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You haven’t seen your family that lives in France for ten years! When you finally arrive at their French home, it seems as if you have never been apart! Well, except that you could use a little work in speaking French! That aside, you start talking in French right away, trying to get caught up. The first thing they want to know is what you have been doing for the past ten years! As you sit there, you suddenly realize this is going to be a very difficult French conversation. You can tell them everything as if you are doing it right now. You can give them one-word answers in French such as “working,” “studying,” and so on. However, you have no idea how to tell them what you have been doing in the past in French. After this visit, you will truly be able to say, “I came, I saw, I conquered French!”

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Lower Intermediate lesson will teach you how to use French time expressions and discuss past time itineraries in French. You will also learn the history and usage of the popular French quote, “I came, I saw, I conquered!”


Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! After months of e-mailing with a girl you met online, she finally writes in French, “Do you want to meet?” You definitely do, but you’re worried that perhaps the French reality won’t live up to your expectations. You reply in French, “Of course! I am so excited to meet you. Let’s pick a day.” You decide to meet on the weekend for coffee at a French cafe and to see what develops from there. When the day arrives, your palms are sweating and your heart is beating as if you’ve been running for miles. You hope she is as she has promised herself to be in French in your e-mails, but you never know what may be. You tell yourself in French, “It’s only coffee, and if it’s so terrible to see her, you won’t have to see her again. It will be so short-you can sit still for thirty minutes!” But still, your heart races…she is so fascinating in your online French chats that she HAS to live up to the hype…but will she?

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Intermediate lesson will show you how to how to use intensifiers meaning “so” and “such” to pump up the volume of your French. We’ll also share with you a little background on French relationships in the process. 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!


Learn French travel phrases with FrenchPod101.com! A little French can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, FrenchPod101.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! Today we cover a high-frequency French phrase that you’ll surely find useful on your trip, travels, or vacation to France.

Most hotels in France have English-speaking staff. But in some cases, you won’t be so lucky. So in today’s French lesson, you will learn everything you need to know for checking in to a French hotel. For more information on the French language and culture, be sure to stop by FrenchPod101.com!


Can you imagine yourself touring the French countryside in a sleek convertible? The top is down, the wind blowing through your hair? Well, the French-made Citroën 2CV is not exactly what I would call sleek…but you can tour the French countryside in it with its ragtop down the whole time! So call up a few of those French friends you have met and tell them, “let’s go for a drive” in French! What’s that? You don’t know how to say “let’s go” in French? I suppose you could make the drive alone…how sad. Or you could listen to Beginner Lesson 23 and you could invite everyone…or we could all go…or someone could go!

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Beginner lesson you will learn the many uses of the French pronoun on (let’s, we, you, they, someone, everyone). Whew! You will also learn the fantastic history of the French-made Citroën 2CV.


Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! As the man and woman on the screen in the French movie lean toward each other and kiss, you let out an audible sigh. Your friend nudges you and whispers in French, “What was that for?” You respond in French, “Oh, it’s just so romantic!” Your friend replies in French, “You mean it’s so unrealistic. You’re a hopeless romantic. People don’t just fall in love at first sight in real life.” Your friend pauses for a moment to think and then adds in French, “In fact, no one has asked me out in quite some time!” Moments later after the movie ends and you’re walking out of the theater, someone taps you on the arm and says in French, “I couldn’t help but notice how attractive you were when you walked into the theater tonight. Here’s my number. Maybe we can get together for a coffee?” As you smile and tell the person “Yes, of course,” in French, you elbow your friend in the ribs as if to say, “So there! You were wrong to tell me that!” in French!

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Intermediate lesson will teach you how to use certain prepositions with French verbs. We’ll also tell you about an accomplished French director who influenced many other directors, including popular American director Martin Scorsese. 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!