French for Tourists - Essential Travel Phrases
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The French phrases travelers to France use most — greetings, getting around, ordering food, shopping, numbers, and emergencies — each with natural French, easy phonetic pronunciation, a usage example, and native-speaker audio.
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Greetings
Hello / Good morning
Bonjour
Pronunciation
bohn-ZHOOR
What you'll learn
- Core French greetings and polite expressions
- Practical phrases for directions and getting around France
- How to order food and drink and ask for the bill
- Shopping phrases and French numbers 1 to 10
- Emergency phrases and how to ask if someone speaks English
- Correct pronunciation with easy phonetics and native-speaker audio
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Greetings · 7
- Bonjour/ bohn-ZHOOR /
- Hello / Good morning
- Bonsoir/ bohn-SWAHR /
- Good evening
- Au revoir/ oh ruh-VWAHR /
- Goodbye
- Salut/ sah-LEW /
- Hi / Bye (casual)
- Bonne nuit/ bun NWEE /
- Good night
- Comment allez-vous ?/ koh-mahn tah-lay-VOO /
- How are you? (formal)
- Enchanté/ ahn-shahn-TAY /
- Nice to meet you (said by a man; f. enchantée)
Basic Phrases · 10
- Merci/ mehr-SEE /
- Thank you
- Merci beaucoup/ mehr-SEE boh-KOO /
- Thank you very much
- S'il vous plaît/ seel voo-PLEH /
- Please (formal / polite)
- De rien/ duh ree-AHN /
- You're welcome
- Excusez-moi/ ehk-skew-zay-MWAH /
- Excuse me
- Pardon/ par-DOHN /
- Sorry / Pardon me
- Oui/ WEE /
- Yes
- Non/ NOHN /
- No
- Je ne comprends pas/ zhuh nuh kohn-prahn-PAH /
- I don't understand
- Parlez-vous anglais ?/ par-lay-voo ahn-GLEH /
- Do you speak English?
Directions · 5
- Où sont les toilettes ?/ oo sohn lay twah-LET /
- Where are the toilets?
- à droite/ ah DRWAHT /
- to the right / on the right
- à gauche/ ah GOHSH /
- to the left / on the left
- tout droit/ too DRWAH /
- straight ahead
- Où est l'hôtel ?/ oo eh loh-TEL /
- Where is the hotel?
Transportation · 6
- le train/ luh TRAN /
- the train (m.)
- le bus/ luh BEWS /
- the bus (m.)
- un taxi/ uhn tahk-SEE /
- a taxi (m.)
- l'aéroport/ lah-ay-roh-POHR /
- the airport (m.)
- un billet/ uhn bee-YAY /
- a ticket (m.)
- la gare/ lah GAHR /
- the train station (f.)
Food & Drink · 7
- l'eau/ LOH /
- the water (f.)
- le café/ luh kah-FAY /
- the coffee / the café (m.)
- le vin/ luh VAN /
- the wine (m.)
- une table/ ewn TAHBL /
- a table (f.)
- l'addition/ lah-dee-see-OHN /
- the bill / check (f.)
- le menu/ luh muh-NEW /
- the menu (m.)
- le pain/ luh PAN /
- the bread (m.)
Shopping · 3
- Combien ça coûte ?/ kohn-bee-AHN sah KOOT /
- How much does it cost?
- C'est trop cher/ say troh SHEHR /
- It's too expensive
- le magasin/ luh mah-gah-ZAN /
- the store / shop (m.)
Numbers · 10
- un/ UHN /
- one
- deux/ DUH /
- two
- trois/ TRWAH /
- three
- quatre/ KATR /
- four
- cinq/ SANK /
- five
- six/ SEES /
- six
- sept/ SET /
- seven
- huit/ WEET /
- eight
- neuf/ NUHF /
- nine
- dix/ DEES /
- ten
Emergency · 5
- Au secours !/ oh suh-KOOR /
- Help!
- un médecin/ uhn mayd-SAN /
- a doctor (m.)
- la police/ lah poh-LEES /
- the police (f.)
- l'hôpital/ loh-pee-TAL /
- the hospital (m.)
- la pharmacie/ lah far-mah-SEE /
- the pharmacy (f.)
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