French Nouns

Welcome to the third French lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in French to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes pommes de terre

tomatoes tomates

onions oignons

carrots carottes

fruits fruits

apples pommes

bananas bananes

oranges oranges

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - French
do you have milk? [verb + noun] avez-vous du lait ?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] j'ai du lait et du café
he has three apples [number + plural noun] il a trois pommes
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] elle a seulement une pomme
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] nous vivons dans une petite maison
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] j'aime bien notre petit déjeuner

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread pain

milk lait

butter beurre

cheese fromage

coffee café

sandwich sandwich

meat viande

chicken poulet

fish poisson

breakfast petit déjeuner

lunch déjeuner

dinner dîner

Conversation in French

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - French
Do you speak (English/ French)? parlez-vous (anglais/français)?
Just a little un peu
I like French j'aime le français
Can I practice with you? puis-je pratiquer avec vous ?
How old are you? quel âge avez-vous?
I'm thirty three years old j'ai trente-trois ans
It was nice talking to you j'ai été ravi de vous parler

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