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
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
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
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
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 will teach you some essential vocabulary for describing people's personality. In Part 1, she focuses on positive 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 concludes her lesson on personality vocabulary with some adjectives to describe negative traits.
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
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: Intermediate
France
Nelly offers twelve tips for speaking in a more sophisticated way so you won't sound like a beginner. Listen to her advice and try to implement it in your day-to-day speech.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Nelly gives us some more tips for speaking more sophisticated French, including when to use on, l'on, and nous (all meaning "we").
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Nelly concludes her series on speaking sophisticated French with tips on liaisons, using vous instead of tu, and more.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly will show you an easy trick to improve your French level: avoid overusing the formula "très (very) + adjective" by replacing it with a more descriptive adjective.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly gives us some more examples of descriptive adjectives that can replace the formulation "très (very) + adjective."
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In this short French lesson, Nelly will explain the difference between leur and leurs (their, them) with the help of examples.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly will share a few tips to help you determine whether a noun is masculine or feminine in French.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly goes over the most common endings of feminine and masculine nouns, including some exceptions. Her tips will help you master the tricky subject of gender in French!
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nelly goes over some useful phrases for expressing love, from telling a friend you appreciate them to promising your partner that you'll love them for the rest of your life. A very romantic video for Valentine's Day!
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Farid and Hiziya talk about a common grammar mistake that even native French speakers make: confusing the verbs amener, apporter, emmener, and emporter. For more on these tricky verbs, read our lesson Bringing and Taking in French.
Difficulty: Newbie
France
Farid and Hiziya conjugate the verbs parler (to speak) and écouter (to listen) in the present tense of the indicative mood.
Difficulty: Newbie
France
Farid and Hiziya will conjugate for you the irregular verbs faire (to do, to make) and aller (to go) in the present tense of the indicative mode, using different examples.
Difficulty: Newbie
France
Farid and Hiziya conjugate the two most basic verbs in French: avoir (to have) and être (to be).
Difficulty: Newbie
France
Farid and Hiziya conjugate the verbs chercher (to look for) and trouver (to find) in the present indicative.
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