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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! It’s a great moment - you’re meeting your future French in-laws for the first time. You bought a great new outfit in Paris, you just got a haircut, and you double checked - you just ate another mint, so you’ve definitely got fresh breath. But wait - what if they only speak French? Do you remember how to share your name in French? And what do you do as you say hello and exchange pleasantries in French? Will you shake hands? Will you kiss each other on the cheek? Or will you stand there awkwardly and stare at each other while you figure it out? It might be good to know the French protocol so you can know whether to go in for the infamous French kiss or stand back for the more formal handshake, no?

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Absolute Beginner lesson will teach you how to share your name and get another person’s name in French both formally and informally. You’ll also learn about when it’s proper to kiss someone on the cheek. Make sure you don’t go wrong - especially when you meet someone really important in France, like your future in-laws or new boss, for the first time! Visit us at FrenchPod101.com where you will find many more fantastic French lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Absolute Beginner Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

33 Responses to “Absolute Beginner S1#1 - Bistrot Français: Easy Self-Introductions in French”

FrenchPod101.com says:

Where are you from? What is your name? Do you have more than one first name ?

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maxiewawa says:

Je suis Max, je suis Australien.

Virginie, Eric, nous et d’ou? Bienvenue a FrenchPod101! I don’t think I’ve heard your voices before.

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maxiewawa says:

I’m male by the way, not sure if “Australien” is correct.

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Angele says:

Si tu es un homme tu dirais: (if you are a man, you’d say)
Je suis australien.
You were right !

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maxiewawa says:

Angele! C’est vous!

Virginie et Eric sont d’ou? Where are they from?

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Angele says:

Bonjour Maxiewawa
Virginie est de Toulouse et Éric je ne sais pas.
Allons lui demander.
Éric d’où es-tu ?

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Virginie says:

Bonjour à tous!

Voilà, je me présente, let me introduce myself (oops…forgot the basics!):

Je viens de Toulouse, dans le sud-ouest de la France, et je suis professeur de français depuis quelques années. I am from Toulouse and I have been a French teacher for a few years.

Very nice to meet you all! And thank you Angèle for letting me know about these comments! Merci!

I hope you enjoyed this lesson, please feel free to comment and comment and comment…

Eric is from New York, and is quite a fast speaker as you may have noticed. Those New Yorkers love to go fast! :grin:

I’ll see you in this forum very soon!

A bientôt!

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Eric says:

Bonjour !

Comme Virginie vous a dit, je viens de la région new yorkaise. As Virginie told you, I come from the New York area. I’m a Ph.D. student in French literature and also a teacher of French.
C’est un plaisir d’avoir nos amis australiens nous écoutent ! Its great to be listened to by our Australian friends!

A bientôt !
Eric

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zia says:

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:lol: :eek: :cry: :wink: :roll: :razz: :oops: :grin: :evil: :cool: :? ??: :smile: :shock: :twisted: :neutral: :mrgreen:

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Krystal says:

Use “es” if it is followed with a noun.
Tu es Rob.
Tu es Anglaise.

And “est” if it’s followed with an adjective.
Tu est fatiguee.

Is that right? :mrgreen:

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Angele says:

No, ES & EST are two forms of the verb être at the présent de l’indicatif. It’s the conjugaison of the verb être.
Suis is used with je
Es is used with tu etc

Je suis
Tu es
Il , Elle, On est
Vous êtes
Nous sommes
Ils. Elles sont

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Angele says:

Donc how can you correct your last phrase: Tu est fatigue. ?

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Krystal says:

It’s “Tu es fatigue.” :oops:

Donc est is for third person. And es is for second.
Merci beau coup. Je suis desole. I hope I’m not bothering you too much. :oops:

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Angele says:

You are correct.
Make sure to add the accent on the last letter and add an -e for the feminine gender as in:
“Tu es fatigué.” for a man
“Tu es fatiguée.” for a woman.

Oh no, you don tbother me. I like to assist people! :)

Tu es en forme ou tu es fatiguée aujourd’hui ?

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kenta says:

I think the lesson audio is broken. It’s only 1 min long and they’re not reading the whole conversation. It suddenly skipped to the vocabs then it’s done.

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kenta says:

I think the lesson audio is broken. It’s only 1 min long and they’re not reading the whole conversation. It suddenly skipped to the vocabs then it’s done.

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FrenchPod101.com says:

Hi Kenta,

Thank you so much for your message. We haven’t been able to reproduce the problem, however. What are you using to download the file?

Thank you very much for your patience and for your feedback.

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Thuy says:

good job, i like it, thanks :razz:

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moliza says:

Bonjour everyone! Je suis Moliza. Je suis Combodgiane(oops correct me if i spell cambodian wrong). Comment allez vous? Enchantée!

Well, I really really like frenchpod101.com. To be honest, it is my first time to be here and to learn French from such great website. Unluckily, I cant open PFD file to see the correct spellings of the words. :( (

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moliza says:

PDF file i mean.

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MELGURL says:

:razz: Wow this is sooooo effective!

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andrei says:

je m’appelle andrei,je suis romanien.bonjour a tous

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Siana says:

Hi everyone!
Thanks for your comments!

Thanks for joining us!

moliza : You should spell it “Cambodgien” in French.

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Siana says:

Hi everybody!

moliza: About the PDF document, thanks for pointing out the problem!
It has been checked and solved thanks to you. If it still doesn’t work, please check if there is nothing missing on your computer to read PDF.
And of course, if any problem still remains, please let us know.

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sohail rana says:

Bonjour,
Je m’appellez Rana.
Je suis ‘Bangladeshi’.
I’m male. I’m not sure that “Bangladeshi” is correct.
Merci. :smile:

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Siana says:

Hi Rana! Sthanks for joining us!

Waa I never meet someone from the Bangladesh! ^^ nice too meet you!
I checked on Wikipedia ^^;; and you can say Bangladeshi or Bangladais. It’s true that for a French Bangladeshi sounds a little strange instead of Bangladais, but it must be because it’s quite unusual. and Bangladais is more looking like “Portuguais” for example.

Hope that will help you ^^
Keep asking everything you want!

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Lisa says:

Boujour.

Je m’appelle Lisa, et je suis Americaine. A bientot!

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Patric says:

Salut!

Je suis monsieur Patric Peter et je suis Americain, New Yorkaise. Je apprendre le français pourquoi j’aime la France et j’ai voyagé à plusieurs reprises à Paris.

À tout à l’heure.
Mon. P

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Rusar says:

Bonjour!

Je m’appelle Rusar et je viens du Tibet. Je suis Tibetian. Maintenant, j’habite a Paris. (my name is Rusar and I come from Tibet. Now I stay in Paris.)
Je voudrais apprendre le francais. Donc, vous m’aidez pour mon etudie, s’il vous plait!(I would like to learn French. Therefore, please help to my study!)
Merci!

A tout a l’heure.
Rusar

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carol satterfield says:

Bonjour. Je m’appelle Carol. Je viens Sud Caroline dans d’Etates Unis. C’est 30 annes since j’ai Francais dans l’ecole.

Please correct all mistakes if you have time. Je voudrais Francais tres bien. “I would like to learn French well.”, is that what I said?

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Mounir says:

Bonjour Je m’appelle Mounir je vien de Leban ,Beirut . S’il vous plait je voudrais apprendre le Francais trés bien.Maintenant je suis J’habit in Canada,Toronto.

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Mounir says:

Bonjour.
C’est bon lesson.

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rania says:

salut,
Je suis Rania, je suis Egyptienne

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