Beginner Lessons

In this Beginner lesson, lesson 108, we talk about possessive adjectives, that is, words like ‘my’, ‘your’ and ‘his’ in English. We'll discover that, like regular adjectives, possessive adjectives also must agree in number and gender with the nouns they qualify. Let's go ahead and see how they work.

Lessons 93 and 96 dealt with numbers from 1-20 and 21-69, respectively. This Beginner lesson will take us from 70 to 100, and beyond. We will then know virtually everything we need when dealing with numbers generally.

This short lesson is a follow-on from lesson 93 on the numbers from 1 to 10. this time, we'll proceed as far as the number 69. from 70 onwards, there are another few twists which we’ll deal with in a later lesson. allons-y!...

This is a short lesson, for beginners, to recap on one of the basics – numbers and counting. we'll focus on the numbers 1 to 10 and discuss a few points of pronunciation we’ll need to watch out for in relation to these numbers. allons-y!…

It has been a while since we have had a basic lesson so this lesson - our 90th lesson - is just that. let’s talk a little about directions. we’ll also learn how to say ‘i don’t speak french well’ and how to ask that someone repeat something again, more slowly.

Perhaps the first thing tourists to the french capital must think about is how best to get around. in this lesson, let’s hear a conversation which takes place at the ticket counter to find out how to approach this task. we'll revise the expression 'i'd like [+ infinitive]…', we'll discuss the verbs 'exister' and 'circuler' and we'll see how to respond to the expressions 'ça fait' and 'ça fera' when making a payment.

A listener recently asked us: "Which lesson deals with 'Ça va?'!… Though it's a simple expression, it's an essential one. As it’s been a while since we’ve had a beginner lesson, let's visit some of the basics in this short lesson. We’ll see how to ask how someone is, we’ll learn a little about the weather, and we'll see examples of 'tout' and 'toute'. Let's get going.

Our food is almost prepared. But we want to ask when exactly it will be ready and when we should sit at the table. Let's see how to do that in this lesson. We'll meet the expressions 'je meurs de faim!' and 'passer à table'.

We'll deal with a common scenario in this lesson: we've lost our keys. We'll learn how to say we can't find them and where to look for them. We'll also meet the expression 'jeter un coup d'oeil'. Let's get started.

We sometimes find ourselves in a position where we need to borrow money from someone. In this lesson - lesson 37 - let's find out how to do just that. We'll meet the verbs "prêter", "rembourser" and "embêter", as well as other useful expressions. Let's get started.