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Free French course for English speakers

I built this course around the moments that come up when you land somewhere French speaking: saying hello in a shop, ordering a coffee, getting the wifi password, finding the station, renting a flat. Short lessons, played like a game, in English.

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198
Words and phrases
1323

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Unit 1

First words

0/6
  1. StartHello and thank you
  2. Hello and thank you, part 2
  3. Excuse me
  4. Excuse me, part 2
  5. Little words
  6. Little words, part 2

Unit 2

Meet people

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  1. Introduce yourself
  2. Introduce yourself, part 2
  3. Remote work
  4. Remote work, part 2
  5. Countries
  6. Countries, part 2

Unit 3

Café life

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  1. At the café
  2. At the café, part 2
  3. Wifi and a table
  4. Wifi and a table, part 2
  5. At the restaurant
  6. At the restaurant, part 2

Unit 4

Getting around

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  1. Directions
  2. Directions, part 2
  3. Tickets and travel
  4. Tickets and travel, part 2
  5. Taxi, car and bike
  6. Taxi, car and bike, part 2

Unit 5

Numbers and money

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  1. Numbers 1 to 5
  2. Numbers 6 to 10
  3. Shopping and prices
  4. Shopping and prices, part 2
  5. Bigger numbers
  6. Bigger numbers, part 2

Unit 6

Settling in

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  1. Your apartment
  2. Your apartment, part 2
  3. Help and health
  4. Help and health, part 2
  5. Errands
  6. Errands, part 2

Unit 7

Time and days

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  1. Monday to Thursday
  2. Friday to Sunday
  3. Telling the time
  4. Telling the time, part 2
  5. Plans and dates
  6. Plans and dates, part 2

Unit 8

Food and market

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  1. Fruit and vegetables
  2. Fruit and vegetables, part 2
  3. Groceries
  4. Groceries, part 2
  5. Allergies and diets
  6. Allergies and diets, part 2

Unit 9

Work life

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  1. At the coworking
  2. At the coworking, part 2
  3. Video calls
  4. Video calls, part 2
  5. Deadlines and invoices
  6. Deadlines and invoices, part 2

Unit 10

Where you stay

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  1. Hotel check in
  2. Hotel check in, part 2
  3. Problems at home
  4. Problems at home, part 2
  5. Neighbours
  6. Neighbours, part 2

Unit 11

Health and body

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  1. What hurts
  2. What hurts, part 2
  3. At the pharmacy
  4. At the pharmacy, part 2
  5. Seeing a doctor
  6. Seeing a doctor, part 2

Unit 12

Weather and outdoors

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  1. The weather
  2. The weather, part 2
  3. Beach and mountains
  4. Beach and mountains, part 2

Unit 13

Going out

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  1. Making plans
  2. Making plans, part 2
  3. At the bar
  4. At the bar, part 2
  5. Feelings and compliments
  6. Feelings and compliments, part 2

Unit 14

Phone and internet

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  1. SIM card
  2. SIM card, part 2
  3. Apps and accounts
  4. Apps and accounts, part 2

Unit 15

Paperwork

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  1. Visas and forms
  2. Visas and forms, part 2
  3. Bank account
  4. Bank account, part 2

Unit 16

Core verbs

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  1. To be
  2. To be, part 2
  3. To have
  4. To go
  5. To do and to make
  6. Want, can, must

Unit 17

Describing things

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  1. Colours
  2. More colours
  3. Big and small
  4. Good and bad
  5. Likes and dislikes
  6. Comparing

Unit 18

People and family

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  1. Family
  2. Family, part 2
  3. Jobs
  4. Jobs, part 2
  5. What people are like
  6. Ages and birthdays

Unit 19

Asking anything

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  1. Question words
  2. Why and how much
  3. Asking politely
  4. Saying no
  5. Never, nothing, nobody
  6. Yes, no and maybe

Unit 20

Talking about the past

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  1. What I did
  2. What I did, part 2
  3. Where I went
  4. When it happened
  5. How it was
  6. When I was young

Unit 21

Plans and the future

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  1. Going to
  2. Next week, next year
  3. The future tense
  4. Hopes and dreams
  5. If
  6. Making a plan

Unit 22

In town

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  1. Places in town
  2. Little shops
  3. Services
  4. Sending a parcel
  5. Around the corner
  6. Your neighbourhood

Unit 23

At home

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  1. Rooms
  2. Furniture
  3. In the kitchen
  4. Chores
  5. Daily routine
  6. Living together

Unit 24

Clothes and shopping

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  1. Clothes
  2. Shoes and accessories
  3. Sizes and trying on
  4. Returns and sales
  5. Paying in shops
  6. Online shopping

Unit 25

Free time

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  1. Sport
  2. Outdoors and wellness
  3. Hobbies
  4. Films and series
  5. Music and concerts
  6. The weekend

Unit 26

Journeys

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  1. At the airport
  2. Delays and luggage
  3. At the border
  4. Road trip
  5. When the car breaks down
  6. Telling a trip

Unit 27

Small talk

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  1. Fillers
  2. Reactions
  3. Keeping it going
  4. When you don't understand
  5. Compliments
  6. Saying goodbye

Unit 28

Opinions

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  1. What I think
  2. Agreeing and disagreeing
  3. But and however
  4. Because and so
  5. It depends
  6. Talking about ideas

Unit 29

Polite and formal French

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  1. Softer requests
  2. Tu or vous
  3. Writing emails
  4. On the phone
  5. Making a complaint
  6. Official letters

Unit 30

Feelings and friends

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  1. How I feel
  2. How I feel, part 2
  3. Making friends
  4. Dating
  5. Being there
  6. Celebrations

Unit 31

Spoken French

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  1. Everyday slang
  2. More slang
  3. How French sounds
  4. Cool and great
  5. Texting
  6. Verlan

Unit 32

French idioms

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  1. Everyday idioms
  2. Idioms with weather and food
  3. Idioms about people
  4. Idioms about life
  5. Idioms at work
  6. Idioms about feelings

Unit 33

Nature and animals

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  1. Landscapes
  2. Animals
  3. Wildlife and insects
  4. The environment
  5. Seasons
  6. Sea and sky

Unit 34

Big topics

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  1. The news
  2. Society
  3. Technology
  4. Work and life
  5. French culture
  6. Speaking fluently

Finish every lesson

Start: Hello and thank you

All 198 French lessons

Unit 1: First words

Greet people, say thanks and get by when you don't understand.

Unit 2: Meet people

Introduce yourself and explain what you do for a living.

Unit 3: Café life

Order, pay and find a table where you can work for the afternoon.

Unit 4: Getting around

Ask for directions and buy tickets for trains, buses and flights.

Unit 6: Settling in

Rent a place and handle the day you need a pharmacy or a doctor.

Unit 8: Food and market

Shop at the market, fill the fridge and explain what you can't eat.

Unit 10: Where you stay

Hotels, broken heaters and the people next door.

Unit 11: Health and body

Say what hurts, get medicine and see a doctor.

Unit 12: Weather and outdoors

Talk about the weather and plan a day at the beach or in the hills.

Unit 14: Phone and internet

Get a SIM card, stay connected and swap numbers.

Unit 15: Paperwork

Visas, forms and a bank account.

Unit 16: Core verbs

Être, avoir, aller and faire: the verbs behind almost every sentence.

Unit 17: Describing things

Colours, sizes, likes and comparisons.

Unit 18: People and family

Family, jobs, age and what people are like.

Unit 19: Asking anything

Question words and how to say no in French.

Unit 20: Talking about the past

What you did yesterday, last week and years ago.

Unit 21: Plans and the future

What you're going to do, hopes and plans.

Unit 22: In town

Places, small shops and services around town.

Unit 23: At home

Rooms, furniture and the chores nobody likes.

Unit 24: Clothes and shopping

Clothes, sizes, trying things on and sending them back.

Unit 25: Free time

Sport, hobbies, culture and weekends.

Unit 26: Journeys

Flights, borders, road trips and things that go wrong.

Unit 27: Small talk

Fillers, reactions and keeping a conversation going.

Unit 29: Polite and formal French

The conditional, emails and talking to officials.

Unit 30: Feelings and friends

Friendship, dating and how you really feel.

Unit 31: Spoken French

The French you hear in the street, not in textbooks.

Unit 33: Nature and animals

Landscapes, animals and the environment.

Unit 34: Big topics

News, society and the conversations that go deeper.