French Conversational phrases Cheat Sheet by Tinkle

French Conversational phrases Cheat Sheet
by tinkledotty (Tinkle) via cheatography.com/22211/cs/8047/
Greetings & Response
Useful transition (cont)
Ça va?
How's it going?
Ça ne fait rien /
Ça va
OK
ça fait rien
Ce n’est pas grave
No big deal / It doesn't
Ça ne va pas
Not going well
C’est-​à-dire?
What do you mean
/C’est pas grave
matter
Ça va de soi
It goes without saying
C’est-​à-dire
In other words
Pas de problème
No problem
Ça va mal finir
It's going to end badly
Franch​ement
Honestly
Ça ne fait rien
Never mind
Ça te va bien!
That suits you!
Quand même
Really, all the same, still
Ah bon?
Oh really?
Ça ne va pas, non?
What's wrong with you?
Enfin
Well, finally, afterall
C’est-​à-dire?
What do you mean?
Ça te dit? / Ça
How does that sound?)
C’est-​à-dire
In other words
Ne t'en fais pas
Don't worry!
because of (negative
Il n'y a pas de
Don't worry about it
cause)
problème
thanks to (more positive
T'inquiète pas! C'est
Don't worry about it! It
cause)
pas grave.
doesn't matter.
Conver​sat​ional Filler / Common interj​ection
Ça y
There we go! There it is! Finally! It's
est!
done! similar to voilà
C'est
Is that it? Is that right?
That's it, that's right.
ça
Bon
Good
Ah
Oh really?
Bon?
Alors
Et
So, then or while
À cause de
grâce à
because of (neutral)
D‘ailleurs
Incide​ntally / by the way
En tout cas
in any case, anyhow or
Bon
Good
anyway
Alors
So, then, while
Tout à fait
exactly
Bien
Well...
Tout à façon
anyway
à cause de/grâce
Because of / thanks to /
And what’s more / and
à/en raison de
because of
then
d’ailleurs
Incide​ntally
en tout cas
Anyhow, anyway, in
alors
Bien
Well...
En fait
actually
Eh
So or well...
Au fait
by the way
bien
Je n’en sais rien /
I don’t know anything
Ben
J'en sais rien
about it / I have no idea
Ensuite
then
Well, no
Finalement
After all, in the end
Absolu​tely!
Checking if Someone or Something is
Well, yeah
oui
Ben
non
Mais
oui!
Mais
Basically Cool
Absolutely not
non!
Useful transition
Ça m’est égal
Doesn’t matter to me /
Presence
en raison de
Et puis
So?, So what?
Nevermind
vous dit?
ça?
C'est
Being a Good Listener and Reassuring
Ça va?
How’s it going?
Ça marche?
Does that work?
Ça te dit? / Ça vous
How does that
dit?
sound?
Getting from One Thought to the Next
any case
et puis
And what’s more / and
then
Words and Phrases You Can Drop Just
About Anywhere
enfin
Well, finally, afterall
bon
good
franch​e
Honest​ly/as long as you really mean
ment
it, of course!
alors
so, then, while
I don't care
Ce n’est pas grave
No big deal
/C’est pas grave
Ça marche?
Does that work?
Ça marche
That works
Pas de problème
No problem / no
worries
By tinkledotty (Tinkle)
Published 29th April, 2016.
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