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FIRST
THOUSAND
WORDS
IN FRENCH
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Heather Amery &
Stephen Cartwright (S I e papillon
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THE USBORNE
FIRST
THOUSAND
WORDS
IN FRENCH
With easy pronunciation guide
Heather Amery
Illustrated by Stephen Cartwright
Revised edition edited by Nicole Irving
and designed by Andy Griffin
French language consultant: Lorraine Sharp
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On every big picture across h/v'O pages,
there is a little yellow duck to look for.
Can you find it?
About this book
This book is for everyone who is starting to learn French.
By looking at the small, labeled pictures, it will be easy to learn
the words. You can also look at the large central picture and
try to recall words for things. This helps to make the words stick
in your mind, and it is also lots of fun. Seeing things in a scene
will also help you to remember them.
Masculine and feminine words
When you look at French words for things such as "table" or
"man", you will see that they have le, la or T in front of them.
This is because all French words for things and people are
either masculine or feminine. Le is the word for "the" in front of
a masculine word, la is "the" in front of a feminine word, and
you use
\'
in front of words that begin with "a", "e",
"\"
, "o" or
"u" . In front of words that are plural (more than one, such as
"tables" or "men"), the French word for "the" is les.
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All the labels in this book show words for things with le, la,
r or les. Always learn them with this little word.
Looking at French >vords
A few French words have accents. These are signs that are
written over or under some letters. Usually they are over the
letter "e" , and they change the way you say the letter.
Saying French >vords
The best way to learn how to say French words is to listen to a
French speaker and repeat what you hear. To help you,
though, in the word list at the back of the book, you will find
an easy pronunciation guide for each French word.
About this revised edition
This edition brings new life to on enormously popular
book. The book has been redesigned
to give even clearer pictures and labels, and there are
many brand-new illustrations by
Stephen Cartv/right. The book has also been brought up
to date, so that it now includes objects which have made
their way into everyday life in recent years.
La maison
lelit
le robinet
le papier
hygienique
la brosse a dents
I'eau
les toilettes
eponge
le lavabo
la douche
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Le salon
la serviette
le dentifrice
la radio le coussin
la moquette
|e canape
la chaise
la couette
le peigne
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le torchon
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les bols
le placard
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la brouette
la ruche
escargot
les briques
le pigeon
la beche
la coccinelle
la poubelle
es graines
Le jardin
I'appentis le ver de terre
'e^^'eurs
le tourniquet
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la planche
les copeaux
|e canif
les punaises
I'araignee les boulons les ecrous
la toile d'araignee
e tonneau
La rue
le magasin
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le trou
le cafe
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television
la ch(
le toit
le bulldc
lavoiturede
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le marteau
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I hotel le monsieur
police piqueur
recreation
le taxi
le passage ., .
pour pietons
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de signalisation
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le cinema
la camionnette
le rouleau
compresseur
la remorque
la maison
le marche
les marches
la moto
la bicyclette
le camion de pompiers
I'agent de police
la voiture la dame
I'immeuble
lampadaire
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rharmonica
ie train electrique
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les balancoires
la grenouille
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le toboggan les tetards
le lac
le buisson
le bebe la planche a roulettes la terre
|a poussette la balancoi
les enfants
le tricycle
les oiseaux
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la cloture
lebal
le bateau
la ficelle
la fiaque d'eau
les canetons
la corde a sauter
la plate-bande
les cygnes
a aisse i
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les canards
les arbres
17
Lezoo
les rails
'Le voyage
I'helicoptere
la locomotive
les tampons
la controleuse
la vol valise
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la billetterie
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les reux
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le camion-citerne
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a pompe a essence
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I'eolienne
la montagne
la montgolfiere
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le poteau
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le herisson
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la foret
la riviere
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le marin
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le conot a moteur le ski nauhque
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le chapeau
les vogues
de p^ille la falaise le navire
le kayak
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les galets
L'ecole
les ciseaux
le tableau
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le crayon
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le bureau
lesli
le stylo
a encre
la colle
la
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la corbeille
a papier
T
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'a boTte
la carte
le pinceau
|e plafond
lapoignee
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fa fi||e
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la robe
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les bequilles
les comprimes
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le plateau
la montre
le thermometre
30
rideau le platre
1 bande
le fauteuil
|e puzzle
roulant
le docteur
la sermgue
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docteur
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les pantoufles
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le pansement
la banane
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le raisin
le panier
les jouets
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les cartes
la couche
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les cadeaux
le gateau
la paille
la bougie
a guirlande
les jouets
le sandwich
le beurre le fromage
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le pamplemousse
Le magasin
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la carotte
le chou-fleuf
le poireau
le champignon
le concombre
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le citron
le celeri
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La nourriture
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les crepes
les petits pains
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ledi
les frites
les desserts
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la tete
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les oreilles
les doigts de pied
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la jambe yKy
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le cou les epaules
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le dos le derriere
la main
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le pouce les doigts
Les vetements
les chaussettes le slip le maillot de corps le pantalon le jean
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la jupe la chemise la cravate le short le collant la robe
le pull-over le sweat-shirt
le gilet I'echarpe
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le mouchoit
les tennis
les chaussures les sandales les bottes
les gants
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le lacet
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les poches le manteau la casquette le chapeau
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le serveur
la serveuse
La famille
le fils la fille la mere le pere
le frere la soeur la femme le mari
la tante I'oncle (
le grand-pere
le cousin
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le matin
le soir
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le cadeau
le jour du mariage
le gateau d'anniversaire
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le parapluie
soleil
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les nuages
le vent
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le givre
le printemps
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automne
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sports
le surf de neige
la voile
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le football
la gymnostique
americain
la balle
le karate
a batte
'appat
la peche , ^A
le plongeon ^>(
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la natation
le badminton
le tennis de tabi
le patinage
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couleurs
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formes
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Word list
In this list, you can find all the French words in this
book. They are listed in alphabetical order. Next to
each one, you can see its pronunciation (how to say
it) in letters like this, and then its English translation.
Remember that French nouns (words for things) are
either masculine or feminine (see page 3). In the list,
each one has le, la,
\'
or les in f^ront of it. These all
mean "the". The words with le are masculine, those
with la are feminine.
French nouns that begin with "a", "e",
"\"
, "o" or
"u", and many that begin with an "h", have I' in
front of them. At the end, you will see (m) or (f) to
show if the word is masculine or feminine. Plural
nouns (a noun is plural if you are talking about more
than one, for example "cats") have les in front.
These are also followed by (m) or (f).
About French pronunciation
Read the pronunciation as if it were an English
word, but try to remember the following points
about how f^rench words are said:
the French
j
is said like the "s" in "treasure";
when you see (nj or (m) in a pronunciation, you
shoulcl barely say the "n" or "m"; say the letter that
is before it through your nose, as if you had a cold;
the French r is made at the back of the throat and
sounds a little like gargling;
the French u is not like any sound in English. It is a
little like a cross between the "ew" of "few" and the
"oo" of "food". To say it, round your lips to say
"oo", then try to say "ee"; the pronunciations use
the letters "ew" to show this sound.
A
n
has
lo charrette
les des (m|
la gare
le gateau
le gateau d'anniverscire
a gauche
le genou
les gens (m/f)
le gilet
la girafe
le givre
lo gloce
la gomme
le gorllle
la gralne
grand
la grand-mere
le grand-pere
la grande roue
la grange
le grenier
la grenouille
grimper
gris
gros
la grue
la guepe
la guirlande
la guitare
la gymnastique
H
la hache
la haie
le hamburger
le hamster
le haricot
I'harmonica (m|
haut
le haut
le haut-de-forme
I'helicoptere (m)
I'herbe (f)
le herisson
le hibou
rhippopotame (m)
I'hiver (m)
rhomme-grenouille (m)
I'hopital (m)
I'hotel (m)
I'hotesse de Pair (f)
I'huile (f)
huit
le (f)
mmeuble (m)
nfirmier (m)
nfirmiere (f)
nstituteur (m)
nstitutrice (f)
nterrupteur (m)
la gar
luh ga-taw
luh ga-taw
dannee-vair-sair
a gawsh
luh juh-noo
hi jolnj
luh jee-lai
la jee-raf
luh jeevr
la glahss
la gom
luh goree-yuh
la grenn
groin)
la gro(nj-mair
luh groin] pair
la gro{n]d roo
la gro(njj
luh gruhn-yai
la gruh-noo-yuh
gra(mlpai
gree
graw
la grew
la gaip
la geer-lo(n)d
la gee-larr
la /eem-nastee(c
la ash
la ai
luh a(mjboor-ger
luh am-stair
luh aree-kaw
larmoneeka
aw
luh aw
luh aw duh form
lellee-koptair
lairb
luh airee-so(nj
luh eeboo
leepo-pottam
lee-vair
lorn gruhnoo-yuh
law-peetal
law-tell
lawtess duh lair
Iweel
west
lee-merbl
la{n]ieerm-yai
la(njfeern)-yair
la(njstee-tewter
lafnjstee-tewtreess
la(n)terrewp-ter
station
cake
birthday cake
(on/to) the left
knee
people
cardigan
giraffe
frost
ice cream
eraser
gorilla
seed
big
grandmother
grandfather
Ferris wheel
barn
attic
frog
to climb
grey
fat
crane
wasp
paper chains
guitar
gym
axe
hedge
hamburger
hamster
bean
harmonica
high
top
top hat
helicopter
grass
owl
hippopotamus
winter
frogman
hospital
hotel
flight attendant
oil
eight
island
apartment building
nurse (man)
nurse (woman)
teacher (man)
teacher (woman)
switch
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le pecheur
le riz
le i.ain
les
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THE USBORNE
FIRST
THOUSAND
WORDS
IN FRENCH
The Usborne First Thousand Words in French provides
a wealth of vocabulary-building opportunities for young
learners of French, and also for anyone who wants the
stimulus of learning with pictures. Devised to appeal to
a wide age range, this book contains bright and amusing
pictures by Stephen Cartwright, illustrating a basic French
vocabulary. It encourages direct association of the
French word with the object to ensure effective,
long-term learning. At the end of the book there is a full
French/English dictionary, which covers all the words
in the book and includes an easy-to-use,
word-by-word pronunciation guide.
This revised edition brings fresh life to this enormously
popular book. The pictures and labels now include
familiar objects which have only made their way into
everyday life over the past few years. The text has been
entirely revised and brought up to date, and there are a
number of brand-new illustrations.
The First Thousand Words in English,
The First Thousand Words in German
and The First Thousand Words in Spanish
are all available in this revised edition.
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