French for Absolute Beginners: 24 Everyday A1 Lessons
A 24-lesson beginner French course taught in English, built around practical situations: introducing yourself, family, home, food, shopping, directions, time, transport, the doctor and holidays. It suits complete beginners who want to start speaking simple French quickly. Lessons run about 8-15 minutes each, so it works as a steady daily or three-times-a-week routine.
Lessons by French School TV on YouTubeCurated by YodaHut. These lessons are hosted on YouTube and produced by their original creators, who are not affiliated with YodaHut. You still earn YodaCoins, keep your streak and track progress here.
What You'll Learn
- Introduce yourself, greet people and ask how they are in French
- Talk about your family, home, origins, hobbies, sports and tastes using basic sentences
- Order food and drinks, buy things in a shop and ask for directions
- Ask and tell the time, describe your daily routine and talk about the weather
- Describe people and clothes, and talk about your weekend and holidays
- Handle practical situations such as using public transport, seeing a doctor and making a simple phone call
- Form and understand simple questions in French
Prerequisites
- No prior experience needed
Course Curriculum
- 1Course Introduction3:58
- 2Lesson 1: Introduce Yourself12:49
- 3Lesson 2: Ask "How Are You?"8:49
- 4Lesson 3: Greetings11:17
- 5Lesson 4: Talk About Your Family13:02
- 6Lesson 5: Talk About Your House10:13
- 7Lesson 6: Talk About Where You Are From10:49
- 8Lesson 7: Talk About Your Hobbies15:22
- 9Lesson 8: Talk About Sports15:21
- 10Lesson 9: Talk About Your Tastes11:35
- 11Lesson 10: Ask for Drinks and Food12:11
- 12Lesson 11: Buy in a Shop12:40
- 13Lesson 12: Ask for Directions15:13
- 14Lesson 13: Talk About the Weather12:37
- 15Lesson 14: Ask and Tell the Time12:25
- 16Lesson 15: Talk About Your Daily Routine14:01
- 17Lesson 16: Suggest an Outing11:47
- 18Lesson 17: Talk About Your Clothes11:09
- 19Lesson 18: Describe a Person8:50
- 20Lesson 19: Talk About Your Weekend13:26
- 21Lesson 20: Talk About Public Transport8:40
- 22Lesson 21: Go to the Doctor8:06
- 23Lesson 22: Make a Simple Phone Call7:39
- 24Lesson 23: Ask Simple Questions12:40
- 25Lesson 24: Talk About Your Holidays15:49
About the Instructor
French School TV
YouTube creator
The lessons in this course were produced by French School TV and are published on YouTube. YodaHut selected and sequenced them into this course; we did not make them, and French School TV is not affiliated with YodaHut.
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- 25 lessons
- 4h 50m of video
- Earns YodaCoins & streaks
- Timestamped notes
- Free — hosted on YouTube
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