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BASIC FRENCH : Fruits and Vegetables
French (sounds like...) English meaning
un fruit (uhn-frwee) a fruit
une salade de fruits (uyn-sa-lad-duh-frwee) a fruit salad
une banane (uyn-ba-nan) a banana
une pomme (uyn-pohm) an apple
une orange (uyn-o-ronjh) an orange
une pêche (uyn-pesh) a peach
une cerise (uyn-sir-eez) a cherry
un raisin (uhn-reh-sehn) a grape
une prune (uyn-pruyn) a plum
un ananas (uhn-a-na-na) a pineapple
une poire (uyn-pwahr) a pear
un légume (uhn-lay-gyuhm) a vegetable un chou (uhn-shoo) a cabbage
une carotte (uyn-ca-roht) a carrot
une pomme de terre (uyn-pohm-duh-tair) a potato
un céleri (uhn-say-luh-ree) a celery stalk
un chou-fleur (uhn-shoo-flurh) a head of cauliflower
un haricot (uhn-ah-ree-ko) a grean bean
une laitue (uyn-leh-tyu) a head of lettuce
Voici . (vwah-see- ) Here is .
Voilà . (vwah-la- . ) There is .
Qu`est-ce qu`il y a ? (kess-kee-lee-ya- ?) What is there ?
e.g. Qu`est-ce qu`il y a dans le sac? What is there inside the bag?
Il y a . (eel-ee-ya- . ) There is .
un/une (uhn/uyn- ) a OR one
le/la (luh / la - ) the
e.g. la pomme the apple
des (day- ) some OR the
e.g. des raisins some grapes OR JUST grapes
POSSESSIVE :
IF THE NOUN IS PRECEDED BY "UN" OR "LE", USE :
mon (mohn- ) my
e.g. mon citron = my lemon
IF THE NOUN IS PRECEDED BY "UNE" OR "LA", USE :
ma (ma- ) my
e.g. ma pomme = my apple
IF THE NOUN IS PLURAL (PRECEDED BY "DES" OR "LES"), USE :
mes (may- ) my
e.g. mes cerises = my cherries
*THE SAME GRAMMAR AND PRONUNCIATION SCHEME IS USED FOR :
ton, ta, tes ("your ") & son, sa, ses ("his/her ")
À qui est ? (a-kee-eh- ?) Who does belong to?
C`est à . (set-ah- .) It belongs to .
un fruit (uhn-frwee) a fruit
une salade de fruits (uyn-sa-lad-duh-frwee) a fruit salad
une banane (uyn-ba-nan) a banana
une pomme (uyn-pohm) an apple
une orange (uyn-o-ronjh) an orange
une pêche (uyn-pesh) a peach
une cerise (uyn-sir-eez) a cherry
un raisin (uhn-reh-sehn) a grape
une prune (uyn-pruyn) a plum
un ananas (uhn-a-na-na) a pineapple
une poire (uyn-pwahr) a pear
un légume (uhn-lay-gyuhm) a vegetable un chou (uhn-shoo) a cabbage
une carotte (uyn-ca-roht) a carrot
une pomme de terre (uyn-pohm-duh-tair) a potato
un céleri (uhn-say-luh-ree) a celery stalk
un chou-fleur (uhn-shoo-flurh) a head of cauliflower
un haricot (uhn-ah-ree-ko) a grean bean
une laitue (uyn-leh-tyu) a head of lettuce
Voici . (vwah-see- ) Here is .
Voilà . (vwah-la- . ) There is .
Qu`est-ce qu`il y a ? (kess-kee-lee-ya- ?) What is there ?
e.g. Qu`est-ce qu`il y a dans le sac? What is there inside the bag?
Il y a . (eel-ee-ya- . ) There is .
un/une (uhn/uyn- ) a OR one
le/la (luh / la - ) the
e.g. la pomme the apple
des (day- ) some OR the
e.g. des raisins some grapes OR JUST grapes
POSSESSIVE :
IF THE NOUN IS PRECEDED BY "UN" OR "LE", USE :
mon (mohn- ) my
e.g. mon citron = my lemon
IF THE NOUN IS PRECEDED BY "UNE" OR "LA", USE :
ma (ma- ) my
e.g. ma pomme = my apple
IF THE NOUN IS PLURAL (PRECEDED BY "DES" OR "LES"), USE :
mes (may- ) my
e.g. mes cerises = my cherries
*THE SAME GRAMMAR AND PRONUNCIATION SCHEME IS USED FOR :
ton, ta, tes ("your ") & son, sa, ses ("his/her ")
À qui est ? (a-kee-eh- ?) Who does belong to?
C`est à . (set-ah- .) It belongs to .