Learn French with Anna Spring
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- every day
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 40
- Years Active
- 2020
40) Reflexive verbs
Reflexive verbs are used much more frequently in French than in English. Below you’ll find a list of the most common ones.
- s'amuser (to enjoy oneself)
- s'appeler (to be called)
- se baigner (to bath…
39) Days of the Week
Lundi Monday
Je joue au foot lundi I’m playing football on Monday
Mardi Tuesday
Il parle francais mardi He’s speaking French on Tuesday
Mercredi Wednesday
Elle travaille a l’ecole mercredi She’s work…
38) To have instead of to be
Where we always use the verb ‘to be’ in English, the French occasionally use the verb ‘to have’. So instead of saying ‘John is hungry’, you say ‘John has hunger’. The adjectives that use ‘avoir’ rath…
37) Prepositions & Conjunctions
La boulangerie The bakery
Je vais a la boulangerie I’m going to the bakery
Je suis a la boulangerie I’m at the bakers
Le marche The market
Je vais au marche I’m going to the market (note how a le con…
36) Comparisons with adjectives
Mike est grand. Mike is tall.
Mike est plus grand. Mike is taller.
Mike est plus grand que Oli Mike is taller than Oli
Oli est petit. Oli is small.
Oli est plus petit. Oli is smaller.
Oli est plus pe…
35) The imperative – giving orders
Finissez Finish
Finissons Let’s finish
Finissons vite Let’s finish quickly
Maintenant Now
Finissons maintenant Let’s finish now
Finissons-le maintenant Let’s finish it now (pronoun coming after)
Ne …
34) The time
The good news is that the French tell the time in almost exactly the same way as us.
Quelle heure? What time?
Est it? Is it?
Quelle heure est-il? What time is it?
Vous avez You have
L’heure The hour …
33) Using the expression il faut
Il faut It is necessary / One must
Manger To eat
Il faut manger tous les jours. It is necessary to eat every day.
Il faut It is necessary / One must
Visiter To visit
Il faut visiter la Chine. It is n…
32) Using question words
Ou Where
Vous allez You are going
Vous allez ou ? You are going where?
Ou allez-vous ? Where go you?
Ou est-ce que vous allez ? Where is it that you are going?
Combien How much / How many
Ils mangent…
31) The imperfect tense – the other past tense
Je jouais au tennis I played tennis
Il jouait au foot He played football
Nous jouions au hockey We played hockey
Vous jouiez au golf. You played golf.
Ils joueaient au rugby. They played rugby.
March…
30) Quantity, much, many, enough etc
J’ai I have
Un peu A little
L’argent / d’argent Money
J’ai un peu d’argent I have a little money
Beaucoup A lot
Il a He has
Il a beaucoup d’argent He has a lot of money
Autant As much
Vous avez You h…
29) Faux amis – false friends
Je voudrais I would like
Commander To order
Je voudais commander un sandwich. I would like to order a sandwich.
Il est He is.
Formidable Terrific
Il est formidable. He is terrific.
Mon sandwich est f…
28) Order of multiple pronouns
If you have multiple pronouns, use the following rules:
If there is a me, vous or nous, it comes first.
If there is a Le, la or les, they come next.
If there is a lui or leur they come last.
Nous don…
27) Asking questions
Une saucisse A sausage
Vous voulez une saucisse? You want a sausage?
Est-ce que vous voulez une saucisse? Is it that you want a sausage?
Voulez-vous une saucisse? Do you want a sausage
Le pork Pork
I…
26) The perfect tense
Avoir
Je parle I am speaking
J’ai parlé I spoke
J’ai parlé francais I spoke French
Il a parlé anglais He spoke English
Elle a parlé allemand She spoke German
Nous avons parlé russe We spoke Russian
V…
25) Numbers four
Il achete He buys
Un vélo A bike
Pour For
Cent euros 100 euros
Il achete un vélo pour cent euros He buys a bike for 100 euros
Elle achete She buys
Une moto A motorbike
Pour For
Trois cent euros 300 e…
24) Posessive pronouns – mine, yours, hers
Le sac Bag
Le mien Mine
Le sac le mien The bag is mine
La chaussette Sock
La mienne mine
La chaussette est la mienne The sock is mine
Les jeans Jeans
Les miens mine
Les jeans est Les miens The jeans …
23) French words with English origin
J’aime I like
J’aime danser I like dansing
Chaque Every
Le weekend The weekend
J’aime danser chaque weekend I like dansing every weekend
Il mange He eats
Le fast food Fast food
Il mange le fast food …
22) Making adjectives plural
le garçon the boy
est grand is big
le garçon est grand the boy is big
les garçons sont grands the boys are big
la fille the girl
est petite is small
la fille est petite the girl is small
les filles s…
21) The future tense – 3 ways
Near Future
Je vais I am going
Acheter To Buy
Un Sandwich A sandwich
Pour le diner For dinner
Je vais acheter un sandwich pour le diner I am going to buy a sandwich for dinner
Plus tard Later
Travail…