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Learn These Words to Understand and Speak a Bit of French

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There are some traditional French dictionaries as Petit illustrate, Petit Robert that contains around 60,000 entries of words. Among so many words, how many of these can be used to speak French? Have you any guess? No! Well, this is a trick question; but, among 60,000 words you need to learn some set of words which would make it a little easier for you to speak French. However, the usage depends on how well you understand the definition of the word and how it is to be used.

French language translation

Although, you would be interested in learning that several teachers of French language believe that it takes around 300 words out of 60,000 to carry over the everyday conversation in French.

However, the truth is speaking a language a lot more complicated than just learning a bunch of words.

How to Begin With?

As a French learner, you would rather be hearing — “Your French is so good, or you sound so French!” Before considering the most famous words, pick the technicality of the language first.

  • Active Vocabulary – these are the words that are used on a daily basis to converse in French. On the contrary, the passive vocabulary is much significant because it contains many words that are vital for understanding or recognizing but hardly ever used.
  • When vocabulary specialists count words, they only count the base form of the word. For example — Fais, fait, font, ferai, faisait, etc. all are examples of the word fair. However, the noun (le) fait (fact) is taken as a separate word.

The Most Common Words in French

You will come across a variety of lists of the most common words in French. Some of these words are:

  • Être (verb)
  • avoir
  • De
  • Je
  • ce (pronoun)
  • la
  • pas (negation)
  • à (prep)
  • et
  • le
  • on
  • vous
  • un
  1. Être (To Be)
  2. Avoir (To Have)
  3. Faire (To Do)—“Quefaire?” (“What to do?”)
  4. Dire (To Say)
  5. Pouvoir (to Be Able to)—“Puis-JeVousAider?” (“Can I help you?”)
  6. Aller (To Go)—“Désolé, mais je doism’enaller” (“Sorry, but I have to leave”)
  7. Voir (To See)

In the End
Though, it is said that you need not have to know a large number of words to speak and understand French. However, if you travel to France or any other country where French is the prime language, you may better opt for French translation service to get best of knowledge about the things around and are even able to converse with fellow citizen better. Give a call to 888-670-3369 to know more about translation service in French language.