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Most used French words

Most common French words.

Most frequent French words.


Articles:

le, la, les = the

l' = le or la before a vowel or most h
un, une, des = a, an, one

masculine singular : le jour = the day, un jour, l'homme = a man
feminine singular : la chose = the thing, une chose, l'Italie
plural : les jours = the days, les choses = the things, des jours = days , des choses = things

Verbs:
être = to be ; its most frequent forms : est = is , sont = (they) are : Robert est français

avoir = to have ; its forms : a = has , ont = (they) have : Robert a une chose - Robert has a thing


Prepositions:
de = of, from : la chose de Robert
d' = de before a vowel : d'Anna
à = to : à Robert
en = in : Robert est en France
pour = for : c'est pour Robert
dans = in : dans un jour = in one day
sur = on
par = by
avec = with

Prepositions with articles:
du = de + le
au = à + le



Conjunctions:
et = and
que = that
mais = but

Pronouns:
je = I (j') : je suis en France, j'ai une chose
tu = you
il = he
elle = she
nous = we
vous = you
ils = they
elles = they
qui = who
se (s') = oneself, himself, herself

Adverbs:
ne = not (n' before a vowel)
pas = not
plus = more
bien = well
non = no

Adjectives :
ce = this : ce jour
c' = its form before a vowel : c'est = this is
son = his, her, its : son jour = his day
mon = my : mon docteur = my doctor

French vocabulary - most common French words - second part