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French phrases, with tu, vous and the sounds marked

French changes what you say with who you say it to. Every phrase here comes with its tu and vous forms, its register, and exchanges written the way people speak, with the silent letters greyed and the liaisons tied.

Aurélien CuvelierSep 19, 2026

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Greetings and goodbyes

What to say on arriving and on leaving, and which greeting fits which hour and which person.

Politeness

The small words every request and every answer needs.

Introductions

Meeting someone: names, welcomes and the first exchange.

Feelings

What people say to the ones they love.

Wishes and occasions

Birthdays, holidays, toasts, and the wishes that go with a sneeze or an exam.

Emergencies

The two words you hope not to need.

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Aurélien Cuvelier Founder, NuanceDeck

Aurélien Cuvelier builds NuanceDeck: the app, and the verification pipeline behind its dictionary. Every entry is grounded in the official TORFL lexical minimum and a 20,000-word frequency corpus, and every example sentence passes a certification review before it ships.

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