

Dinocarex: Following this thread!! God bless the OP. Pls continue!!

de rein....merci

Monseiur Destilo, kindly continue wit d class

layuns: Monseiur Destilo, kindly continue wit d class

D'accord mon ami (male)
Alright or Ok my friend (if your friend is a male)
pronounced as.......da-cor mo-na-mi


D'accord mon amie (female)
Alright or Ok my friend (if your friend is a female)
pronounce as.....da-cor mo-na-mi

Please take note of...."ami & amie"...... The meaning is FRIEND....pronounce as "a-mi" for both of them.....
The first is a male friend while the second is a female friend.....In french they are called MASCULINE AND FEMININE...


je suis madmoiselle....ne monsieur pas, s'il vous plaît.

I am Miss not Mr please..

pronounced as......
jeo swi mad-mwa-zel...ne mon-sio pa, sil-vu-pleh.

French Nasal Vowels - Voyelles nasales française

A nasal vowel is a sound made by expelling air through the mouth and nose without obstruction of the lips, tongue, or throat. Nasal pronunciation can be very different from the normal pronunciation of the same vowels.

Vowels followed by M or N are usually nasal, except when the nasal consonant is followed by another vowel, in which case the vowel and consonant are both voiced. For example:

un - nasal..... ....meaning "a" or "1"
une - voiced........."........."................." (Musculine and feminine)

It may help you to know that there are nasal vowels in English, even though they are a bit different than French nasal vowels. In English, the nasal consonant (M or N) is pronounced and thus nasalizes the vowel that precedes it, whereas in French the vowel is nasal and the consonant is not pronounced. Compare the following:

French on, an....
English own, on

Feel free to ask Any question......

French accent

There are four French accents for vowels and one accent for a consonant. For specific information on what the accents do to change the pronunciation of the letters they modify.

The accent aigu (´ )(acute accent) can only be on an "E", e.g., étudiant (male student).

The accent grave (` )(grave accent) can be found on an A, E, or U. On the A and U, it usually serves to distinguish between words that would otherwise be homographs; e.g., ou (or) vs où (where) pronounce as "who"

The accent circonflexe (ˆ) (circumflex) can be on an A, E, I, O, or U. It serves to distinguish between homographs; e.g., du (contraction of de + le) vs dû (past participle of devoir).(we will come to dis soon)

The accent tréma (¨) (dieresis or umlaut) can be on an E, I, or U. It is used when two vowels are next to each other and both must be pronounced separately..as in sylabus, e.g., naïve, Saül...pronounce as na-if, sa-ul.

The cédille (¸) (cedilla) is found only on the letter C. It changes a hard C sound (like K) into a soft C sound (like S), e.g., garçon. The cedilla is never placed in front of E or I, because C always sounds like an S in front of these vowels.

It is essential to put accents in their proper places - an incorrect or missing accent is a spelling mistake just as an incorrect or missing letter would be. The only exception to this is capital letters, which are often left unaccented.