FrenchPod101 Culture Class: Essential French Vocabulary Curriculum
What are the 5 most popular sweets in France? What vocabulary do I need to know to have a conversation with French-speaking locals? You’ll learn all this and more in this Culture Class Series! Vocabulary is essential to mastering French. In this 25-lesson series, you’ll learn the *most* essential French vocabulary words related to culture and daily life. These words have been hand picked by our French native speakers and cover topics like popular French dishes, national holidays and cities.
| Lesson # | Title (English) |
Topic (English) |
Target sentences (Target Language) |
| 1 | National Holidays | Daily Life | La fête nationale (le 14 juillet) La fête du travail (le premier mai) Le jour de l’an (le premier janvier) Le lundi de Pâques La Toussaint (le premier novembre) |
| 2 | Food | Food & Drink | Pot au feu Blanquette de veau Cassoulet Sole meunière Croque-monsieur |
| 3 | Drinks | Food & Drink | Limonade Pastis or Ricard Champagne Perrier Vin |
| 4 | Home-cooked Meals | Food & Drink | Ratatouille L’aligot Bouillabaisse Moules-frites Tarte tatin |
| 5 | Sweets and Desserts | Food & Drink | Profiteroles Fraisier Mille-feuille Eclair Mont-blanc |
| 6 | Fruits | Food & Drink | Pomme Poire Fraise Melon Cerise |
| 7 | Vegetables | Food & Drink | Pommes de terre Poireau Navet Carotte Haricots verts |
| 8 | Pop and Traditional Culture | Society & Culture | Les yéyés Mai 68 Les Bretons Les Ch’tis Les parisiens |
| 9 | Animals | Geography & Nature | Cheval Chat Chien Cochon Coq |
| 10 | Plants | Geography & Nature | Rose Sapin Pâquerette Olivier Platane |
| 11 | Geographical Features | Geography & Nature | Le Mont-Blanc Le Mistral La Méditerranée Les volcans d’Auvergne La Seine |
| 12 | Cities | Geography & Nature | Paris Marseille Lyon Toulouse Strasbourg |
| 13 | Sports | Recreation & Leisure | Tennis Natation Rugby Football Cyclisme |
| 14 | Recreational Activities | Recreation & Leisure | Randonnée Pétanque Cuisine Camping Shopping |
| 15 | Tourist Attractions and Places | Recreation & Leisure | La Tour Eiffel Le château de Versailles Le Mont Saint-Michel Le pont d’Avignon Notre-Dame de Paris |
| 16 | 5 Common Things in the Home | People & Homes | Télévision Cheminée Baignoire Bibliothèque Cafetière |
| 17 | Medicines and drugs | Health & Emergencies | Doliprane Aspirine Mercurochrome Spasfon Biafine |
| 18 | Modes of transportation | Transportation & around town | Voiture Métro Bus Vélo Tramway |
| 19 | Shops or services in town | Transportation & around town | Boulangerie Bar-tabac La Poste Banque Supermarché |
| 20 | Chain Stores | Transportation & around town | Carrefour Decathlon Nicolas L’Occitane Picard |
| 21 | Food Souvenirs | Food & Drink | Calissons Macarons Camembert Crème de marrons Cognac |
| 22 | Places to Live | People & Homes | Appartement Pavillon Villa Colocation Auberge espagnole |
| 23 | Historical Figures | Society & Culture | Napoléon I Général de Gaulle Jeanne d’Arc Louis XIV Marie-Antoinette |
| 24 | Artists | Fine Arts | Claude Monet Paul Cézanne Henri Matisse Serge Gainsbourg Philippe Stark |
| 25 | Writers | Fine Arts | Victor Hugo Emile Zola Molière Voltaire Françoise Sagan |