Notes from Michel Thomas French Course CD 1 English English Vocabulary Are of French Origin Practically Retransform Possible

Table Comfortable Thats Life It is possible It is comfortable Good It is good It is very good It is very comfortable It is probable It is acceptable For me It is for me It is for you It is very comfortable for me It is not Not for me thank you It is not for me Not for me thanks It is not very comfortable for me Like this like that It is like that It is not like that It is not possible for me like that I am sorry I am sorry but it is not very comfortable for me that way I am sorry but it is not acceptable for me like that It is very remarkable Considerable Different Important It is not very different that way But it is very important for me French Vocabulary Anglais Dorigine Franaise Pratiquement Retransforme Possible Table Confortable Cest la vie Cest possible Cest confortable Bon Cest bon Cest trs Bon Cest trs confortable Cest probable Cest acceptable Pour moi Cest pour moi Cest pour vous Cest trs confortable pour moi Ce nest pas Pas pour moi merci Cest pas pour moi Pas pour moi merci Cest pas trs confortable pour moi Comme si comme a Cest comme a Cest ne pas com sa Cest ne pas possible pour moi comme a Je regrette Je regrette mais cest ne pas trs confortable pour moi comme a Je regrette mais cest ne pas acceptable pour moi comme a Cest trs remarquable considrable Diffrent Important Cest ne pas trs diffrent comme a Mais cest trs important pour moi Notes Over 60% of the English vocabulary is French Two out of three or four words in English are French Starting vocabulary of 20003000 words Pronounce ible and eebe The letter a is pronounced ar So It is is cest

Pour = For Moi = Me

It is not a snake (Il nest pas) This is how it was spent out If you put an s at the end of moi it means month Or ce nest pas Comme a = so and so

-ible able come from French

-ent and ant words come from French, pronounced an Im- pronounced um

Push the S at the end of tres into the start of imp- so it becomes tre-zeimportant

Evident Recent Constant Necessary Contrary On the contrary military Vocabulary I would like To speak To speak French I would like to speak French With With you With me I would like to speak French with you Will you please Will you speak French with me? To come Will you come with me? To eat Will you eat? Will you come with me? Will you come eat with me? To go Will you go eat with me? Where Where do you want to go? Where do you want to go eat? Tonight Where for tonight? Where do you want to go eat tonight? To have dinner Where do you want to have dinner tonight? Where do you want to come to have dinner with me tonight? To know I would like to know I would like to know where it is. It is for me How much I would like to know how much it is Something The same thing I would like to eat something

Evident Rcent(e) Constant Ncessaire Contraire Au contraire Militaire Vocabulaire Je voudrais Parler Parler Franais Je voudrais parler Franais Avec Avec vous Avec moi Je voudrais parler Franais avec vous Voulez-vous Voulez-vous parler Franais avec moi? Venir Voulez vous venir avec moi ? Manger Voulez vous manger ? Voulez vous venir avec moi ? Voulez vous manger avec moi ? Allez Voulez vous aller manger avec moi ? O O voulez vous aller ? O voulez vous aller manger ? Ce soir O pour ce soir ? Ou voulez vous allez manger ce soir ? Dner Ou voulez vous allez dner ce soir ? Ou voulez vous allez dner avec moi Ce soir? Savoir Je voudrais savoir Je voudrais savoir o cest. Cest pour moi. Combien Je voudrais savoir combien cest. Quelque chose La mme chose Je voudrais manger quelque chose

-ary words become aire

Also means do you want

to munch = to eat

To go down the alley

Where-ou

To dine or to have dinner

savvy to know

I would like to eat the same thing Do you want to eat something? Do you want to eat the same thing? The same thing for me please I would like the same thing for me please. Difference important Influence The difference A difference What difference A preference What preference Have you ? Do you have a preference? What preference do you have? For what restaurant do you have a preference tonight? Opinion Condition -tion The condition A condition What condition Position Reposition Reservation The reservation What reservation Have you/do you have Do you have a reservation for me for tonight? What sort What sort of reservation do you have for me for tonight? What kind of reservation do you want for tonight?

Je voudrais manger la mme chose. Voulez vous manger quelque chose ? Voulez vous manger la mme chose ? La mme chose pour moi sil vous plat. Je voudrais la mme chose (pour moi) sil vous plat. Diffrence Important Influence La diffrence Une diffrence Quelle diffrence Une prfrence Quelle prfrence Avez-vous ? Avez-vous une prfrence ? Quelle prfrence avez-vous ? Pour quel restaurant avez-vous une prfrence sous soir. Opinion Condition -sion La condition Une condition Quelle condition ? Position Rservation La rservation Quelle rservation Avez-vous Avez vous une rservation pour moi pour sou sois Quelle sorte Quelle sorte voulez vous

-ence and ance come from French ence pronounced

-ion words come from French Pronounced

Quelle sorte de rservation voulez vous pour ce soir. Trois exceptions Traduction Je voudrais une traduction Faire Voulez vous rservation pour moi ? Quelle sort, de rservation, voulez vous faire

Three exceptions
Translation I would like a translation To do or to make Will you make a reservation for me? What kind of reservation do you

First exception

Very fair to do or make

want to make? Will you make a translation for me Explanation To give Will you gave an explanation for me Vacation To spend To spend the vacations Where do you want to spend the vacation? The situations What impression do you have? What impression Political Economic Philosophical Astronomical Logical Practical Graphic It is not logical but it is very practical that way. The political situation The economical situation The political and economic situation In France I would like to go to France I would like to spend the vacations in France.

Voulez vous faire une traduction pour moi Explication Donner Voulez vous donner une explication pour moi. Vacances Les Vacances Passer Passer les vacances Ou voulez-vous passer les vacances ? La situation Quelle un impression avez vous Quelle impression ? Politique Economique Philosophique Astronomique Logique Pratique Graphique Cest ne pas logique, mais trs pratique comme a, La situation politique La situation conomique La situation politique et conomique. En France Je voudrais aller en France. Je voudrai passer mes vacances en France.

Second exception To donate

Third exception Never a single vacation to pass time

Remember umpression when pronouncing impression -icle = French/English words

Also means to a country