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cases you’ll achieve Instant! respect.

      If you get a word wrong, most people will correct your pronunciation. Dialogue begins, barriers come down, smiles reign and phonetic pennies may even fall from heaven.

      The Top 10 Instant! French phrases

      Hello.

      Bonjour.

      Bon-zhoor.

      How are you?

      Ça va?

      Sar vah?

      Goodbye.

      Au revoir.

      Oh rev-wah.

      Yes.

      Oui.

      Wee.

      No.

      Non.

      Non.

      Please.

      S’il vous plaît.

      See voo play.

      Thank you.

      Merci.

      Mair-see.

      Sorry, I don’t speak French well.

      Désolé, je ne parle pas bien le français.

      Day-so-lay, je ne parl pa bee-en le fron-say.

      I would like…

      Je voudrais…

      Je voo-dray…

      Excuse me.

      Excusez moi.

      Excuse-zay mwa.

      Good-natured phrases

      How’s it going, mate?

      Comment ça va, mon pote?

      Com-mon sar va, mon poat?

      What’s new?

      Quoi de neuf?

      Kwa de nerf?

      Take it easy.

      Du calme.

      Doo calm.

      Look after yourself.

      Prends soin de toi.

      Prond swan de twa. (not exactly “swan”)

      You feel me? (meaning: You understand me?)

      Tu me suis?

      Too me swee?

      Know what I mean?

      Tu sais ce que je veux dire?

      Too say se ke je vurr dear?

      Everything’s cool.

      Tout est cool.

      Toot ay cool.

      No worries.

      Pas de problème.

      Pa de prob-lem.

      Everything’s fine mate.

      Tout va bien mon pote.

      Too var bee-en mon poat.

      A Room With a View

      Can I get a quiet room?

      Je voudrais une chambre tranquille?

      Je voo-dray oon shombre tron-keel?

      Is there any construction going on in the hotel?

      Est-ce qu’il y a des rénovations en cours dans l’hôtel?

      Ess-keel-ee-ya day ray-no-vass-ee-yon on core don low-tel?

      The above phrase, in one author’s experience, is the world’s best question to ask when making a booking. Ask this question and you will avoid that depressing noise at 8am as the jackhammers start - on the floor above you.

      A room with a view please.

      Une chambre avec vue s’il vous plaît.

      Oon shombre ah-veck voo see voo play.

      My room has got bedbugs.

      Il y a des punaises dans ma chambre.

      Eel-ee-ya day poo-nayse don ma shombre.

      A room NOT near the lift (elevator) please.

      Une chambre qui n’est pas proche de l’ascenseur s’il vous plaît.

      Oon shombre key nay pa prosh de la-son-sir see voo play.

      The people next door are too noisy.

      Les gens à côté sont trop bruyants.

      Lay zhon a coat-ay son tro brewy-yon.

      Can I/we get a late check-out please? Est-ce que je peux/nous pouvons quitter la chambre plus tard?

      Ess-ke je purr/noo poo-von key-tay la shombre ploo tar?

      How do I say this in French?

      What’s this called in French?

      Comment ça s’appele en français?

      Com-mon sar sa-pell on fron-say?

      How do I say this in French?

      Comment dit-on ça en français?

      Com-mon dee-tonn sar on fron-say?

      Accommodation

      Hotel.

      L’hôtel.

      Low-tell.

      3 star hotel.

      L’hôtel trois étoiles.

      Low-tell trwaz ay-twarl.

      Boarding house.

      La pension.

      La pon-see-yon.

      Bed and breakfast.

      La

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