| A | B |
| les salutations | greetings |
| salut | hi |
| Bonjour! | Hello/Good morning /Good day! |
| Ça va? | how are you? |
| Ça va. | Fine./ OK. |
| ça va bien. | It's going well. |
| Pas mal. | Not bad. |
| Bien. | Well. / Good. |
| Et, toi? | And you? (friends / family members)) |
| Et, vous? | And you? (Adults / strangers) |
| ça va, merci. | fine, thanks. |
| Oui, ça va. | Yes, it's fine/going well. |
| Au revoir. | Good-bye. |
| Ciao | Bye /so long. |
| À tout à l'heure. | See you shortly /soon. |
| À bientôt. | See you soon. |
| À demain. | See you tomorrow. |
| En classe | In class / In the classroom |
| une chaise | a chair |
| une feuille de papier | a piece of paper |
| un ordinateur | a computer |
| un livre | a book |
| une table | a table |
| un cahier | a notebook/workbook |
| un classeur | a notebook/binder |
| un bloc | a notepad/ tablet |
| une gomme | a pencil eraser |
| une calculatrice | a calculator |
| un stylo | a pen |
| un crayon | a pencil |
| une chaise | a chair |
| un sac à dos | a back-pack |
| un tableau noir | a blackboard |
| une brosse | a brush / chalkboard eraser |
| un morceau de craie | a piece of chalk |
| merci | thanks / thank you |
| de rien | it's nothing / you're welcome |
| je t'en prie | don't mention it / you're welcome (friends / family members) |
| je vous en prie | don't mention it / you're welcome (adults / strangers) |
| s'il te plaît | please (friends / family members) |
| s'il vous plaît | please (adults / strangers) |
| Qu'est-ce que c'est? | What is it? / What is this? |
| Monsieur | Mister |
| Madame | Mrs. |
| Mademoiselle | Miss |
| l'école | school |
| la maternelle | elementary school |
| le collège | middle school |
| le lycée | high school |
| terminale | final year of high school |
| le bac | exit exam required to go to college / university |
| l'université | the university |