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Expand your vocabulary with our core 2000w ebook it's free and packed with essential Expressions that you'll use on a daily basis start building your vocabulary today click the link in the description below to download your free French ebook before it's [Music] gone hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by hi everyone I'm Candace in this Series you'll learn everything you need to know to get started learning French that's right and we are here to help guide you through your journey in this lesson you'll learn the reasons why you should

start learning a new language why you should learn French in particular and how to get started there are countless reasons but perhaps the biggest one of all is that it could actually change your life learning a new language unlocks new Pathways that are off limits to you now there are certain things that you simply cannot do without having the technical or cultural skills that come from learning a new language like working or living in another country knowing another language provides you with greater job opportunities you have the freedom to move to another country halfway around

the world and be able to earn a living or even better yet build a career from it instead of just being Stuck in one place language allows you to visit or live in places that you may never have even considered going simply because that wasn't a possibility for you knowing another language simply gives you more options to choose from and learning a new language also helps you to be more open-minded and see the word from A New Perspective language and culture go hand in hand the world is a big place and by broadening your understanding

of other cultures it Allows you to be more empathetic and understanding of the many different ways that people live their lives with language you're able to see and experience more which helps you to grow as a person learning a new language also improves your memory several studies have consistently shown that those who study another language have improved memory as opposed to those who didn't learn another language learning another language also keeps your brain healthy By significantly delaying the onset of Alzheimer's and Dementia this difference can be as much as four to five more years of

quality life and those are just some of the reasons you should learn another language the list just goes on and on now you know the benefits of studying another language but why should you learn French in particular a good portion of the world speaks French in fact over 200 million people speak French across five Continents French is spoken in many countries around the world and it's an official language in many countries like Belgium the shells Canada Cameroon and many more moreover French is the second most widely learned foreign language after English so the number of

speakers is growing rapidly it's currently the ninth most spoken language in the world and what about the fact that France is the sixth largest economy in the world the Aerospace industry in France is huge There's a special cluster of aerospace engineering companies and research centers in France called the Aerospace Valley and of course French wines are a lucrative industry as well not to mention perfumes and cosmetics knowing French then opens up many career and business opportunities for you if you want to visit France you must be wared the majority of French citizens do not like

or aren't able to speak English even in tourist places like Paris if you Make an effort to speak French and to learn their culture however you will be much more well welcomed learning French will help you during your trip even if you're a beginner French people will trade you much more nicely okay then we've talked about why you should start learning a language and why you should start learning French but how can you get started Candace well it's as simple as learning your first word in French and building Up from there the good news though

is that you already know some French Mir faad these are all French words that you will easily recognize because these words exist in English too this is because both English and French are derived from Latin in fact roughly 30% of all English words used today share their Origins with French words not only this but there are also English learn words used in French words such as babysitter Bon Weekend super are all English words that are used in French on on a daily basis this means that you already know a very large portion of French vocabulary

yes that's right so learning French is much easier than you think okay let's teach you something that you might not know but it's very useful Mery it means thank you in French it's one of the most basic phrases and perhaps one of the most useful phrases for you to learn mer now you Try mer one more time mer you can also add buku to add greater emphasis mer try it mer One Last Time mer well done now you know how to say thank you in French we've covered a lot of things already so why don't

we wrap up the first lesson and recap what we've Learned in this lesson you learned that studying another language has many benefits such as providing new job and business opportunities learning French will allow you to experience more of the culture and to say thank you in French it's mer or mer in the next lesson we're going to take a look at the basics of French pronunciation so be sure to watch the next video see you in the next lesson bye bye [Music] Hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by

hi everyone I'm Candace in this lesson you'll learn the basics of French pronunciation in the previous lesson you learned that roughly 30% of all English words share their Origins with French words because of this French pronunciation is quite similar to English in fact there are more common sounds Than there are different ones for example Bo sandwi chances are you can imitate these words without much difficulty because these words use common sounds that exist in English of course there are a few differences between French and English sounds too an these unfamiliar sounds are the ones that

you need to focus on and practice let's take a look at some of those Sounds a big aspect of French pronunciation relates to nasalization nasalization Simply means to pronounce something through the nose for example the M and N sounds are considered nasal consonants because the air escapes your nose when you pronounce these sounds in French some vowels can be pronounced through the mouth or through the nose compare oral vowels with nasal vowels in French certain C nasal vels are used often in French so it's important that you learn them in the near future another unique

French sound is the guttural r sound this R sound is pronounced at the back of the mouse it sounds almost as if you're goggling lastly let's take a look at the French u sound to pronounce this sound try saying E as in C and then from there slowly run your lips U French is renowned for being a language full of silent letters particularly at the end of words consider the following the s in the word ve the r in the word m and the T at the end of restor are all silent letters we don't

actually pronounce them in French listen to it again in fact most of the time the last Letter of a French word is actually silent Vu there are of course exceptions to this rule let's look at the most common case when the next word starts with a vowel ordinarily the final letter of a French word is silent V the final s in this word is silent but when the next word begins with a vowel the S is no longer silent and is instead pronounced like a z sound the two words are connected by the Z sound

and pronounced as if they were a single word this linking of words through the activation of the silent letter is a common phenomenon in French known as is the special quality which makes French sound the way that does let's look at a few more examples of liaison in action Liaisons may seem a little difficult to learn at first but they will only get easier and more intuitive By the time you get used to pronouncing whole sentences in French okay let's wrap up this lesson by recapping what we've learned in this lesson you learned that there

are more familiar sounds than unfamiliar sounds in French we showed you some unfamiliar sounds like nasal vowels the guttural r and the French U you also learn that the final letter in a French word is usually silent and that the letter becomes active if the next word Starts with a vowel this process is known as liaison we've covered only the basics of French pronunciation if you're interested in learning more check out the entire course we created named The Ultimate Guide to French pronunciation in that course we cover and break down every single sound in the

French language showing you mouth and tongue positioning and giving you tips to help you perfect your French pronunciation in The next lesson we'll introduce you to the basics of French grammar where you'll learn about French word order and how to build basic phrases in French see you in the next lesson bye bye hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by hi everyone I'm Kandis in this lesson you'll learn the basics of French grammar in some languages like French nouns are divided into different classes for example French divides nouns into

Two classes using gender masculine and feminine let's take a look at some masculine nouns now feminine nouns there are some rules for learning the gender of French nouns but they're quite complex many consider the designation of gender to be largely arbitrary so it's likely that you'll just have to memorize them okay so now you know that nouns are divided into gender classes but why is this important Learning gender nouns is important for forming sentences in French for example Le means bed in French and it's a masculine noun if you want to refer to the bed

in a sentence however you need to add before the noun in fact if you want to refer to any masculine noun in French you need to use or on the other hand we use and to refer to feminine nouns now you know how to refer to nouns In French similar to nouns French verbs can also be separated into different classes there are three classes of verbs in French and they are verbs ending in verbs ending in and verbs ending in and each class of verbs will be conjugated differently when used in a sentence let's take

a look at a few examples to see how they differ to swim Is n in French and it comes from the first group because it ends in I swim in the present tense would be past tense would be and the future tense would be let's compare that to a verb in group two to finish is fin in French and it comes from the second group because it T in ear finally a verb from group three to read is in French and it comes from the third group because it ends With we'll teach you how to

properly conjugate verbs of different classes in future lessons for now just know that there are three different categories of verbs in French okay now you know about nouns and verbs in French let's learn how to form basic sentences in French forming sentences in French is quite simple especially for English speakers as French uses the same word order as English consider the following Example in English this sentence means the boy eats a cake if we break down the French sentence we can see that the order matches the English sentence one to one the gar boy M

its Gau cake we can create basic sentences in French simply by exchanging English words for French Words notice how we use a here because ghetto is a masculine noun if the object had been a feminine noun we'd have used instead we can create any basic sentence in French by starting with a subject in this case the boy then follow it with a verb eats and finally end with the object the cake as you can see the word order in French is just like English finally let's learn how to create negative sentences in French Negating sentences

in French is simple simply add before the verb and after it you can negate any basic sentence in French this way well done let's wrap up this lesson by recapping what we've learned in this lesson you learn that French nouns are divided into two classes masculine and feminine similar to nouns French verbs are divided into three groups French uses the same subject verb object word order like English and finally you Learned how to negate sentences in French we've covered only the very basics of French grammar if you're interested in learning more check out our French

In 3 Minutes video series in that course we teach you useful phrases while covering the fundamentals of French grammar and each lesson is only 3 minutes long in the next lesson we'll introduce you to the basics of French writing see you in the next lesson bye bye [Music] hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by hi everyone I'm Candis in this lesson you'll learn the basics of French writing French uses the exact same alphabet as English the Latin alphabet which consists of 26 letters unlike English however French also uses

a few accents that can be added to vowels and this other character known as the sedil these characters aren't recognized as Distinct letters in French though let's take a look at these Accents in a bit more detail accents are simply markers that appear on top of letters to indicate some extra information what that information represents depends on the type of accent accents may look intimidating at first and their function may seem complicated but in fact is quite simple once you understand them they actually help you rather than Confuse you there are a total of five

Accents in French four of which appear over vs and one for the letter c the acute accent the grave accent the circumflex the diis and the sadila not all accents can be used with all vowels so only certain accents will appear over certain letters the acute accent for example can only appear over with the letter e e it looks like a rising diagonal line going from left to right you'll never see this accent used with Any other letter in French the acute accent indicates that you must pronounce the e as follows e e it sounds

like the e in he so whenever you see this accent pronounce the e as follows e next is the grave accent it looks like a falling diagonal line going from left to right this accent can only appear over the letters a e and U this accent helps distinguish between words that would otherwise be spelled the same for Example A and A U and U when it appears over the letter e however it indicates that you must pronounce it as follows e e it sounds like the e in BET next is the circumflex accent it looks

like a little rooftop it's used to indicate a change in pronunciation and to distinguish words that would otherwise be spelled the same the circumflex appears over all vowels an E with a circumflex Accent on top is pronounced exactly the same way as the Previous grave accented e e e like the e in bet Bish fit an a with a circumflex Accent on top is pronounced a a it sounds like the a in father an i with a circumflex Accent on top does not affect the pronunciation of a word it exists merely due to Historic purposes

relating to a word and like i a u with a circumplex accent does not influence the pronunciation of a word however it is sometimes used to Distinguish words that would otherwise be identical the next accent is the diasis it looks like two small dots and it can appear over the letters e i u and Y in French whenever this accent appears above a letter it indicates that you must pronounce this letter separately from the preceding syllable for example no the sedilla is a c with a special hook underneath the function of the Sedilla is simple

it changes the pronunciation of the letter c from a c to an s s sound so ordinarily a French C would be pronounced CI but a sadilla would be pronounced s like an S sound like English French capitalizes the first letter at the beginning of a sentence unlike English however there are a number of words which are not capitalized in French the personal pronoun for I is capitalized in English but not in French for example days of the week are capitalized in English but not in French mer months of the year aren't capitalized either nor

our languages consider the following example notice how July and French are not capitalized I is capitalized here because it's the first letter at the beginning of a sentence but Spanish isn't there are Some more capitalization rules but those are the most common ones you'll encounter well done let's wrap up this lesson by recapping what we've learned in this lesson you learn that French uses the same Latin alphabet as English consisting of 26 letters additionally there's also the acute accent grave accent circumflex Di Aris and sedilla which are used to accentuate certain letters you also learn

that I days months and languages aren't capitalized In French in the next lesson you'll be entering French boot camp where you'll learn beginner phrases to get you speaking French right away see you in the next lesson bye bye [Music] hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by hi everyone I'm Candice in this lesson we'll focus on teaching you the most useful French words and phrases for absolute beginners make sure you're Repeating the words out loud after I say the examples are you ready let's get started the best phrase to

learn when studying a new language is one that expresses gratitude and appreciation if you had to learn only a single phrase this would be it we taught you this phrase in the first lesson of this series do you remember what it was mer it means thanks a lot mer keep repeating after Candace until you get it Mer your turn mer mer One Last Time mer okay the next phrase we'll teach you is perhaps the second most useful of all phrases it's to apologize or to excuse yourself excuse Mo it means excuse me excuse Mo use

this phrase when you're hustling through the busy streets of Paris excuse your turn excuse once more Excuse okay one last time excuse well done you can also excuse yourself by saying par try it Pard and again one last time if you want to apologize directly for something you've done you can say one more time well done done now you can say thank you excuse me and I'm sorry in French let's move On asking where something is is an incredibly important and useful phrase to learn you're going to need this when you're asking where the bathroom

the train station or where the hotel is to ask where something is say and then add the place or location means can you m means tell me means where and means is located altogether it means can you tell me where something is located for example if you wanted to say Can you tell me where the bathroom is located we would start with and then add the bathroom try it for the train station it would be and for the hotel you can also add excuse me before you ask where something is to be polite you can

ask where anything is by saying and then adding the place or location in this final lesson you learned how to say thank you excuse me I'm sorry and to ask where something is in French and in this series we introduce you to the basics of French pronunciation grammar writing and more let's conclude with some parting advice from Candace and listen to some of her tips on how to learn French from a native French perspective the best way to begin learning French is to start with simple words and build up your vocabulary from there you can

start learning simple Phrase es and creating basic sentences don't concern yourself too much with articles and complex grammar when first standing out focus on stringing together words your goal is to communicate and you don't have to be grammatically correct to do that learning basic word order and using the vocabulary that you know can get you a very long way remember French uses the same subject verb object word order as English focus on this aspect and you'll be able to Speak French in no time lastly learning French like any language requires you to immerse yourself in

the language exposure to the language is key one simple thing you can do to immerse yourself is to watch contemporary French videos like our videos here at frenchpod101 this will ensure that you're learning real applicable French in the fastest way possible you've reached the end of this course introduction to French but It's only the beginning of your journey to French fluency where do you go from here try our Innovative French culture Series where we teach you beginner vocab and even more useful phrases or check out any of our other video series we have many different

categories for you to choose from good luck as you continue learning French and I'll see you in another video bye bye [Music] welcome to can do French by Frenchpod101.com hi everyone I'm Leah merer in this lesson you learn how to introduce yourself in French this is Mark Lee and he's on a plane to France ug Henry a passenger sitting next to him introduces himself by saying hi my name is UK nice to meet you listen to the conversation and focus on Mark's response note both UK and Mark use only their First names ready once more

with the English translation hi my name is UK nice to meet you my name is Mark nice to meet you let's take a closer look at Mark's response do you remember how Mark Lee introduces himself my name is Mark nice to meet you let's start with the expression this literally means Enchanted but it translates as nice to meet you do you remember how Mark Lee says my name is Mark Mark first is [Music] I next is which translates as call myself Mel Mel this starts With m me M next is Appel call as in I

call Appel Appel Appel is from the verb app meaning to Call app is contracted with app to form together literally means I myself call but it translates as my name is next is the name Mark Mark Mark Mark together it's mark my name is Mark the pattern is name my name is name name to use this pattern simply replace the name placeholder with your name imagine your Karen in French Karen Karen Karen say my name is Karen Ready my name is Karen in written French the spelling of the expression enchante with will depend on the

genders of a speaker for male speakers anante for female speakers anante note the additional e at the end of the word the pronunciation of these two variations would be exactly the same let's look at some more examples listen and repeat or speak along with The native speakers marante did you notice how the last speaker uses a different pattern she says I'm Sadia nice to meet you first is I next is am is from the verb meaning to Be next is the name s Sadia sad sad Al together I am Sadia the pattern is name I

am name three name you should be aware of this pattern But for this lesson we'll use the pattern name my name is name name let's review the key vocabulary hi let's review respond to the prompts by speaking aloud then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say I and how to say I call Myself do you remember how Mark says my name is Mark Mar mark do you remember how to say nice to meet you anante anante do you remember how Mark says my name is Mark nice to meet you

do you remember how ug says hi bonjour Bonjour do you remember how ug says hi my name is ug nice to meet you let's practice imagine your Karen Karen respond to O's self- introduction ready listen again and repeat let's try another imagine your Sadia Sadia ready listen again and Repeat Sante let's try one more imagine your Leah Leah ready listen again and repeat in France when two people meet for the first time it's also common to just say your name on its own right after saying bonjour you pause a bit and give your name for

example bour Leah hello Leah nice to meet you This is the end of this lesson remember these can do lessons are about learning practical language skills what's next show us what you can do when you're ready take your assessment you can take it again and again so try anytime you like our teachers will assess it and give you your results well done now you know how to introduce yourself in French that's all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next [Music] lesson this is the end of this lesson now here's what

you can do to cement this conversation in your head review the conversation with our dialogue tool and lesson transcripts study the key words and phrases with our spaced repetition flashcards review the key grammar and cultural tips inside the lesson notes and test yourself with our assessment tests so click the link in the description right now and sign up For your free lifetime account to access our can do course well done now you know how to introduce yourself in French that's all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next lesson [Music] welcome

to can do French by frenchpod101.com hi everyone I'm Leah Mercier in this lesson you'll learn how to tell someone where you are from in French this is Mark Lee and he's on a plane to France ug Henry a passenger sitting next to him asks where are you from listen to the conversation and focus on Mark's response note the speakers in this conversation use formal French ready once more with the English translation where are you from New York I'm from New York let's take a closer look at the conversation do you remember how ug Henry asks

where are you from first is from where do this starts with d which translates as from in this context du du next is meaning where o is contracted with to form do next is V come as in you Come is from the verb meaning to come V after this is V which is literally the plural form of you as in you all but it's also the formal way to address a single person as is the case here v v together translates as you come Al together literally means from where come you but it translates as

where are you from remember this question you'll hear It again later in this lesson now let's take a closer look at the response do you remember how Mark Lee says I'm from New York York first is I next is meaning come as in I come is from the verb V meaning to come after this is which means from in this Context du last is the city New York New York New York New York Al together it's New York this literally means I Come From New York but can translate as I'm from New York y York

the pattern is city name I'm from city name city Name to use this pattern simply replace the city name placeholder with the name of your hometown imagine you're from Sydney Sydney Sydney Sydney say I'm from Sydney ready syney I'm from Sydney when talking about where you're from the is used before feminine nouns all cities are feminine in French So when talking about your Hometown or home City use the you can also use this pattern with countries however countries can be either masculine or feminine if you use this pattern with a country name that's masculine use

do instead of do for example France France France is feminine ja Japan is masculine let's look at some examples listen and repeat or speak along with the native Speakers Australian just Australian did you notice how the last speaker uses a different pattern she says I'm Australian first is I next is s am as in I [Music] am is from the Verb meaning to be together it's meaning I am after this is Australian meaning Australian Australian Australian note Australian is feminine this pattern is nationality I'm Nationality nationality in Mia Martin's case she uses the feminine adjective

Australian to describe herself aan in the case of a male speaker from Australia he would use a masculine adjective austr to describe himself I'm Australian you should be aware of this pattern but for this lesson we'll use the Patternity name I'm from city name city name let's review the key vocabulary non non not not Seattle Seattle SE Seattle L London l Paris Paris par Parish let's review respond to the prompts by speaking aloud then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say New York New York New York and how to

say from New York the New York York the New York do you remember how to say I do you remember how Mark Lee says I'm from New York York New York do you remember the formal way to say you Vu Vu and how to say from where do do do you remember how ug asks where are you from do you remember how to say London L do you remember how to say Seattle Seattle Seattle do you remember how to say Paris par let's practice imagine your Jack Jones from London respond to UK Henry's Question ready

listen again and repeat let's try another imagine your Emma OU from Seattle ready listen again and repeat let's try one more imagine your Liam Mercier from Paris ready listen again and repeat this is the end of this lesson remember these can do lessons are about Learning practical language skills what's next show us what you can do when you ready take your assessment you can take it again and again so try anytime you like our teachers will assess it and give you your results well done now you know how to tell where you are from in

French that's all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next lesson [Music] this is the end of this lesson now Here's what you can do to cement this conversation in your head review the conversation with our dialogue tool and lesson transcripts study the key words and phrases with our spaced repetition flash cards review the key grammar and cultural tips inside the lesson notes and test yourself with our assessment tests so click the link in the description right now and sign up for your free lifetime account to access our can do course

Well done now you know how to tell where you are from in French that's all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next [Music] lesson welcome to can do French by frenchpod101.com hi everyone I'm Le Mer in this lesson you learn how to talk about your occupation in French this is Mark Lee and he's on a plane to France he asks the passenger sitting next to him O Henry are you a student listen to the conversation and focus on 's response the speakers in this conversation use formal French ready once more

with the English translation are you a [Music] student no I'm not a student I'm an investor Let's take a closer look at the conversation do you remember how Mark asks are you a student first is r as in R U at at is from the verb meaning to be after this is V the plural form of you as in you all but here it's the formal way to address a single person v v Together V are you when addressing a single person last is the word student in French all nouns have grammatical gender and are

either singular or plural is masculine singular Al together it's are you a student now let's take a closer look at the response do you remember how ug says No I'm not a student I'm an [Music] investor first is no no no no it answers Mark yes or no question are you a student after this specifies that he's not a student I'm not a student first is I after this is meaning am not let's start With meaning am at as in I am is from the verb meaning to be before the verb is after the verb

is p together means n altogether it's I am not next is student Altogether I'm not a student then tells mark his actual occupation I'm an investor first is I next is M as in I am last ises investor the word invest is a masculine singular Noun together I'm an investor all together no I'm not a student I'm an investor [Music] the pattern is no act occation no I'm not occupation I'm actual occupation No actual occupation imagine your Emma Al a student the word for female student is UK asks if you're a teacher the word for

a female teacher is Professor profess Professor say no I'm not a teacher I'm a student ready no I'm not a teacher I'm a student let's look at some more examples listen and repeat or speak along with The native speakers fore forist no did you notice how the last speaker omit part of the response no just Barista no I'm a barista no Barista when directly responding to someone's question it's often possible to Omit part of the response here by simply Answering no no there's no need to say I'm not a student the pattern is no just

actual occupation no I'm actual occupation no actual occupation you should be aware of this pattern but for this lesson we'll use the pattern no actual occupation no I'm not occupation I'm actual Occupation act OCC let's review the key vocabulary student Stant teacher profor professor professor engineer engineer engine nurse Med doctor Med Med Barista Barista Barista Barista let's review respond to the prompts by speaking aloud then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember the word for a male investor and how to say I do you remember how ug says I'm an investor do

you remember the word for a male student do you remember how ug says I'm not a student do you remember how UGI says I'm not a student I'm an investor do you remember the formal way to say you v v do you remember how Mark Lee asks are you a Student remember Mark uses former French do you remember the word for a female student UD and the word for a male teacher professor Professor do you remember the word for a female teacher professor professor do you remember the word for a male engineer Engineer engine let's

practice imagine Your Mark Lee and you're an engineer respond to ug's question ready listen again and repeat let's try another imagine you're leam Mercier and you're a teacher ready listen again and repeat no let's try one more now imagine your Emma and you're a student Ready listen again and repeat this is the end of this lesson remember these can do lessons are about learning practical language skills what's next show us what you can do when you ready take your assessment you can take it again and again so try anytime you like our teachers will assess

it and give you your results well done now you know how to talk about your occupation in French let's all the is to it keep practicing And move on to the next lesson [Music] this is the end of this lesson now here's what you can do to cement this conversation in your head review the conversation with our dialogue tool and lesson transcripts study the key wordss and phrases with our space repetition flashcards review the key grammar and cultural tips inside the lesson notes and test yourself with our assessment tests so click the link in the

Description right now and sign up for your free lifetime account to access our can do course well done now you know how to talk about your occupation in French that's all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next [Music] lesson welcome to can do French by frenchpod101.com bour hi everyone I'm Le Mer in this lesson you learn how to give your fun Number this is Mark Lee and he's at City Hall registering his address the civil servant who is helping him says your phone number please listen to the conversation and focus

on the response note the civil servant in this conversation uses formal French ready once more with the English translation your phone number please 0 my phone number is 0600 3457 0 0 Let's Take a closer look at the conversation do you remember how the civil servant says your phone number please let's start with meaning phone number first is numero number numo num in French all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural Numo is masculine and singular a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence next is D of in

this context du du last is tone phone tone telone note telone translates as telephone or phone we'll use the abbreviated version phone as this will include various kinds of Phones including mobile phones landlines and so forth together it's this literally means number of telephone or telephone's number but it translates says telephone number or phone number before this is V meaning your in this formal context v v note V fundamentally means your when Referring to more than one person but it's also a formal way to say you're when speaking to someone directly using formal French now

you might be more familiar with an informal word for your as in your phone number as this is a city office setting the formal form is more appropriate Al together your phone number last Is meaning please Al together it's your phone number please remember this request you'll hear it again later let's take a closer look at the response do you remember Mark's response my phone number is 0600 34570 0 0 do you remember the phrase for phone number phone number before this is the word [Music] my in this sentence is m masculine and singular to

agree with alog together it's my phone number next is is as in my phone number Is e is from the verb meaning to be together it's my phone number is next is think of it like the in English here is also masculine singular to agree with numer note in this sentence the article does not have a corresponding English translation next is Mark's phone number 0 note how Mark says his phone number when giving your number in French include a slight pause after each group of two numbers Al together it's my phone number is 0600 3457

0 the pattern is number my phone number is phone Number number to use this pattern simply replace the phone number placeholder with your phone number imagine your phone number is 001 1 22 33 44 Z zero [Music] say my phone number is 01122 3344 ready my phone number is 0011 22 33 44 in friends all numbers starts with zero with the exception of Emergency Services let's look at some examples listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers set Z did you notice how I omitted numer phone 0 01 1 0 1 0 02

when directly responding to a request it's often possible to Omit part of the Response hereby simply giving your phone number there's no need to say my phone number is the pattern is phone number you should be aware of this shortcut but for this lesson we'll use the sentence pattern number my phone number is phone numberone number let's review respond to the prompts by speaking aloud then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation Ready do you remember how to say phone telephone telephone and how to say number numero numero do you remember how to say phone number

and how to say my phone number do you remember how to say my phone number is do you remember how Mark says my phone number is 06 3457 0 0 0 do you remember the formal way to say your phone number and how to say please sille Sil do you remember how the civil servant says your phone number please let's practice imagine your Karen Lee and your phone number is 0 respond to the civil servant request ready Listen again and repeat CE Z set let's try another imagine your Ben Lee and your phone number is

ready z0 0 0 listen again and repeat z0 0 let's try one more imagine your Justine Jerome and your phone number is set set ready set set listen again and repeat set set this is the end of this lesson remember these can do lessons are about learning practical language skills what's next show us what you can do when you're ready take your assessment you can take it again and again so try Anytime you like our teachers will assess it and give you your results now you know how to give your phone number in French that's

all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next [Music] lesson this is the end of this lesson now here's what you can do to cement this conversation in your head review the conversation with our dialogue tool and lesson transcripts study the key words and phrases with our spaced Repetition flashcards review the key grammar and cultural tips inside the lesson notes and test yourself with our assessment tests so click the link in the description right now and sign up for your free lifetime account to access our can do course now you know

how to give your phone number in French that's all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next lesson welcome to can do French by Frenchpod101.com [Music] hi everyone I'm Le Mer in this lesson you'll learn how to talk about your family this is Ben Lee and he's at a coffee shop with his class mate Justine Jerome Ben is showing her some pictures she points to one of them and asks is this your family listen to the conversation and focus on the response Ready once more with the English translation is this your

family yes this is my father my mother my sister and me let's take a closer look at the conversation do you remember how Justine asks is this your family let's start with the word family in French all nouns have grammatical gender and are either Singular or plural is feminine and singular a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence before is meaning your is feminine and singular to agree with together it's your family moving to the start of the sentence is e Note is from the verb meaning to be next is this

s together it's s meaning is this s notice the word order when asking a question question a is followed by S this when this inverted word order occurs in French there must be a hyphen between the verb and the subject in this case note the pronunciation of S s it's pronounced as one sound s is this s altogether it's EST is this your family note the rising intonation of the sentence to indicate that it's a question remember this question you'll hear it again later let's take a closer look at the response do you remember how

Ben says yes this is my father my mother my sister and me This starts with the expression we meaning yes we we it answers Justine's yes or no question is this your family after this Ben points points to the picture and says first is meaning this is note is contracted with to Form after this is my father father [Music] my is masculine and singular to agree with next is my mother mother [Music] my is feminine and singular to agree with after this is my Sister s sister s s ma my ma is feminine and singular

to agree with s next is and E it and last is [Music] me all Together yes this is my father my mother my sister and me the pattern is say family member family member family member this is family member family member family member and me to use this pattern simply replace the family member placeholder with the appropriate word for my and members of your your family remember that the word for my will be mo when your family Member is male and M when your family member is female imagine your family members are your father your

mother your brother and you FR is brother is masculine and singular therefore my brother is say this is my father My Mother My Brother and Me ready this is my father My Mother My Brother and Me let's look at some examples listen and Repeat or speak along with the native speakers fore did you notice how I replaced with my parents and me the phrase means my parents remember in French all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural is masculine and plural a fact that determines the form of other words In the sentence

parents before this is my is masculine and plural to agree with my parents and me let's review respond to the proms by speaking aloud then repeat after me for focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say yes we We and how to say me m m do you remember how to say and it it do you remember how to say sister sir sir and how to say my sister my do you remember how to say Mother and how to say my mother M my do you remember how to say father per per and

how to say my father do you remember h says yes this is my father my mother my sister and me do you remember how to say family family Family and how to say your family do you remember how Justine asks is this your family EST EST do you remember how to say brother FR fr and how to say my brother let's practice imagine your Sasha Ben's younger sister respond to your friend's Question referring to the photo don't forget to include the word for yes at the beginning of your response ready listen again and repeat let's

try another imagine your Ben's classmate Noe Nar you have a father mother and sister ready listen again and repeat let's try one more imagine your Ben's classmate and language exchange partner Justine jome you have a father mother Sister and brother ready [Music] listen again and repeat this is the end of this lesson remember these can do lessons are about learning practical language skills what's next show us what you can do when you're ready take your assessment you can take it again and again so try anytime you like our teachers will assess it and give you

your results now you know how to talk about your own Family in French that's all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next lesson [Music] this is the end of this lesson now here's what you can do to cement this conversation in your head review the conversation with our dialogue tool and lesson transcripts study the key words and phrases with our spaced repetition flashcards review the key grammar and cultural tips inside the lesson notes And and test yourself with our assessment tests so click the link in the description right now and

sign up for your free lifetime account to access our can do course now you know how to talk about your own family in French that's all there is to it keep practicing and move on to the next [Music] lesson hi everybody my name is Tommy welcome to the 2000 C French words and Phrases video series each lesson will help you learn new words practice and review what you've learned okay let's get started first is insignificant insignificant in significant amount C famous c c Famous actor C famous actor actor C ET sneeze sneeze the woman is

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do you remember how to say casual Contra let's try guitar guitar guar what about breathe now let's see if you remember how to say spit crash crash another one what about Dentist dentist dentist do you remember how to say cavity car car and finally do you remember how to say asthma as as well done see you next time hi everybody my name is Tommy welcome to the 2000 cor French words and phrases video series each lesson will Help you learn new words practice and review what you've learned okay let's get started first is allergy allergy

allergy allery allergy allergy poen allery to PO boarding pass boarding pass boarding pass for the Flight education educ UC education educ education and training English English Mr Suzuki teaches English stud flute flute flute Flute flute FL Sil FL FL servicea it Department service informatic service informatic it Department service call the IT department Serv bus business trip go on a business trip marketing marketing marketing marketing marketing service marketing marketing department service Marketing popular popular popular popular popular unpopular popular man um popular let's review respond to the proms by speaking aloud first you will hear a word

phrase in English respond in French then repeat after me focusing on Pronunciation ready do you remember how to say allery allergy allergy and how how to say boarding pass what about education educ educ do you remember how to say English let's try what about flute Flute flute now let's see if you remember how to say it Department service informatic service informatic another one what about business trip vo Affair do you remember how to say marketing marketing Marketing and finally do you remember how to say popular popular popular well done see you next time hi everybody

my name is Tommy welcome welcome to the 2000 C French words and phes video series each lesson will help you learn new words practice and review what you've learned okay let's get started first is Contabil accounting contabil contabil accounting contabil complete full account counting bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus Bonus I got a poster as a bonus light light plume light as feather [Music] plume TR trombone trone TR play the trombone departure departure That departure date that AR arrival ar ar arrival Port arrival Gate Port violin violin play the Violin Earth science science earth science research

science sence sence science study of science orance prescription ordinance orance prescription delivery in ordinance Feel a prescription let's review respond to the proms by speaking aloud first you will hear a word phrase in English respond in French then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say accounting contabil contabil and how to say bonus bonus Bonus what about lights Li Li do you remember how say trone trone Tron let's try departure what about arrival AR AR now let's see if you remember how to say violin another one what about Earth Science

do you remember how to say science sence sence and finally do you remember how to say prescription oral orance well done see you next time hi everybody my name is Tommy welcome to the 2000 C French words and fredy's video series each lesson will help you Learn new words practice and review what you've learned okay let's get started first is bagage luggage bagage bagage luggage voyage travel with luggage bandage Bandage get the bandages small pass patient pass patience Malad sick patient Malad service department service service Department service department manager service cont accountant cont cont accountant

my accountant avoc lawyer Avoca Aoca lawyer avoc court of justice lawyer in a court room wage sal sal wage Sal minimum minimum wage Sal minimum piano piano Piano piano piano piano grand piano piano flight number num flight number flight number 345 agriculture agriculture agriculture agure agriculture is an important Industry in every country agriculture let's review respond to the promps by speaking aloud first you will hear a word phrase in English respond in French that repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say luggage bagage bagage and how to say bandage what

about Patient pass pass do you remember how to say Department service service let's try accountant cont cont what about lawyer Avoca Avoca now let's see if you remember how to say Wage sal sal another one what about piano piano piano do you remember how to say flight number numer numer and finally do you remember how to say agriculture agriculture agriculture well done see you next Time hi everybody my name is Tommy welcome to the 2000 C French words and phrases video series each lesson will help you learn new words practice and review what you've learned

okay let's get started first is UN fix infection infe infection infe skin infection Grip flu grip G flu flu [Music] season tret trumpet trumpet tret trumpet l tret trumpet Lessons departure Gat departure gate gate 43 sociology sociology sociology sociology sociology itude the sociology study of sociology flight attendant [Music] A I'm a flight attendant SE SI medicine medicine medine medicine do medicine field of medicine medicine class economic economy class class Economic class economic economy class on class economic economic classes Plus on class economic V flight v v flight boarding pass for the flight let's review respond

to the Prompts by speaking aloud first you will hear a word phrase in English respond in French then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say infection infection infe and how do you say flu grip grip what about trumpet trumpet trumpet do you remember how to say Departure gate let's try sociology sociology sociology what about flight attendant a the now let's see if you remember how to say seat another one what about medicine medicine medicine do you remember how to say Economic class Classon class economic and finally do you remember

how to say flight v v well done see you next time hi everybody my name is Tommy welcome to the 2000 C French words and phrases video series each lesson will help you Lear learn new words practice And review what you learn okay let's get started first is saxophone saxophone saxophone sa saxophone saxophone play the saxophone do saxophone battery drums Battery [Music] batter drums play the drums armonica harmonica harmonica [Music] [Music] harmonica service the room service service the service The room service the waiter is delivering room service re re Hotel receipt lotel wey Wi-Fi Wei

we Wifi woter Wiy Wifi router water weel garbage pale pel poel put the garbage pale out by the curb every Tuesday to be emptied for envelope envelope envelope Envelope envelope envelope Rouge red envelope envelope [Music] rou Pap paper Pap PaPeRo piece of [Music] paper engage engage are you Engaged congratulations let's review respond to the promps by speaking aloud first you will hear a world phrase in English respond in Branch then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation are you ready do you remember how to say saxophone saxophone saxophone and how to say drums battery battery What

about harmonica armonica armonica do you remember how to say room service service the service the sh let's try receipt what about WiFi wey Wei now let's see if you remember how to say garbage Pale pel pel another one what about envelope envelope envelope do you remember how to say paper Pap Pap and finally do you remember how to say engage well done see you next [Music] time hi everybody my name is Tommy Welcome to the 2000 cor French words and phrases video series each lesson will help you learn new words practice and review what you

learned okay let's get started first is piano electric keyboard piano electric piano Elric keyboard play the keyboard piano Electric rer rush [Music] rer rush no na no no no no and vomiting no Vacy Li Li there was no vacancy at the hotel so we had to sleep in our ping pong ping pong ping pong ping pong ping pong ping pong play ping pong ping pong Running a running running is a great exercise to strengthen the heart and lungs DVD DVD DVD cdvd bi you can borrow books CDs and DVDs from the library staple agraph A

staple what diagraph box of Staples what diph stapler a a stapler return my stapler [Music] Mar Mary Mar sir Mar Mary I want to marry you a let's review respond to the by speaking aloud first you will hear word phrase in English respond in French then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say keyboard piano electric piano Electric and how to say rash what about n no nosy do you remember how to say vacancy Li Li let's try ping pong ping pong ping pong what about running course now let's see

if you remember how to say DVD DVD D another one what about staple arra agraph do you remember how to say stapler ag ag and finally do you remember how to say Mary mar Mar well done see you next time hi everybody my name is Tommy welcome to the 2000 core French words and phrases video series each lesson will help you learn new words practice and review what you learn okay let's get started first is fatigue fatigue fatigue fatigue fatigue Fatig muscular muscle fatig fatig scratch and itch s Thro I have a s Thro baseball

baseball baseball basball baseball match the baseball baseball Game match the baseball okay your glass ice Hookey o Your Glass glass ice hockey play Ice Hockey okay glass SK skiing ski ski Skiing ski the cross country skiing SK TR paperclip trombone [Music] Tron paperclip what the trone box of paper clips what the Trone C CD c I ordered a new CD by Ash a by buy food MADD Madrid Madrid Madrid Madrid Madrid ESP Madrid Spain MD let's review respond to the prompts by speaking aloud first you will hear a word phrase in English respond in French

then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say fatigue fatigue fatigue and how to say each What about s Thro do you remember how to say baseball baseball baseball let's try ice hockey your glass your glass what about skiing ski SK now let's see if you remember how to say paper Clip trombone tbon another one what about CD s s do you remember how to say bye Ash Ash and finally do you remember how to say Madrid Madrid Madrid well Done see you next timeo hi everybody my name is Tommy

welcome to the 2000 cor French World and phrases video series each lesson will help you learn new words practice and review what you you learned okay let's get started first is nikol running nose n Co runny Nose have a runny nose dizzy ver I feel dizzy stuffy nose NE [Music] stuffy nose medicine for Stu volleyball volleyball volleball Volleyball volleyball play volleyball volleyball golf golf golf golf golf golf play golf golf Box boxing box box boxing ring the Box boxing ring ring the Box travel travel with luggage graduate [Music] di graduate after graduate I will travel

The world for one year [Music] [Music] move move the family moved to a new home [Music] New Deli New Delhi New Delhi New Deli New Delhi New Delhi And New Delhi India New Deli and let's review respond to the proms like speaking aloud first you will hear word or phrase in English respond in French then repeat after me focusing on pronunciation ready do you remember how to say runny nose Nik cool Nik cool and how to say dizy ver Ver what about stuffy nose ne ne do you remember how to say volleyball volleyball volleyball let's

try golf golf golf what about boxing bux box now let's see if you remember how to Say travel another one what about graduate do you remember how to say move man and finally do you remember how to say New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi well done see you next time hi everybody my name is Tommy welcome to the 2 Co French words and phrases video series each lesson will help you learn new words practice and Review what you learned okay let's get started first is all Lobby all all Lobby all theel hotel lobby all the

lotel service wake up service Service wake up service I used the wake up service to call me at 6:00 a.m. youti for sweet sweet sweet sweet s this hotel has one of the best suits in the city set Hotel Disos cycling cism cism cycling cycling looks tiring auto racing auto racing racing car on an auto racing trackmobile Scotch Scotch tape Scotch Scotch Scotch tape R the scotch roll of Scotch tape the scotch be born be born I was born in 1980 get a [Music] job get a job my brother finally got a job [Music] Die

die of an illness Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Tok Tokyo Toyo city of Tokyo Japan Tokyo let's review respond to the prompt by speaking aloud first you will hear a word of phrase in English respond in French then repeat after me focusing on Pronunciation ready do you remember how to say Lobby all all and how to say wake up service service the service what about sweet sweet sweet do you remember how to say cycling cism Cism let let's try auto racing course the V course the V what about Scotch tape Scotch Scotch now let's see if you

remember how to say be born another one what about get a job do you remember how to say die and finally do you remember how to say Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo well done see you next time welcome to frenchpod101.com the fastest easiest and the most fun way to learn French salg hi I'm ing nice to meet you in this series we are going to learn basic French Expressions it's super easy and it only takes 3 minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to introduce Yourself in French there are only two sentences you need to

do it but first it is important to clarify that in French there is a difference between the formal and the informal language let's first see how French people introduce themselves in an informal situation hi I'm ing nice to meet you start by say then say your name finally say and now let's see the same sentence in Formal speech good morning I'm in nice to meet you so what has changed from the previous uction let's take a closer look at this together Sal has been substituted with the formal greeting bonjour French for good dayel ing has

not been changed jeel stands in both case for I am however during a formal self- introduction we always say our last name so I said ing J here you would say your full name Finally pay attention to the end we went from to what is changing is the French word for you in a formal sentence we use the more polite word Vu one more time the informal way to introduce yourself in French is the formal way to introduce yourself is now it's time for in insights when you introduce yourself it's a good habit to Shake

hands in friends and if you are not sure whether to use or just simply sayante as I said at the beginning of this lesson if you use the correct sentence with French people they are definitely going to be impressed in the last lesson we learn how to introduce ourself in French today we are going to learn how to use good manners as we thank people PR are you ready Al party So let's start there are several ways to thank someone let's start with the easiest it is just one word mercy mer Mercy means thank you

when saying thank you very much you just need to add Buu meru mer Buu buku means a lot so Mercy buku is like saying thank you very much during the last lesson we mentioned both the informal and the formal way of speaking French Mercy is the Casual way to thank Someone if you want to be more formal there is another phrase you should use let's break this phrase down is I and V is the formal word for you means give thanks I give thanks to you how do you answer it's easy there are basically two

different ways to do it the first is literally means it's nothing but it is the equivalent of you are welcome the other way to say you are welcome is the expression Literally this phrase means I beg you to do it oh please do but it has become a common and polite way to respond to someone thaning you so when someone saying Mercy to you we can simply reply with or now it's time for ing's insight if you're not sure about whether to use mer or just keep it simple you don't don't have to worry about

formal or informal situations Mercy can be used with just about anyone anywhere or at any french In the last lesson we learned how to be grateful to People by saying Mercy in this lesson we'll learn some of the other most common greetings used in France are you ready say let's start the most used informal greeting is salute sal sal means hi hello or goodbye we use it when we meet but also when we leave we should only use this greeting with friends and family and now let's continue by discussing the formal way to greet people

the one you are probably Used to hearing is bonjour bour literally bonjour means good day however we may also interpret it as good morning or good afternoon as a rule of thumb we can use only during the daytime for morning until evening during the evening we say is French for evening so b means good evening bonjour and bons I use when we meet someone but when we leave we don't say them again in this formal situation French people Use means goodbye finally in French we have an expression meaning see you soon that can be considered

both formal and informal AB now you can greet people in many different ways in French let's review them all again when meeting someone informally we say salute when meeting someone formally we say bonjour or bons when living in a formal situation when leaving no matter whether it's Formal or informal situation it's easy isn't it now it's time for ing's insights in formal situation French people commonly greet each other by shaking hands on the other hand if we meet someone we are really friend with we kiss each other on both cheeks don't be afraid to do

it with your French friends it's normal in the last lesson we learned the most most common forms of greetings in French do you remember them in this Lesson we are going to learn a very useful phrase do you speak English if you find yourself in a situation where you need assistance in English this phrase can be a LIF saver and because you're asking it in French you can be sure that everyone will understand what you're saying even if their answer is no here's the informal way to say it in French verbs change depending on the

pronoun that is used please notice the word to in the middle of the sentence Remember that this is the informal way to say you the next word is the verb par which means to speak because it's referring to to it's conjugated to T es is an interrogative form to introduce the question it is similar to the English word do here and you probably recognize that is English to learn how to properly conjugate verbs like parle please look at the absolute beginner series on frenchpod101.com you can find very Detailed grammar lessons and resources there we are

now going to make this sentence formal first we need to use a formal version of U which is Vu if we change the word to VU we will come conjugate par differently it becomes this but it's pronounced the same way Excuse excuse me the sentence becomes even more polite excuse exuse the responses you will receive could be one of these three we yes we a A little no I don't speak English no since this last one is a negative statement we need to say no before the verb par and after it notice that the verb

par is slightly different from remember the verb change depending on the pronoun used we are now talking about French for I th I don't speak is now it's time for ING insights for those of you who are not only English speakers you can obviously use this Question with any other language you need French people study other European languages at school so maybe you will get lucky just subtit with English Italian for Italian Rus for Russian espanol for Spanish Alo for German and any other languages in this lesson we mention the expression excuse but did you

know that this could also be used as an apology in the next lesson we will learn this and other ways to apologize in French it's Never too late to show your good manners with French people I'll see you in our next in the last lesson we learned the phrase excuse me do you speak English we mentioned the word excuse which means excuse me in formal French in this lesson we are going to learn how to use Excuse and other words when apologizing in French we should use Excuse in formal situation such as when you are

ordering something in bars or restaurants for Example Excuse excuse me a coffee please exuse we can also use it when asking a question Excuse excuse me where is the excuse sometimes we also hear people saying Sil which means the same thing when you want to draw somebody's attention we always use this phrase in formal speech the informal way to say excuse me Is excuse ma excuse Ma just like excuse we can use Excuse when asking a question or when apologizing we can also use the word paron you might hear this phrase translated as forgive me

in English but it's not formal or strong at all French people use it in very casual situations all of these phrases can be used for either excuse me or I'm sorry but if you really want to apologize for something it might be better to use a Different phrase that phrase is it means I am sorry and can be used in both formal and informal situations first we have the familiar or I next we insert the French word for to be when this is conjugated for in French it is finally we have the adjective meaning sorryi

now it's time for ing's insights Please remember then in France if you accidentally bump it to someone we don't say I'm sorry instead we say Excuse excuse me or pardon forgive me are you able to count in French in the next lesson we will learn the numbers in French from 1 to 10 I'll be waiting for you in the next lesson the FR want to speak real French from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at frenchpod101.com [Music] hi everybody I'm ing welcome to frenchpod101.com on the fastest easiest and the most fun

way to learn French in the last lesson we learned some words used when apologizing in French including excuse and in this lesson we are going to learn numbers in French yes numbers from one to to 10 and you going to learn them in only 3 minutes minutes are you ready let's Start six set set we this this okay now repeat after me I'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one set great job so what is before do you know it's the same as in English but with a different pronunciation Zer Z

you don't have any more excuses you can give your friends your cell phone number in French let's try together We'll use the phrase which means my number is can you read it by yourself perfect now it's time for ingred insights when we go to the post office in France we sometimes have to stand in line with a number when it's your turn to check out they scream num numer and so on learn your numbers well so you can be ready in the last lesson we learned the numbers from 1 to 10 have you forgotten here

I'll tell you again And now let's continue from 11 and finally we have okay now repeat after me I'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one these numbers may seem harder to remember but you really just have to memorize and but for this this the numbers always start with this or 10 let's not stop at 20 counting from 10 to 100 is super easy now I'll give you The T so while you have to memorize a few of these numbers there are a couple of tricks that will make memorizing them incredibly

easy notice that 60 isant and 70 is this do you remember what this means of course it is a number for 10 so 70 is simply 601 80 is can you break this down the first part which we learned in the previous Lesson is C four the second part we learned earlier in this lesson what does it mean that's right 20 so all together saying 80 is like saying 4 20 and is just like 70 add 10 to the number before 80 + 10 is 90 C the last thing to learn today is how to

form compound numbers above 20 this is also super easy take the T and simply add the numbers you learned in the previous lesson let's try it out how Would you say 56 in French let's take it step by step 50 is s and then add six six s s it's done isn't that easy let's make another number for instance 98 take 90 and add eight one last tricky part if you're trying to add the number in the compound number for example 21 or 31 you need to add an a before 21 is not it is

31 is After only two lessons you're now able to count to one in French in the next lesson we are going to put your number knowledge to use do you have the skills to go shopping in France if not I'll be waiting for you in the next lesson in the last lesson we learned how to count in French I hope you spend some time practicing the numbers because they will come in handy today we are going to learn how to go shopping in France before we go you need to know how to say How much

is it are you ready to go shopping in France let's go you see something you like and want to ask the shop clerk how much it costs the first thing to say to a shop clerk is excuse do you remember what that means excuse me excuse EX if you want to be more specific when asking how much is it and refer to a certain type of object we first need to drop the word sa next we need to know if The object is a feminine or masculine object if it is masculine add s when referring

to it or set for a feminine object and then say the noun for example hat is a masculine word exuse excuse me how much is that hat excuse and skirt is a feminine noun Excuse excuse me how much is thist excuse at this point the sharp clerk can answer by saying Sak or for Example what number is I'm not telling you okay okay it's 39 it cost 39 now it's time for ING insid a quicker way to ask how much is which literally means how much even when you ask for a coffee you can ask

the Casher one espresso please how much is it at this point can you count yours in French we are going to learn how to do this and much more in the next lesson I'll be waiting for you in our next lesson [Music] hi everyone welcome to the ultimate French pronunciation [Music] guide in this series you'll Master French pronunciation proper pronunciation is essential in French and in this series you'll you learn it in a fast comprehensive and easy way in this first lesson of the series you'll learn About the building blocks of the French pronunciation system

that will help you in future lessons the letters used in French are the same as the letters you use in English with the exception of a few accents on some of the letters but be careful not to fall into a very common trap as you're learning to speak correctly you shouldn't concern yourself with all the letters that's right forget them you care about the sounds of French and here they are there Are 23 consonant sounds and 16 vowel sounds you can form every single word in French by using these sounds still seem complicated well how

about this of the 23 consonant sounds in French you already know 20 of them that's right if you're a native English speaker then you already make these sounds every day you can also ignore six of the vowel sounds for the same reason the only thing standing between you and perfect French pronunciation are three new consonant And 10 new vowel sounds you can handle that now let me introduce M who will be helping you to master these new sounds M will be giving you native pronunciation examples for you to imitate but for this first lesson just

sit back and listen to The Unique Sounds of French in this lesson you'll learn the top five French pronunciation mistakes to avoid these are common mistakes that French Learners tend to make so pay close attention and make sure that you don't make these same mistakes too are you ready then let's get started number one Mis pronouncing the French R the French R is the most difficult sound to pronounce properly for many students of French particularly when there isn't a similar sound in the student own language it's also a very common letter in French so it

will Appear often in everyday conversations take for example it's kind of deceptive to think of the French R in the same way as the English R just because they are written in the same way they clearly don't sound the same at all not only this but they also use different muscles in the mouth the French R is also called a guttural r because it's pronounced closer to the throat don't worry about the specifics now however we'll break this sound down In detail in lesson seven number two pronouncing a silent letter it's a common mistake for

students of French to pronounce silent letters because the tendency is to pronounce everything that one sees the French language however is full of words that contain silent letters particularly at the end of a word it is in fact more common for a French word to have a silent letter than none at all take for Example did you catch the silent letters in this sentence notice how Miley did not pronounce the s in the T listen to it again most of the time you don't need to pronounce the last letter of a word in French there

are of course some exceptions to this rule particularly if the following word starts with a vowel sound or if the word ends with a c f or an L but as a general principle it's quite common to drop the last letter as It will most likely be a silent letter we'll cover silent letters in detail in lesson 8 number three aspirated H's versus muted H's n aspirated hes will not allow contractions or Liaisons to occur in front of it for example l whereas muted H's will most French H's are of this muted Variety they're not

interchangeable either so their usage will depend on the word itself this unfortunately means that you'll just have to learn them individually next is number four contractions in French unlike English contractions are not optional in French you must always contract words wherever possible for example don't worry about the rules and principles for contractions too much though as we'll cover them in detail in Lesson eight and finally number five the French U the French U is typically a difficult vowel sound for many speakers to pronounce correctly particularly for speakers of English because there isn't an equivalent sound

in the English language whatever you do though do not substitute this sound for the English u sound a simple way to produce the French U is to first try and pronounce the double e sound in the word c from this Position simply round your lips as if you were about to whistle and that's all there is to it try it let's listen to a few examples which utilize the French u in some words we'll cover this vowel sound again in Lesson Four now you know the top five French pronunciation mistakes to avoid try to be

careful so that you don't commit these same mistakes in the next lesson we'll start learning vowel sounds in French which of these five mistakes is the hardest to avoid have you learned any tricks to deal with them let us know in the comments stick with us and you'll overcome it quickly in this lesson you'll learn seven French vowels o some vowels may be hard for you to distinguish especially for English speakers so make sure you listen carefully are you ready then let's get started the first vowel is E it's identical to the double e sound

in the word c i e e the next vowel is this is identical to the previous sound except that the lips are rounded try saying the e in C while rounding your lips now listen to Miley [Music] the next vowel Is it's identical to the double o sound in the word boot o o o o the next vowel is this is similar to the a sound in the word play however try not to carry over the Y sound too much try to relax your jaw and say it as if you're allowing the vowel to spill

out from your mouth listen to Miley E the next vowel is this is identical to the previous sound except that the lips are rounded [Music] [Music] the next vowel is so this is quite similar to the two previous sounds except that it's pronounced at the back of the mouth it's a little bit like the o sound in the word o but try not to carry over the W Sound too much listen to Miley o ooh ooh ooh and the last vowel is it's identical to the e sound at the end of the word problem uh

uh uh uh Uh well done you've just learned seven vowel sounds in French uh uh in the next lesson you'll learn the remaining nine French vowel sounds which vowel sound was the most difficult for you to learn please comment and share your thoughts see you in the next ultimate French pronunciation guide lesson hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are Your French listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can

answer correct corly we'll show you the answer at the end are you [Music] ready fore foree fore for [Music] [Music] fore [Music] for [Music] foree TR okay foreign foreign fore okay [Music] fore premier For foree [Music] foree [Music] fore for okay for foree okay [Music] [Music] BL okay [Music] fore [Music] for okay excuse hurger for EX for for foree [Music] for [Music] okaye okay For for okay [Music] okay profess [Music] for foree speee for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] for [Music] for okay fore [Music] okay fore foree fore surf foree [Music] [Music] disc foree [Music] fore

[Music] for for foree for [Music] foree fore foree okay foree [Music] okay Foree for foree Fore [Music] foree fore for [Music] did you get it right I hope you learned something from this quiz let us know if you have any questions see you next time want to speak real French from your First lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at frenchpod101.com hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your French listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes

a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end are you ready [Music] for Foree [Music] Fore fore fore for [Music] fore is okaye [Music] [Music] okay for okaye and F this [Music] [Music] for for spee fore fore fore [Music] okay for [Music] okaye fore Okay okay [Music] [Music] okaye for for [Music] for for [Music] [Music] okay okay For for for [Music] [Music] okay okay don't [Music] [Music] fore foruse [Music] spee [Music] Foree fore for [Music] EXC okay for Fore for for Fore fore fore [Music]

[Music] For [Music] [Music] fore Al okay fore command Pizza [Music] forck [Music] foree foree ah For [Music] okay foree [Music] okay fore foree fore fore fore fore [Music] okay okay For [Music] foree [Music] for [Music] for for fore [Music] fore pair the fore fore [Music] for fore foree for fore [Music] fore fore foree West [Music] for for okay Fore fore okay say foree no [Music] foree fore fore fore for did you get it right I hope you learned something from this quiz let us know if you have any questions see you Next time want to

speak real French from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at frenchpod101.com hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your French listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end are you ready [Music] Foreign foree fore okay fore foree [Music] okaye foree foreign fore [Music] [Music] foree [Music] for Okay foree fore foree fore okay fore [Music] okay

fore foreign fore fore Foree fore spee speee for for spee foree [Music] [Music] foree spee for Fore for Fore spee foree foree foree [Music] for for [Music] fore [Music] for [Music] For fore for foree foree [Music] for foree for excuse for fore [Music] for For okay okay fore excuse for okay okay fore fore [Music] foree for for fore Oh [Music] [Music] for for okay for [Music] foree okay [Music] BL foree okay f fore Foree [Music] okay for [Music] okay an app anal cont for [Music] fore fore for Fore [Music] Foree fore foree okay fore fore

foree okay for oh [Music] no for okay spe [Music] fore okay for [Music] for for fore okay for fore fore okay [Music] Fore fore Noe fore for [Music] we [Music] fore for we for Fore for [Music] for PR me for for [Music] for forist fore for did you get it right I hope you learned something from this quiz let us know if you have any questions see you next time want to speak real French from your first lesson sign up for your free Lifetime account at frenchpod101.com hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your French listening

skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end are you [Music] ready for For e for [Music] for foree okay for foree for weekend disc [Music] for for Okay for for mute okay [Music] bour black frers fore fore in F pass for speee [Music] okay okay okay For and in F okay okay fore for okay [Music] for okay [Music] for

foree okay h [Music] Hotel Foree for for [Music] foree for [Music] for [Music] [Music] okay okay for okay for [Music] okay okay for for [Music] fore fore forand off fore [Music] foree okay For for okaye okay fore okay foree [Music] fore for for for [Music] for okay For Fore for for for okaye [Music] for fore for for for [Music] fore [Music] for for for [Music] for [Music] fore for for foree for for For for foree fore B foree for for okay fore fore okay [Music] for For for [Music] appro the fore [Music] for for foree

for for fore for For fore we is service cel for for fore for for for foree did you get it right I hope you learned something from this quiz let us know if you have any questions see you next time hey Watchers and welcome back for more French words this week will be top 25 French adjectives two all two all or everything I have to think about everything I ate everything cuz food is good oh yeah two is for object if it's for people like all the people it will be to gr tall tall I'm

not tall a Tall Tree puty small puty small a small snail escargo goes like This too too so small so small me even same me even or same say me it's the same doing it the same way other other for example if you are shopping for let's say shirts and you want the same in another color do you have it in another color or do you have it in another size s only lonely s only can also mean Lon only one going alone no don't go yes I'm going alone no Take me with you no

it's too dangerous or I'm feeling lonely young young I'm still young I'm not that old come on oh the youngsters first first I'm the first be the first to comment comment right now comment right now comment right now Bo Good B good this meal is so good Supply or oh that's good oh it yeah it's okay K which K which which one is it beautiful I'm beautiful just Bo is masculine and B is feminine this is so beautiful you can hear young people saying that like it's so beautiful old old I'm getting old which is

also masculine and feminine [Music] will no I'm always wearing black shirts you guys always complain that I'm only wearing wearing black shirts I'm sorry Novo new uh Novo new it's brand new last last I always finish last BL white blond white I'm wearing a white shirt today CLS are white sh expensive sh expensive I never buy expensive Stuff so yeah if you go to Sunday market you will have a lot of people trying to catch you and be hey it's not expensive buy it buy it I make it not expensive for you long long long

long I have long hair again long long day today is going to be a long day po poor po poor when you want to say a it's this person is kind of miserable or something bad happened to them say oh po oh poor dear it's full of Joy V real V real or can also be true is that true oh my oh my God oh my God oh my God is that for real no in French we be like nice nice I'm a nice [Music] person L low a low level grow big gr big and

Grant a big elephant and a big cake do soft do soft fluffy I like the word fluffy Better a soft towel in when you just wash them and they're all fluffy and then you can put your face in it I like to put my face in kitten and rub them like this because they're so fluffy kittens are soft soft kitty warm kitty thank you for watching our top 25 adjectives and don't forget to subscribe for more French word and we'll see you next time Bye French is not difficult so welcome back Watchers this week we're

going to be talking about 10 phrases you always want to hear this will be nice so what do you want to hear you're so pretty there will be a bonus at the end of the month ah this would be so nice so sad it's not true yeah if your boss tell you this then you get extra money isn't it nice if I had the bonus I would not come To work anymore and go traveling somewhere bued the budget is unlimited this also sounds nice like if you put me in a store withget I would buy

lots of and lots of food and drinks too let's go to the restaurant with an unlimited budget take a break I do the cleaning today so this is also the polite version so if you want to talk more casually is I'm doing the dishes and the cleaning Everything just sit down and enjoy this would be nice yeah this is also something I want to hear and you win and you win yeah what do I win on and you win a trip to the USA from east coast to West Coast starting with New York and going

to Chicago and maybe visit some friend in the South and then go all the way to California and then be Las Vegas back to California and from California take a plan ticket to Japan I miss you oh J I missed you and now you're night and you are fluffy together EXC you did a great job hey great job today thank you so if you manag to learn all those French sentences you were right I Told You So if someone recognize that you were right and tell you so that's nice Excell you're an excellent cook an

Excell this is one I often get so do you get this comment who If so what did you cook to get that comment leave it in the comment you're pretty oh you look so pretty today only today I brought you something special what could be I would like to be given a kitten they cute so so you did a great job today and see you next time don't forget to subscribe to learn more Friend want to speak real French from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at frenchpod101.com hey watches this week

we're going to be doing top 25 French nouns so let's start right now man so man dog is man's best friend oh who is a doggy who is the doggy who's a fluffy doggy doggy I should stop doing the doggy am friend am friend best friend I like hanging out with my Friend when I was little I didn't have friends so sad fam woman next one is fam woman I'm a woman day it's Day morning I'm not a morning person I don't like day I like night sea the boat on the sea I used to

live on a boat on the sea true story oh there is this song about the [Music] sea that we see Dancing along the clear Coast or something like that time T time uh T can also be weather what's the weather today and time is times goes fast or do you need more [Music] time hand hand I hurtt my hand yesterday because I was playing baseball without a glove and it hurt so bad and smashes into your Hand to wash your hands wash hands I'm sorry tiue showes sink showes sing PL shows many things or when

you don't know what word to put in a sentence you can just use the something the thing is a hand V life having an easy life [Music] and eyes eyes so be careful in French Because the plural is very different so it's an and Li your eyes are so beautiful that time time what time is it but also mean hour and not only time M World M world to travel around the world vo I like traveling around the world the World Cup child child to adopt a child adop an I think it's the better solution

for the World when you a child you go to school time time it's like multiplier like two * four or time like the number of time you do something I went two time to see this movie because it was so good be careful with the writing on this one because there are many words that can be pronounced F but with different ending M moment take just a moment or like it will take a really short amount of time So just depending on how you say it actually can vary because if you say like it mean

it will take a long time dude you better be patient that head head your head having your head on your shoulders meaning you have a straight head and a Clear Vision of what you want to do and be very done to Earth pear father PE father I like my father the family's father meaning is Like the head of the family and all responsible and hardworking and providing for everyone good daddy Fe girl fee girl I'm a girl she is in Fe before I was a woman but I got downgraded girl a cute girl Girls Just

Want to Have Fun bad girl bad you're a bad girl villain Fe villain boo care heart heart pot potato having your heart on your hand is a French expression which means being Very generous to hear your heartbeat I can hear it at night and then you put freaky music behind [Music] it oh year oh year one year or two years I'm 26 te Earth ground soil te with a capital letter will be Earth the planet we live on and there with no capital letter will be the Earth you walk on so If you mix earth

and water it makes mud and then you can apply it as a mask on your face M sir sir is a singular and will be plural mustache I like that word when you're a kid you say teacher while raising your hand and then when you grow up and go to high school it's like more like sir or M when you have a question if you want to be really polite you can put M before The family name of someone or which are really common French family names VA voice VA voice there is a TV show

called The Voice right having a nice voice house house M this is my house see my M yeah live in a greenish house and I stay here all day in a tiny window and talk to you guys I don't have a house cat cats I'm a cat person person I like Cats you're so cute and come on I can only think about kittens right now so thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe for more French words and we'll see you next time bye French people be so fancy let me grab you the end

welcome back Watchers this week we are going to talk about 10 phrases to amaze native speakers let's go it took me only one year to become fluent it took me only one year to become fluent I would be really amazed If you told me that in French I completely understood everything you said I completely understood everything you said nice very good I've been learning French for 10 years I've been learning French for 10 years and it took you only one year to become FL nice 10 years is a long way to go but it may

be the time you need to learn a Language properly actually I'm learning French all by myself I'm learning French all by myself all by myself I'm learning French all now you're Lear with me speak French like a native speaker in three years I speak French like an active speaker in three years good luck with that I can memorize around 50 new French words a Day I can memorize around 50 new French word a day wow that's amazing yeah that's really amazing so yeah if you told me that in French I would be amazed I can

watch French movies without subtitles I can watch French movies without subtitles man and this is also really good and it's a really good way to learn as well so do it whenever you can you can try by starting to watch fabul it's a very is French movie apart from knowing French I can Speak a few other languages as well apart from knowing French I can speak another few languages as well good job I bet you can also speak English that's already two languages French is fun and easy to learn FR is fun and easy to

learn well I'm glad you enjoy it and I hope you will continue to with me as well thank you but I'm not a NA speaker Actually thank you but I'm not a native speaker actually wow if someone tells you this it means not only you're really good at speaking French but you also got no accent at all and it's the end so don't forget to subscribe to learn more French and what's the best sentence you can say in French amaze me in the comments and we'll see you next time see you guys and girls and

Watchers and want to speak real French from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime Account at frenchpod101.com hey Watchers this week we're going to learn about top 25 French phrases let's go bour bonjour is hello hey okay now you can say bonjour any time of the day even if it's night Sal hi hi is hey how you doing so is like and you can also use it to say hi and to say goodbye so when you leave you can also Say Sal SA how are you you can say sa like just after Sal

or bour or if you only say sa it's kind of missing something so put it after greeting so how are you how you doing good evening not good night almost good night but not bons is also a GRE thing you can use when you leave or when you enter someone place for example if you go in the evening to someone's house Or party you can say good night good night is B person sleeping next to you b or to your family when you go to sleep we yes yeah we you also say yeah maybe you've

heard we we like French people often do this we we it's also a cartoon for children we we and his little car you should try and watch it in French it's very educative no no no you have we we and no no we often say them both just use yes and no we and No my name is Leah you knew that already huh what's your name leave it in the comment in French Sil please please this is a polite version and if you want the more friendly version is s if you're asking a friend give

me your candy I'm starving okay so we also use okay but with the French accent okay hi how you doing when you come to the cinema with me Excuse excuse me if someone is blocking the way you just say Excuse Mercy thank you please learn this one and be polite in French we just have Mercy there is no short version of it and you can use it for anyone so when you receive something at the grocery store Mercy or when someone does your favor Merc if you want to be really polite or really thankful you

can say Merc thanks a lot so you're welcome if someone say Mercy to you you can just say so Mercy those come in a pair so Learn them together it's nice what time is it or you will more often hear the second version so Excuse excuse me what time is it where is the bathroom we don't have many available bathroom in public places and usually they are really dirty so or maybe if you are at someone's house you can ask who only toilet anante nice to meet youour and here you have three of today's world

together isn't it Nice hi nice to meet you my name is how are you doing and you have all of them to greet people and start a nice conversation so nice to meet you see you soon this is what I should say at the end of each video see you soon or AO use it when you leave that's about it ad see you tomorrow see you tomorrow ad yeah bye-bye or goodbye is kind of polite you can use it with everyone as well so if you want to Be more friendly we use like chiao orir

is only for leaving so so yeah goodbye goodbye watches see you next time no not yet because I'm going to see you guys a lot of course if you want to be sarcastic you can say we we mostly use it this way because we like being sarcastic so yeah of course yes yes you are yes may I use something something so fill the blank with whatever you want Can I use your pencil I'm sorry if you bump into someone you can also use this one like o just if I bump into somebody they won't wake

up there don't go where it pleases Terminator smell like this I'm sorry why [Music] why really so if you're hearing gossip and stuff you can No really yeah and you can use it with all the intonations so the opposite of is no it's not not really I don't understand never understand say her name a lot she forgets happened before when someone is speaking too fast like I do I'm sorry you can tell them or yeah because they have all this fancy French words and vocabulary you can be like No the end so remember those main

sentences and don't forget to subscribe and leave me a comment byebye please stop it I'm waving hey Watchers and welcome to this week new top words and this week will be 25 French verbs here we go to be to be or not to be what do you want to be when you grow up have don't forget that verbs in French Are conjugated so it's a pain to learn you never use a by itself I have I have brown hair fair to do Fair something something like fa would be like to bike but you actually you

are doing bike F like Cuisine to cook to do the cooking or something like that what do you like to do if you are asking for hobbies tell me what you like to do in the comments Watchers dear to say I say a lot of cly things but that's Why you like me what can I say I don't know can yes you can we can you do a rub Cube rub to go just go V go away you don't use it with French people they're going to get mad at you go walking or go in

the kitchen to go on a trip To I can't see anything peekaboo you cannot see me yeah to Want I Want I Want a Rock right now sound so lame I want candy what do I want everything I want not Garfield to come please come play with us come to Mund you can come with us is the way French people will invite you so yeah sure come yeah Deo must Deo Is also homework because it's something you must do it also means Duty it's an Eclectic word you can use it for so many things you

have to do your homework I have to do the dishes or else it stinks P to take you can take the train or you can take something you can take your time LA to find I found something it's a bottle of water again because that's my only proper today yeah I found the Solution did I find the solution no I didn't because M messed it up red should go here and you have the cross then you do the next one I found something to eat finally I won't be starving anymore donate to give to give

money please give money to a for someone's birthday to give a present need to it's more have to than need to need to I need to do my Hair I need to think of a sentence this one it FS par to speak you can speak a language par in Long speak French my sh is squeaky and my spoon is too big I'm not speaking to you anymore to put to put something on your head like a hat to put your clothes on to know I know everything remember no one knows everything in French is also

knowledge it's the same word pass to Pass to pass something on also work in sport pass pass pass but I won't catch it I did to watch to watch a movie FM to watch A Match a match of whatever you want Go jinx Go jinx goo go go so te watching the news Emy like I like you em is also to love so you can like someone or love someone it will be the same I like chocolate that's a suspect song I did it Wrong to believe I F sound lame I believe in you you

can do it you can learn French go watchers to eat I believe it's time to eat it's always time to eat I like to eat J M which is Jam again see you can use it for stuff you like to do like eating what do you like to eat by the way leave your favorite food in the comments B to drink this is what I sa my water bottle prop all Along Le strong drink it's making bubbles to drink a fruit juice go for the healthy choice to play let's go play again yay to play

a video game I like playing by [Music] myself to talk to make small talk so don't forget to subscribe and we'll see you next time for a new category of world See you next time no no no by the moon and the stars in the sky and ice cream but I like ice cream better and if you don't do your video correctly you know what happens Mundo stand for [Music] Jinx hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by hi everyone I'm Candace in this series you'll learn everything you need

to know to get studied learning French That's right and we are here to help guide you through your journey in this lesson you'll learn the reasons why you should start learning a new language why you should learn French in particular and how to get started there are countless reasons but perhaps the biggest one of all is that it could actually change your life learning a new language unlocks new Pathways that are off-limits to you now there are certain things that you simply Cannot do without having the technical or cultural skills that come from learning a

new language like working or living in another country knowing another language provides you with greater job opportunities you have the freedom to move to another country halfway around the world and be able to earn a living or even better yet build a career from it instead of just being stuck in one place language allows you to visit or live in places that you may Never have even considered going simply because that wasn't a possibility for you knowing another language simply gives you more options to choose from and learning a new language also helps you to

be more open-minded and see the world from A New Perspective language and culture go hand inand the world is a big place and by broadening your understanding of other cultures it allows you to be more empathetic and understanding of the many different ways That people live their lives with language you're able to see and experience more which helps you to grow as a person learning a new language also improves your memory several studies have consistently shown that those who study another language have improved memory as opposed to those who didn't learn another language learning another

language also keeps your brain healthy by significantly delaying the onset of Alzheimer's and Dementia this difference Can be as much as four to five more years of quality life and those are just some of the reasons you should learn another language the list just goes on and on now you know the benefits of studying another language but why should you learn French in particular a good portion of the world speaks French in fact over 200 million people speak French across five continents French is spoken in many countries around the world and it's an Official language

in many countries like Belgium the shells Canada Cameroon and many more moreover French is the second most widely learned foreign language after English so the number of speakers is growing rapidly it's currently the ninth most spoken language in the world and what about the fact that France is the sixth largest economy in the world the Aerospace industry in France is huge there's a special cluster of aerospace engineering companies and research Centers in France called the Aerospace Valley and of course French wines are a lucrative industry as well not to mention perfumes and cosmetics knowing French

then opens up many career and business opportunities for you if you want to visit France you must be warned the majority of French citizens do not like or aren't able to speak English even in tourist places like Paris if you make an effort to speak French and to learn their culture however you will be Much more warmly welcome learning French will help you during your trip even if you're a beginner French people will treat you much more nicely okay then we've talked about why you should start learning a language and why you should start learning

French but how can you get started Candace well it's as simple as learning your first word in French and building up from there the good news though is that you already know some French Mir Faad enor these are all French words that you will easily recognize because these words exist in English too this is because both English and French are derived from Latin in fact roughly 30% of all English words used today share their Origins with French words not only this but there are also English learn words used in French words such as babysitter beon

weekend super are all English words that are used in French on a daily basis this Means that you already know a very large portion of French vocabulary yes that's right so learning French is much easier than you think okay let's teach you something that you might not know but it's very useful Mercy it means thank you in French it's one of the most basic phrases and perhaps one of the most useful phrases for you to learn Mery now you try mer one more Time mer you can also add buku to add greater emphasis try it

mer One Last Time mer well done now you know how to say thank you in French we've covered a lot of things already so why don't we wrap up the first lesson and recap what we've learned in this lesson you learned that studying another language has many Benefits such as providing new job and business opportunities learning French will allow you to experience more of the culture and to say thank you in French it's mer or mer see you in the next lesson bye bye hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm

joined by hi everyone I'm Candis in this lesson you'll learn the basics of French pronunciation in the previous lesson you Learned that roughly 30% of all English words share their Origins with French words because of this French pronunciation is quite similar to English in fact there are more common sounds than there are different ones for example boo sandwi chances are you can imitate these words without much difficulty because these words use common sounds that exist in English of course there are a few Differences between French and English sounds too an these unfamiliar sounds are the

ones that you need to focus on in practice let's take a look at some of those sounds a big aspect of French pronunciation relates to nasalization nasalization simply means to pronounce something through the nose for example the M and N sounds are considered nasal consonants because the air escapes your nose when you pronounce These [Music] sounds in French some vowels can be pronounced through the mouth or through the nose compare oral vowels with nasal vowels in French un Nal vels are used often in French so it's important that you learn them in the near future

another unique French sound is the guttural r Sound this R sound is pronounced at the back of the mouse it sounds almost almost as if you're goling lastly let's take a look at the French u sound U sh to pronounce this sound try saying e as in C and then from there slowly run your lips U French is renowned for being a language full of silent letters particularly at the end of words consider the Following the s in the word the r in the word m and the T at the end of restaur are all

silent letters we don't actually pronounce them in French listen to it again in fact most of the time the last letter of a French word is actually silent Vu there are of course exceptions to this rule let's look at the most common case when the next word starts with a vowel ordinarily the final letter of a French word is silent V the final s in This word is silent but when the next word begins with a vowel the S is no longer silent and is instead pronounced like a z sound the two words are connected

by by the z sound and pronounced as if they were a single word this linking of words through the activation of the silent letter is a common phenomenon in French known as Le it's the special quality which makes French sound the way that does let's look at a few more examples Of liaison in action Liaisons may seem a little difficult to learn at first but they will only get easier and more intuitive by the time you get used to pronouncing whole sentences in French okay let's wrap up this lesson by recapping what we've learned in

this lesson you learned that there are more familiar sounds than unfamiliar sounds in French we showed you some unfamiliar sounds like nasal vowels the guttural r and the French U You also learn that the final letter in a French word is usually silent and that the letter becomes active if the next word starts with a vowel this process is known as liaison hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by hi everyone I'm Candace in this lesson you'll learn the basics of French grammar in some languages like French nouns are

are divided into different classes for example French divides nouns Into two classes using gender masculine and feminine let's take a look at some masculine nouns now feminine nouns there are some rules for learning the gender of French nouns but they're quite complex many consider the designation of gender to be largely arbitrary so it's likely that you'll just have to memorize them okay so now you know that nouns are divided into gender classes but why is this important Learning gender nouns is important for forming sentences in French for example Le means bed in French and it's

a masculine noun if you want to refer to the bed in a sentence however you need to add before the noun in fact if you want to refer to any masculine noun in French you need to use or on the other hand we use LA and un to refer to feminine nouns now you know how to refer to nouns in French similar to nouns French verbs can also be separated into different classes there are three classes of verbs in French and they are verbs ending in verbs ending in and verbs ending in each class of

verbs will be conjugated differently when used in a sentence let's take a look at a few examples to see how they differ to swim is in French and it comes from the first group because it ends in e I swim in the Present tense would be past tense would be and the future tense would be let's compare that to a verb in group two to finish is fin in French and it comes from the second group because it ends in finally a verb from group three to read is in French and it comes from the

third group because it ends with we'll teach you how to properly conjugate verbs of different classes in Future lessons for now just know that there are three different categories of verbs in French okay now you know about nouns and verbs in French let's learn how to form basic sentences in French forming sentences in French is quite simple especially for English speakers as French uses the same word order as English consider the following example in English this sentence means the boy eats a cake if we break down the French sentence we can see that the order

matches the English sentence one to one the garon boy M it's a G cake we can create basic sentences in French simply by exchanging English words for French words notice how we use here because GTO is a masculine noun if the object had Been a feminine noun we'd have used un instead we can create any basic sentence in French by starting with a subject in this case the boy then follow it with a verb eats and finally end with the object the cake as you can see the word order in French is just like English

finally let's learn how to create negative sentences in French negating sentences in French is simple simply add n before the verb and ba After Juliet Juliet you can negate any basic sentence in French this way well done let's wrap up this lesson by recapping what we've learned in this lesson you learn that French nouns are divided into two classes masculine and feminine similar to nouns French verbs are divided into three groups French uses the same subject verb object word order like English and finally you Learned how to negate sentences in French we've covered only the

very basics of French grammar if you're interested in learning more check out our French In 3 Minutes video series in that course we teach you useful phrases while covering the fundamentals of French grammar and each lesson is only 3 minutes long hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by hi everyone I'm Candis in this lesson you'll learn the basics of French writing French uses the exact same alphabet as English the Latin alphabet which consists of 26 letters unlike English however French also uses a few accents that can be added

to vowels and this other character known as the sedil these characters aren't recognized as distinct letters in French though let's take a look at this Accents in a bit more Detail accents are simply markers that appear on top of letters to indicate some extra information what that information represents depends on the type of accent accents may look intimidating at first and their function may seem complicated but in fact is quite simple once you understand them they actually help you rather than confus you there are a total of five Accents in French four of which appear

over vs and one for the letter c the Acute accent the grave accent the circumflex the diis and theila not all accents can be used with all vowels so only certain accents will appear over certain letters the acute accent for example can only appear over the letter e e it looks like a rising diagonal line going from left to right you'll never see this accent used with any other letter in French the acute accent indicates that you must pronounce the e as follows e E it sounds like the e in hey sh so whenever you

see this accent pronounce the e as follows e next is the grave accent it looks like a falling diagonal line going from left to right this accent can only appear over the letters a e and U this accent helps distinguish between words that would otherwise be spelled the same for example A and A U and U when it appears Over the letter e however it indicates that you must pronounce it as follows e e it sounds like the e in bet next is the circumflex accent it looks like a little rooftop it's used to indicate

a change in pronunciation and to distinguish words that would otherwise be spelled the same the circumflex appears over all vowels an E with a circumflex Accent on top is pronounced exactly the same way as the previous grave accented e e e like the e In bet Bish fit and a with a circumflex Accent on top is pronounced a a it sounds like the a in father but an i with a circumflex Accent on top does not affect the pronunciation of a word it exists merely due to Historic purposes relating to a word and like i

a u with a circumflex accent does not influence the pronunciation of a word however it is Sometimes used to distinguish words that would otherwise be identical the next accent is the diasis it looks like two small dots and it can appear over the letters e i u and Y in French whenever this accent appears above a letter it indicates that you must pronounce this letter separately from the preceding syllable for example naive Noel the sedilla is a c with a special hook underneath the function of the Sedil is simple it changes the pronunciation of the

letter c from a c to an s s sound so ordinarily a French C would be pronounced but a sadilla would be pronounced like an S sound like English French capitalizes the first letter at the beginning of a sentence unlike English however there are a number of words which are not capitalized in French the personal Pronoun for I is capitalized in English but not in French for example days of the week are capitalized in English but not in French months of the year aren't capitalized either nor our languages consider the following example notice how July

and French are not capitalized I is capitalized here because it's the first letter at the beginning of a sentence but Spanish Isn't there are some more capitalization rules but those are the most common ones you'll encounter well done let's wrap up this lesson by recapping what we've learned in this lesson you learn that French uses the same Latin alphabet as English consisting of 26 letters additionally there's also the acute accent grave accent circumflex diasis and sedilla which are used to accentuate certain letters you you also learn that I days months and languages aren't Capitalized in

French hi welcome to introduction to French my name is Alicia and I'm joined by hi everyone I'm kandice in this lesson we'll focus on teaching you the most useful French words and phrases for absolute beginners make sure you're repeating the words out loud after I say the examples are you ready let's get started the best phrase to learn when studying a new language is one that expresses gratitude and appreciation if You had to learn only a single phrase this would be it we taught you this phrase in the first lesson of this series do you

remember what it was mercu it means thanks a lot mer keep repeating after Candace until you get it mer your turn mer one last time okay the next phrase we'll teach you is perhaps the second most useful of all phrases it's to apologize or to excuse yourself excuse it means excuse Me excuse use this phrase when you're hustling through the busy streets of Paris excuse your turn excuse once more excuse okay one last time excuse well done you can also excuse yourself by saying try it And again one last time if you want to apologize

directly for something you've done you can say one more time well done now you can say thank you excuse me and I'm sorry in French let's move on asking where something is is an incredibly important and useful phrase to learn you're going to need this when you're asking where the bathroom the Train station or where the hotel is to ask where something is say and then add the place or location means can means tell me who means where and means is located altogether it means can you tell me where something is located for example if

you wanted to say can you tell me where the bathroom is located we would start with and then add the bath try It for the train station it would be and for the hotel you can also add excuse me before you ask where something is to be polite excuse you can ask where anything is by saying and then adding the place or location in this final lesson you learned how to say thank you excuse me I'm sorry and to ask where something is in French and in this series we introduce you to the basics of

French pronunciation grammar writing and More let's conclude with some parting advice from Candace and listen to some of her tips on how to learn French from a native French perspective the best way to begin learning French is to start with simple words and build up your vocabulary from there you can start learning simple phrases and creating basic sentences don't concern yourself too much with articles and complex grammar when first standing out focus on stringing together Words your goal is to communicate and you don't have to be grammatically correct to do that learning basic word order

and using the vocabulary that you know can get you a very long way remember French uses the same subject verb object word order as English focus on this aspect and you'll be able to speak French in no time lastly learning French like any language requires you to immerse yourself in the language exposure to the language is key one Simple thing you can do to immerse yourself is to watch contemporary French videos like our videos here at frenchpod101.com this will ensure that your learning real applicable French in the fastest way possible you've reached the end of

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