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Self Introduction and Basic Greetings in Formal French

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Lesson LibraryClassic FrenchPod101: French Newbie

Classic FrenchPod101: French Newbie

Céline, Sylvain, Alex, and Sam teach you basic French in this classic series.

48 Lessons • 4hrs 7min

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1

A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet...

Learn how to introduce yourself using the French verb s'appeler

1 Minute • Audio

2

Are You Going to Allow Your Rival to Get What You Are After???

Learn how to use the formal and informal French forms of tu and vous when speaking

1 Minute • Audio

3

Mastering the French Kiss...AGAIN?

Learn how to ask how people are doing, and "comment" on your mood

1 Minute • Audio

4

Location, Location, Location!

Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Where are you from?"

1 Minute • Audio

5

If You Don't Ask, How Will You Ever Know?

Learn how to ask what something is

1 Minute • Audio

6

Do You Care About The Choices You Make In France?

Learn how to use the French definite and indefinite articles

1 Minute • Audio

7

No, I Am NOT Happy With The Smaller French Hotel Room!

Learn how to form negative French phrases using the French particles ne and pas

1 Minute • Audio

8

How Many Languages Can They Speak: Ask in French!

Learn how to ask, "Who is that?"

1 Minute • Audio

9

Your Reputation Depends on One French Phrase!

Learn how to say the very important phrase, "I do not understand,"

1 Minute • Audio

10

Do You Know How To Meet the Right People in France?

Learn how to ask, "Who is that?"

1 Minute • Audio

11

MY Shoes Are Not That Big!!!

Learn how to use French possessive adjectives such as mon and ma, and instruct you on the rules for using them

1 Minute • Audio

12

Just Do What You Are Told and Nobody Gets Hurt!

Learn how to give and take orders by forming French first-person imperative verbs

1 Minute • Audio

13

Just Say Yes and Avoid Any Hang-ups!

Learn how to talk on the phone and ask and answer simple French yes/no questions

1 Minute • Audio

14

Are you Just Going to Let Them Starve to Death?!?

Learn how to express your needs by conjugating the French verb avoir (to have, to be)

1 Minute • Audio

15

If You Know What s Good For You Then You Will Learn Some Manners!

Learn the many uses of the French word for "please"

1 Minute • Audio

16

You Expect Me to Eat What?!?

Learn about French partitive articles and their use in asking for information

1 Minute • Audio

17

Don't Be The Next Clark Griswald of France!

Learn how to ask for directions in French and how to say thank you and you're welcome

1 Minute • Audio

18

To Pee or Where to Pee…That is the Question!!

Learn how to ask where the restrooms are and how to understand directions

1 Minute • Audio

19

Why Are We Here Again?

Learn how to look for a place

1 Minute • Audio

20

Visit France Through the Five Senses

Learn how to use French qualificative adjectives and French numbers 1-12

1 Minute • Audio

21

Do You Want To Save TONS Of Money In France?

Learn French numbers 10 through 100 and become acquainted with very large French numbers as well

1 Minute • Audio

22

All Your Needs and Desires Can be Met in France - The Subway

Learn how to tell people what you want

1 Minute • Audio

23

Will They Get Half Of What You Bought In The Divorce Settlement?

Learn how to use your French language skills to ask how much something costs

1 Minute • Audio

24

Find All The Time In The World Right Here!

Learn how to ask what time it is

1 Minute • Audio

25

You Will Eat Your Words If You Don't Pay Attention To This!

Learn how to communicate your likes and dislikes

1 Minute • Audio

26

Counting in French Part 1: As Easy as Un, Deux, Trois?

Learn how to pronounce numbers 1-10

14 Minutes • Audio

27

Have You Found the French Fountain of Youth?

Learn how to talk about age

11 Minutes • Audio

28

Mom, I Was Really Counting on You in France!

Learn to count from 10 to 100

11 Minutes • Audio

29

How to French Kiss your Best Friend?

Learn about French personal pronouns such as "I, me, you, us, and we"

9 Minutes • Audio

30

I’m Sorry…Me, Were You Talking to Me in French?

Learn how to use French stressed pronouns in a conversation

8 Minutes • Audio

31

No, What Makes you Think That’s My French Napkin?

Learn how to use the French possessive adjectives mon an ma to claim possession of something Then we will talk a little about the French TV series, Un gars, une fille

10 Minutes • Audio

32

Give Him the Present He’s Asking for in French

Learn the many ways to conjugate the French verbs with the -er ending in the present tense

9 Minutes • Audio

33

Do You Take Mustard With Your French Metal Sandwich?

Learn how to conjugate the second French verb group (-ir verbs) in the present indicative tense

9 Minutes • Audio

34

Do You Know What the Word “NO” Means in French?

Learn to negate statements in French as well as just say "no"

11 Minutes • Audio

35

Discontinued Activities: If French Food Stinks, Then Don't Eat!

Learn how to talk about discontinued activities

9 Minutes • Audio

36

Negation: Tell Them Everything You Will NEVER Do in France!

Learn how to negate statements in French using ne/n' jamais to talk about what you will not do

11 Minutes • Audio

37

Use Être to Tell Him Everything He Wants to Know in French!

Learn how to talk about yourself using the French verb meaning, "to be"

13 Minutes • Audio

38

French Verb Avoir: Well, You Are No French Beauty Queen Yourself!

Learn how to describe your physical features and your clothing to others

13 Minutes • Audio

39

Get Some Attention by Describing Yourself in French!

Learn how to discuss your physical attributes and personality traits

9 Minutes • Audio

40

Have You Discussed All Your Options in French?

Learn how to research, express, and consider different possibilities

11 Minutes • Audio

41

How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You in French?

Learn how to prepare you for repeating or clarifying what you or others have said

11 Minutes • Audio

42

French Idiomatic Expressions: Are You Ready? Let’s Go!

Learn how to use French idiomatic expressions, "Are you ready?" and "Let's go"

10 Minutes • Audio

43

Now Do You Really Think That French Was Really Necessary?

Learn how to make mandatory requests of others in French or explain to others what you believe to be their obligations using the French phrase Il faut

7 Minutes • Audio

44

All the Things You Must and Must NOT do in France!!

Learn how to tell people what they should or must do

11 Minutes • Audio

45

Find Out the Easiest Way You Can Specialize in French!

Learn how to talk about your profession

11 Minutes • Audio

46

Do You Know What You Are Responsible for in France?

Learn how to talk about your own responsibilities in French as well as ask about the responsibilities of others

10 Minutes • Audio

47

Stop Her Before She Spends All Your Money in France!!

Learn many different restrictive phrases in French such as the French words ne, que, seulement, juste, and faire among others

10 Minutes • Audio

48

So, What’s Your Opinion in This – in French?

Learn how to tell people what you think

10 Minutes • Audio