Advanced French - Cultural Integration & Family Conversations
43 flashcards · Advanced · Language Learning
Advanced French for learners settling into life in France — in-law and family terms, workplace and email etiquette, formal vouvoiement, everyday idioms, and how to voice feelings and opinions, each with natural French, an English-friendly pronunciation guide, an example sentence, and native-speaker audio.
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Family & Relationships
Family (f.)
la famille
Pronunciation
lah fah-MEEY
What you'll learn
- Kin terms like la belle-mère, le beau-frère, le gendre, and les proches
- Professional phrases such as «Je vous en prie», «Enchanté(e)», and «Bien cordialement»
- When to vouvoyer vs tutoyer and how to make polite formal requests
- Everyday idioms like «Ça marche», «Il n'y a pas de quoi», and «le coup de foudre»
- How to agree, disagree, and share opinions politely
- Correct pronunciation from an English-friendly guide and native-speaker audio on every card
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Family & Relationships · 9
- la famille/ lah fah-MEEY /
- Family (f.)
- les proches/ lay PROHSH /
- Close relatives / loved ones (m. pl.)
- la belle-mère/ lah bel-MEHR /
- Mother-in-law; also stepmother (f.)
- le beau-père/ luh boh-PEHR /
- Father-in-law; also stepfather (m.)
- le beau-frère/ luh boh-FREHR /
- Brother-in-law (m.)
- la belle-sœur/ lah bel-SUHR /
- Sister-in-law (f.)
- les beaux-parents/ lay boh-pah-RAHN /
- Parents-in-law / in-laws (m. pl.)
- le gendre/ luh ZHAHN-druh /
- Son-in-law (m.)
- la belle-fille/ lah bel-FEEY /
- Daughter-in-law; also stepdaughter (f.)
Work & Professional · 8
- Enchanté/ ahn-shahn-TAY /
- Pleased to meet you (said on being introduced); a woman says «Enchantée» — same sound
- Je vous en prie./ zhuh voo-zahn PREE /
- You're welcome; also 'please, go ahead' (formal)
- Cordialement/ kor-dyahl-MAHN /
- Regards / best regards — the standard neutral email sign-off
- Bien cordialement/ byan kor-dyahl-MAHN /
- Kind regards — a slightly warmer email sign-off than «Cordialement»
- Je me permets de vous contacter./ zhuh muh pehr-MEH duh voo kon-tak-TAY /
- I am taking the liberty of contacting you — a polite email opener
- Dans l'attente de votre réponse/ dahn lah-TAHNT duh votr ray-PONSS /
- Awaiting your reply — a formal closing line before the sign-off
- N'hésitez pas à me contacter./ nay-zee-TAY pah ah muh kon-tak-TAY /
- Don't hesitate to contact me (formal, using «vous»)
- le collègue/ luh koh-LEG /
- Colleague / coworker (m.); a woman is «la collègue»
Formal & Polite Speech · 9
- vouvoyer/ voo-vwah-YAY /
- To address someone formally, using «vous»
- tutoyer/ tew-twah-YAY /
- To address someone informally, using «tu»
- Comment allez-vous ?/ koh-mahn tah-lay-VOO /
- How are you? (formal / to someone you address as «vous»)
- Je vous prie de m'excuser./ zhuh voo PREE duh mek-skew-ZAY /
- Please excuse me / accept my apologies (very polite)
- Pourriez-vous m'aider ?/ poo-ryay-VOO meh-DAY /
- Could you help me? — «pourriez-vous» is the polite conditional of «pouvoir»
- Excusez-moi de vous déranger./ ek-skew-zay-MWAH duh voo day-rahn-ZHAY /
- Sorry to bother you (formal)
- Ravi de faire votre connaissance./ rah-VEE duh fehr votr koh-neh-SAHNSS /
- Delighted to make your acquaintance (formal); a woman says «Ravie» — same sound
- Je vous remercie./ zhuh voo ruh-mehr-SEE /
- Thank you — more formal than «merci»
- Avec plaisir./ ah-vek play-ZEER /
- With pleasure / gladly — a warm reply to a request or to thanks
Idioms & Expressions · 9
- Ça marche./ sah MARSH /
- That works / sounds good / OK (informal agreement)
- Il n'y a pas de quoi./ eel nyah pah duh KWAH /
- You're welcome / don't mention it (in reply to «merci»)
- Ça me dit quelque chose./ sah muh dee kel-kuh SHOHZ /
- That rings a bell / sounds familiar
- Ça vous dit ?/ sah voo DEE /
- Are you up for it? / Does that appeal to you? (using «vous»)
- Ça vaut le coup./ sah voh luh KOO /
- It's worth it / worth the effort
- le coup de foudre/ luh koo duh FOO-druh /
- Love at first sight (literally 'a bolt of lightning') (m.)
- poser un lapin/ poh-zay uhn lah-PAN /
- To stand someone up (fail to show up for a meeting or date)
- être dans la lune/ eh-truh dahn lah LEWN /
- To be daydreaming / to have one's head in the clouds
- faire la grasse matinée/ fehr lah grahss mah-tee-NAY /
- To sleep in / to have a lie-in
Emotions & Opinions · 8
- À mon avis/ ah moh-nah-VEE /
- In my opinion
- Je suis d'accord./ zhuh swee dah-KOR /
- I agree
- Je ne suis pas d'accord./ zhuh nuh swee pah dah-KOR /
- I disagree / I don't agree
- Ça me tient à cœur./ sah muh tyan tah KUR /
- It's close to my heart / it matters a lot to me
- Je n'en reviens pas./ zhuh nahn ruh-vyan PAH /
- I can't believe it / I'm astonished
- Ça m'énerve./ sah may-NEHRV /
- That annoys me / gets on my nerves
- J'ai hâte./ zhay AHT /
- I can't wait / I'm looking forward to it
- Ça m'est égal./ sah meh tay-GAL /
- It's all the same to me / I don't mind either way
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