1. Alphabet & Pronunciation
1.1. Vowels
1.2. Consonants
1.3. Silent Final Consonants
1.4. Liaison
1.5. Syllable Stress
2. Similarities to English
2.1. Negation
2.2. Punctuation & Written Accents
3. Gender & Plural
5. Subject Personal Pronouns
4. Cardinal Numbers
6. Present Indicative Tense I
7. The Articles
8. Interrogative Pronouns & Adjectives
1. Prepositions
2. Present Indicative Tense II – Irregular Verbs
3. Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns
4. Demonstrative Pronouns & Adjectives
5. Object Personal Pronouns
6. Relative Pronouns
7. Ordinal Numbers I
8. Basic Phrases
9. Times & Seasons
1. Compound Past
2. The Verb “To Know”
3. Indefinite Adjectives & Pronouns
4. Conjunctions
5. Simple Future Tense
6. Telling Time & Describing Weather
7. Present Participle & Gerund
8. Adverbs
8.1. Other Adverbs & Adverbial Phrases
9. Directions
1. Degrees of Comparison: Comparatives & Superlatives
2. Partitives
3. Reflexive Pronouns & Verbs
4. Expressions Using “Avoir” & “Faire”
5. Present Subjunctive Tense I
6. Impersonal Verbs & Expressions
7. Future Perfect Tense
8. Interjections
1. The Pronouns “Y” & “En”
2. Imperative Mood & Giving Commands
3. The Conditional Tenses
4. Present Subjunctive Tense II
5. Perfect Subjunctive Tense
6. Imperfect Indicative Tense
7. Time Expressions: “En train de,” “Venir de,” “Depuis,” & “Ça fait”
1. The Past Infinitive
2. Simple Past Tense
3. Pluperfect Indicative Tense
4. Idiomatic Pronominal Verbs
5. Prepositional Verbs
6. Passive Voice
7. Diminutives & Augmentatives
In French, interjections are exclamation words or expressions that usually represent feelings like surprise or anger. Interjections are often followed by an exclamation mark in French.
Quel …! | What…! | Quel beau chat! What a beautiful cat! |
Comment …! | How…! | Comment il chante! How he sings! |
Combien…! | How much…! | Combien je l’aime! How much I love her! |
Aïe! | Ouch! | Aïe, ça fait mal. Ouch, it hurts. |
Attention! | Careful! | Attention!C’est sombre. Careful! It’s dark. |
Assez! | Enough! | Assez! Je suis fatigué. Enough! I’m tired. |
Bien! | Alright! | Bien! Attendons et on verra. Alright! Let’s wait and see. |
Bon appétit! | Enjoy your meal! | Voici. Bon appétit! Here you go. Enjoy your meal! |
Bonne chance! | Good luck! | À bientôt. Bonne chance! See you soon. Good luck! |
Bien sûr! | Of course! | -Avez-vous faim? –Bien sûr! -Are you hungry? –Of course. |
Hein! | Huh? What? | Pas mal, hein? Not bad, huh? |
Oh là là! | Oh! Wow! | Oh là là! Il est trop tard. Oh! Wow! It’s too late. |
Quel ennui! | How boring! | J’attends encore. Quel ennui! I’m still waiting. How boring! |
Quelle horreur! | How awful! | C’était mauvais. Quelle horreur! It was bad. How awful! |
Quel dommage! | What a pity! | Nous avons perdu. Quel dommage! We lost. What a pity! |
Vraiment?! | For real?! | Vraiment?!C’est arrivé? For real?!This happened? |
Hourra! | Hurray! | Oui, c’est maintenant. Hourra! Yes, it’s time.Hurray! |
S’il vous plaît! | Please! | Apportez-le avec vous, s’il vous plaît! Bring it with you, please! |
Évidemment! | Obviously! | – Cela te plaît-il? –Évidemment! -Do you like it? –Obviously! |
Pour l’amour de Dieu! | For God’s sake! | Que s’est-il passé, pour l’amour de Dieu? What happened, for God’s sake? |
Va-t’en! | Go away! | Je n’ai pas le temps. Va-t’en! I don’t have time. Go away! |
Tais-toi! Ferme-la! | Shut up! | Tais-toi! J’ai du travail à faire. Shut up! I have work to do. |
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