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About French (Canadian)
Québécois French preserves some 17th-century French features lost in European French.
Speakers
7+ million
Language Family
Romance
Writing System
Latin alphabet
Difficulty
Easy
Spoken in
Why Learn French (Canadian)?
Quebec offers French-speaking opportunities in North America.
Common French (Canadian) Words
Start your French (Canadian) journey with these essential words and phrases.
Bonjour
Hello
bohn-ZHOOR
Merci
Thank you
mehr-SEE
S'il vous plaît
Please
seel voo PLEH
Oui
Yes
wee
Non
No
nohn
Eau
Water
oh
Char
Car (Quebec)
shar
Blonde
Girlfriend (Quebec)
blohnd
Dépanneur
Convenience store
day-pah-NUR
Salut
Bye (informal)
sah-LU
Tuque
Winter hat
tuk
Pantoute
Not at all
pahn-TOOT
History of French (Canadian)
Quebec French descended from settlers who arrived in the 17th century, preserving older French features. Isolated from France after British conquest (1763), it developed independently. The Quiet Revolution of the 1960s sparked language laws making French Quebec's official language. Joual, the working-class dialect, influences popular culture.
Is French (Canadian) Hard to Learn?
Canadian French shares grammar with European French but has distinct pronunciation, vocabulary, and expressions. Quebecers speak faster with more nasalization. Learning Canadian French gives access to French content in North America and helps with European French too.
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