Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly concludes her lesson on personality vocabulary with some adjectives to describe negative traits.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Enrich your vocabulary and impress your French-speaking friends next time you need to describe someone's personality. Just be careful with masculine and feminine endings!
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly will teach you some essential vocabulary for describing people's personality. In Part 1, she focuses on positive traits.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Concluding her overview of the five fundamental grammar rules in French, Nelly introduces the concepts of singular and plural, as well as the conjugation of verbs.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly explains the five most important grammar rules you'll need to know to learn French. In this first part, she focuses on sentence structure and gender.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
If you want to sound like a real French person, practice the art of conversation by taking a few cues from Nelly. There are many polite ways to conclude a conversation. And, talking about the weather is always a good way to keep the conversation flowing.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
In this video, Nelly will teach you all the different ways of saying "thank you" and "you're welcome" in French, among other common phrases.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
How do you ask how a person is doing in "real" French, the French we use in our daily lives? Watch this great video to find out.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly discusses some more faux amis (false cognates) in English and French. You'll need to be especially careful with some of these, such as "excited" and excité.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly will introduce you to some of the most common French faux amis (false cognates)—words that may look easy to understand because they resemble English, but mean something entirely different. Learning these might help you avoid some embarassing situations!
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Patrice and Sophie explain the use of the twenty-four-hour clock in French. It's more widely used in France than in English-speaking countries, and it's very helpful for making sure you don't miss your plane or an important appointment!
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Listen to the young couple Ahlam and Timothé from Avignon as they carry out short, simple conversations on various topics.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Sophie and Patrice introduce the months of the year and the days of the week. They also show us a trick to remember which months have 30 days and which have 31.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Lionel will explain the difference between "matin" and "matinée", which both mean morning in English, and "soir" and "soirée" which both mean evening. You can read more about this distinction in our lesson Morning and Evening.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Listening to her little sister talk with her friends, Anna heard several slang words she didn't understand. She asks Louis to explain them to her.
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