Fille stupide - stupid girl
Bonjour - hello
Au revoir - goodbye
Bien - good/well
Le Château - castle
Moi - me
Aussi - also
Famille - family
Petit - small
Fille - girl
Je m'excuse - I'm sorry
Aïe-aïe-aïe - (exclamation of pain; no direct translation)
Salut - hi; a casual way of saying hello
Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? - what's wrong?
J'ai douze ans - I am twelve years old
Mademoiselle - Miss (used to address an unmarried/young woman)
Mais - but
Je m'appelle - my name is
Coureur de bois - fur trader/explorer; usually refers to French men who migrated to Canada and the United States to obtain and barter fur
Pardon - sorry
Euh - um, uh (not a real word, simply a French replacement for the English 'uh' or 'um')
Non - no
Oui - yes
C'est vrai? - this is true?/is this so?
Je ne sais pas - I don't know
Docteur - Doctor
Monsieur - Mister
Madame - Mrs (used to address a married/older woman)
Maman - Mom
Papa - Dad
Merci - thanks
La boulangerie - the bakery
Mes amis - my friends
Merci beaucoup - thank you very much
Beaucoup - a lot, very much (word used to signify large quantities of something)
Soeur - Sister (or simply a nun)
Bon matin - good morning
Félicitations - congratulations
Bien sûr - of course
Rue - street
Livres - money; refers to the type of money used at the time which would be equivalent to that of American/Canadian dollars or English pounds
Cinq - five
Trois - three
Quatre - four
Bonsoir - good evening
Mais, tu es ma mère! - but, you are my Mother!
Par pitié! - For goodness/pities sake!
Demoiselle - A young lady
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Daughters of the King (Completed)
Historical Fiction{WATTYS 2020 WINNER} {FEATURED BOOK} Paris, 1663. 500 girls selected by King Louis XIV embark on a journey across the seas from their homeland. Each is given a dowry, and the expectation that they are to marry a French settler, in order to increase...
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