Small talk - Part 2 - French Beginner’s Course Learn how to ask any question in French, and how to use the present tense. This lesson is a follow up on 'Small talk - Part 1'. Semaine 30 This is the last lesson of the last unit of our FRENCH ETC, beginner’s course for the French traveler, although there’s going to be a review unit next post. In part one of ‘Small talk’ you got to practice a small talk conversation. You’ve learned how to say ‘Je viens de New York’ – I come from New York...

Small Talk - Part 1 - French Beginner’s Course Learn how to break the ice, chat about the weather, and French phrases, making small talk to get to know the French Semaine 29 Today, we are chitchatting, making small talk and getting to know other people. The French call it ‘Parler de la pluie et du beau temps’ - as ‘To talk about rain and nice weather’, which we’ll translate as ‘Small Talk’ . Henri gets to know Walter in the hotel lobby. After they mention the weather – a must in breaking...

Introductions – Part 2 – French Beginner’s Course How do you conjugate French verbs? How do French verbs work? What about negative sentences? Learn with the AUDIO file, made by Anne, a native speaker. Semaine 28 Today, we will go through the grammar part of our unit on Introductions. In the companion worksheet – 9 pages * grammar explanations * quick review on negative sentences in French * conjugation of all -ER verbs in the present tense * conjugations with spelling changes *...

Introductions - Part 1 - French Beginner’s Course How do introductions work in French? What do you say? How do you say it? Listen to Anne's AUDIO. Semaine 27 Today’s lesson is called “Les Présentations - Introductions”. France engages in a casual conversation with tourists. They introduce themselves, talk about their summer plans, their families and hobbies. In the companion worksheet – 14 pages * text * translation * family members * hobbies * introductions * countries and...

Booking a hotel room – Part 2 – French Beginner’s Course Booking a hotel room – Part 2 – French Beginner’s Course. Learn colors, the plural of adjectives, possessive adjectives, negative sentences and verb conjugation. Semaine 26 Booking a hotel room – Grammar part This unit is a follow up of "Booking A Hotel Room - Part 1", where you learned vocabulary to book a hotel room. Cette leçon est la suite de "Réserver une chambre d'hôtel - Partie 1", où vous avez appris le...

Time Directions Transportation – French Beginner’s Course Time Directions Transportation – Part 3 – French Beginner’s Course. How do you tell time in French? What’s the 24-hour clock system? How do you ask for directions? What are transportation Learn French with Anne. Semaine 24 Time Directions Transportation This is a review of time, directions and transportation. Review how to say ‘it’s three fifteen’ and ‘How can I get to Le Louvre Museum’. L’heure, le chemin et les...

French Public Transportation – Part 2 – French Beginner’s Course French Public Transportation – Part 2 – French Beginner’s Course. How do you tell time in French? What's the 24-hour clock system? Learn French with Anne. Semaine 23 This is part 2 of Les transports publics – Public Transportation.  In the previous unit, France was taking the subway in Paris, and she needed to be able to tell time. Today, we’re learning about the French 24-hour clock system, and how to tell time. In the...

French Public Transportation - Part 1 - French Beginner’s Course French Public Transportation - Part 1 - French Beginner’s Course. Learn French with Anne. Semaine 22 Today’s unit is called French Public Transportation. France is taking the subway in Paris. She uses very practical vocabulary you can also use in any type of public transportation in France. La leçon d'aujourd'hui s'appelle Les transports publics. France prend le métro à Paris. Elle parle avec du vocabulaire de tous les jours...

Asking for Directions French Beginner's Courses - Part 2 Asking for Directions – Part 2 – Learn French with Anne. Conjugate VOULOIR, SORTIR and PRENDRE. Semaine 21 This unit is part 2 of “Asking for directions”. In the previous lesson, you learned how to find your way when lost in the streets. This time, I thought it would be helpful to learn three common verbs in the present tense: VOULOIR - TO WANT, SORTIR - TO LEAVE and PRENDRE - TO TAKE. Also helpful in asking your way are...

Asking for Directions - French Beginner’s Course - Part 1 Asking for Directions – Is it far? Learn French with Anne Semaine 20 “Asking for directions - Is it far?” France wants to go to Le Louvre Museum. She is lost in the streets of Paris and is asking for directions. Let’s learn about Le Louvre, how to ask for directions and practice the vocabulary with her, in the companion worksheet. « Demander son chemin - C’est Loin ? » France veut aller au Louvre. Elle est perdue dans les rues...

Dealing with food - French Beginner’s Course Dealing with food – French Beginner’s Course – Review Unit - Learn French with Anne. Semaine 19 Today, we are reviewing dealing with food, ordering and paying. You might want to go back to previous units to review before you do this one. When you are ready, sit back and listen to this podcast. Get the worksheet on the Web site and learn a lot more, practice what you’ve learned with fun exercises. In the companion worksheet – 6 pages *...

How much is it? Part 2 - French Beginner’s Course How much is it? Part 2 – French Beginner’s Course – Learn French with Anne. Semaine 18 In the previous unit of our FRENCH ETC. course for the French traveler, we learned about buying food at the farmer’s market in France. Two main verbs are used when talking about paying: ÊTRE to be and FAIRE to make or to do. And that’s precisely what we are going over today: to be, and to make, to do in their affirmative and their negative forms. The...

How much is it? – French Beginner’s Course How much is it? – French Beginner’s Course – Learn French with Anne. Semaine 17 In the last unit, you finished the lesson by asking for the bill. Today, we’ll learn a bit more about buying and paying with Euros. We’ll go to the farmer’s market, as you might in your trip to France, and buy veggies and cheese. In three short dialogs, we will see how to ask for a price in different ways. In the companion worksheet – 12 pages * text *...

The menu please - 2 - French Beginner’s Course The menu please - Part 2 - French Beginner’s Course - Learn French with Anne. Semaine 16 In the previous lesson, we’ve learned how to order typical French food in a restaurant. Today, we are going over the grammar part for this lesson. Learn how to say ‘She’s having fries’ or ‘He doesn’t want a dessert’. We’ll conjugate the verbs AVOIR (to have/to not have) and VOULOIR (to want/to not want). We’ll review negative sentences, questions and...

The menu please - French Beginner’s Course The menu please – French Beginner’s Course – Learn French with Anne. Semaine 15 So far, you’ve learned how to introduce yourself, you’ve gone over the basic basics about French grammar and you’ve learned numbers. Don’t worry if numbers are still shaky for you. We’ll have many opportunities to go over them again. But today, we’re getting to serious material. This unit is called ‘The menu please ‘ and in French ‘La carte, s’il vous plaît’. In this...

French Numbers Review - French Beginner’s Course French Numbers Review - French Beginner’s Course – Learn French with Anne. Semaine 14 This is the review lesson on French numbers. Lots of exercises for you to check if you know them. In the companion worksheet – 6 pages * Review practice on French numbers for the beginning French student Worksheet excerpt What number is it?                         quarante-quatre - 44                   cent - 100                        ...

French Numbers French Numbers – French Beginner’s Course – Learn French with Anne. Semaine 13 Now that you’ve learned a bit about introductions, articles and verbs, it’s time to learn numbers. This unit is simple and complicated at the same time. It is simple to understand, yet, you’ll find you need to come back to it many times, in order to remember your French numbers. So please, do come back here as often as you need to. And be patient: little by little, it will come to you. In this...

Greetings Review - French Beginner’s Course French Greetings - Review - French Beginner’s Course – Learn French with Anne. Semaine 12 Today, we are reviewing the previous units of the French E-Traveler’s Course. We’re going over greetings with two mini dialogues. Let’s review how to say ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ together. And how about asking someone if they speak a language or another, or asking  them to speak slower. Aujourd'hui, nous révisons les chapitres précédents  de notre cours pour...