In today’s lesson we’ll look at a word which comes up all the time in converation and travel but few students ask how to say: Wi-Fi! In French, Wi-Fi is the same word but is pronounced [wee-fee]. Our example sentences have several useful related words which you could use on a trip to France including “login name” and “password”.
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Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi in French
Example sentences
In French, the official word for Wi-Fi is la connexion internet sans fil (wireless Internet connection) but 99% of the French population uses the Anglicism le wifi.
For this first example sentence, t’as is a shortening of “tu as”, which is the second-person singular (tu) form of avoir (to have).
T’as le wifi chez toi ?
Do you have Wi-Fi at home?
Le Wi-Fi ne marche pas très bien dans cet hôtel.
The Wi-Fi in this hotel isn’t working very well.
For this final example sentence, identifiant (m) means login name and mot de passe (m) means password.
Quel est l’identifiant et le mot de passe pour le wifi, s’il vous plaît ?
What’s the login name and password for the Wi-Fi, please?
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