French for beginners

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French for beginners

Start French from zero: one short lesson at a time, every word and sentence with its audio and its translation.

Essentials

  1. Greetings in FrenchA1Say hello and goodbye in French: Bonjour, Salut, Bonsoir, Au revoir, Ça va ? — and when to use tu or vous with friends and strangers.
  2. Please and thank you in FrenchA1Be polite in French: s'il vous plaît or s'il te plaît, merci, de rien, désolé, excusez-moi, pardon — and when to use tu or vous.
  3. Introducing yourself in FrenchA1Say your name, age, nationality and job in French: je m'appelle, j'ai vingt ans, je viens du Brésil, je suis professeur.
  4. Pronouns in FrenchA1The French subject pronouns je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles — tu or vous, c'est or il est, and moi, toi, lui.
  5. Question words in FrenchA1Ask questions in French: quoi, pourquoi, quand, où, qui, quel, comment — and three ways to ask: rising voice, est-ce que and inversion.
  6. Numbers in FrenchA1Count in French from zero to a thousand: un, deux, trois, vingt et un, soixante-dix, quatre-vingts, cent, mille — and how big numbers are built.
  7. Ordinal numbers and quantities in FrenchA1Learn French ordinal numbers — premier, deuxième, troisième, dernier — and how to say how many: tout, beaucoup de, quelques, peu de, aucun, la moitié.
  8. Telling the time in FrenchA1Ask and tell the time in French: Quelle heure est-il ?, il est trois heures, et quart, et demie, moins le quart, midi, minuit, du matin, du soir.
  9. Days, months and dates in FrenchA1The days of the week and the months in French: lundi, mardi, samedi, janvier, mai — plus how to say a date, as in le 5 mai or le 1er janvier.
  10. Colors and Shapes in FrenchA1The colors and shapes in French: rouge, bleu, vert, noir, blanc, orange, marron, cercle, carré, rond — and why noir becomes noire or noires.
  11. Family members in FrenchA1Family words in French (mère, père, frère, sœur, fils, fille, mari, femme) and how to introduce your family and ask about someone else's.
  12. To be and to have in FrenchA1Être and avoir in the present: je suis, j'ai, il est, ils ont — plus j'ai froid, j'ai vingt ans, and three ways to ask a question.
  13. Everyday verbs in FrenchA1The French verbs faire, aller, vouloir and aimer (do, go, want, like) in the present: je fais, il va, je veux, j'aime, with tu and vous.
  14. Negatives and yes-no questions in FrenchA1Oui, non, si and ne … pas in French: word order, negatives, three ways to ask a yes-no question, and how to answer "Tu n'as pas faim ?"
  15. Articles, gender and plural in FrenchA1French articles un, une, des and le, la, l', les, masculine and feminine nouns, and plurals like livres, gâteaux and journaux.
  16. Prepositions in FrenchA1French prepositions of place, time and direction: dans, sur, sous, devant, derrière, à côté de, entre, à and de — plus au, aux, du and des.
  17. Adjectives in FrenchA1French adjectives for beginners: bon, mauvais, grand, petit, beau, nouveau, vieux, cher — where they go and how they change to match the noun.
  18. Present tense in FrenchA1Regular French -er verbs in the present (je parle, tu parles, nous parlons, vous parlez) and habits with toujours, souvent, parfois and ne … jamais.
  19. Possessives in FrenchA1French possessives mon, ma, mes, ton, son, notre, votre, leur — why son means his and her, how to ask À qui est… ? and say c'est à moi.
  20. There is and where is in FrenchA1Say there is and there are in French with il y a, il n'y a pas de and il y en a, ask where with où est and où sont, and use ici, là and là-bas.
  21. Can, must and need in FrenchA1Can, must and need in French: pouvoir vs savoir, devoir, avoir besoin de, and why "you don't have to" isn't "vous ne devez pas".

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