French · Critical 100

The highest-leverage opening hundred French words. Function words and the handful of verbs and nouns you will use in every conversation.

71 words

#	Word	Translation	Part of speech
1	lethe (masculine singular)	the (masculine singular)	definite-article
2	jeI	I	pronoun
4	una, an (masculine)	a, an (masculine)	indefinite-article
6	dusome, any (masculine); of the	some, any (masculine); of the	partitive-article
7	lathe (feminine singular)	the (feminine singular)	definite-article
8	deof, from	of, from	preposition
8	vousyou (formal or plural)	you (formal or plural)	pronoun
9	tuyou (informal singular)	you (informal singular)	pronoun
9	etand	and	conjunction
10	dansin, inside	in, inside	preposition
11	quethat, which, what	that, which, what	conjunction
12	pasnot (in ne...pas negation)	not (in ne...pas negation)	adverb
12	àto, at, in	to, at, in	preposition
13	ouiyes	yes	adverb
14	ilhe, it (masculine)	he, it (masculine)	pronoun
14	êtreto be	to be	verb
15	avoirto have	to have	verb
16	nenot (first part of negation)	not (first part of negation)	particle
16	faireto do, to make	to do, to make	verb
19	enin, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun)	in, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun)	preposition
19	direto say, to tell	to say, to tell	verb
20	onone, we, people (informal)	one, we, people (informal)	pronoun
21	çathat, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)	that, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)	pronoun
24	cethis, that, it (demonstrative)	this, that, it (demonstrative)	determiner
26	pourfor, in order to	for, in order to	preposition
29	dessome, of the (plural indefinite and partitive article; also contraction of de + les)	some, of the (plural indefinite and partitive article; also contraction of de + les)	indefinite-article
30	quiwho, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative)	who, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative)	pronoun
31	maisbut	but	conjunction
33	nouswe, us	we, us	pronoun
34	elleshe, her, it (feminine)	she, her, it (feminine)	pronoun
35	meme, to me, myself (first-person singular object pronoun)	me, to me, myself (first-person singular object pronoun)	pronoun
36	bienwell, good, very	well, good, very	adverb
37	siif; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)	if; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)	conjunction
39	ythere, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)	there, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)	pronoun
41	nonno, not	no, not	adverb
43	avecwith	with	preposition
44	toutall, every, quite, everything	all, every, quite, everything	determiner
45	plusmore; no more (in negation ne...plus)	more; no more (in negation ne...plus)	adverb
46	monmy (masculine singular possessive)	my (masculine singular possessive)	determiner
48	teyou, to you, yourself (second-person singular object pronoun)	you, to you, yourself (second-person singular object pronoun)	pronoun
49	auto the, at the (contraction of a + le)	to the, at the (contraction of a + le)	contracted-article
51	moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)	me, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)	pronoun
58	ilsthey (masculine or mixed group)	they (masculine or mixed group)	pronoun
59	suron, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre	on, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre	preposition
60	quoiwhat (interrogative and emphatic)	what (interrogative and emphatic)	pronoun
61	sehimself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)	himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)	pronoun
62	commelike, as, such as, how	like, as, such as, how	conjunction
66	icihere	here	adverb
68	toiyou (stressed tonic second-person singular pronoun)	you (stressed tonic second-person singular pronoun)	pronoun
69	est-ceis it (interrogative particle, used in est-ce que and est-ce qui)	is it (interrogative particle, used in est-ce que and est-ce qui)	particle