Beginner
125 self-paced lessons: Être and avoir, articles and gender, the sounds of French, present-tense verbs, questions and negation, numbers, time and dates, and everyday conversations.
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Greetings, Subject Pronouns & Être, Part 1 of 2
Say hello and goodbye, be polite, give your name and meet the French subject pronouns, including the all-important choice between tu and vous.
Greetings, Subject Pronouns & Être, Part 2 of 2
Conjugate être (to be) for every pronoun and use it to say where people are from, their nationality and their job.
Dialogue Lab: Première Rencontre
Follow a first conversation at a language exchange in Lyon and learn to choose tu or vous, ask where people are from and say pleased to meet you.
Gender, Number & Articles, Part 1 of 2
Every French noun is masculine or feminine: learn le, la, l', un and une, and the word endings that give a noun's gender away.
Gender, Number & Articles, Part 2 of 2
Make nouns plural with les and des, learn the spelling rules behind the silent -s, and form the feminine of words for people.
Contrast Clinic: Le, Un, Les, Des
Pairs that differ by one article: the vs a, the vs some, singular vs plural by ear, and the silent h that sometimes blocks l'.
Review: Pronouns, Être, Gender & Articles
No new material: mixed practice on greetings, tu and vous, every form of être and all six articles before adjectives arrive.
Error Hunt: Pronouns, Être & Articles
Spot and fix the classic beginner mistakes: wrong articles, mixed-up forms of être and the extra un before a job.
Adjective Agreement
French adjectives change to match their noun: learn the four forms, the common feminine patterns and what you can actually hear.
Adjective Placement: Before or After?
Most French adjectives follow the noun, but a short list of everyday ones comes first; learn which, plus the special forms bel, nouvel and vieil.
Transformations: Make It Plural, Make It Feminine
Change one word in a sentence and follow the ripple: every article, verb and adjective linked to it has to change too.
Spiral Review: Articles, Adjectives & Être
Describe the people and places in a few holiday photos using everything from the unit: être, articles, agreement and placement.
Unit 1 review: Être, Articles & Adjectives
Listen, speak and write with what you learned in "Être, Articles & Adjectives", then a short unit quiz.
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