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Yabla à Nancy - Le masculin et le féminin View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

English speakers may find this strange, but most European languages (including French) assign a gender to every noun. So how are you supposed to know that the word for “apple” (la pomme) is feminine, but the word for “grape” (le raisin) is masculine? Practice, practice, practice!

Sophie et Patrice - Chiffres et nombres - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

France

Sophie and Patrice introduce the basics of counting in French. They make it up to one sextillion (un trilliard), but if you're new to French, you can just focus on learning zéro to neuf.

Sophie et Patrice - Chiffres et nombres - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Sometimes numbers like cent (hundred) and quatre-vingts (eighty) take an S at the end, but other times they don't. Others, like mille (thousand), never take one. Sophie and Patrice explain these and other rules of writing numbers in French in this video.

Sophie et Patrice - Les couleurs View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Sophie and Patrice will teach you the names of colors, from basic ones to the more unusual ones. For example, do you know what grège is?

Sophie et Patrice - L'heure qu'il est View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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!

Sophie et Patrice - Les jours et les mois View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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.

Sakhoura et Lily - Conjugaison du verbe apprendre

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Our friends Sakhoura and Lily will teach you to conjugate the verb apprendre (to teach or to learn) in a variety of tenses. They also elaborate on some of the things we covered in our Yabla French lesson on liaisons.

Marie & Jeremy - Lettre d'amour - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

France

Marie is writing a love letter and she's having trouble with plural endings. Luckily, Jeremy is there to help.

Marie & Jeremy - Lettre d'amour - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

France

Marie needs help writing a love letter. Like many French learners and even native speakers, she has trouble with plural endings. You might be surprised to find out who the lucky recipient of this love letter is...

Margaux et Manon - Conjugaison du verbe faire View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Our charming teachers, Margaux and Manon, will inflict the verb "faire" on you. They did their best to make this grammar lesson on conjugation relatively painless.

Manon et Simon - Le masculin et le féminin

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Manon and Simon unravel some of the more complicated aspects of gender in French, focusing on masculine and feminine word endings. There's a lot more to it than just le and la!

Manon et Clémentine - Conjugaison du verbe être View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

To be or not to be? That is the question that our friends Manon and Clémentine address in this video on the verb être (to be). In their conjugations of the verb être, they demonstrate some of the concepts we covered in our lesson on liaisons.

Manon et Clémentine - Conjugaison du verbe aller View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Manon and Clémentine teach us all about the verb aller, "to go," from its conjugation to its many different meanings. Allons-y!

Lionel L - Donner l'heure View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

France

Lionel gives a few pointers on telling time in French, including when to use the twelve-hour clock versus the twenty-four-hour clock.

Lionel L - Le son "u" View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

France

Lionel shares a few tips on how to pronounce the u sound in French, which tends to be difficult for English-speaking learners. After watching the video, and with some practice, you'll be able to say words like tu (you) and mur (wall) with confidence.

Lionel L - Le son "on" View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

France

Lionel shares a few tips on how to pronounce the French nasal sound on, which is a homophone, with multiple spellings.

Lionel L - Le son "in" View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel gives a brief overview of the nasal in sound, which can be spelled a lot of different ways, including in, un, en, ain, ein, and even hein, the French equivalent of "huh?"

Lionel L - Le son "an" View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel shares a few tips on how to pronounce the an sound in French, which can either be spelled an or en, as in en chantant (singing, while singing) or enchanté (nice to meet you).

Lionel L - Les liaisons et le h aspiré View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel gives us some tips about liaisons, a very important component of French pronunciation. He also talks about le h aspiré (aspirated h) and the debatable pronunciation of les haricots (the beans).

Lionel L - Le verlan View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Do you know what la teuf and zarbi mean? These are two examples of verlan, one of the most common forms of French slang. Some verlan words have become so popular that they've been added to the dictionary.

Lionel L - L'argent View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel goes over some of the many slang words for "money" in French, including la moula, les bifs, and les waris. He also explains why you shouldn't try to pay with larger bills in a store.

Lionel L - Matin, matinée, soir, soirée View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner 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.

Lionel et Chantal - "Faire barbecue" View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Lionel and Chantal introduce a new verb, "faire du barbecue" (to barbecue), for barbecuing and verb conjugating novices. Lionel knows how to cook two birds with one grill, so to speak. Note that the verb "faire" ("to do" or "to make") is used for just about any situation in French.

Lionel - Les nombres View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

You can count on Lionel to give you a fun and thorough introduction to numbers in French! From counting the thirteen ducks on the lake to explaining how the higher numbers are constructed, Lionel will tell you all you need to know to become an expert at French numbers.

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