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Learning French Journal #9 Small Talk

Hi everyone! I've been trying to teach myself French for a while and I thought it would be fun to create some blog posts as I go along to help myself study so I will be doing regular posts on French. In my last post I discussed talking about your job. In this post I will be looking at making small talk and topics of conversation. Please note this is not a study guide, if I make any mistakes please let me know!

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Emotion verbs:

Aimer- to like/love
Préférer- to prefer
Aimer mieux- to prefer/like better
Adorer- to adore
Détester- to hate

These are regular verbs and the accents on the second e change from é to è when you use them in a sentence, except for when the sentences includes nous (we) or vous (you).

Using these in a sentence:

Je préfère- I prefer
Tu préfères- you prefer (informal)
Vous préfèrez- you prefer (formal)
Il/elle/on préfère- he/she/it/one prefers
Nous préfèrons- we prefer
Ils/elles préfèrent- they prefer 

Note: ils is used for a group of males or mixed genders, elles is used for a group of females

To say how you feel about something in French you use le, la or les before the article e.g. Je préfèrez le café au lait- I prefer the coffee with milk

Talking about the weather (le temps):

Question: Quel temps fait-il?- What's the weather like?
Answer: Il fait...
beau- nice
doux- mild
mauvais- bad
chaud- hot/warm
frais- cool
froid- cold
du soleil- sunny
du vent- windy
pleut- raining
neige- snowing

Note: il is used in this context to be like the English it. 

La température est de 12 degrés- The temperature is 12 degrees

To keep in touch with someone:

Où habitez-vous?- Where do you live?
Moi, j'habite rue ... Et vous?- I live on ... Street. How about you?

Donnez-moi votre numéro de téléphone, s'il vous plaît- Give me your phone number, please
Je vous donne mon numéro de téléphone- Here's my phone number

L'adresse électronique/ le mél/ e-mail
@= arobase/à (ah)
.= point (pwaN)

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4 comments:

  1. I love learning French, I'm taking
    a course but there's a lot of free stuff
    on internet. Lots of listening is important.
    Thanks for this little guide..

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    1. Thank you and good luck with your learning!

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  2. I've tried on and off again learning Spanish (the classes in high school didn't do much for me). I think it's so cool you're blogging what you are learning! Awesome post and idea, I can't wait to see your future updates!

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    1. Thank you and good luck if you start learning again!

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