Basic Bootcamp
This 5-lesson series gives you a brief introduction to the French language. You'll learn the very basics of grammar and vocabulary all in 5 compact lessons.
Lesson | Title | Topic | Function | Dialogue/Target Phrases | Vocabulary List | Cultural Insight |
#1 | Self Introduction and Basic Greetings in Formal French | Self-introduction | Learning how to introduce yourself | Réceptionniste: Bonjour, Madame. Je m'appelle Maxime. Mme Lefebvre: Enchantée, Monsieur. Je m'appelle Madame Lefebvre Camille. Réceptionniste: Enchanté Madame. |
bonjour | hello Enchanté(e). | Pleased / Nice to meet you. je m'appelle | My name is, I'm called madame | Mrs |
Most and Least Popular Given First Names |
#2 | Basic French Simple Phrases With Verb être ("to be") | Nationality | Learning how to say where you are from | Patricia: Bonjour, je suis Patricia. Je suis belge. Lionel: Bonjour, je suis Lionel. Je suis américain. |
je / j' | I suis | am (conjugated form of être) belge | Belgian américain/e | American |
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#3 | Useful Phrases for Learning French | Useful phrases | Learning how to function in French in a classroom | A: Madame, comment vous dites a fork en français ? B: Une fourchette. A: Vous pouvez répéter ? Lentement, s'il vous plaît ? B: U-ne four-chette. A: Vous pouvez le noter, s'il vous plaît? |
comment | how noter | to write down, to note une fourchette | a fork s'il vous plaît | please (formal) vous pouvez | you can (formal) le (pronoun) | it, him |
How to Address Your French Teacher |
#4 | Counting 1-20 | Counting | Counting from 1-20 in French | Agnès: Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix. Someone: Onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize. Agnès: dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt! |
cinq | five quatre | four trois | three deux | two six | six sept | seven un | one huit | eight neuf | nine dix | ten onze | eleven douze | twelve treize | thirteen quatorze | fourteen quinze | fifteen seize | sixteen dix-sept | seventeen dix-huit | eighteen dix-neuf | nineteen vingt | twenty |
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#5 | Counting from 20-100 | Counting | Counting from 20-100 in French | A: Vingt, trente, quarante, cinquante, soixante, soixante-dix, quatre-vingt, quatre-vingt-dix, cent! | vingt | twenty trente | thirty quarante | forty cinquante | fifty soixante | sixty soixante-dix | seventy quatre-vingt | eighty quatre-vingt-dix | ninety cent | hundred |
Reform of the French Numbering System |