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Home / Tips & ideas / Language learning / 10 useful things to say in French

10 useful things to say in French

March 7, 2016 by Gretta Schifano 5 Comments

I think that it’s great to connect with people from different cultures – and learning even a few words of a different language really helps with this.

Language sheets

I’m creating a series of printable language sheets to help and your family to learn how to say a few key words in the local language when you’re travelling. I’ve found that if I know how to say anything in the local language – even just ‘hello’ or ‘thank you’ – it makes a real difference to how I’m treated.

My printable language sheets include the English word, the foreign word and its pronunciation. I’m limiting the list to just 10 basic words and phrases because, in my experience as a language student and a teacher, I’ve seen that 10 is a good number of words to focus on, especially for children. My kids chose the words to include on the list.

10 useful things to say in French

To download the French printable click on the link below:

10 useful things to say in French

This is what it looks like:
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More language printables

Check out my other free language printables:

10 useful things to say in Spanish

10 useful things to say in Italian

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10 useful things to say in Dutch

10 useful things to say in Portuguese

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More language printables to follow, if they’re helpful. Which would you like next?

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Categories: France, Language learning
Tags: French, language learning, printable, Spanish

About Gretta Schifano

I'm a freelance journalist and blogger specialising in family travel with teenagers, trips when parents manage to travel without their kids, and 50+ travel. I also write about vegetarian travel, parenting teenagers, adoption, SEN, ADHD and anxiety. My work's been published by the Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, National Geographic Traveller, Lonely Planet and others. I've lived and worked in Italy and Spain and am now based in rural south-east England with my husband, adoptive and birth kids and our dog. I previously worked as a social action radio producer for the BBC.

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  1. FrenchTruly says

    April 21, 2020 at 12:22 pm

    Great work by the author.
    Regards:
    Learn French Online
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  2. Jane (multilingualmum) says

    March 8, 2016 at 10:37 am

    Great idea! Your list includes the very first phrases I learned when I went to Hungary on my own years ago. It would have been so much easier and much more fun if I’d learned those phrases in Hungarian before I went to Hungary instead of having to pick them up as I went along. The only problem comes when you try to understand a long-winded reply to “Where is…….”

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      March 9, 2016 at 8:15 am

      That’s true – that’s where miming skills come in! Thanks for commenting Jane.

      Reply
  3. Cathy (MummyTravels) says

    March 7, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    What a good idea – I agree that even a small effort goes down well. If nothing else I always try to say thank you.
    Cathy (MummyTravels) recently posted…Family Day Out: Polesden Lacey National TrustMy Profile

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      March 7, 2016 at 3:38 pm

      Thanks Cathy, I agree – it really does make a difference if you can just say a couple of things in the local language.

      Reply

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