Expressing love in French

Bon Jour


They say French is the language of love and they are right.


Here you'll find a group of love expressions you can practice to improve your French.


Allez-y!

TU ES BELLE

(YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL)

JE T'AIME

(I LOVE YOU)

MOI AUSSI, JE T'AIME

(I LOVE YOU TOO)

TU ES BEAU

(YOU ARE HANDSOME) 

TU ES RAVISSANTE MA CHÉRIE - Male to Female

TU ES RAVISSANT MON CHÉRIE- Female to Male

(YOU ARE RAVISHING, DARLING)

JE T'ADORE

(I ADORE YOU)

TU ES MAGNIFIQUE

(YOU ARE WONDERFUL)

VEUX-TU M'EPOUSSER?

(WILL YOU MARRY ME?)

TU ME RENDS DINGUE 

(YOU MAKE ME CRAZY)

SORTIR AVEC

(DATE WITH)

TOMBER AMOUREX DE...

(TO FALL IN LOVE WITH...)

SE MARIER AVEC

(TO GET MARRIED WITH)

L'adjectif

Salut!

Today we are going to start studying the French adjectives.

As in English, adjectives in French are used with the nouns to describe the subject.  We place the adjective after the noun.

Femile nouns usually are formed adding an –e to the male adjective:

Male	Female	English
Étroit	Étroite	Tight
Grand	Grande	Big
Haut	Haute	Tall
Intelligent	Intelligente	Intelligent

However, if the male adjective already ends with an –e, you don’t have to modify the female form

Male	Female	English
Jeune	Jeune	Young
Humble	Humble	Humble
Rapide	Rapide	Fast

French Adjectives must be written in a plural form, adding an s to the singular to correspond with the number of the subject

UN HOMME INTELLIGENT

AN INTELLIGENT MAN

DES HOMMES INTELLIGENT

SOME INTELLIGENT MEN

LA PETITE VOITURE

THE LITTLE CAR

LES PETITES VOITURES

THE LITTLE CARS

As it happen with the nouns, there are a few exceptions where the plural don’t end with an s

  Pero, al igual que ocurría con los sustantivos, hay algunas excepciones dependiendo de la terminación del masculino singular: 

Singular ending	Plural ending
S	S
X	X
EAU	EAUX (*)
AL	AUX (*)

Let’s see some examples:

MALE SINGULAR	MALE PLURAL	ENGLISH
PRÉCIS	PRÉCIS	ACCURATE
BEAU	BEAUX	BEAUTIFUL
FATAL	FATALS	FATAL

Ordinal Numbers

Bonjour

Today we are going to continue studying the ordinal numbers.  In the previous lesson we have learnt the ordinal numbers in French from one to 10.

Ordinal numbers in French are formed using the cardinal numbers, just like in English.


To make an ordinal number in French, just drop the last -e and add -ième to the end.  If the cardinal number doesn't end with and -e, just add -ième.


The only exceptions are premier (first), cinquième (fifth) and neuvième (ninth):

DEUX- DEUXIÈME

(TWO-SECOND)

HUIT- HUITIÈME

(EIGHT- EIGHTH)

ONZE- ONZIÈME

(ELEVEN- ELEVENTH)

We can also write the ordinal numbers in French using an abbreviated form as we do in English.  Just add a small -er in the masculine form of the number and a small -re when abbreviated in the female form.  For the rest, just add an e:

1er (first)

2e (second)

3e (third)

Au revoir

French nouns (plural)

Salut!

Today we are going to continue studying French nouns.

Previously we have studied male and female nouns in French in their singular form.  Today we are going to study the plural forms of the nouns.

In French, plural forms generally end with an –s just like in English:

LA FEMME- LES FEMMES

(THE WOMAN- THE WOMEN)

LA VOITURE- LES VOITURES

(THE CAR- THE CARS)

However, there are some exceptions.  Some French nouns don’t end with an s on their plural forms and you have to make the plural according to the last letter of their singular form:

Singular ending	Plural ending
S	S
X	X
Z	Z
EAU	EAUX (*)
EU	EAUX (*)
AL	AUX (*)
AIL	AUX (*)
OU	OUX (*)

(*) There are a few exceptions where you have to add an s

Let’s see some examples

LA TAUX- LES TAUX

(THE INTEREST- THE INTERESTS)

LE CHÂTEAU- LES CHÂTEAUX

(THE CASTLE- THE CASTLES)

LE NEZ- LES NEZ

(THE NOSE- THE NOSES)

LE TRAVAIL- LES TRAVAUX

(THE WORK- THE WORKS)

LE CHEVEU- LES CHEVEUS

(THE HAIR- THE HAIRS)

LE JOURNAL- LES JOURNAUX

(THE NEWSPAPER- THE NEWSPAPERS)

Ordinal numbers (1-10)

Bonjour

Today we are going to learn the ordinal numbers in French from one to 10.

Ordinal numbers are used to show a relationship between things or to make a list.  English ordinal numbers are “first, second, third, etc.”

The number “first” in French has to agree in gender:

	SINGULAR	PLURAL
MALE	PREMIER (FIRST)	PREMIERS (FIRST)
FEMALE	PREMIÈRE (FIRST)	PREMIÈRES (FIRST)

For the rest of the numbers you don’t have to agree with the genre.  

FRENCH	ENGLISH
DEUXIÈME	SECOND
TROISIÈME	THIRD
QUATRIÈME	FOURTH
CINQUIÈME	FIFTH
SIXIÈME	SIXTH
SEPTIÈME	SEVENTH
HUITIÈME	EIGHTH
NEUVIÈME	NINTH
DIXIÈME	TENTH

For the plural forms just add an s

Au revoir