The table below contains the top 100 French words:
Rank | French word | Part of Speech | English translation | Example sentence in French | English translation of example sentence |
1 | le, la, les | pron | the | Les enfants jouent. | The children are playing. |
2 | être | verb | to be | Il faut être serieux. | You have to be serious. |
3 | de | prep | from | Elle vient de sa maison. | She comes from her home. |
4 | un | pron | a | Un oiseau rouge. | A red bird. |
5 | et | conj | and | Elle mange un bonbon et une pomme. | She is eating a sweet and an apple. |
6 | à | prep | to | Elle part à la boutique. | She is going to the shop. |
7 | avoir | verb | to have | Il faut avoir de la patience. | You need to have patience. |
8 | en | pron | in | Elle part en eau. | She is going in the water. |
9 | il | pron | he | Il a menti. | He lied. |
10 | des | art | (de + les) | Il y a des bonbon dan le frigo. | There are sweets in the fridge. |
11 | que | pron | that | Je dis que tu dois sourire. | I am telling that you should smile. |
12 | du | contraction | (de + le) | Il y a du poisson | There is fish. |
13 | qui | pron | who | Qui est là? | Who is here? |
14 | dans | prep | in | C’est dans ta poche. | It’s in your pocket. |
15 | pour | prep | for | Travaille pour vivre. | Work for living. |
16 | je | pron | I | Je suis en colère. | I am angry. |
17 | pas | adv | not | Ne bouge pas. | Do not move. |
18 | vous | pron | you | Vous avez de longues cheveux. | You have long hair. |
19 | au | contraction | (à + le) | Je parle au Canada. | I am going to Canada. |
20 | faire | verb | to do, to make | Il faut savoir faire la vaisselle. | You have to know how to do the washing. |
21 | ne | adv | not | Ne me parle pas. | Do not talk to me. |
22 | ce | pron | this | Ce garçon est mauvais. | This boy is bad. |
23 | sur | prep | on | C’est sur la table. | It is on the table. |
24 | par | prep | by | Le chat est parti par la fenêtre. | The cat went by the window. |
25 | pouvoir | verb | to be able to | Tu dois pouvoir chanter. | You have to be able to sing. |
26 | soi | pron | himself | Il a confiance en soi même. | He trust himself. |
27 | plus | adv | more | Je t’aime plus. | I love you more. |
28 | avec | prep | with | Je pars avec lui. | I am going with him. |
29 | mais | conj | but | Je viens mais tu dois rester tranquille. | I am coming but you should remain quiet. |
30 | dire | verb | to say | Je te demande de dire ton nom. | I am asking you to say your name. |
31 | on | pron | we | On a vu des cafards. | We saw coakroaches. |
32 | autre | adj | other | Je t’ai vu l’autre fois. | I saw you the other day. |
33 | elle | pron | she | Elle est belle. | She is beautiful. |
34 | sa | pron | his, her | Sa maman est morte. | Her mother died. |
35 | lui | pron | him | Elle lui parle. | She is talking to him. |
36 | ses | pron | his, her | Ses amis viennent. | Her friends are coming. |
37 | tout | pron | all | Tout le monde reste tranquille. | All the people are quite. |
38 | mettre | verb | to put | Tu dois mettre de l’eau dans la vase. | You have to put water in the jar. |
39 | cette | pron | this | Cette pomme est verte. | This apple is green. |
40 | comme | adv | as | Comme tu viens, n’oublie pas tes chaussures. | As you are coming, do not forget your shoes. |
41 | nous | pron | us | Il parle de nous. | He is talking about us. |
42 | voir | verb | to see | Il voulait voir sa fille. | He wanted to see his daughter. |
43 | bien | adj | good | Il est bien. | He is doing good. |
44 | si | conj | if | Si tu bouge, je te tue. | If you move, I’ll kill you. |
45 | y | adv | there | Vas-y. | Go there. |
46 | me | pron | me | Il me donne. | He is giving me. |
47 | aux | contraction | the | Il est parti aux Maldives. | He went to the Maldives Island. |
48 | devoir | verb | to have to | Il va devoir courir. | He have to run. |
49 | ou | conj | or | Tu pars avec elle ou avec moi? | Are you going with her or with me? |
50 | avant | adv | before | Je l’ai vu avant la classe commence. | I saw him before the class starts. |
51 | prendre | verb | to take | Il voulait prendre du temps pour reflerchir. | He wanted to take time to think. |
52 | deux | noun m | two | I have two dogs. | J’ai deux chiens. |
53 | ces | pron | these | Ces fleurs sont belles. | These flowers are beautiful. |
54 | sans | prep | without | Tu pars sans moi. | You are going without me. |
55 | même | adj | even | Même si tu est brun, je t’adore toujours. | Even if your are of dark complexion, I still adore you. |
56 | mon | pron | my | Mon père est fière de moi. | My father is proud of me. |
57 | celui | pron | that | C’est celui donc je te parlais. | It is the one that I was talking about. |
58 | moi | pron | I | Je vais le faire par moi même. | I will do it by myself. |
59 | ou | adv | or | Tu pars avec elle ou avec moi? | Are you going with her or with me? |
60 | leur | adj | their | Leur chien est amical. | Their dog is friendly. |
61 | nouveau | adj | new | Je suis nouveau. | I am new. |
62 | aussi | adv | also | Je t’aime aussi. | I love you also. |
63 | monsieur | noun m | mister | Le monsieur etait ivre. | The mister was drunk. |
64 | après | adv | after | Je suis venu après la guerre. | I came after the fight. |
65 | donner | verb | to give | Il vient de nous donner des bonbon. | He came to give us sweets. |
66 | là | adv | there | Elle est partie là-bas. | She went there. |
67 | encore | adv | again | Je vomis encore une fois. | I vomitted again. |
68 | depuis | prep | since | Depuis que tu as menti, nous avoins plus confiance en toi. | Since you lied, we do not trust you. |
69 | dont | pron | of which | C’est la liste des nom don’t tu dois choisir trois noms. | It is the list of which you should choose three names. |
70 | cela | pron | it | Cela ne change rien. | It does not change anything. |
71 | tous | pron | all | Elle a pris tous les sacs. | She took all the bags. |
72 | votre | pron | your | Votre fils est mauvais. | Your son is bad. |
73 | aller | verb | to go | Je dois aller au concert. | I need to go to the concert. |
74 | alors | adv | so | Alors, tu nous quitte. | So you are leaving us. |
75 | non | adv | no | Non, je viens pas. | No, I am not coming. |
76 | entre | prep | between | Il y a un crayon entres tes livres. | There is a pencil between your books. |
77 | très | adv | very | Il est très gentille. | He is very nice. |
78 | homme | noun m | man | Un homme est venu. | A man came. |
79 | peu | adv | little | Il y a peu d’huile. | There is little oil. |
80 | vouloir | verb | want to | Elle veut danser. | She wants to dance. |
81 | quelque | adj | some | J’ai quelque robes. | I have some dresses. |
82 | savoir | verb | to know | Il faut savoir dire la vérité. | You have to know how to tell the truth. |
83 | tu | pron | you | Tu es beau. | You are beautiful. |
84 | sous | prep | under | Elle est cachée sous le lit. | She was hiding under the bed. |
85 | ma | pron | my | Ma voiture est rouge. | My car is red. |
86 | rien | pron | nothing | Je n’ai rien a te raconter. | I have nothing to tell you. |
87 | raison | noun f | reason | C’est la raison pour laquelle je t’ai pas dis. | This is the reason why I didn’t tell you. |
88 | donc | adv | so | Donc tu est en colère. | So you are angry. |
89 | aucun | adj | none | J’ai aucun aimé. | I liked none. |
90 | fois | noun f | time | J’ai dansé encore une fois. | I danced one more time. |
91 | quand | adv | when | Quand va tu me retourner mon argent? | When will you return my money? |
92 | temps | noun m | weather, time | Le temps a beau. | The weather is good. |
93 | contre | prep | against | Elle a contre la drogue. | She is against drug. |
94 | toujours | adv | always | Il est toujours en retard. | He is always late. |
95 | trois | num | three | J’ai trois chiens. | I have three dogs. |
96 | oui | noun m | yes | Oui, je l’ai eu. | Yes, I got it. |
97 | jamais | adv | never | Ne ment jamais. | You should never lie. |
98 | an | noun m | year | Un an a 365 jours. | A year has 365 days. |
99 | falloir | verb | to have to | Il va falloir nous dire la vérité. | You have to tell us the truth. |
100 | vie | noun f | life | La vie est difficile. | Life is difficult. |