Useful words and sentences : Learn the essential basic words and sentences.

Greeting and saying goodbye : Learn how to establish contact and end a simple interaction in a formal and informal way.

Phonetics : Pronunciation of the nasal vowel [ ɔ̃ ]

Personal pronouns : Discover the personal pronouns in French.

"Tu" or "Vous" : The different use of the personal pronoun "tu" and the personal pronoun "vous".

Verb "s'appeler" : Learn the conjugation and pronunciation in order to say your name.

Phonetics : Pronunciation of the vowel [ y ]

Practice and Repetition 1 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

The alphabet : The 26 letters of the french alphabet, their pronunciation and one vocabulary word by letter.

Pronunciation exercise : Practice your pronunciation of some letters.

Phonetics : Pronunciation of final letters.

Accents and cedilla : Learn how to name the different accents and how to spell words. Includes audio exercises and pronunciation exercises.

Accents : Explanations about accents

Cedilla : Explanations about the cedilla.

Indefinite articles : Un, une, des.

Phonetics : Pronunciation of the nasal vowel [ ɛ̃ ]

Identifying : "C'est" + indefinite article

Useful expressions using "c'est" + adjective/adverb".

Mentioning the existence : Il y a... (there is...).

PDF DOCUMENT : Song from Riff Cohen "à Paris"

Listen to the song and complete the missing sentences with :

1 - "Il y a" OR "Il n'y a pas de"

2 - the noun that follows among : - des anglais (English people), des couleurs (colors), des concierges, des parfums (perfumes), parking, du parquet (wood floor), mon parrain (my godfather).

Note the pronunciation of « Il y a » and « Il n’y a pas » which is reduced to “Y a” and “Y a pas” when speaking.

Answers in the second PDF file.

Practice and Repetition 2 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

Auxiliary verb "être" : Conjugation and pronunciation of the auxiliary verb "être".

Phonetics : Pronunciation of the nasal vowel [ ɑ̃ ]

Nationality adjectives : Different grammatical categories of nationality adjectives and their feminine form.

Definite articles : Le, la l', les.

Document PDF : Song By "Carla Bruni" : le Toi du Moi

Look for the song on Youtube (I put the links in the external resources), listen to it and try to fill the blanks with the definite articles LE, LA, L', LES.
It doesn't matter if you don't know the vocabulary of the song, it is meant to practice and discover a French song.
The idea of the song is that she talks about her loved one and she makes associations between him and her.
You have the correction in the second PDF document.

Audio exercise : What do you hear? "Le" or "les" ?

Names and genders of countries

Audio/Oral exercise : Practice genders and names of the countries.

Counting : Numbers up to 16.

Counting : Numbers from 17 to 69.

Counting : Numbers from 70 to 100.

PDF Document : Song from Jacques Dutronc "Et moi et moi et moi"

Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with numbers. I put the list of numbers used in the song down below if you want  to make it a bit easier. Try it first without looking at the list.

Answers in the second PDF file.

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List of numbers used in the song : 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9, 50, 50, 80.  

Signs and punctuation : Learn the signs of punctuation and how to read an e-mail. Includes audio exercises.

Saying the date : Learn the different ways to say the date and practise with an exercise.

Days and months : Learn the days, the months, how to say the date and basic vocabulary to talk about the weather.

Practice and Repetition 3 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

Auxiliary verb "avoir" : Conjugation and pronunciation of the auxiliary verb "avoir" (to have).

Giving personnal information : Learn the vocabulary to give personal information using the auxiliary verbs "être" and "avoir"

Oral exercises : Formulate sentences with the given elements.

Practice and Repetition 4 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

Negative form : Learn how to use the negative form.

Questions with "quel" : Learn how to formulate questions with the various forms of the interrogative adjective "quel" (which).

Regular verbs : Conjugation and pronunciation of regular verbs.

Document PDF : Song from Edith Piaf : Dans ma rue

Listen to the song on Youtube (links in the external resources), and complete it with the following verbs conjugated in the present tense :

- Avoir (x4) and Être (x5)

- Demander (to ask), Gagner (to win/to earn), Habiter (to live), Regarder (to look), Rester (to stay), Travailler (to work), Trouver (to find).

The second PDF document is the correction.

In the Youtube links, you will find a subtitled version.

Audio and oral exercises : Grammar exercises to practice the use of regular verbs.

Practice and Repetition 5 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

Irregular verb "aller" : Learn the conjugation and pronunciation of the irregular verb "aller" (to go).

Aller + countries/cities : Learn how to use te correct preposition with the verb "aller" (to go).

Irregular verb "faire" : Learn the conjugation and pronunciation of the irregular verb "faire" (to do) and some vocabulary to talk about your activities.

Practice and Repetition 6 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

Place prepositions (1) : Learn how to locate objects in space.

Practice and Repetition 7 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

Place prepositions (2) : Learn how to locate objects in space.

Place adverbs "ici, là, là-bas" : Learn how to use the three adverbs to locate things.

Place prepositions exercise : Answer the questions to locate the objects using the place prepositions.

Practice and Repetition 8 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

Irregular verb "prendre" : Learn the conjugation/pronunciation of the verb and the vocabulary of the means of transport.

In town (1) : Learn the names of the different places in town.

In town (2) : Learn the names of the different places in town.

Practice and Repetition 9 : In these lectures you will practise what you have learnt by building sentences, repeating the structures and memorizing the patterns.

Irregular verb "venir" : Learn the conjugation, pronunciation of the verb and useful sentences to use it.

Indicate direction : Learn the basic vocabulary to be able to give directions.

Indicate direction audio exercises : 4 audios exercises with corrections and explanation.

Demonstrative adjectives : Learn how to use the 4 different forms of demonstrative adjectives.

Audio exercise Ce/Ces : Learn how to differentiate the pronunciation of the 2 adjectives.

Giving your impressions (1) : Learn adjectives to give your impressions and practise with an exercise.

Giving your impressions (2) : Learn more adjectives and their plural form and practise with an exercise.