Table of Common Equivalents - Essential French Grammar

Essential French Grammar (2012)

Table of Common Equivalents

There are often slight differences in spelling between French words and their English parallels. On occasion these minor differences may disguise what is basically a common structure. For example, école and school, étude and study, at first glance have little to do with one another. But if you remember that initial é in French, in some circumstances, is equivalent to initial s in English, you will see the relationships.

The following table indicates some of the more frequent equivalences between English and French. Do not follow it blindly, however, for these spelling differences are by no means universal. Use it simply for suggestions.

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The French suffix -ment corresponds to the English adverbial ending -ly.