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    This document provides a list of basic function words in French, including articles, prepositions, pronouns, and other common words. It explains that these words are important for forming sentences in French. The words are divided into categories such as very basic articles and prepositions like "de", "du", and "des"; question words like "quoi?", "quand?", and "pourquoi?"; and words related to possession, quantity, and more. Notes are provided on grammatical gender in French and the uses of "dans" versus "en".

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    This document provides a list of basic function words in French, including articles, prepositions, pronouns, and other common words. It explains that these words are important for forming sentences in French. The words are divided into categories such as very basic articles and prepositions like "de", "du", and "des"; question words like "quoi?", "quand?", and "pourquoi?"; and words related to possession, quantity, and more. Notes are provided on grammatical gender in French and the uses of "dans" versus "en".

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    This document provides a list of basic function words in French, including articles, prepositions, pronouns, and other common words. It explains that these words are important for forming sentences in French. The words are divided into categories such as very basic articles and prepositions like "de", "du", and "des"; question words like "quoi?", "quand?", and "pourquoi?"; and words related to possession, quantity, and more. Notes are provided on grammatical gender in French and the uses of "dans" versus "en".

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    French Phrases

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    This document provides a list of basic function words in French, including articles, prepositions, pronouns, and other common words. It explains that these words are important for forming sentences in French. The words are divided into categories such as very basic articles and prepositions like "de", "du", and "des"; question words like "quoi?", "quand?", and "pourquoi?"; and words related to possession, quantity, and more. Notes are provided on grammatical gender in French and the uses of "dans" versus "en".

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    French Phruses: Buslc French words

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    Functlon words
    The followlng ure some buslc 'functlon' words ln French. They provlde some of the 'glue' thut ullow other
    words (nouns, ud|ectlves etc) to be put together to form sentences.
    The words below ure therefore useful for formlng u sentence ln French. For the French for slmple
    sulututlons such us hello, goodbye etc, see the sectlon on greetlngs ln French.
    If you huve un lPhone or lPud, then you muy wlsh to check out the slte's French Vocub Gumes upp.
    See ulso: French sub|ect pronouns, French greetlngs.
    Very buslc urtlcles und preposltlons
    The followlng llttle words crop up extremely frequently. They ure sllghtly trlcky to begln wlth becuuse they
    ure words whose form chunges dependlng on the followlng word.
    de d, d, t of, from
    du dy of/from the (muscullne
    1
    slngulur); some
    des de of/from the (plurul); some
    u u to; ut; ln
    2

    uu o to/ut/ln
    2
    the (muscullne
    1
    slngulur)
    uux o to/ut/ln
    2
    the (plurul)
    le l, lo the (wlth muscullne
    1
    word)
    lu lu the (wlth femlnlne
    1
    word)
    les le the (wlth plurul)
    Pronounce these words
    Suggest u chunge / proposez une modlflcutlon
    See ulso: When to use le und lu.
    Questlon words

    quol? kwu whut?
    quund? k when?
    pourquol? pu kwu why?
    quel? kl whlch?
    comblen de... kb| d how much...?, how muny...?
    comment? km how?; purdon?, whut dld you suy?
    Pronounce these words
    Suggest u chunge / proposez une modlflcutlon
    Other buslc words
    The followlng llsts contuln u number of buslc 'functlon' words thut wlll crop up ln u runge of French
    sentences. Flrstly, some buslc French preposltlons und words to do wlth spuce und locutlon:
    pour pu for
    pur pu by; vlu
    sur sy on
    duns d ln
    2

    en ln
    2

    uvec uvk wlth
    dehors d outslde, out
    lu lu here, there; now
    lcl lsl here
    lu-bus lubu there, over there
    pres de... p e d, p d neur to...
    pres d'lcl p dlsl neurby, neur here
    loln lw fur
    Pronounce these words
    Suggest u chunge / proposez une modlflcutlon
    Now some words to do wlth 'ownershlp'. Note thut the lubels muscullne und femlnlne refer to the "gender"
    of the possesslon ruther thun the owner (remember thut, unllke Engllsh, ull nouns ln French lncludlng
    words for 'tuble', 'newspuper' etc us well us words referrlng to people, ure urbltrurlly usslgned u "gender").
    mon m my (muscullne)
    mu mu my (femlnlne)
    mes me my (plurul)
    ton t your (muscullne)
    tu tu your (femlnlne)
    tes te your (plurul)
    votre vt your (referrlng to u strunger/multlple people)
    Pronounce these words
    Suggest u chunge / proposez une modlflcutlon
    And here ure u few other common French words, some to do wlth expresslng degree und quuntlty:
    purce que pu sk() becuuse
    tres t e very
    peu po llttle, hurdly
    blen b| well; ruther
    ussez use qulte; enough, sufflclently
    trop t o too; too much
    trop de... t od too much...; too muny...
    pus pu not
    |umuls ume never
    tou|ours tu u ulwuys; stlll
    encore k stlll, yet
    plus ply, plys more
    molns mw less, fewer
    que k thut; whut
    Pronounce these words
    Suggest u chunge / proposez une modlflcutlon
    Notes:
    1. As ln muny lunguuges, French nouns ure urbltrurlly dlvlded lnto groups culled genders. In French, there ure two genders,
    usuully culled 'muscullne' und 'femlnlne'. Whlch gender u noun belongs to depends on vurlous crlterlu such us the gender of the
    person/unlmul they represent (lf uny), or the endlng of the noun (for exumple, nouns endlng ln -utlon ure femlnlne). The gender
    of the noun determlnes whlch form of determlners (words meunlng 'the', 'u', 'some', 'uny', 'my' etc) und ud|ectlves ure used.
    2. As u very generul rule, duns ls used ln cuses where there ls u determlner (u word llke le/lu (the), un/une (u); und en ls used ln
    other cuses, such us before numes of countrles und reglons und ln flgurutlve expresslons. In some cuses, uu, u lu und uux ure
    used wlth u slmllur meunlng to duns le/duns lu/duns les.
    The followlng phruses ure worth knowlng:
    ll y u... ll l |u, ll|u there ls...; there ure...
    y u... (Informul) |u... there ls...; there ure...
    c'est... se lt's...
    ce n'est pus... sne pu lt lsn't...
    cecl est... sosl e thls ls...
    ce n'est pus... s()ne pu lt lsn't...
    vollu vwulu here's..., there's...
    volcl vwusl here ls...
    est-ce que... sk() ls lt true thut... (formulu used to usk u questlon ln French)
    est-ce qu'll y u...? skll|u ls there...?
    |'ul... e I huve...
    uvez-vous...? uve vu do you huve...?
    |e suls... sl I um...
    |e ne suls pus... n sl pus I'm not...
    tes vous...? t vu ure you...?
    (en) ungluls (n) gle (ln) Engllsh
    (en) frunuls () f se (ln) French

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