Habits 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
chaque jour 
Every day 
 
une télé 
a tv 
 
C’est lundi aujourd’hui. 
It’s Monday today. 
 
The ‘u’ in lundi seems to have an ‘uh’ sound. 
 
Chaque matin ils regardent la télé. 
Every morning they watch tv. 
 
Lundi 
Monday 
 
Il regarde la télé. 
He watches tv. 
 
Remember: ends in e, feminine. 
 
Trois jours 
Three days 
 
Deux jours 
Two days 
 
I was right, the ‘u’ in lundi is definitely an ‘uh’ sound. 
 
il regarde la télé chaque jour. 
He watches tv every day. 
 
Jus 
Juice 
 
en 
in (just like in spanish) 
 
banque 
Bank  
 
lundi 
Monday 
 
Days in French aren’t capitalized, unless at the beginning of of a sentence, of course. 
 
Sommeil 
Sleep (noun) 
 
Nouvel 
New (seems like ‘novel’ almost. Meme: the new novel) 
 
Demander 
to ask for (sounds like demand) 
 
Lentement  
slowly (sounds like lement. Meme: slowly lement not going quickly; or another Meme: slowly lent a mint to my friend). 
 
pour 
for 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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				Food 4 
 
Cette pomme est bonne. 
This apple is good. 
 
Une banane 
A banana 
 
It occurs to me that the unaccented e sounds just like the a in Spanish. They achieve the same sound for feminine declension of articles. They both sound like ‘uh’! 
 
Des fruits 
fruits 
 
Looks like ‘fruit’ comes from French —only in French the ‘i’ is pronounced and the ‘t’ is silent (including the plural s when added). 
 
Le thé est très bon. 
The tea is very good. 
 
Très  
Very 
 
Have to remember that très means ‘very’ and not Spanish tres which means three. 
 
Elles préparent une pizza. 
They are making a pizza. 
 
Tu aimes les bananes? 
Do you like bananas? 
 
un fruit 
A fruit 
 
‘Fruit’ in French almost sounds like ‘free’ or even a little like ‘fooey’. 
 
Elles préparent une pizza. 
They are preparing a pizza. 
 
J’aime les pommes. 
I like apples. 
 
Il mange une banane. 
He is eating a banana. 
 
Un fruit 
A fruit 
 
Bon 
good for masculine  
 
Bonne 
Good for feminine 
 
Prêt 
Ready 
 
Français 
‘Fran - say’ 
French 
 
 
 
Food 5 
 
Je cuisine des légumes. 
I am cooking vegetables. 
 
Turns out cuisine is a verb! Maybe cuisiner for infinitive? Yes! Infinitive is cuisiner! 
 
Tu cuisines un plat français? 
Are you cooking a French dish. 
 
un plat 
Dish  
 
Papier 
Paper 
 
Cuisine: Kitchen? 
Yes it’s also a noun that means kitchen. A feminine noun. 
 
Ces croissants sont bons. 
These croissants are good. 
 
Ces pommes sont bonnes. 
These apples are good. 
 
un légume 
A vegetable  
 
Funny’s how légume in French is vegetable but in English it means peanuts, beans, etc. I wonder why that is? 
 
Ces plats sont bons. 
These dishes are good. 
 
Tu cuisines? 
Do you cook? 
 
Ces pizzas sont bonnes. 
These pizzas are good. 
 
Je prépare des légumes. 
 
Œuf 
Egg 
 
The French pronunciation of œuf sounds like  ova which is an English/Latin prefix that means egg. 
 
Pays 
Country 
 
Repas 
Meal 
 
Cuisine is pronounced almost exactly how it’s pronounced in English. 
 
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