French Challenge! Build Vocab to Conversation! (Updated Frequently)

Hello Everyone!

In class today, we began the process of building our vocabulary together a small bit at a time to gather the tools we need to communicate in French in a basic conversation.

Each day, we will practice a few words and phrases together. We will decide as a class which 3 words or phrases we will add to our repertoire of words that we are actively using. In class we will actively use the words with one another, doing exercises to practice, but…..

The bigger challenge will be going the whole day using our new words (and all the previous ones, too), substituting Francais for Anglais slowly.

Here you will find our list of words as we continue to add to our challenge. You can watch any video of basic French greetings online to practice, and here is one we are using right now to learn the first phrases. Stay tuned as I gradually add to this list. My apologies for not using special French characters on some of the words, but we are copying them correctly in class.

Je — I  (the pronoun to refer to yourself)

merci — thank you

bonjour — hello

bienvenue — welcome

je m’appelle — my name is

je suis — I am 

Comment ca va? — How are you? 

oui — yes

ca va bien – I am good

ca va mal – I am bad

ca va pas mal — I am okay (meh)

ca va comme ci comme ca — I am a this and that / I am so so 

ca va! — I am okay

GREETINGS SONG  Comment ca va!

BEGINNING CONVERSATION SONG  Bonjour mes amis!

 

BONNE CHANCE!  (Good Luck!)