Friend - Ami (The 467th Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Friend is Ami. It can be used as adjective. This word often comes up when talking about family & relationships. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 467th most commonly used word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Our app offers over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common French words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: friend

French: ami

Examples


A friend comes to play at our house tomorrow.	Un ami vient jouer chez nous demain.
The only way to have a friend is to be a friend.	La seule façon d'avoir un ami est d'être un ami.
It is a pleasure, my friend.	C'est un plaisir, mon ami.
My book is prettier than my friend's.	Mon livre est plus beau que celui de mon ami.
This is the letter for my friend.	C'est la lettre pour mon ami.
This is the letter from my friend.	C'est la lettre de mon ami.
He is a friend and I treat him as such.	C'est un ami et je le traite comme tel.
My friend lives in this house.	Mon ami vit dans cette maison.

My friend ought to have arrived here by now.	Mon ami devrait déjà être arrivé ici, à présent.
My friend feels very ill.	Mon ami se sent très mal.
I met a friend.	J'ai vu un ami.
My friend wants to talk to you.	Mon ami veut te parler.
I'm waiting for my boyfriend.	J'attends mon ami.
I want to be her friend.	Je veux être son ami.
Your friend left town.	Votre ami a quitté la ville.
My friend is stupid.	Mon ami est stupide.
I met a friend I hadn't seen for three years.	J'ai rencontré un ami que je n'avais pas vu depuis trois ans.
I thought that you were my best friend.	Je pensais que tu étais mon meilleur ami.
I thought that you were my friend.	Je pensais que vous étiez un ami.
You were my best friend.	Tu étais mon meilleur ami.
My friend wants a car of his own.	Mon ami veut avoir sa propre voiture.