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Expressions for Classroom Use

1 Monsieur (M.) Sir, Mr.

2 Madame (Mme.), Madam, Mrs. 3 Mademoiselle (Mlle.), Miss.

4 Bonjour, Good morning, good day.

6 Au revoir,

5 Bon soir, Good evening, good night.
Good-bye (until I have the
7 Au plaisir, pleasure of seeing you again).
8 A1 demain, Good-bye until to-morrow.

9 A ce soir, Good-bye until this evening.

10 Que signifie - ?

11 Que veut dire

12 Comment dit-on 13 Comment écrit-on 14 Ecrivez, Write.2

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How does one (do you) say

15 En anglais, In English. 16 En français, In French. 17 Comment épelle-t-on18 Epelez, Spell.

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20 Prononcez après moi, Pronounce after me.

21 Lisez, Read.

22 Lisez le français, Read the French.

23 S'il vous plaît, Please; if you please.
24 Plaît-il? What (did you say)?
25 Comment? How? 'What?
26 Pardon, I beg (your) pardon.
27 Merci, Thank you.

1 With capital letters, accents are regularly omitted.

2 Forms ending in -ez without the subject vous, you, are all imperatives.

To make any of them negative, put ne before and pas directly after.

28 Il n'y a pas de quoi,

29 Ce n'est pas la peine,

30 Répétez, Repeat.

You are welcome; don't mention it.

(In response to thanks.)

31 Répétez ensemble, Repeat together. 32 Traduisez, Translate.

33 Conjuguez, Conjugate.

34 Répondez, Answer.

35 Fermez les livres, Close the (your) books.

36 Ouvrez les livres, Open the books.

37 Commencez, Begin.

38 Continuez, Continue 39 Ecoutez, Listen.

40 Attendez, Wait.

41 Faites attention! Pay (literally, make) attention!

42 Comprenez-vous? Do you understand?

43 Oui, monsieur, je comprends, Yes, sir, I understand.

44 Non, madame, je ne comprends pas, No, madam, I do not

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47 Vous comprenez, n'est-ce pas ? You understand, do you not? 48 Levez la main, Raise your hand.

49 Ceci, this (thing); cela, that (thing).

50 Qu'est-ce?

51 Qu'est-ce que c'est?

52 Qu'est-ce que c'est que cela?

53 C'est un (une)

54 Le mot, The word.

What is that?

It is a (or an)

55 La phrase, The sentence.

56 Quelle leçon? What lesson? 57 Quelle page? What page?

1 The explanation of the use of n'est-ce pas ? instead of the repetition of a statement in the form of a negative question, is left to the teacher: You do, do you not? He has, has he not? They will, will they not? etc., in English, but always n'est-ce pas in French.

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59 Au milieu de la page, In the middle of the page.

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64 Avez-vous quelque chose à ajouter? Have you anything to add?

65 Y a-t-il encore quelque chose à corriger? Is there anything else to correct?

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69 Il faut ajouter

70 Il doit être, It should be.

71 Il doit y avoir, There should be.

72 Au lieu de, Instead of.

73 Voulez-vous? Do you wish? (followed by an infinitive,

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74 Allez au tableau (noir), Go to the blackboard.

75 Ecrivez sur le tableau, Write on the board.

76 Levez-vous, Rise, stand up.

77 Asseyez-vous, Be seated.

78 Ramassez, Pick up, gather up, collect.

79 C'est assez, That is enough

80 Cela suffit, That will do.

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