3 Minute French - Course 8 | Language lessons for beginners

Learn to say travel and dining phrases in French for Spain. Explore 'beaucoup de fromage en France' and how to say I eat meat, plus hotel or reservation changes.

Learn practical French phrases for daily life, from asking how to say things in French to conversations about Paris, films, wine, and speaking with Marie.

Learn je present-tense forms for er, ir, and re verbs with examples like je mange, je finis, je prends. Use en for languages and the polite command veuillez plus infinitive.

Explore the three core irregular French present-tense verbs—être, avoir, and aller—and the slightly irregular spellings of appeler, acheter, and venir, with examples like j'appelle, j'achète, and je viens.

Learn how to say on mondays in French by placing la before the day of the week, with practical examples about holidays, cinema, and spending time.

Convert infinitives to the present tense and learn their English meanings, using first-person forms like I make, I am, I say, I see, I drink, I take, I understand.

Practice reverse translations from French to English by translating a variety of everyday phrases, including travel, holidays, and daily routines.

Remember French verb endings with a catchy rhyme to memorize and conjugate many verbs. Practice until the verb comes out automatically and your ear tunes to what sounds right.

Conjugate three ponder verbs in the present tense: to take, to understand, to learn. Follow a pattern: remove the ar ending, add endings, and note the d disappears in forms.

Explore 17 irregular present-tense verbs, categorized by irregularity, with cue-card practice and translation drills featuring phrases about going on holiday, travel to Paris, and asking for a passport.

Learn French question formation with elision: use qu’ before vowels or h, and insert t between a vowel-ending verb and il. Add timing details with ce soir, demain, maintenant.

Master forming French questions by inverting the subject and verb in the present tense, inserting a hyphen, and sometimes omitting the question word to create 'are you eating' style questions.

Learn to invert the French present tense to form questions by swapping pronoun and verb with a hyphen, including the il/elle exception and vowel-ending verb t insertion.

Recap the question words and common inverted present-tense verbs in French, then practice forming examples like are you eating, is he drinking, and are you paying.

Practice practical French phrases for everyday life, including meals, restaurant reservations, and shopping for Marie. Explore travel, time questions, and talking about university and films in French.

Explore pronunciations of the French g: hard g before a, o, u, l, or r as in goat; soft g before e, i, or y; gn sounds; and silent h.

Lesson 67e explains how French accents vary across France and francophone countries and offers practical vowel pronunciation tips to be understood.

Join the g and n to form natural negation, use gin vapour, and practice the chunks Jean, Petit, and Alo to sound more French.

Learn the French verb appeler, meaning to call, its past participle appelé, and form phrases like nous avons appelé un restaurant hier and m'appelle.

Recap ngoni, meaning to give, eight forms in present and past tenses, including positive, negative, and question forms, with mo before the verb or auxiliary.

Learn to conjugate the verb to bring in present tense with m' before the verb. Understand past tense using m' before the auxiliary avoir, as in il m'a apporté.

Break long sentences into shorter sections to learn practical French phrases, including asking Sophie to bring food, paying the bill, the imperative, and the concept of I wonder.

Learn to say 'I wonder' in French using the movement verb aller, with passé composé agreement via etre (elle est allée), and review the present tense of go.

Practice reverse translations from French to English, turning everyday phrases such as travel, souvenirs, passports, and names like Sophie, Michel, Calais, and Matt Damon.

Master French past tense with object pronouns before the auxiliary, illustrated by Pierre vous a donné de l'argent la semaine dernière and has the waiter given you the menu.

Learn how to form French questions and negations by placing the auxiliary with 'ne pas' correctly. Practice these tricky sentence patterns again to master question formation and negation in French.

Learn practical French phrases for everyday situations, like leaving a car behind a hotel and asking about train times, plus how tout (everything) sits between auxiliary and past participle.

Learn how la in front of the auxiliary triggers past participle agreement in French, including feminine forms, and master the imperative 'laisse-moi tranquille' to tell someone to leave you alone.

Explore forming French imperatives: informal tu and formal vous, from the present tense, removing tu and -s for er verbs, and adding -ez for vous forms, with examples.

practice saying in French with the verb mettre, an irregular verb in present and past tenses, with the past participle mis, and build sentences like where have you put it.

Master the French imperative, including informal and formal forms, and learn how object pronouns attach after the verb in positive forms and before in negative forms, with examples.

Reviewing a wealth of new vocabulary and tricky grammar, the lesson explains forming the imperative in informal and formal or plural, with pronoun placement and negatives.

Practice translating French questions and commands from the lesson, such as asking to speak English, and apply the past tense rule for 'to' after the auxiliary.

Practice reverse translations of common French phrases into English, including passport questions, leaving keys, and travel phrases like taking the train to London.

Practice French to English recap translations by determining what common French sentences mean in English, including how much is a one way ticket, coffee questions, directions, and meals.

Recap last lesson's French words and phrases, focusing on how to say in French, telling someone to do something, informal versus formal forms, and common verbs like leave and tell.

Master the past tense of there is or there are in French with il y avait, and learn negative and question forms like n'y avait pas.

Master expressing 'there was' and 'there were' in French with il y a and il n'y avait pas, and use neg questions with n'y avait pas and qu' elision.

Explore prêt, meaning ready, and how to pair it with à plus a verb. See examples like prêt à manger (ready to eat) and prêt à porter (ready to wear).

Learn to say we're ready to order and Marie is ready to eat using prêt à manger, with feminine e and plural s, and bientôt means soon.

Explore how to form French phrases with the go and be verbs in the present tense, attaching any verb to the form, with Strasbourg restaurant and busy plans as examples.

Practice reverse translations by turning given French sentences into English. Explore everyday phrases about trains, shopping, dining, and ordering to reinforce vocabulary and comprehension.

Practice French to English recap translations by translating sentences and noting pronunciation cues. Explore examples like 'Are you going to take a taxi' and 'I like spending holidays in England'.

Explore how to say pineapple in French, including anana or ananas, and how masculine nouns begin with vowels, with vocabulary sheets. Learn the irregular verb ouvrir and present tense forms.

Learn how to ask when the show starts in French, and use radio vocabulary like la radio and 'spectacular' meaning a show, plus basic verbs for open, start, and close.

Master the present tense of regarder and the past tense with avoir, with examples like je regarde and nous avons regardé, and quel film avez-vous regardé?

Practice French to English recap translations of everyday phrases, from ordering wine to changing reservations and asking where to eat.