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Introductory lessons
- Introduction · Introduction
- History, extent of the language, advice on studying French
- Alphabet · L'alphabet
- Grammar · Letters and examples, final consonants, dental consonants, b and p, aspirated vs. non-aspirated h, diacritics (accents)
- Vocabulary · Punctuation
- Greetings · Les salutations
- Vocabulary · Greetings, good-byes, How are you?, names
- Formal speech · Le discours formel
- Grammar · Vous vs. tu
- Vocabulary · Courtesy, titles, asking for one's name
- Numbers · Les nombres
- Vocabulary · Cardinal numbers, mathematics, How much?, ordinal numbers
- Dates · Les dates
- Vocabulary · Days, months, seasons, age
- Telling time · L'heure
- Vocabulary · Time, time of day
Level one lessons
- People and things · Les gens et les choses
- Grammar · Gender of nouns, definite and indefinite articles, liaison
- Vocabulary · People, expressions
- To be · Être
- Grammar · Subject pronouns, introduction to verbs, être, de , à
- Vocabulary · Places, expressing agreement, jobs , nationalities , countries
- Description · La description
- Grammar · Adjectives, demonstrative adjectives
- Vocabulary · Adverbs expressing degree, common adjectives, colors
- Family · La famille
- Grammar · Avoir, possession, possessive adjectives , questions
- Vocabulary · Immediate family, extended family , numbers
- Recreation · Récréation
- Grammar · -er verbs, le, la, and les, lui and leur
- Vocabulary · Places, sports, games, instruments
- The house · La maison
- Grammar · Habiter, faire, me, te, nous, and vous
- Vocabulary · Streets and houses, housework, rooms and furniture
- Weather · Le temps
- Grammar · Negation, aller, à
- Vocabulary · Common weather, rain and snow
- Travel · Les voyages
- Grammar · -ir verbs, prendre, de , possessive adjectives
- Vocabulary · Traveling, directions
- Art · L'art
- Grammar · Regular -re verbs, beau, nouveau, and vieux
- Vocabulary · Museums, music, plays
- Science · La science
- Grammar · Questions, conjunctions, lui and leur
- Vocabulary · Science, astronomy, scientists , elements
Level two lessons
- School · L'école
- Grammar · Passé composé of regular verbs, lire, écrire
- Vocabulary · School, school subjects
- Culture · La culture
- Grammar · Regular verbs review, croire & voir
- Vocabulary · Life, religions, holidays, celebrations
- Shopping · Faire des courses
- Grammar · exer Verbs (acheter), -yer Verbs (payer), object pronoun review, irregular past participles
- Vocabulary · Shopping, clothing, shoes
- Going out · Sortir
- Grammar · Sortir, partir, -enir verbs (venir), -éxer verbs
- Vocabulary · Leisure activities, places to go, movies
- Transportation · Le transport
- Grammar · -uire verbs (conduire), -rir verbs (ouvrir), y, passé composé with être
- Vocabulary · Local travel, methods of transportation
- Everyday life · Le quotidien
- Grammar · Devoir, falloir, reflexive verbs
- Vocabulary · Employment, waking up, preparing for work, driving to work, sleep
- Rural life · La vie rurale
- Grammar · Suivre, vivre, naître, passé composé with reflexive verbs
- Vocabulary · Pets, farm animals
- Food and drink · La nourriture
- Grammar · Manger, boire, partitive article, en, mettre
- Vocabulary · Meat, dairy products, drinks, desserts
- Dining · Dîner
- Grammar · -cer verbs, servir, vouloir, pouvoir
- Vocabulary · Meals, silverware, dining at a restaurant
- Communication · La communication
- Grammar · Dire, -aître verbs, connaître & savoir, envoyer, recevoir
- Vocabulary · Mail, calling others, computers
Level three lessons
- Vacations · Les vacances
- Grammar · Geographic prepositions, perfect tenses, simple future of regular verbs
- Vocabulary · Travel, international travel, nationalities
- Work · Le travail
- Grammar · Irregular past participles review, conjugated verb + infinitive review
- Vocabulary · Companies, blue-collar, white-collar, service, government, the office, office supplies
- Health · La santé
- Grammar · Simple future of irregular verbs, adverbs, commands
- Vocabulary · Visiting the doctor, emergencies, medicine, the dentist, health-care
- Money · L'argent
- Grammar · Personal pronouns review, present conditional, pronouns with commands
- Vocabulary · Forms of money, payment, handling money, going to a bank
- Youth · Jeunesse
- Grammar · Imparfait, possessive pronouns, stem-changing verbs review
- Vocabulary · Games and toys, French children's poems, songs, and stories
- Adolescence · L'adolescence
- Grammar · Imparfait vs. passé composé, pronominal verbs review, plus-que-parfait
- Vocabulary · Pop culture, mass media, part-time jobs
- Historical France · L'histoire
- Grammar · Passé simple of regular verbs, interrogative pronouns
- Vocabulary · Farming and peasant life, noble life, the king, the rennaissance, the reformation
- Revolutionary France · Révolution
- Grammar · Passé simple of irregular verbs, relative pronouns (qui, que, dont)
- Vocabulary · Enlightenment, French Revolution, Democracy, Napoleonic Era, post-Napoleon France, Industrial Revolution
- Modern France · La France moderne
- Grammar · Past conditional, comparative & superlative, asking questions review
- Vocabulary · The 20th century, 20th century advancements and changes
- Current events · L'actualité
- Grammar · Future perfect, demonstrative pronouns, If...
- Vocabulary · News, the European Union, social problems, government, politics
Level four lessons
L'histoire
- Slavery under Napoleon · L'esclavage sous Napoléon
- Lecture guidée · L'esclavage sous Napoléon
- Algerian War of Independence · Guerre d'indépendance algérienne
- Lecture guidée · Guerre d'indépendance algérienne
Les lumières et le mouvement réaliste
- Candide (or Optimism) · Candide, (ou l'Optimisme)
- Lecture guidée · Extrait de Candide, (ou l'Optimisme) de Voltaire
- Dreams of a Solitary Walker · Rêveries du promeneur solitaire
- Lecture guidée · Extrait des Rêveries du promeneur solitaire, de Rousseau
- Boule de Suif
- Lecture guidée · Extrait de Boule de Suif, par Guy de Maupassant
La poésie française
- The Flowers of Evil · Les Fleurs du Mal
- Lecture guidée · Poèmes extraits des Fleurs du Mal de Baudelaire
- Tomorrow at Dawn · Demain, dès l'aube
- Lecture guidée · Poème de Victor Hugo
Grammar
- Agreement of past participles with avoir · Accord du participe passé avec avoir
- Review · Exercises · Test