Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Aaachooo! “Bless you,” a passerby says to you in French. You sneeze all the way down the block, trying to get back to your apartment before you have a full-on allergy attack. You’ve spent some time visiting your French friend and her even more French poodle today. You put up with it gracefully, never letting your French friend know you were allergic-not even when the dog hopped on your lap and started licking your face. And now you’re paying for it dearly as you trudge through the wintry streets of France. When you get back to your French apartment, all you want to do is cuddle up with a blanket and a box of tissues. But there are no tissues anywhere to be found! You ask your roommate in French, “Do you have any tissues?” Your roommate comes running out of her room and says to you in French, “I have some, but why do you need them? Was your significant other a jerk AGAIN?” You reply to your friend in French, “No, I just had a run-in with a poodle.” After you say it, you realize how silly that sounds in French. Maybe that’s why your friend is making such a face at you!
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Absolute Beginner lesson will show you how to assert your possession of objects. We’ll also tell you about the French obsession with pets. Finally, we’ll debate the merits of about one of the French government’s most controversial recent measures. 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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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Your mother, who is visiting you in France, takes one look at you after you walk in the door from work and starts to lecture you. She tells you in French, “You need to go on vacation! You look like you haven’t slept in weeks, and you have bags under your eyes.” You respond in French, “Gee, thanks. It’s always good to hear positive encouragement.” Your mother replies in French, “That is positive. You SHOULD go on vacation. You can’t always work yourself to death without taking at least a weekend off. Why don’t you go to the French countryside this weekend?” You respond in French, “Because there’s nothing to do there!” Your mom replies in French, “Surely that isn’t true. But if you don’t want to go to the country, why don’t you go to the beach? Go listen to the waves, read a book, and get some sunshine. It will do you some good.” You start to protest in French, but your mother continues in French, “Mother always knows best. Go pack!”
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Absolute Beginner lesson will show you how you can use the French word meaning “to go” to explain your upcoming plans to go somewhere. With this phrase, you’ll be able to express the French travels you’re planning across the entire country of France. Even better, in this lesson, we’ll tell you about some lesser-known but nonetheless fantastic French places for you to check out! 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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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! While you’re in France, you figure you’ll try to absorb some of the local culture, so you go to a French dance class. What’s the French dance of the day? The can-can! You hear the fast-paced French music, so you decide this might be a way for you to have some fun. You get into the class, and with the way the French teacher is barking commands left and right, you imagine you must look like you have two left feet. But you laugh and enjoy yourself anyway, in part at your expense, and in part at your French instructor’s sternness. Who can be stern when doing the French can-can? When you get back to the hotel, you call your French friend and invite your friend to dance with you tomorrow. Much to your surprise, your friend responds in French, “Heck no. I don’t dance. Let’s do something else-anything else-athletic instead. Okay?”
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Absolute Beginner lesson will show you how to say that you like to play a sport or participate in athletics. We’ll do this by teaching you one of the most flexible French verbs: the French word meaning “to do” or “to make.” Don’t let this lesson set sail without you! 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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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! You’re sitting at the bar in a French restaurant by yourself, just waiting for your friends to arrive. Your French friends seem to have no sense of time, so you order yourself a club soda while you wait. A few minutes later, someone taps your shoulder and asks in French, “Excuse me, is the seat next to you taken?” Thinking nothing of it, you respond in French, “No, please sit down.” Suddenly, the person who just sat down starts to strike up a conversation with you in French. You respond politely in French, but when the person asks to buy you a drink, you start to feel uncomfortable. Your new friend asks in French, “You shouldn’t be drinking by yourself. Can I get you another round? You respond in French, “I’m just drinking club soda. I’m fine.” Your acquaintance then asks in French, “Well, how about a glass of wine then? Do you like wine?” You respond in French, “No, I don’t like wine. I’m fine, thanks.” Your buddy just won’t take “no” for an answer and persists in French, parading through every liquor behind the bar as you repeatedly say you don’t like each one in French. Finally, your exasperated companion says in French, “What can I buy you to drink that you WOULD like?” You wonder how to answer this question in French…why can’t some people take a hint?
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 express what you like and don’t like using the French word meaning “to love” and “to like.” We’ll also tell you about some French drinking habits, so you’ll know the most popular beverages the French request so you’ll blend in with the locals. But we’ll have to save the tips for rescuing yourself from strangers at the French bar for another 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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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Unexpectedly, your parents knock on the door of your French hotel room. When they walk in, you’re listening to a good (and loud!) French radio station. Your mother asks you in French, “What the heck is that racket?” You respond in French, “Come on Mom, it’s just a little rock music. You’ve heard this stuff before.” Your mom replies in French, “Yes, but not at that decibel level, and not right before we leave for the opera.” You laugh and tell your mom in French, “That’s probably true. It is a little bit of culture shock. Have fun.” Your dad asks in French, “Do they do that crowd surfing thing at these shows?” You chuckle and say in French, “No, Dad, people don’t do that anymore-not since the 1990s.” You had to tell him a little white lie so your parents wouldn’t worry, but you hope they don’t do that in France, anyway. You add in French, “Just to be safe though, I’m leaving my valuable stuff in the hotel safe, and then I’ll be on my way. I won’t be out late, so we can leave early in the morning for the wine tour.” Of course, your parents don’t share your definition of the words “late” or “early,” but you’ll deal with that in the morning.
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Absolute Beginner lesson will show you how to use the French words that mean “to come.” We’ll also tell you about some fantastic French music venues where you can catch up-and-coming bands. With so many things to do in France, you may not know whether you’re coming or going, so this lesson will give you the words so you can say both! 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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