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40 must-know French words

40 French words worth knowing, picked from the topics Politeness and small talk, Adverbs, Function words, Connectors and prepositions and translated into English.

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Must-know 40 words

French	English
oui	yes
non	no
merci	thank you
merci beaucoup	thank you very much
bonjour	helloGreeting on arrival, during the day
salut	hiInformal greeting
au revoir	goodbye
à bientôt	see you soon
à demain	see you tomorrow
de rien	you are welcomeEveryday use
désolé	sorryApology
d’accord	okay
peut-être	perhaps
pas de problème	no problem
je ne comprends pas	I do not understand
je ne sais pas	I do not know
je m’appelle	my name is
ça va	I am fine
bonne journée	have a good day
bonne nuit	good nightWhen parting to go to sleep
aujourd’hui	today
demain	tomorrow
hier	yesterday
maintenant	now
ici	here
beaucoup	muchQuantity, with a verb or a noun
très	veryIntensity, with an adjective or an adverb
aussi	also
toujours	always
jamais	never
où	where
quand	when
qui	who
et	and
ou	or
mais	but
avec	with
sans	withoutPreposition, followed by a noun or an infinitive
pour	forPreposition, purpose or recipient
dans	in

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What comes after these 40 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 40 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 French words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Where do these lists come from?: They are the lists of the KoKo app. Each page gives 40 of their words; the full topics, the reviews and the exercises are in the app.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 40 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

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