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Je parle français et anglais.

Je parle français et anglais.
I speak French and English.
From Lesson 17:Regular -er verbs singular (je parle, tu parles, il parle)·French

Breakdown of Je parle français et anglais.

je
I
et
and
français
French
parler
to speak
anglais
English

Questions & Answers about Je parle français et anglais.

Why is the verb parle instead of parler?
Parler is the infinitive (dictionary form) meaning "to speak." To say "I speak" (je), you take off the -er ending and add an -e. This is how you conjugate all regular -er verbs for the je form!
Do I pronounce the "e" at the end of parle?
No, the -e ending on parle is silent. It sounds just like "parl". It's important to remember this because the dictionary form, parler, pronounces the -er at the end like the "ay" in "say".
Why aren't the words français and anglais capitalized like they are in English?
In French, the names of languages are never capitalized. You only capitalize them if you are talking about a person from that country, like saying un Anglais for "an Englishman."
Do I need to say "I speak the French" (Je parle le français)?
No. While French usually requires putting words like le or la (the) in front of nouns, the verb parler is a special exception. When you name a language right after this verb, you drop the article completely.

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