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French Greetings Learn the basic French Greetings Basic French Lessons Basic French Lesson 1: Greetings Part 1 Basic French Lesson 2: Greetings Part 2 Basic French Lesson 3: Gender of Nouns and Articles Basic French Lesson 4: The L apostrophe Basic French Lesson 5: Plural of Nouns and Articles Basic French Lesson 6: Subject Pronouns and the Verb Aimer (to like or to love) Basic French Lesson 7: Verb Manger and the Partitive Articles Basic French Lesson 8: Verb Etre (to be) Learn the French Alphabet French Numbers French Romance French Audio Lessons About Us Contact Us Basic French Lessons Click play to start. The Video may take a few seconds to load. Video not playing? Click here. French Greetings Part 1 Bienvenue! Welcome! Bonjour! Hello! Salut! Hi! Je mappelle Pierre. My name is Pierre. appeler to call Jappelle I call aller to go Je vais bien. I am doing (going) well. Vous allez bien. You are doing well. Comment allez-vous? How are you? Je vais bien. Merci. I am doing well.Thank you. Et vous? And you?

Je mappelle I call myself Je mappelle My name is Je mappelle Pierre. My name is Pierre. Enchant! Nice to meet you! Comment allez-vous? How are you? More French Lessons

Je vais trs bien. I am doing very well. Trs bien. Merci. Very well. Thank you. A bientt! See you soon! Au revoir! Goodbye! Adieu! Goodbye!

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French Greetings Part 2 Formal & Casual FORMAL CASUAL

Bonjour! Hello! Comment allez-vous? How are you? Je vais bien. Et vous? I am doing well. And you? Ca va bien. Merci. I am doing well. Thank you. Comment vous appelez-vous? What is your name? Je mappelle Jean. My name is Jean. Au revoir! Goodbye! A bientt! See you soon! Gender of Nouns & Articles

Salut! Hi! Comment vas-tu? How are you? Trs bien! Et toi? Very well! And you? Ca va. I am doing well. Im alright. Comment tappelles-tu? Whats your name? Je mappelle Jean. My name is Jean. Salut! Bye! A plus! See you!

In French, every noun has a gender. Its either masculin (male) or fminin (female). You can tell the gender of a noun by the article that comes before it. The English a will be un (m) or une (f). The English the will be le (m) or la (f). Examples: une tasse (f) a cup un poisson (m) a fish la nuit (f) the night le camion (m) the truck une banane (f) a banana un citron (m) a lemon

la journe (f) the day / daytime le soleil (m) the sun la lune (f) the moon la voiture (f) the car

la chaussure (f) the shoe le sac (m) the bag la terre (f) the earth le moteur (m) the engine

How do I know the gender of a French noun? I learn the noun with its article. Quest-ce que cest? What is this? Cest une tasse. (f) Its a cup. For people, the grammatical gender is the same as the gender of the person. un homme a man un garon a boy une femme a woman une fille a girl

For animals, it depends. Some animals have a general gender by which we refer to them. We always say: un zbre (m) a zebra une girafe (f) a giraffe

If we want to be specific about the gender of the animal, we will add mle or femelle to the noun. un mle a male une girafe mle a male giraffe

une femelle a female une girafe femelle a female giraffe Other animals have a different or modified noun for the female: un lion a lion un chat a cat un chien a dog un mouton a sheep une lionne (f) a female lion une chatte (f) a female cat une chienne (f) a female dog une brebis (f) a sheep

un cochon une truie (f) a pig a female pig Articles Part 2: The L apostrophe When we use le or la and the word starts with a vowel or an h, le and la become l Examples: lhomme the man loiseau the bird lorange the orange leau the water larbre the tree laccident the accident un homme (m) a man un oiseau (m) a bird une orange (f) an orange une eau (f) a water un arbre (m) a tree un accident (m) an accident/a wreck

Plural of Nouns and Articles Just like in English, the plural in French is usually marked by an S at the end of the word. But it is silent. The article will also change in the plural form. Le and la become les. Un et une become des. une tasse a cup une carte a card la banane the banana la femme the woman une fille a girl un citron a lemon la pomme the apple la voiture the car une fleur a flower une chaussure a shoe des tasses cups des cartes cards les bananes the bananas les femmes women des filles girls des citrons lemons les pommes the apples les voitures the cars des fleurs flowers des chaussures shoes

The plural in French can sometimes be marked by a x at the end of the word. This is true for nouns ending in eu, eau and au. un bateau a boat un neveu des bateaux boats des neveux

a nephew nephews French Subject Pronouns and the verb Aimer: To like or to love Je taime. I love you. Tu aimes la guitare. You like guitar. Il aime le caf. He likes coffee. Elle aime les desserts. She likes desserts. Prsent simple Jaime Tu aimes Il aime Elle aime Nous aimons Vous aimez Ils aiment Elles aiment some: du (m) or de la (f) Je mange du fromage. Im eating (some) cheese. Tu manges de la salade. Youre eating some salad. Il mange du pain. Hes eating bread. Elle mange du chocolat. Shes eating some chocolate. Nous mangeons de la viande. Were eating meat. Vous mangez du poisson. Youre eating fish. Ils mangent de la pizza. Theyre eating (some) pizza. Elles mangent du dessert. Theyre eating (some) dessert. Nous aimons le foot. We like soccer. Vous aimez la musique. You like music / the music. Ils aiment le fromage. They like cheese. Elles aiment danser. They like to dance. Present tense I like (or love) You like He likes She likes We like You like They like They like (f)

Elle mange du gteau. Elle adore le gteau. Shes eating (some) cake. She adores / loves (the) cake Click play to start. The Video may take a few seconds to load. Video not playing? Click here. Learn the verb Etre (to be) and use it in simple sentences

Any adjective that follows the verb tre will agree with the subject of the sentence. Elles sont belles. They are pretty. Elle est grande. Shes tall. Il est beau. He is handsome. Tu es belle. You are pretty. Il est fort. Hes strong. Nous sommes jeunes. We are young. Il est trs vieux. Hes very old. Il est gentil. He is nice. Elle est gentille. Shes nice. Il est mchant. Hes mean. Elle est mchante. Shes mean. Je suis content. I am happy. Elle est contente. She is happy. Je suis triste. Im sad. Elle est stresse. Shes stressed. Il est calme. Hes calm, relaxed. Il est en colre. Hes angry.

French Love Phrases. Enjoy in moderation! Je taime. Je taime pour toujours. I love you. I love you forever. Je tadore. I adore/love you. Je suis fou de toi. I am crazy about you. Je suis folle de toi. (f) I am crazy about you. un fou / une folle a crazy person Embrasse-moi! Kiss me! Embrasser sur la bouche To French kiss Donne-moi un bisou. Give me a kiss. Je ne peux pas vivre sans toi. I cant live without you.

le fou du roi the kings jester Je pense toi. I think of you. Je suis amoureux amoureuse. (f) I am in love. Lamour Love Cest lamour fou. Its crazy love, the real deal.

Tu es la femme de ma vie. You are the woman of my life. Tu es lhomme de ma vie. You are the man of my life. Tu es la femme de mes rves. You are the woman of my dreams. Serre-moi dans tes bras. Hold me (squeeze me) in your arms. On vit damour et deau frache. We live/survive on love and fresh water. (popular French saying when being in love)