Appendix A

                How do you understand words without even knowing their meaning? So, here are some of the words that may come in handy in studying French:

                                Les instructions( in the formal you form “vous”):

                                                Écoutez             -              listen

                                                Associez           -              associate

                                                Écrivez              -              write

                                                Épelez               -              spell

                                                Placez               -              place

                                                Observez           -              observe

                                                Completez         -              complete

                                                Fermez              -              close

                                                Ouvrez               -              open

                                                Répétez              -              repeat

                                                Parlez                 -              speak

                                                Travaillez            -              work

                                                Soulignez            -              underline

                                                Continuez            -             continue

                                                Choisissez           -             choose

                                Masculin ou Féminin:

Masculin	Féminin
Le/du/un/mon/votre/quel	La/de la/une/ma/votre/quelle
Tableau (table)	Liste (list)
Numéro (number)	Communication (conversation)
Dialogue	Photo
Matin (morning)	Réponse
Soir (evening)	Phrase
Homme (boy)	Fille (girl)
Couloir (corridor)	Salle de classe
Monsieur	Dame
Magasin	Médiatheque
Bureau	Inscription (registration)
Formulaire d’inscription (registration card)	Pièce d’identité / carte  d’identité (identification card)
Permis de conduire (driver’s license)	Publicité
Prix (price)	Annonce
Voyage	Langue
Parfum	Culture
Chocolat	Musique
Marché (market)	Cuisine
Square	Rue
Restaurant	Place
Hôtel	Église
Café	Banque
Cinema	Mairie
Théâtre	Pâtisserie
Musée	Cathédrale
Parc	Porte
Jardin	Basilique

Vos études

Masculin	Féminin
Le/du/un/mon/votre/quel	La/de la/une/ma/votre/quelle
Commerce international	Littérature
Journalisme	Médicine

Le nom de pays:

Masculin	Féminin
Le/du	La/de la
Kenya	Columbie
Mali	Gréce
Mexique	Nouvelle Zéalande
Canada	Suisse
Japon	Suéde
Portugal	Gambie
Sénégal	Tunisie
Coréen	France
Maroc	Egypte
	Chine
	Pologne
	Lithuanie

In addition, if words start with a vowel, use l’ or d’. And, when it is plural, use les or des or mes or vos.

Les jours de la semaine:

Lundi	Monday
Mardi	Tuesday
Mercredi	Wednesday
Jeudi	Thursday
Vendredi	Friday
Samedi	Saturday
Dimanche	Sunday

Les mois de l’année:

Janvier	January
Février	February
Mars	March
Avril	April
Mai	May
Juin	June
Juillet	July
Août	August
Septembre	September
Octobre	October
Novembre	November
Décembre	December

Les nombres en francais

                How does a person survive in a world without knowing the basics of math, the most hated subject of everyone (or almost everyone)? But, in this class, we only discussed counting numbers. Simple? Well not really. It took me quite a few activities and meetings to familiarize the basics:

Number	In writing	In pronunciation
0	Zéro	Zero
1	Un	An
2	Deux	Doo
3	Trios	Tua
4	Quatre	Cat
5	Cing	Sank
6	Six	Sis
7	Sept	Sept
8	Huit	Hooi
9	Neuf	Noof
10	Dix	Dits
11	Onze	Onz
12	Douze	Dooz
13	Treize	Trez
14	Quatorze	Katorz
15	Quinze	Kanz
16	Seize	Sez
17	Dix-sept	Diz-sept
18	Dix-huit	Diz-ooit
19	Dix-neuf	Diz-noof
20	Vingt	Vant
21	Vingt et un	Vante-an
22	Vingt-duex	Vant-doo
30	Trente	Trant
40	Quarante	Karant
50	Cinquante	Sangkant
60	Soixante	Suasan
70	Soixante-dix	Suasan-diz
80	Quatre-vingts	Katra-vant
90	Quatre-vingt-dix	Katra-vant-diz
100	Cent	Sent
1000	Mille	Mil

                Cool, right? Memorizing could be difficult at first; but with practice, it can be very handy. Unlike regular way of counting numbers in English, in French,

Property	Rule
Numbers ending in one except 71 and 91	Add the word “et un” Eg. 51 is cinquante et un
Numbers ending in other digits except those under 70+ and 90+	Add hyphen and units digits Eg. 89 is qutre-vingt-nuef
Numbers under 70+ and 90+	Replace “dix” with those under eleven to nineteen Eg. 75 is soixante-cinq

                As you might be wondering, numbers with a tens digit of 7 to 9 uses a different approach.  Numbers with a tens digit of 7 uses the number 60 as its base and adds numbers 10 – 19 to produce the numbers 70 – 79. The tens digit 8, on the other hand is simply multiplying 20 with 4, then simply add the units digit. The tens digit 9, similar to that of 7, uses 80 as its base and adding numbers 10 -19 to produce the numbers 90 -99. Confusing? Here’s another thing that I did:

Number	In writing	Technique
0	Zéro	Still the same
1	Un	Its pronunciation “An” is an article representing a unit
2	Deux	Sounds like “two”
3	Trios	Sounds like “two – a” or 2 + a, which is a unit again.
4	Quatre	Its pronunciation “Cat” has four legs!
5	Cing	Sank
6	Six	Still sounds like six to me^^
7	Sept	Sept
8	Huit	Hooi
9	Neuf	Noof
10	Dix	Sounds like 10 in Spanish
11	Onze	Sounds like 1, just ending with a z
12	Douze	Sounds like 2, just ending with a z
13	Treize	Sounds like 3, just ending with a z
14	Quatorze	Sounds like 3, just ending with torz
15	Quinze	Kanz
16	Seize	Sez
17	Dix-sept	10 + 7
18	Dix-huit	10 + 8
19	Dix-neuf	10 + 9
20	Vingt	Vant
21	Vingt et un	20 and 1
22	Vingt-duex	20 - 2
30	Trente	The first 3 letters of the word three plus “ant”
40	Quarante	Karant
50	Cinquante	5 plus “ant”
60	Soixante	Suasan
100	Cent	Still means a hundred
1000	Mille	Still means a thousand

                Another reason for the importance of numbers is in stating the telephone number. In France, numbers are grouped by 2’s. For example, the telephone number 07 95 65 43 71 is stated as “zero sept, quatre-vingt-quinze, soixante-cinq,  quarante-trois, soixante-onze.” Quite a mouthful, ain’t it? But, it’s fun if you love to learn a new language! 

               “Et vous, quel est votre numéro de téléphone?”