IT’S almost Valentine’s Day – the perfect time to pick up a little français. So how do you say Happy Valentine’s Day in French?
It’s easy - Bonne Saint Valentin or Joyeuse Saint Valentin.
Bonne is pronounced bunn. Saint – sawn. Valentin – vah-len-tan. But the “n” in Saint and the final “n” in Valentin is more of a nasal sound and not really pronounced.
If you want to use joyeuse, that is zhwah-yuhzz.
Now you know how to say Happy Valentine’s Day in French.
The French word for me is moi. It is pronounced mwah.
Moi also means “mine” as in this French phrase – c’est à moi. It means “it’s mine.”
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Now you know the French word for me.
The French word for friend is ami. It is pronounced ah-mee.
Ami is for a male friend and amie for a female friend.
Un petit ami, however, means not just a male friend, it means boyfriend.
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Now you know the French word for friend.
THE French for Mister is Monsieur.
It is pronounced, roughly, muh-SYER.
You would use it as you would mister, in English, as a title of respect and courtesy. It is also equivalent to Sir.
In English, mister is always abbreviated Mr. (It looks strange and just plain wrong spelled out, doesn’t it?) And in French, monsieur can also abbreviated – to M.
To address more than one gentleman, you would need to use the plural – Messieurs. Messieurs is pronounced, roughly, may-SYER. (In French the final “s” is silent in most cases, but is pronounced when the word following begins with a vowel or an “h,” which is also silent in French. This is called liaison.)
The word monsieur is derived from the Middle French words for “my lord” – mon sieur. Middle French was spoken from approximately 1340 to 1611.
Now you know the French for Mr.
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