Simple French Lessons Online and Other Things Too
Lorsque j’avais six ans j’ai vu, une fois, une magnifique image, dans un livre sur la Forêt Vierge qui s’appelait « Histoires Vécues ». Ça représentait un serpent boa qui avalait un fauve. Voilà la copie du dessin.
On disait dans le livre : « Les serpents boas avalent leur proie tout entière, sans la mâcher. Ensuite ils ne peuvent plus bouger et ils dorment pendant les six mois de leur digestion. »
I would like to provide famous and interesting books in French to read and listen at the same time.
The real aim however is to improve your French vocabulary and grammar in an interesting way.
The vocabulary is chosen in its context, according to its relevance (I tend to choose only the most important and frequent words, ) so that you can learn almost naturally without too much of tedious explanations.
I sometimes add the infinitive form of an important verb, just to help you better understand the French language.
Some of the expressions, especially towards the end of the text, have not been translated since you can deduce the meaning on your own basing yourself on your knowledge of the previous expressions.
Some of the expressions in the exercises might be modified to be simpler and easier to understand.
There are some interesting grammatical aspects that are also explained. If you are in doubt, you can leave a comment and I will try to explain it to you.
Bonne lecture et bonne écoute !
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I have been always wondering what is a good way of starting to learn a language. The answer is: many. Or even better: whatever the method, the result is all that counts.
Can you say you have learned a language knowing 100 sentences in it ? Certainly not, but it gives you a good picture of what the language looks like. It also allows you can express the most basic demands and understand them, introduce and speak about yourself, buy things, understand some of the swear words, and above all, use the vocabulary and structure from these 100 sentences to create hundreds of new sentences, or even possibly an infinite number of them, if we refer to Chomsky : ).
I have created 100 useful French sentences and expressions to provide something for beginners to start with, to help you grasp the language and get some practice before travelling to France for example. You can also use it to check whether you have the CEFR A1 level in French.
The sentences are divided into 17 categories to make it easier for the learner to find a particular expression. It makes learning the expressions easier too.
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This lesson is A1 CEFR lesson to describe the weather in French in a simple way.
To speak about weather in French, there are three simple ways to do this. You can use either “Il fait + adjective”, which literally means “It makes cold / hot / bad / etc.”, or you can use “Il y a ….” (There is ….).
There are 12 sentences in this lesson followed by a quiz and exercises section.
What’s the weather like ?
It’s cold.
Knowing the names of countries in French is essential for a beginner. Not only will it allow you to speak about yourself properly, but also it will let you understand your speaker when they introduce themselves.
In France, especially in big cities like Paris, Mareseille or Nice you will come across people of different origins and nationalities. It will be easier for you to understand them if you know the names of the countries they are coming from.
What you need to know about the names of countries in French is that they normally come with a definite article (masculine or feminine). However, they are often dropped, depending on the context and the sentences in which they are used.
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