Conversational French 1: Master Spoken French for Beginners

Learn to greet and say hello or goodbye in French, introduce yourself, ask for someone's name, and choose formal vous or informal tu forms.

Master basic French greetings and self-introductions, including formal and informal you, how are you, what's your name, my name is, and see you later or soon.

Review essential greetings and how to ask and say your origin and nationality in French, including phrases like I am from, I am Canadian, and masculine or feminine nationality forms.

Master basic French introductions and career vocabulary by asking 'what's your name' and 'what is your job,' and answering with professions like professor, engineer, and doctor while noting nationality phrases.

Pronounce the French numbers from 1 to 100 with guided repetition, learn how tens are formed, and practice counting in daily life to improve pronunciation.

Learn to ask and answer about age in French using avoir, including 'what age do you have' and 'I am X years old,' with informal tu dialogue.

Review essential French vocabulary on greetings, introductions, nationality, occupations, ages, and common farewell phrases, highlighting informal and formal usage and gender endings.

Learn how to ask and answer birthdays in French, including saying dates, using formal and informal forms, and forming yes-no questions with est-ce que.

Learn to ask and answer about origin, city, and country in French by practicing 'where do you come from' and 'I come from' with city and country examples.

Learn to ask and answer about family members, including how many people you have, who you have in your family, and discuss marital status, names, and ages.

Learn how to introduce someone to another person in French, using proper word order and informal and formal address, and practice asking about someone’s job and what they study.

Learn to ask for a new friend's social media profile in French, practice saying Instagram and YouTube, discuss following someone, and use correct word order for 'follow'.

Review essential French vocabulary learned so far, including yes-no questions, question words, formal and informal forms, and common family terms, and celebrate reaching about one hundred words.

Learn to describe things with adjectives, including color, size, and age, using house examples like blue or old, and express opinions when you don't know the word.

Learn essential classroom french phrases for beginners, including how to say here, there, this, that, and how to refer to objects like desks, books, and chalkboards.

Practice ordering in a cafe, describing an unknown item by pointing, asking what's that, and using basic French word order and color cues to order pastries.

Practice review of beginner French vocabulary, emphasizing informal and formal forms, with classroom basics, common items, and everyday phrases like welcome, I like, I want, there is, and euros.

Learn to order at a restaurant in French, including asking for a table for a party of three, checking reservations, choosing inside seating, and using menus and thanks phrases.

learn to order drinks in french by asking what you’re drinking, saying you’d like a beer or a glass of wine, and expressing preferences such as white wine like chardonnay.

Learn to order appetizers in French, clarify that 'entrée' means appetizer in French while English 'entree' means main dish, and practice 'we would like' and 'is that OK' with servers.

Master ordering main courses in French, using entrees as the main dish and phrases like 'I am going to have' and 'what do you recommend,' with beef tartare example.

Practice ordering coffee and dessert in a French cafe, including asking which desserts are available, saying 'I would like,' and using polite phrases like 'thank you'.

Master how to request the bill at the end of a meal, say the bill please, and pay with a card, while asking for the receipt.

Review essential restaurant vocabulary, including ordering, drinks, appetizers, entrees, reservations, and paying the bill, to practice speaking in dining and service scenarios.

Learn practical French phrases to handle misunderstandings, say you don’t understand, and ask can you repeat your question in restaurant and service contexts.

Learn how to handle misunderstandings in French by saying I don't understand, asking for repetition, and asking if anyone speaks English to bridge language barriers.

Learn to say I don't know in French through restaurant and museum scenarios, practice a moment to choose, and respond with thanks or apologies.

Learn to ask for slower speech with 'can you speak more slowly,' practice saying sorry, and say thank you, while receiving encouraging feedback on your progress.

Review the vocabulary learned so far in this module. We will see you in the next module.

Learn to search for and discuss hotels in French, using phrases for room preference, private bathrooms, and 24/7 reception, and practice checking in.

Practice checking in at a hotel in French, including reception phrases, making a reservation, presenting your ID or passports, asking if breakfast is included, and receiving your room keys.

Master spoken French numbers beyond 100, from hundreds to billions. Learn how French reads years differently from English, like one thousand nine hundred and seventy for 1970.

Learn how to check out of a hotel in French, including paying the bill, handling the key, and receiving your receipt.

Review hotel and travel vocabulary from this section, including check-in, payment, rooms, reception, breakfast included, identification, keys, and the bill.

Learn to ask and answer about sports in French, using phrases like 'do you play sports' and vocabulary for football, hockey, tennis, and basketball.

Learn to talk about music as a hobby in French, asking and answering about playing instruments like piano and drums. Share listening preferences such as rock, jazz, and pop.

Learn to discuss hobbies in French by asking and answering about liking to play cards, board games, and gardening. Use practical conversational phrases for everyday exchanges.

Learn to discuss the weather and everyday activities in French, with phrases for swimming, biking, jogging, and a vocabulary recap of hobbies and sports, plus Q&A and Facebook community access.

Master essential sports, music, and daily activity vocabulary through phrases for playing sports, instruments, going places, and talking about the weather.

Learn essential French color vocabulary, including blue, white, red, black, yellow, green, orange, pink, purple, and brown, with attention to masculine and feminine forms and pronunciation.

Learn essential French phrases for shopping women's clothing, including colors, trying on dresses, discussing sizes, and asking about store hours in a wedding context.

Learn practical French for shopping men's clothing, including phrases for shirts, polos, t-shirts, jeans, pants, shorts, sizes, and expressing interest in sweaters for fall.

Learn practical French for shopping transactions at the cash register, including greetings, asking prices, discussing refunds and policies, handling sale items, bags, and polite goodbyes.

Review essential clothing vocabulary from the past module, including shirt, t shirt, polo shirt, jeans, pants, shorts, skirt, sweater, sock, and bag, plus buying phrases like on sale.

Learn to ask for directions in French, using phrases like where is, excuse me, and can I walk to the grocery store or the station, with polite responses.

Master spoken French directions by guiding someone to the hospital using clear keywords left, right, straight, street, next to, in front of, and polite phrases like excuse me.