French for Beginners: Pronunciation, Core Grammar and Question Forms
A 56-lesson beginner French course taught in English. It starts with greetings, numbers, the alphabet, dates, weather and time. It then covers articles, pronouns, être/avoir, negation, accents, question words and possessives. The last third is a tour of regular and irregular verbs across present, past, future, imperfect and conditional. It suits absolute beginners who want structured grammar and vocabulary foundations. Learners who want extended conversation practice will need other material.
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What You'll Learn
- Greet people, say goodbye and use basic polite phrases in French
- Count to 20, recite the alphabet, and say days, months, seasons, weather and the time
- Use definite and indefinite articles, subject pronouns, and the verbs être, avoir and aller
- Make sentences negative and ask questions with où, quand, pourquoi, qui, comment, combien, quel/lequel, est-ce que and inversion
- Read and pronounce French accents (circumflex, tréma, cedilla) and the alphabet
- Conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs and common irregular verbs in the present, passé composé and future, and compare them with the imperfect and conditional
- Use possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns with the correct gender and number
Prerequisites
- No prior experience needed
- Basic English grammar terms (noun, verb, pronoun) help, but the lessons explain them as they go
Course Curriculum
- 1French Greetings9:54
- 2French Numbers 1 to 208:11
- 3The French Alphabet8:44
- 4Days of the Week in French7:08
- 5Months of the Year in French9:10
- 6Weather and Seasons in French11:54
- 7Definite Articles: How to Say "The"11:56
- 8Indefinite Articles: Un, Une, Des13:43
- 9French Subject Pronouns17:34
- 10Être and Avoir15:27
- 11Aller (To Go) and Prepositions of Place10:08
- 12French Prepositions7:24
- 13Simple Negation, Part 17:55
- 14Simple Negation, Part 29:11
- 15Telling the Time, Part 110:31
- 16Telling the Time, Part 214:06
- 17French Accents, Part 19:35
- 18French Accents, Part 2: The Circumflex4:50
- 19French Accents, Part 3: The Tréma6:14
- 20French Accents, Part 4: The Cedilla8:41
- 21Asking Where with Où8:08
- 22Asking When with Quand9:24
- 23Asking Why with Pourquoi9:35
- 24Asking Who with Qui8:00
- 25Asking How with Comment6:58
- 26Asking How Much/Many with Combien10:23
- 27Asking What/Which with Quel, Part 110:00
- 28Asking What/Which with Quel, Part 2: With Prepositions4:48
- 29Asking Which One with Lequel8:10
- 30Asking Questions with Est-ce que11:08
- 31Asking Questions with Inversion13:32
- 32Using N'est-ce pas?5:42
- 33Possessive Adjectives: Masculine Singular10:16
- 34Possessive Adjectives: Feminine Singular7:32
- 35Possessive Adjectives: Plural9:13
- 36Possessive Pronouns: Masculine Singular12:33
- 37Possessive Pronouns: Feminine Singular7:37
- 38Possessive Pronouns: Masculine Plural10:00
- 39Possessive Pronouns: Feminine Plural10:00
- 40The 3 French Verb Groups13:16
- 41Regular -ER Verbs: Present Tense8:58
- 42Regular -ER Verbs: Passé Composé12:30
- 43Regular -ER Verbs: Future Tense6:11
- 44Regular -IR Verbs: Present Tense6:30
- 45Regular -IR Verbs: Passé Composé7:52
- 46Regular -IR Verbs: Future Tense6:47
- 47Irregular Verbs: Present Tense8:44
- 48Irregular Verbs: Passé Composé9:50
- 49Irregular Verbs: Future Tense7:56
- 50Common Verbs from the 3 Verb Groups7:49
- 51Imperfect vs Passé Composé8:43
- 52Conditional vs Imperfect12:43
- 53Group 1 Verbs in 5 Main Tenses10:37
- 54Group 2 Verbs in 5 Main Tenses11:09
- 55Group 3 Verbs in 5 Main Tenses11:35
- 56Course Recap and Next Steps2:30
About the Instructor
Learn French With Alexa
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- 56 lessons
- 8h 49m of video
- Earns YodaCoins & streaks
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