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THE USBORNE
FIRST
THOUSAND
WORDS
FRENCH
IN
With easy pronunciation guide
Heather Amery
Illustrated
by Stephen Cartwright
Revised edition edited by Nicole Irving
and designed by Andy Griffin
French language consultant: Lorraine Sharp
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book
This book is for everyone who is starting to learn French.
By looking at the small, labeled pictures, it will be easy to learn
the words. You can also look at the large central picture and
try to recall words for things. This helps to make the words stick
in your mind, and it is also lots of fun. Seeing things in a scene
will also help you to remember them.
Masculine and feminine words
When
you look at French words for things such as "table" or
"man", you will see that they have le, la or T in front of them.
This is because all French words for things and people are
either masculine or feminine. Le is the word for "the" in front of
a masculine word, la is "the" in front of a feminine word, and
you use \' in front of words that begin with "a", "e", "\" "o" or
"u" In front of words that are plural (more than one, such as
,
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"tables" or "men"), the French
word
for "the"
is
les.
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Looking at French >vords
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written over or under some letters. Usually they are over the
letter "e" and they change the way you say the letter.
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The best
way
Saying French >vords
how to say French words
is to listen to a
French speaker and repeat what you hear. To help you,
though, in the word list at the back of the book, you will find
to learn
an easy pronunciation guide
for
each French word.
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to date, so that it now includes objects which have made
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sandwich
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beurre
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fromage
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la
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le
chapeau
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le
serveur
la
serveuse
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soleil
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le
printemps
automne
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nuages
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de neige
la voile
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la
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football
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Word
In this list,
you can
list
find all the French
words
in this
book. They are listed in alphabetical order. Next to
each one, you can see its pronunciation (how to say
it)
in letters like this,
Remember
and then
that French
its
English translation.
nouns (words
either masculine or feminine (see
for things)
page
are
3). In the
list,
each one has le, la, \' or les in f^ront of it. These all
mean "the". The words with le are masculine, those
About French pronunciation
Read the pronunciation as if it were an English
word, but try to remember the following points
about how f^rench words are said:
the French
j
is
said
like the "s" in
"treasure";
when you see (nj
in a pronunciation, you
shoulcl barely say the "n" or "m"; say the letter that
is before it through your nose, as if you had a cold;
or (m)
with la are feminine.
the French r
French nouns that begin with "a", "e", "\" "o" or
"u", and many that begin with an "h", have I' in
front of them. At the end, you will see (m) or (f) to
show if the word is masculine or feminine. Plural
nouns (a noun is plural if you are talking about more
than one, for example "cats") have les in front.
These are also followed by (m) or (f).
,
A
sounds a
is
little
made
like
at the
back of the throat and
gargling;
u is not like any sound in English. It is a
a cross between the "ew" of "few" and the
"oo" of "food". To say it, round your lips to say
"oo", then try to say "ee"; the pronunciations use
the letters "ew" to show this sound.
the French
little
like
n
has
lo
charrette
les
des (m|
gar
la
gare
la
le
gateau
luh
ga-taw
cake
le
gateau d'anniverscire
luh
ga-taw
birthday cake
station
dannee-vair-sair
a gawsh
a gauche
genou
le
gens (m/f)
les
(on/to) the
luh juh-noo
knee
hi
people
jolnj
luh jee-lai
cardigan
la
girafe
la jee-raf
giraffe
le
givre
luh jeevr
le gilet
frost
cream
lo
gloce
la
glahss
ice
la
gomme
la
gom
eraser
le
gorllle
luh
la
gralne
goree-yuh
grenn
la
grand
gorilla
seed
big
groin)
la
grand-mere
le
grand-pere
luh groin] pair
la
grande roue
la
la
grange
la gro(njj
barn
le
grenier
luh gruhn-yai
attic
la
grenouille
la
la
gro(nj-mair
gro{n]d roo
gruh-noo-yuh
grandmother
grandfather
wheel
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frog
grimper
gra(mlpai
to climb
gris
gree
grey
gros
crane
la
grue
graw
la grew
la
guepe
la
fat
wasp
gaip
guirlande
la geer-lo(n)d
la
guitare
la
la
gymnastique
la /eem-nastee(c
la
left
gee-la rr
paper chains
guitar
gym
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hache
la
la
haie
la ai
le
hamburger
luh
le
hamster
luh am-stair
le
haricot
luh
la
axe
hedge
ash
a(mjboor-ger
larmoneeka
haut
aw
le
haut
luh
le
haut-de-forme
luh
hamster
aree-kaw
I'harmonica (m|
hamburger
bean
harmonica
high
aw
aw
top
duh form
top hat
I'helicoptere (m)
lellee-koptair
helicopter
I'herbe
lairb
grass
(f)
le
herisson
le
hibou
luh airee-so(nj
luh
rhippopotame
eeboo
owl
leepo-pottam
hippopotamus
I'hiver (m)
lee-vair
winter
rhomme-grenouille (m)
lorn
I'hopital (m)
law-peetal
I'hotel (m)
law-tell
I'hotesse
I'huile
de
(m)
Pair
(f)
huit
le
(f)
gruhnoo-yuh
lawtess duh
hospital
hotel
lair
flight
Iweel
oil
west
eight
attendant
island
(f)
mmeuble
frogman
lee-merbl
apartment building
nfirmier (m)
la{n]ieerm-yai
nurse (man)
nfirmiere
la(njfeern)-yair
nurse (woman)
nstituteur (m)
la(njstee-tewter
teacher (man)
nstitutrice
lafnjstee-tewtreess
teacher (woman)
la(n)terrewp-ter
switch
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(f)
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nterrupteur (m)
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The Usborne
First
Thousand Words
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French provides
wealth of vocabulary-building opportunities for young
a
learners of French,
and also
for
anyone who wants the
stimulus of learning with pictures. Devised to appeal to
a
wide age range,
this
book contains
and amusing
bright
les
pictures by Stephen Cartwright, illustrating a basic French
encourages direct association of the
French word with the object to ensure effective,
long-term learning. At the end of the book there is a full
vocabulary.
It
French/English dictionary, which covers
in
all
pommes
the words
book and includes an easy-to-use,
word-by-word pronunciation guide.
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which have only made their way into
everyday life over the past few years. The text has been
entirely revised and brought up to date, and there are a
number of brand-new illustrations.
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