Christmas celebrations revolve around food as much as they do presents. They start on Christmas Eve (réveillon de Noël) with a lavish meal lasting many hours. The main course is usually goose, turkey, capon or white pudding followed by the traditional dessert, a bûche de Noël (Christmas log). Families start the celebrations with an apéritif before the meal accompanied by foie gras and elaborate amuse-bouche (nibbles). Champagne sometimes replaces the usual apéritif drinks.
| How old are you? | Quel âge as-tu? kel azh a tew? |
| I’m … years old | J’ai … ans zhay … ahñ |
| Are you French? | Tu es français(e)? tew ay frahñ-seh(z)? |
| I’m English/Scottish/American | Je suis anglais(e)/écossais(e)/américain(e) zhuh swee zahñ-gleh(z)/zay-ko-seh(z)/za-mayree-kañ/ken |
| England/English | l’Angleterre f/anglais(e) ahñ-gluh-tehr/ahñ-gleh(z) |
| Scotland/Scottish | l’Écosse f/écossais(e) ay-kos/ay-ko-seh(z) |
| Wales/Welsh | le Pays de Galles/gallois(e) pay-yee duh gal/ga-lwa(z) |
| Ireland/Irish | l’Irlande f/irlandais(e) eer-lahñd/eer-lahñ-deh(z) |
| USA/American | les États-Unis/américain(e) ay-ta-zew-nee/a-may-ree-kañ/ken |
| Australia/Australian | l’Australie f/australien(ne) oh-stra-lee/oh-stra-lyañ/lee-en |
| Where do you live? | Où est-ce que tu habites? oo es kuh tew a-beet? |
| Where do you live? (plural) | Où est-ce que vous habitez? oo es kuh voo za-bee-tay? |
| I live in London | J’habite à Londres zha-beet a loñdr |
| We live in Glasgow | Nous habitons à Glasgow noo za-bee-toñ a glaz-goh |
| I’m… | Je suis… zhuh swee… |
| single | célibataire say-lee-ba-tehr |
| married | marié(e) mar-yay |
| divorced | divorcé(e) dee-vor-say |
| I have… | J’ai… zhay… |
| a boyfriend | un petit ami uñ puh-tee-ta-mee |
| a girlfriend | une petite amie ewn puh-teet a-mee |
| I have a partner (male/female) | J’ai un compagnon/une compagne zhay uñ koñ-pa-nyoñ/ewn koñ-panyuh |
| I have … children | J’ai … enfants zhay … ahñ-fahñ |
| I have no children | Je n’ai pas d’enfants zhuh nay pas dahñ-fahñ |
| I’m here on holiday/on business/for the weekend | Je suis ici en vacances/en voyage d’affaires/en week-end zhuh swee zee-see ahñ va-kahñs/ahñ vwa-yazh da-fehr/ahñ wee-kend |
| It’s sunny | Il y a du soleil eel ya dew so-lay |
| It’s raining | Il pleut eel pluh |
| It’s snowing | Il neige eel nezh |
| It’s windy | Il y a du vent eel ya dew vahñ |
| What a lovely day! | Quelle belle journée! kel bel zhoor-nay! |
| What awful weather! | Quel mauvais temps! kel moh-veh tahñ! |
| What will the weather be like tomorrow? | Quel temps fera-t-il demain? kel tahñ fuh-ra-teel duh-mañ? |
| Do you think it’s going to rain? | Vous croyez qu’il va pleuvoir? voo krwa-yay keel va pluh-vwar? |
| It’s very hot/cold | Il fait très chaud/froid eel feh treh shoh/frwa |
