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«these«: examples and translations in context
| The permanent members should therefore be held to these commitments. | Les membres permanents devraient par conséquent s’en tenir à ces engagements. |
| Details on methodology for calculating these estimates were presented. | Les détails concernant la méthode de calcul de ces estimations ont été présentés. |
| My delegation has raised these and related problems during prior debates. | Ma délégation a soulevé ce problème au cours de débats précédents. |
| The labour inspectors carry out these checks in the private sector. | Les inspecteurs du travail effectuent ce contrôle dans le secteur privé. |
| There were also barriers between these various groups of tents. | Il y avait également des barrières entre les divers groupes de tentes. |
| The process is illustrated as follows with reference to these norms. | La procédure est illustrée ci-après avec des renvois à ces normes. |
See how “these” is translated from English to French with more examples in context
Palestinian Authority supported these goals.
palestinienne allait dans le sens de cet objectif.
Please contact the property if you expect to arrive after these hours.
Veuillez contacter l’établissement si vous prévoyez d’arriver en dehors de cet horaire.
And these are the saddles from the camels in»Lawrence of Arabia.
Et ça, ce sont les selles… des chameaux dans»Lawrence d’Arabie.
You know how these young surgeons are.
Vous savez comment sont les jeunes chirurgiens.
There was all of these«Scene Missing» frames
Il y avait souvent des cartons»Scène manquante.
I’m not used to these things, Mihriban.
Je ne suis pas habitué à ce genre de chose, Mihriban.
These rough estimates, however, vary considerably
TCes estimations approximatives varient toutefois considérablement,
These taxes have been traditionally applied by Governments
However, these are used for specific purposes.
Ceux‑ci servent toutefois à des fins particulières.
The most famous of these is, without doubt the Eiffel Tower.
Le plus célèbre d’entre-eux est sans conteste la Tour Eiffel.
Whoever chooses one of these nationalities is not allowed to keep the other.
Quiconque choisit une des deux nationalités ne peut conserver l’autre.
Pieces of paper can help on these occasions.
When hungry, these bears devour large amounts of food rapidly.
Des ours affamés peuvent engloutir une grande quantité de nourriture.
The persistence of these challenges can be attributed to several key factors.
Plusieurs facteurs principaux peuvent expliquer la persistance de ces difficultés.
These families lived in subhuman conditions.
Les conditions de vie de ces familles étaient inhumaines.
These are isolated mountains or massifs.
These laws were as follows.
Most of these ended up in the United States.
La plupart d’entre-eux ont fini aux États-Unis.
These have included the abandonment
Under these conditions his orchids thrived.
Ses orchidées sont florissantes sous ces conditions.
These are not associated with the OEC.
Some of these cryptanalysts received a shorter
Certains cryptanalystes toutefois recevront plus tard
These were then converted to RB-29Js.
La plupart furent par la suite convertis en VT-29A.
These restrictions would make
Toute restriction des facilités est
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Many wrong or partially wrong answers here, and your question is not precise enough. The use of demonstrative pronouns is not easy. Here are my thoughts after I’ve read the answers, probably not exhaustive.
Note the use of ci and là in French:
- Ici = here
- Là = there
- Celui-ci/celle-ci = this one
- Celui-là/celle-là = that one
- Ceux-ci/celles-ci = these ones
- Ceux-là/celles-là = those ones
Now let’s begin.
- This + noun for ce/cet/cette + noun
I want this balloon!
Je veux ce ballon !
If you want to insist more:
Je veux ce ballon-ci !
It means not another one, this one.
- That for ce/cet/cette
No, I want that one! That ballon!
Non, je veux celui-là ! Ce ballon-là !
- This in this is
If you say:
It’s a beautiful dress!
You translate it into:
C’est une belle robe !
But if you say:
This is a beautiful dress!
You probably want to insist on this dress, so you could say:
Cette robe est belle !
Cette robe-ci est belle !
- That in that is
That is a beautiful dress!
Could be translated into:
Cette robe-là est belle !
But we would rather say:
Ça, c’est une belle robe !
In many cases, you can’t use -là to translate that:
That is something!
Ça, c’est quelque chose !
That is strange.
Ça, c’est bizarre.
- Example
This building is empty. It’s strange. Yeah, this is really strange. But the strangest thing is that it is closed. That is very strange.
Cet immeuble est vide. C’est bizarre. Ouais, c’est vraiment bizarre. Mais la chose la plus bizarre c’est qu’il est fermé. Ça, c’est vraiment bizarre.
The most common French words are: Oui (yes), non (no), merci (thank you), je (I), tu/vous (you), le/la/les (the), un, une des (a, an and some), le/la/les (it, them), et (and) and mais (but).
What are the most frequently used French words?
Learning the most common words is the first step to learning to speak fluently. Rather than just providing a list of top-100 words without any structure, we’ve created a list based on language sub-areas such as common adjectives, prepositions and verbs. We’ve also broken our list down into noun groups such family, clothing and much more.
Top 10 French words in a nutshell
These are the top ten frequently most used words in the French language:
- Oui yes
- Non no
- Merci thank you
- Je I
- Tu/vous you
- le, la, les the
- Un, une, des a, an, some
- le, la, les it, them
- Et and
- Mais but
Example sentences with the most common words:
- Oui, je parle français. Yes, I speak French.
- Non, je ne parle pas français. No, I don’t speak French.
- Merci beaucoup. Thank you very much.
- Je mange le pain. I eat the bread.
- Tu manges la salade. You seat the salad.
- Vous mangez la pizza. You eat the pizza.
- Le garçon chante. The boy sings.
- La fille nage. The girl swims.
- Les enfants chantent. The children sing.
- Un garçon écrit. A boy writes.
- Une fille dort. A girl sleeps.
- Des enfant étudient. Some kids study.
- Je le/la mange. I eat it.
- Je les mange. I eat them.
- Marc et Sylvie. Marc and Sylvie.
- Il aime Sylvie mais il est trop timide. He likes Sylvie but he’s too shy.
How to say “not in French
In French, to say “not”, wrap ne…pas around a verb. For example, “Je ne parle pas français” (I don’t speak French).
This is called negation. This page covers French negation in detail.
- Ne…pas not
Articles: words for “the” and “a, an”
The articles in French (words for the and a/an) must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.
The words for the are called the definite article and the words for a/some are called the indefinite article. This page explains these French articles in detail.
- Le the (masculine)
- La the (feminine)
- Les the (plural)
- L’ the (comes before noun starting with a vowel)
- Un a or an (masculine)
- Une a or an (feminine)
- Des some (plural)
Personal pronouns
One of the first steps in learning French is to learn the personal pronouns. These refer to words for people (I, you, he, she, etc.).
This page covers French personal pronouns in detail.
- Je I
- Tu you
- Il he
- Elle she
- On one
- Nous we
- Vous you (formal)
- Ils they (all men or mixed company)
- Elles they (female only)
Stressed pronouns
A second kind of pronoun that’s use for people is is called a “stressed pronoun”. These are words like me, him and her in English.
This page covers French stressed pronouns.
- Moi me
- Toi you
- Lui him
- Elle her
- Nous us
- Vous you
- Eux them
- Elles them (female only)
Most common verbs
Verbs are action words. For example, “I go” or “I eat”. In the list below we included 10 commonly used verbs in the first-person singular (I) form.
This lesson covers the most common French verbs in detail.
- Je suis I am
- J’ai I have
- Je fais I make, I do
- Je vais I go
- Je parle I speak
- Je mange I eat
- Je sais I know
- Je veux I want
- Je dois I must
- Je peux I can
Words for politeness and greetings
It’s essential to learn words for politeness and greetings. Bonjour means hello and au revoir means good-bye.
- Bonjour Hello, good morning
- Au revoir goodbye
- Merci thank you
- De rien you’re welcome
- Salut hi and bye
- Bonsoir good evening
- Bonne nuit good night
- S’il vous plaît please (formal)
- S’il te plaît please (informal)
French numbers
Learning to count to ten is essential for any beginner. Learning these most basic numbers will help you to ask how much things cost, tell time and say the date.
This lesson covers the French numbers 1-100 in detail.
- Un one
- Deux two
- Trois three
- Quatre four
- Cinq five
- Six six
- Sept seven
- Huit eight
- Neuf nine
- Dix ten
Connecting words
Connecting words or conjunctions are words that are used to join two parts of sentence together.
- Et and
- Ou or
- Si if
- Mais but
- Quand when
- Que that
- Qui who, that
- Comme like, as
- Parceque because
French prepositions
A preposition is a word that introduces another part of a sentences. For example, “in the bathroom”, “at the movies” or “with mom”.
The two most commonly used French prepositions are à (to/at) and de (from/of). This page covers the French preposition à in detail and this page covers the French preposition de.
- À to, at
- De from, of
- Avec with
- Pour four
- Par by
- Sans without
- Contre against
- Dans in, inside of
- En in
- Sur on, on top of
- Chez at the home, place of
- Avant before
- Après after
French adverbs
An adverb is a word that’s used to describe how you do something. For example, “I run quickly” or “You speak slowly“.
- Bien well
- Mauvais poorly
- Vite quickly
- Rapidement quickly
- Lentement slowly
- Heureusement fortunately
- Seulement only
- Rarement rarely, seldom
- Souvent often
- Beaucoup a lot
- Un peu a little, a bit
- Trop too, too much
Family members
Learning the words for family members is essential for getting to know people.
This lesson covers French family vocabulary in detail.
- le père father
- la mère mother
- le frère brother
- la soeur sister
- le fils son
- la fille daughter
- le bébé baby
- l’enfant child
- le grand-père grandfather
- la grand-mère grandmother
- le cousin, la cousine cousin
- l’oncle uncle
- la tante aunt
French adjectives
Adjectives are describing words. For example, “a big house” or “an intelligent girl”.
The French rules for adjectives are very complex as the adjective must agree in number and gender with the noun (the thing) it’s describing (talking about).
The -e in parenthesis below indicates the feminine form of the adjective.
This page covers French adjectives and rules in detail.
- grand(e) big
- petit(e) little
- bon (bonne) good
- mauvais(e) bad
- beau (belle) beautiful
- joli(e) pretty
- jeune young
- vieux (vielle) old
- heureux (heureuse) happy
- triste sad
French colors
Learning the colors is very important for describing the things we see. Colors are also adjectives as they are description words.
This page covers French colors in detail.
- Rouge red
- Orange orange
- Jaune yellow
- Blanc white
- Noir black
- Bleu blue
- Vert green
Question words
Question words are words used for seeking information when asking a question. For example: Who, what, where, when and why.
- Quel (Quelle) which
- Qui who
- Quoi what
- Où where
- Quand when
- Why pourquoi
Words about time
Words about time include days of the week, months and times of day.
The following is just a sample of these words. These pages cover these words in detail: Telling time and months and days of the week,
- Aujourd’hui today
- Hier yesterday
- L’heure hour
- Le temps time
- Quelle heure what time
- Midi noon
- Minuit midnight
- Lundi Monday
- Mardi Tuesday
- Mercredi Wednesday
- Jeudi Thursday
- Vendredi Friday
- Dimanche Sunday
Food and drinks vocabulary
It’s nice to learn a few food words. This page offers a very complete list of French food vocabulary.
- le pain bread
- la viande meat
- le lait milk
- le fromage cheese
- le poulet chicken
- la salade salade
- la pomme apple
- la pomme de terre potatoe
- le riz rice
- le gâteau cake
- l’eau water
- le café coffee
Names of places
It’s important to know how to say the names of places. Here’s a list of frequently used words.
- le pays country
- l’état state
- la ville city
- le village town
- l’école school
- l’église church
- la maison house
- le bureau office
- le supermarché supermarket
- la poste post office
- la bibliothèque library
Clothing words
Here’s a brief list of some clothing words. This page covers clothing vocabulary in detail.
- la chemise shirt
- le pantelon pants
- la jupe skirt
- la robe dress
- le chemisier blouse
- le pull sweater
- les chaussures shoes
- les chaussettes socks
Conclusion
We hope we have helped to provide a comprehensive overview of the most common French words. We have summarized our top-10 list in the following table.
| French | English | Pronunciation and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Oui | Yes | Pronounced «wee». «Mais oui!» Means of course! |
| Non | No | Pronounced «nɔ̃» or nasal «on». Non, je n’aime pas le fromage. No, I don’t like cheese. |
| Merci | Thank you | Pronounced «mer-see». Merci beaucoup means «Thank you very much». |
| Je | I | Pronounced «ʒə» or «juh». Je parle français! I speak French! |
| Tu/vous | You (informal), You (plural and formal) | Tu = ty, vous = vu or vou. This page covers pronunciation of tu. |
| le, la, les | The | Pronounced «luh», «lah» and «lay». When you want to say «the» all nouns require one of these words. |
| Un, une, des | A, an, some | Pronounced «uhn», «yn» and «day». Nouns require these articles as well. |
| le, la, les | It, them | Pronounced «luh», «la» and «les». These are covered in this object pronoun lesson. |
| Et | And | Pronounced «ay» and never «et». Et never has a liason in French. |
| Mais | But | Pronounced «may». Liason rule can apply to mais. |
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Are you trying to learn French? We have to admit, it’s not the easiest language, especially since there are so many exceptions. But if you want to learn French efficiently, you should start to learn the most used words in French. It might help you start some conversations with locals.
How to learn French quickly?
When we start to learn a foreign language, we all want it to be quick. We dream about being fluent after only a few months of French lessons. Well, if you’re trying to speed things up, try to focus your attention on the most used vocabulary words, grammar, sentences, etc. If you learn the most common words in French, you’ll be one step ahead.
1What types of French words should you learn ?
- the most used nouns in French
- the most used verbs in French
- the most used adjectives in French
- the most used adverbs in French
- the most used conjunctions in French
- the most used determinatives in French
- the most used prepositions in French
- the most used pronouns in French
We’re sure you started with some classic sentences, like “Où sont les toilettes?” and “J’aimerai un café et un croissant, s’il vous plaît”, but what are the most used words in French? Here are some of the most used words in the French language. These are the words you will find the most often in books and in French lessons, according to lexicologist Étienne Brunet.
230 of the most used nouns in French
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Professeur (m.) = teacher
Homme (m.) = man
Mari (m.) = husband, spouse
Femme (f.) = woman, wife
Jour (m.) = day
Mer (f.) = sea, ocean
Temps (m.) = time
Main (f.) = hand
Chose (f.) = thing
Vie (f.) = life
Yeux (pl.) = eyes
Heure (f.) = hour
Monde (m.) = world
Enfant (m.) = child, kid
Fois (f.) = time
Moment (m.) = moment
Tête (f.) = head
Père (m.) = father
Fille (f.) = girl, daughter
Coeur (m.) = heart
An / année (m. et f.) = year
Terre (f.) = Earth, land
Dieu (m.) = god
Monsieur (m.) = Mr, sir, gentleman
Madame (f.) = Mrs, madam
Voix (f.) = voice
Maison (f.) = house
Air (m.) = air
Mot (m.) = word
Nuit (f.) = night
We’re not saying that these 30 words alone will allow you to participate in every French conversation. But it’s a good start! At least, you will be able to talk about family and about the world. Depending on your work experience and your passion, try to make your own “most used words in French” list. If you are already aware that you’re using the same words over and over again, just give yourself a head start.
325 of the most used verbs in French
Être = to be
Avoir = to have
Faire = to make, to do
Dire = to say
Pouvoir = to can
Aller = to go
Voir = to see
Vouloir = to want
Venir = to come
Devoir = to have to, owe
Prendre = to take
Trouver = to find
Donner = to give
Falloir = should
Parler = to speak
Mettre = to put
Savoir = to know
Passer = to go, to pass
Regarder = to watch
Aimer = to love
Croire = to believe
Demander = to ask
Rester = to stay
Répondre = to answer
Entendre = to hear
That’s a powerful list. We have to admit, you’re very likely to use these verbs in your daily life. It’s no surprise that these 30 verbs are some of the most used words in French, since they allow you to share basic information or feelings. Try to focus on this list in your next studying sessions. By the time you’ll learn how to conjugate, you’ll be ready for your first basic conversations…
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