heyy, yesterday was Saturday, but I forgot to post this, so today I'll post Saturday's and Sunday's post. For this week, the language will be French. Ath school, I have had French for four years, but since I'm switching levels, I don't have it anymore. In Holland, we have different levels in school. I switched from VWO (the highest) to HAVO (the middle), and the sector I chose didn't have an extra language, so I don't have French anymore. But I can still teach it to you, so if you're going to France, here are some useful phrases. First the English sentence, than the French translation, than the pronounciation.
1.) Hello
Bonjour
Bonzjoor
2.) How are you?
Ça va?
Sa va?
3.) Fine. (as answer to 'how are you?')
Ça va bien.
Sa va bi-en.
4.) Thanks
Merci
Mersi
5.) Where is the swimmingpool?
Où est la piscine?
Oo è la piesien?
6.) What is your name?
Quel est votre nom?
Cel è votre nom?
7.) How old are you?
Quel âge avez-vous?
Cel aash avee-voo?
8.) Do you speak English?
Vous parlez anglais?
Voo parlee anglè?
9.) yes/no
oui/non
wee/noh
Counting in French is not very dificult, but above 70, it gets harder.
1 un
an
2 deux
duh
3 trois
trwa
4 quatre
catru
5 cinq
sink
6 six
sies
7 sept
set
8 huit
wiet
9 neuf
nuf
10 dix
dies
11 onze
onzu
12 douze
doozu
13 treize
traezu
14 quatorze
catorzu
15 quinze
cenzu
16 seize
sezu
17 dix-sept
dies-set
18 dix-huit
dies-wiet
19 dix-neuf
dies-nuf
20 vingt
veh
30 trente
trantu
40 quarante
carantu
50 cinquante
sinkantu
60 soixante
swasantu
70 soixante-dix
swasantu-dies
80 quatre-vingt
catru-veh
90 quatre-vingt-dix
catru-veh-dies
100 cent
sah
When you want to say 21, it is vingt-et-un (twenty and one)
When you want to say 22, it is vingt-deux (twenty two)
When you want to say 71, you say soixante-onze (sixty eleven), instead of soixante-dix-un
When you want to say 300, you say trois-cent (three hundred)
It was kind of hard for me to do the pronounciation, because in the Netherlands, we write some sounds different, so I hope it is useful. You can also type the words into google translate and listen to the pronounciation.
I hope you like it
bye xxx